Psyll

The Psyll were a race native to Volgas, a planet in the Botchok Planetary Congress.

They were a sentient, air-breathing cetacean species. A long-lost race known only as the Shapers used genetic modification to create the Psyll, likely for use as sea-farming labor. They numbered over 4.4 billion in the last census of the Orion government.

Orion colonists came to Volgas later, and shared in the benefits of Psyll talents. Orions and Psyll had a happy and peaceful relationship and worked closely together as partners. This closeness compromised local Orion culture and separated Volgasan Orions from those off the world.

Volgas was annexed by the Klingon Empire in the Borderland Blitz of 2153. During the mass evacuations, 175,000 Psyll were evacuated by Coalition ships. Nearly 90,000 resettled on Picon, while around 85,000 resettled on Risa. Due to their ability to avoid the land-based Klingons, the remaining Psyll on Volgas retreated into the depths of the oceans and the Volgasan Orions refused all attempts at torture and punishment by their Klingon overlords to reveal where the Psyll had gone.