INFO: The Geelan were bipedal, pot-bellied sapients indigenous to Needan. The Geelan owned and controlled Zirtran's Anchor.
RACE: Geelan
HEIGHT: .75 to 1.5 Meters Tall
SKIN: Dark brown to black
DISTINCTION: Long arms, short pot bellied, claws
LANGUAGE: Geelan
HOMEWORLD:Needan was a planet in the Wild Space. It was locked in an ice age after being pushed into a wider orbit by an asteroid impact. The native Geelans lived in domed cities.
BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:The Geelan are a short, pot-bellied species that hails from the extremely remote world of Needan. Their bodies are covered in coarse, dark-colored fur. Geelan are roughly humanoid, with two short legs and two arms ending in sharp-clawed hands. Their long, tooth-filled snouts end in dark, wet noses, their brilliant yellow eyes face forward, and their upward-pointing ears are located on the sides of their heads.
CULTURE AND HISTORY:Geelan are meddlesome beings whose only concerns are to collect shiny trinkets and engage in continuous barter and haggling. Typical Geelan are natural entrepreneurs and are quite annoying to those outside their species. Despite the disdain with which they are usually viewed, however, Geelan are renowned for their ingenuity. This is due in part to Geelan curiosity (trying to do something just to see if it can be done), and partly to good business (trying to do something to make money).
Needan lies beyond the Outer Rim. Once a beautiful, jungle world, Needan was covered with innumerable species of plants and animals, with two-thirds of its surface covered by massive, life-teeming oceans. In this environment, the Geelan evolved from canine pack animals.
After developing sentience, the Geelan followed their inherent pack instinct, and cities were soon formed. The Geelan had no predators of their own and continued to thrive as their civilization and technology soared toward unknown boundaries.
Just as the Geelan were entering the information age, their world was hit by a passing comet. Needan was wrenched from its orbit by the impact, rapidly drifting away from its life-giving sun. Most of the native species died off from the resulting cold, but the intelligent Geelan used their technology to survive by building dome-like habitats and shielding themselves from the eternal winter outside. The supply of fuels on which the Geelan relied was dwindling rapidly, however, and the species realized it did not have long to survive.
Geelan scientists immediately began broadcasting distress signals in hopes that someone would respond. Luckily for the Geelan, the signals were intercepted by an Arcona medical vessel. The vessel's crew followed the signals and eventually tracked them to Needan. Through this visit, the Geelan were introduced to galactic technology. They quickly adapted this technology to themselves, and knowing their world was dying, left in great numbers to explore the galaxy.
The Geelan now operate several lucrative businesses across the galaxy, including casinos, cantinas and spaceports. Each establishment must pay a percentage of its profits to the Geelan leader, but the business usually do well enough that the tax is almost negligible.
APPEARANCES:None
SOURCES:"Zirtran's Anchor" - Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
"Alien Encounters" - Star Wars Adventure Journal 13
Alien Encounters
Star Wars Encyclopedia
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
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