betazoid

Home Planet:	Betazed
	Class: M
Atmosphere:	Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
Description:	Similar to Earth
Life Forms:	Humanoid
Technology:	Similar to Starfleet
Life Expectancy:	Similar to Terrans
Height:	Similar to Terrans
Weight:	Similar to Terrans
Skin Color:	Similar to Terrans
Hair Color:	Black, some Blonde
Eye Color:	Black
Birth Methods:	Similar to Terrans
	A few marriages between Betazoids and non-Betazoids have produced children, the best known of whom is Lt. Cmdr. Deanna Troi of the USS Enterprise-D. Children of mixed marriages generally do not get as high a telepathic ability as do full-blooded Betazoids. Lt. Cmdr. Troi only has empathic abilities, although she can communicate telepathically with other Betazoids
Abilities:	Telepathy
	They generally do not start developing their telepathic skills until puberty, when the rush of newly- activated hormones serves to activate previously latent telepathic talents. A few Betazoids are born with telepathic abilities, but they have to go through a different and very intensive psychological experience due to their inability to filter out the "noise" created by normal thoughts
	Betazoids cannot read Ferengi minds, and there are a few other races with telepathic shields through which Betazoids cannot read anything
Personality:	Diplomatic, intelligent