DENOVIANS

The Denovians are from the world Denova 3 and are very similar to Terrans in appearance. They all have a skin tone of dark brown to black with dark hair and eyes that are fully black with no iris.

Denova 3 has only had warp drive for less than 150 years and on the Richter Scale of Cultural Development, Denova 3 would be classified as being a J culture, the Expansion Age.

The Denova system is located in the Alpha Quadrant, near the edge of Federation explored space. Denova has not joined the Federation, however, wanting to keep their autonomy for the time being.

DENOVIAN CYBORG

On Denova 3, convicted capital offenders are given the opportunity to serve in the planet's military as cyborgs. After their executions, their brains are removed from their bodies and surgically implanted in a small metal "brain-box" complete with external interfaces. They can be kept alive indefinitely in these boxes, but are put to use by being installed into several different cyborg chassis. There are several different models used by the Confederation Army, including bipedal infantry models, quad-pedal tank-like anti-aircraft models, small quad-pedal recon models, and many more for different applications. The cyborgs are required to complete basic training, those who don't make it are unplugged.

Cyborgs have been in use in the Denovian armies for over 100 years, with more advanced models (and surgical techniques) being developed over that time. Their armies consist mostly of normal Denovians, with cyborgs playing pivotal roles.

Although there are few who survive this long, after 25 years of military service with good conduct, a cyborg is allowed to retire. They are given older, reconditioned chassis for their civilian use. These models are normally outdated and have all of their weapons disarmed and removed.