Drakovians

The Drakovians are an enigmatic race that appear to be native to the Eurydic Expanse. Their planet of origin is unknown, although inferably Minshara-class. Their anatomy is unknown, although Drakovian body armor is humanoid in form.

First Contact
The Drakovians were first encountered by the USS Ethos on stardate 2257.9.23 while in the Kelvis System. A Drakovian battlecruiser attacked the Ethos while in orbit around Gamma Kelvis.

Biochemistry
Although indeterminate, Drakovian biochemistry is supposedly silicon-based. No known intelligent species is known to have such an unusual biochemistry. Numerous silicon-based lifeforms have been observed, but none have been larger than a few millimeters. If Drakovian biochemistry is determined to be silicon-based, it would be the largest biological discovery in at least the last century.

Due to this type of biochemistry, Drakovians are believed to have the capability to supplement their cognitive abilities by partially integrating themselves into a silicon computer modeled after their own neural cells. Such technology is only proposed, as would have only been observed in the armor of Drakovian soldiers. A neural interlink between soldiers would allow Drakovians to coordinate their efforts extremely effectively, rendering them nearly impossible to defeat without superior weaponry.

Technology
Drakovian technology is believed to be roughly three centuries more advanced than Federation technology, specifically in the realm of particle physics and the ability to manipulate spacetime.

Superluminal Propulsion
Drakovians ships are equipped with a standard spacetime displacement warp drive, although the systems are supposedly powered by dark matter reactors (instead of conventional antimatter annihilations). All encountered Drakovian ships are unable to exceed Warp 10, likely due to a lack of competitive innovation.

Computers
Drakovian computational technology is believed to be modeled after their own neural cells. Scans of Drakovian computers have revealed the presence of silicon-based amino acid equivalents, further proving the conjecture. Such technology would have computational abilities far exceeding any Federation technology by an estimated eightfold (in its most primitive form).