Fluffy-puffy

A large, social feline native to Second Risa. Fluffy-puffies are similar to Terran lions, but slightly larger, far more cunning and aggressive, and with no fear of humanoids. They were named by the Amarki zoologist Noran Sael.

The USS Fluffy-Puffy, a Centaur-B class frigate, is named after this species.

Game History

 * Fluffy-puffies were an obstacle to the colonization of Second Risa due to the Risans' inexperience with dangerous megafauna. In the second quarter of 2310, the USS Sarek commanded by Captain Straak assisted the colonists in developing a system of electromagnetic emitters that deterred the creatures from approaching inhabited areas.


 * Later that year, during a visit to Second Risa Penelya Miran was attacked by a pair of fluffy-puffies that entered the colony site after one of the electromagnetic emitters was damaged by another creature.
 * In quarter four of 2312, a group of fluffy-puffies escaped containment aboard a colony ship in the Apinae Sector, which had been ferrying them to be used as apex predators in an artificial biosphere. The USS S'Harien captained by Saavik was forced to clean up the mess.
 * In the third quarter of 2314, the S'Harien (now under the command of Captain T'Rinta) once again had to deal with fluffy-puffies when Caitian poachers smuggled some off of Second Risa to be sold on the black market. The fluffy-puffies predictably escaped their confinement and wreaked havoc on their new "owners" until the S'Harien crew was able to recapture them.