The Anticans live on the planet Antica, in the Beta Rennar system. The Anticans are locked in an eternal struggle with a co-inhabitor of the Beta Rennar System, called the Selay, who live on Beta Rennar III.

ANTICAN SPECIES OVERVIEW

The Anticans are a species that has found a way to combine old tradition and technology with modern day science and engineering. They use warp engines and travel the cosmos, frequently visiting Confederation facilities. Due to their ferocious hunting drive and their carnivorous desire to eat raw meat and living creatures, the Anticans are not seen as a very gracious species.

ANTICAN PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

The Anticans are bipedal species with two legs and arms. They have an enlarged skull with a strong frontal ridge running the tip of their nose along the top of their skull to the back of the neck. This ridge continues along their spine as an additional layer of protection from attack. They are mostly hairless, but they do carry distinctive tufts of white hair of various lengths along the base of their skull, front chin, and mustache. Across their forehead, there are three to five horizontal ridges on their.

ANTICAN SOCIAL OVERVIEW

The social overview is best described as tribe-like in style, similar to that of the Klingons. Their primary drive in life is that of the hunt. Hunting is their drive in life and it shows through by trophies of the hunt. Social status is determined by the prizes of the hunt. The more skulls and pelts that a house is furnished with, the higher in status one is in withing the tribe.

ANTICAN GOVERNMENTAL OVERVIEW

Since the tribes of the Antican's are represented in tribes, the tribe leader sends a single representative to a one of the 27 regional tribes to speak on their behalf. Those regional tribals send representatives from within their region to the world tribe. This tribe consists of the 27 members of each of the regional tribes. The World Tribe is charged with the direction of the entire Antican people. There is no single leader in this tribe, however there are 4 senior members of the tribe, called the Hee'kot. The Hee'kot are charged with speaking for the people in dealing with non-Antican. Another 13 members of the World Tribe are charged with the Antican military.

ANTICAN MILITARISTIC OVERVIEW

The Antican's primary forms of military consists of space fighter craft, starships, and interplanetary missiles. The Antican's prefer the hand to hand combat with swords, staves, and blades.

ANTICAN RELIGIOUS OVERVIEW

The Antican's do not worship any specific gods. Their hunt is their god. The Antican's take the hunt to a religious experience. There are many life transitions that the Antican's must go through in order to mature as a person. If one fails their trials of life, they are shunned and dismissed as a failure. The Antican's have turned these trials of the hunt into a religious experience.

ANTICAN RELATIONS WITH THE SELAY

The Antican people have spent more than 1200 years in an interstellar war with the Selay for control of the sector. They have had peace treaties with the Selay on occasion. Currently, the Anticans and the Selay have entered into an uneasy peace treaty with each other. Each of the species have requested that the Confederation remain as a permanent mediator to keep the peace.