Ked Paddah

The Ked Paddah are a species of Andorionoid people. They are most easily differentiated from the Andorians by the swept-back nature of their antennae. In addition, their skin tones that tend between a light brown, to an ochre hue, down to a near-black hue of brown. Their hair colour range includes blonde, brown, and black, but their eyes are all 'honey' in colouration.

Culture
Many imagine the Ked Paddah to be risk-averse and cautious to the point of paralysis, but this is far from the truth. Instead they have an approach that many a Vulcan would approve of, with a cold-eyed look at risk and reward. In weighing the odds, the desired outcomes, and the potential pitfalls, they come to the concept that as a culture they hold most dear: prudence.

The Ked Paddah have two key words that represent prudence: Ked, and Aggadah. Ked is the concept of prudence as a dynamic force of guidance, the prudence that provides a channel for the ambitions and endeavours of life. It can sometimes be mistaken, can sometimes weigh the odds wrong, but it represents the best efforts of people to take the right course in life. This can be seen in the name, Ked Paddah, or in the Prudent Council: the Ked Haggan. Aggadah, meanwhile, is the concept of prudence as a platonic ideal, an infallible purity of thought of a nature studied in higher education. Some scholars among the Ked Paddah in centuries gone past would become hermits to dwell on the nature of this concept. In one particularly infamous occurrence, the scholar returned to society after many years and announced that it is the height of Aggadah to not become a hermit shut away from society for many years. Subsequently, the numbers of people who followed in that path waned. Nonetheless, 'Aggadah' retained currency among the Ked Paddah, until it was revived as the name of a new class of battleship produced in the build-up to the early stages of their war with the Arcadian Empire.

Social
The Ked Paddah have a largely non-monetised system and what they call a dynamically-planned economy. Similar to life on Sol III, acquisition by citizens is tracked, and gentle interventions made where greed starts to be apparent. Money is instead used purely within a system of abstract budgeting between high-levels of government departments as a legacy practice.

Ked Paddah communities tend to consist of many close-knit communities. This often gives their cities a bubble-like appearance from the multitudes of building clusters. The purpose is to leverage the extended support network of a community to improve outcomes for children and work.