Takarans

Player Race: Yes
Relation to UFP: Unknown

ACTDNoteworthy:
- Great care needs to be exercised when using this race for a character, since their ability to shrug off injuries can get out of hand.

Description
Humanoid species whose members have vaguely reptilian features.  Little was known about the Takarans until 2369, when Enterprise-D Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher was given an opportunity to autopsy a Takaran.  Crusher discovered that the Takarans did not have organs in the traditional sense; rather, Takaran internal physiology was homogenous throughout the body.  This made the Takarans extremely difficult to injure or kill.  Effective damage would have to be done on a cellular level.  Crusher also discovered that Takarans were able to control the rate of their cellular physiology, allowing them to put themselves into a state resembling death (Suspicions -TNG).
Star Trek: The Encyclopedia (1999 edition).