Controller Emck, a Malon male.
Malon script.
The Malon are an economically motivated humanoid species from Malon Prime in the Delta Quadrant, first encountered by the USS Voyager in 2375.
Physiology
In terms of physical features the Malon have rather broad noses with distinctly-shaped nostrils. Their skin is a yellowish-brown color. Their foreheads have a slight ridge-like protrusion which may be identical for all Malon. They also have brown hair which is usually thick and wavy when they are young, but like in Humans receding hairlines and baldness may occur in older Malon. Their hair follicles grow from the mid part of their heads, just after the ridge-like pattern.
Malon waste exporters have many sores on their skin due to theta radiation exposure. The Malon use analeptic compound injections to counter the freighter blight, but while the treatment keeps them alive it does not prevent skin scarring.
- Waste exporters seem to be respected for keeping the homeworld clean. As most of the population are likely not damaged by radiation due to the clean homeworld, the skin damage may be regarded with respect by the general population.
History
Although technologically advanced, the Malon lack the technology to recycle antimatter waste, which emits hazardous theta radiation. Therefore, this hazardous waste is dumped in open space in vast quantities by waste export vessels. The Malon attempt to find uninhabited regions for this waste, but this is not always the case. (VOY: "Night") The Malons are self-proclaimed experts at salvage operations. (VOY: "Extreme Risk")
People
Appearances
- VOY:
- "Night"
- "Extreme Risk"
- "Think Tank"
- "Juggernaut"
Apocrypha
The Malon also appear in the Pocket DS9 novel Demons of Air and Darkness, in which a Malon tanker under the command of Controller Marssi falls prey to a Hirogen hunter and is responsible for jettisoning its antimatter waste through an Iconian gateway into the Europa Nova system.