Ocampa

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SPECIES
Ocampa

Planet of origin:	Ocampa
Affiliation:	none
Biology
Classification:	Humanoid
Environmental requirements:	Class M conditions
Typical lifespan:	around 9 years
Sexes:	Male and Female
Telepathic abilities:	yes

The Ocampa are a humanoid species native to the planet Ocampa, located in the Delta Quadrant. The Ocampa have a capacity for great mental skills and telepathy, but their lives on the planet means that these mental powers go unused. Strangely for a humanoid species, their natural life-spans are only around 9 years.

In the 14th century, the Ocampa were first to move to a subterranean city created by the Nacene after they accidentally removed or nucleogenic particles from the planets atmosphere. For the next 1,500 years the Ocampa were provided for by the Caretaker, who provided power to the city from his array. However, this support ended in 2371 when the Caretaker died, however he had provided enough energy to support them until 2376. (VOY episode: "Caretaker")

The female Nacene, known as Suspiria, left the Ocampa system in 2072, and took a group of Ocampa with her. She helped them extend these Ocampa extend their lifespans - some Ocampa in this group lived as long as two decades. Suspiria also helped this group develop their mental abilities. (VOY episode: "Cold Fire")

No formal relations existed between the Ocampa and the United Federation of Planets, however, following the USS Voyager's return to Earth in 2377, Starfleet became aware of their existence. In fact, some in Starfleet considered the advantages of utilizing the Ocampa as a possible emergency pool of personnel as the short Ocampan lifespan made them fast learners. (Decipher RPG module: Worlds)