Calaxians

Calaxians are cold-blooded, or poikilotherms to be more precise, once of the few known mammals in the galaxy to be poikilothermic. This is not generally a problem on their home world of Calax, which has a relatively stable climate and a higher than average surface temperature  On other worlds, this has led to mixed misconceptions about Calaxians. On colder worlds, Calaxians tend to wear numerous layers of clothing covering almost every accessible surface of their skin, which leads the locals to believe that they are very introverted. On worlds where the temperature is warmer than their native Calax the opposite is true. Calaxians will wander the streets in as little clothing as they feel they can get away with, which leaves the locals believing they are unashamed exhibitionists. This combined with their forked tongues has also led to the further misconception that Calaxians evolved from serpent-like creatures; however, the evidence strongly indicates that they evolved from a small, hairless and cold-blooded primate originating from what is now the largest equatorial continent on Calax. Regardless, a forked tongue definitely males for an interesting French kiss.

All Calaxians are born with white hair, which changes colour during puberty. The colour of a Calaxians hair will match the colour of their eyes, which suggest that the eye colour dictates the hair colour; however, research indicates that the opposite is true. Regardless, a, Calaxians will know what colour hair they are going to have long before they reach puberty and therefore can't prevent the teasing of lilac-haired children, even before the colour change takes effect. Their pupils are asterisk shaped with an out-ward-slanting slash through the centre.

Though not one of the founding members of the GSF, Calaxians were instrumental in the independent mediation during the drawing up of the original GSF charter, and were the third non-GTU species to be admitted into the GSF.