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===Tavitan culture===
The Tavitans are a [[matriarchal]] society ruled by a "Great Mother". They are also known for some [[psychic]] ability as it was a vision by a Tavitan that foretold of the coming of the Mellenares. Young Tavitans are known to be excitable and seek adventure, and it was not unusual for them to go out into the world/galaxy and sow their wild oats before settling down into married life.

Tavitans place great trust in their instincts and are natural mechanics, engineers, and tinkerers, if not great soldiers. The younger they are, the less reliable, patient, and disciplined they tend to be.

The Tavitan Homeworld, Londree, orbits (ironically enough) the "Dog Star", [[Sirius]], in a system of planets also threatened by the Mellenares advance. As a species, the Tavitans are [[nocturnal]], so the culture works "the night-shift", which is something off-worlders who visit Londree find difficult to adjust to.

Apart from being superb engineers (even in null-gravity), other Tavitans in the Alliance have been given duties in Intelligence and Research & Development. Their codes are impenetrable, and they always think "outside-the-box" when designing new hardware. Pvt. Pomru is part of a small contingent of male Tavitans actually part of integrated forward combat units, like the members of the "[[Lafayette Escadrille]]" of World War I on Earth.