Qloathians

The Qloathians or Qloathi are a race of eager explorers, with long and proud traditions of theatre and song. Humanoid in appearance, they are most easily identifiable by the bony ridge that runs along what is customarily the hairline in other humanoid species. They also have bony protrusions around their joints that can serve as both protection, and a fearsome weapon, but do cause some encumbrance. In colouration, the Qloathi are most commonly a chalky colour, but can warm into a biege, or into an ivory hue. Qloathi from the third-largest continent tend to have shades of light grey colouration, and comprise about one-sixth of the population. Hair colour is more vibrant, frequently in shades of bright red and deep purples.

History
The Qloathi have a deep-seated fascination in exploring new spaces and new areas. The fact that this did not necessarily extend into wanting to settle or control those new spaces, but rather to simply explore, helped provide for a marginally more peaceful pre-spaceflight history than most. In fact, the Qloathi are one of the very few species to have achieved spaceflight and warp travel without having at least one destructive global conflict to collapse competing governments into one. Instead this was accomplished by the renowned statesman Haquita Arqueniou Nin, who is now the namesake of a Starfleet cruiser, the USS Haquita Nin. This developed into a global Senate, and a political climate where the Senate and People are venerated.

The Ride
The Qloathi "Leb", or "Ride" is a particular form of Qloathian theatre, somewhere between a safari and a play, performed live and on the move. It is a treasured format, if a little harder than usual to perform among the metropolises of Arqueniou.