INFO: The Chikarri were sapient rodents from Plagen.
RACE: Chikarri
HEIGHT: 1 to 1.3 Meters Tall
SKIN (FUR): Tan to dark brown (facial skin cream)
DISTINCTION: Hoarders
LANGUAGE: Plagen
HOMEWORLD:Plagen was a planet in the Expansion Region, on the Enarc Run, with high plateaus covered in lakes and grasslands; its lowlands were dry plains. When the planet was discovered in 500 BBY, its port rights were sold to the Klatooinian Trade Guild. The planet was the headquarters of Treeker Security Systems, Boyd's Be-There-In-a-Minute Delivery Service and Chirrit & Chirrit Locks, Vaults, and Safes.
BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:The rodent Chikarri are natives of Plagen, a world on the edge of the Mid-Rim. These chubby-cheeked beings are the masters of Plagen's temperate high-plateau forests and low plains, and through galactic trade have developed a modern society in their tree and burrow cities.
Notoriously tight with money, the Chikarri are the subjects of thriftiness jokes up and down the Enarc and Harrin Runs. Wealthy Chikarri do not show off their riches. One joke says you can tell how rich a Chikarri is by how old and mended its clothes are - the more patches, the more money. The main exception to this stinginess is bright metals and gems. Chikarri are known throughout the region for their shiny-bauble weakness.
The Chikarri have an unfortunate tendency toward kleptomania, but otherwise tend to be a forthright and honest species. They aren't particularily brave, however - a Chikarri faced with danger is bound to turn tail and run.
CULTURE AND HISTORY:First discovered several hundred years ago on a promising hyperspace route (later to be the Enarc Run), the Chikarri sold port rights to the Klatooinan Trade Guild for several tons of gemstones. The flow of trade along the route has allowed the Chikarri to develop technology for relatively low costs. The Chikarri absorbed this sudden advance with little social disturbance, and have become a technically adept species.
Chikarri are modern, but lack heavy industry. Maintenance of technology is dependent on port traffic. They import medium-grade technology cheaply due to their proximity to a well-trafficked trade route. Their main export is agri-forest products - wood, fruit, and nuts. The chikarri have a deep attraction for bright and shiny jewelry, and independent traders traveling this trade route routinely stop off to sell the natives cheap gaudy baubles.
APPEARANCES:None
SOURCES:Twin Stars of Kira
Alien Encounters
"Alien Encounters" - Star Wars Adventure Journal 11
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