Species Name: Nanda

Type: Humanoid

Physical Traits: Oval head, green pigmentation

Height: 6 ft

Weight: 60 lbs

Mobility: Legs

Sensory Organs: Visual

Communication: Vocal

Reproduction: Sexual

INT: 3D6, WIS: 2D6, STR: 3D6, DEX: 3D6, CON: 3D6, CHA: 3D6, MR: 3D6, HPs: CON +D6

Orbit/Climate: 1 AU. Very stable, circular orbit, very stable surface temperature.

Atmosphere: Standard glacial Oxygen/Nitrogen with minimal Carbon dioxide and high ozone.

Oceans: 74%

Gravity: 70%

Feeding Habits: Carnivore

Lifespan: 100 years

Technology: 9

Culture: Standard. Diversified mix of kind and evil people. Approximately one million Earth-years ago, the Charter Federation was founded to ensure peaceful coexistence among the civilized worlds located in the Local Group of galaxies. Like all other (future) members of the Charter Federation, the Nanda race was violent in its (relative) infancy but they eventually saw the light and triumphed in peace. Accordingly, they were later invited to join the Charter Federation. At some point in the past, the members of the Charter Federation decided that they should be allowed to deal with the threat posed to them by other (non-member) races who had developed advanced space-faring technology prematurely (i.e. before their civilizations had matured enough to have outgrown any violent
tendencies). In such cases, Charter races were allowed to take action to interfere with the scientific progress of such planets and to limit their technology. Furthermore, Charter rules stated that any member who was asked to assist with such a mission by another member would have to provide "complete and unquestioning assistance."

Responding to a request from a Primal One for direct aid from the Charter Federation, the Starcruiser Nightwind
arrived in Earth's solar system. Captain Cymell boarded the "Drone" space station and met with the (false) Primal One who demanded that Cymell aid him in his mission to strip Earth of its prematurely-advanced technology, a mission which remained incomplete due to the actions of the Shogun Warriors which the now-dead Followers of the Light had given to certain humans. Cymell revealed that she had heard of the Followers (of the Light) and their ancient epic battle with Maur-Kon's sorcerer-scientists for control over the Earth and that she was aware of the robot sentinels known as the Shogun Warriors but that she had heard nothing of a proclaimed mission by the race of Primal Ones to interfere with Earth's scientific progress. Despite this, Cymell acknowledged that she was bound by Charter rules to put her starcruiser and crew at his full disposal. When the Primal One demanded the use of the Nightwind's internal symbiote, the planet-destroyer known as Gigantauron, Cymell protested that it was too drastic but again relented and allowed the Primal One to take control of her ship's major weapon. Watching it depart towards Earth, Cymell confided in her first officer, Sh'Bleen, that she was troubled by this mission and revealed that she wondered if they even had the right to interfere in Earth's sovereign affairs. When reminded of the Charter's rules, Cymell confessed that she no longer believed in the Charter and perhaps she never had. Later, Captain Cymell was still talking to Sh'Bleen about the shame and pain she felt in having to assist Charter members in denying the wonders of the universe to others when the Primal One returned to the Nightwind and claimed that Gigantauron had failed because Cymell had greatly exaggerated Gigantauron's power. Outraged that the Primal One had abandoned a crucial component of the Nightwind, Cymell ordered her tractor-beam crew to retrieve Gigantauron
immediately. After Gigantauron had been brought into close proximity, Cymell told the Primal One that she had investigated Earth and come to the conclusion that it was a marginal case that could not reach the stars for at least decades. Cymell stated that, although its people were still violent, they were no worse than any other Charter race at that stage, and she predicted that the Terrans would either destroy themselves long before they could pose any threat to the Charter or they would "see the light and triumph in peace" as all other Charter members had done. Cymell then stated that, since the Terrans posed no direct threat at that time, it was not up to them to define their fate. Cymell revealed that she was planning on reporting the Primal One's activities and resigning from the Charter, and then she and three of her crew escorted the Primal One aboard his space station.

However, before Cymell and her crew could leave, a Drone reported that Gigantauron had been followed by the Shogun Warrior Combatra which was preparing to attack. Disillusioned, Cymell relinquished command to the Primal One. After Combatra breached the Nightwind's hull and entered the starcruiser, the Fantastic Four ejected from the Shogun Warrior in a squib and made their way to an engine station. There Mr. Fantastic spotted a main switch on the other side of a deep shaft, apparently placed there to be protected. As he grabbed the switch and began to close it, three Nanda members of Cymell's crew burst in and one shouted that if he closed that switch the entire ship would self-destruct. Aware of this, Mr. Fantastic bluffed the crew, claiming that he would close the switch unless they took his team to their leader, the Primal One. One of the Nanda revealed that the Primal one was not their leader, but nonetheless agreed to take them to him, and Mr. Fantastic returned the switch to its original position (as he would have done anyway). On the space station, Cymell and three of her crew witnessed the
arrival of the reunited group of Terrans. As Combatra seemed ready to destroy the Primal One, Cymell was disappointed that she had been sorely wrong about these "bloodthirsty savages from Earth," but Combatra's pilot refused to kill it. This display of compassion and an unwillingness to secure their victory in blood convinced Cymell that it was the Primal One who was solely responsible for the conflict. The Primal One then ordered the Drones to attack and kill them all, but the ensuing battle quickly came to an abrupt end when the Invisible Girl discovered a room from which Maur-Kon had been controlling the false Primal One and cut the power, causing the false Primal One to fade away and freeing the Drones from Maur-Kon's control. The Drones immediately dropped their weapons and explained that, like Cymell, they had responded to a call for aid from Earth from someone whom they had
believed to be one of the Charter race known as the Primal Ones, but by the time they learned the truth they had been enslaved by an energy-spell which forced them to obey Maur-Kon. Cymell realized that Maur-Kon's entire motive had been false in that he had not actually sought to retard Earth's technology, but only wanted to take final
vengeance on his ancient enemies, the Followers of the Light. Cymell then ordered her crew to take Maur-Kon into custody, and she promised that she would see that he was dealt with when she returned to the Charter Council to resign her commission. The Nightwind and the Drone ship (presumably) soon left.

Government: Council

Population: 26 billion

Home System:

Number of Stars: 1, Particulus

Star Type: G

Planetoid Belts: 0

Inner Planets: 0

Middle Planets: 1