History Characters / FarscapeScarran

%%[[folder:Naj Gil]]
%%->'''Played By:''' Thomas Holesgrove
%%->'''Voiced By:''' Nicholas [=McKay=]
%%A Scarran and a former captive of the Peacekeepers. Shortly after being captured, the Peacekeepers removed his heat gland, making him unable to perform the Scarrans' natural heat-based attack.
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Captain Jenek]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Ministry of Dissimulation. Well don't worry Captain, you have little to fear from me. I have no interest in spies and their intricate games."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JasonClarke
A Scarran freighter captain and a member of the Scarran ruling caste.

* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:He's killed by virtue of having the misfortune of being at ground zero of the detonation of Crichton's miniature nuclear bomb.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Subverted. The last thing he does is to stare at the nuclear bomb Crichton left behind in befuddled confusion right before it explodes.]]
* PunchClockVillain: He treats everything he does as little more than a job that he seems somewhat bored with. If anything, it's more horrifying than if he enjoyed [[ColdBloodedTorture what he does.]]
* TheStoic: He rarely expresses any sort of emotion other than gruffness.
* TortureTechnician: He puts Arryn through grueling psychological and physical torture to interrogate her.

[[folder:Tauza]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You pathetic infant, never use that word ("Please") to me again!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Amy Salas

A Scarran female stationed on a Scarran Dreadnought in charge of Scorpius' training as a child.

* AbusiveParents: The closest thing to a parental figure Scorpius gets and she certainly wasn't a pleasant woman to be around.
* EvilMentor: Attempted this.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: She gets ''two'' of Scorpius' eye things smashed into her.]]
* FantasticRacism: Constantly hurls insults at Scorpius' Sebacean side as weak and useless.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Dies in the same room and at the hands of the same weapons she inflicted on Scorpius.]]
* MindRape: To a literal extent when she forces Scorpius to see [[spoiler: his mother's rape at his father's hands.]]

[[folder:Sastaretski Cargn]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"You will rule not because YOU desire it, but because I DO!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Gavin Robins
->'''Voiced By:''' Nicholas [=McKay=]

The Scarran envoy to the Sebacean Breakaway Colonies and accomplice of Prince Clavor.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Every conclusion he reaches about Crichton's actions and motivations is perfectly logical based on the information he has available, but is in fact completely and catastrophically wrong. Scorpius even rubs it in at one point that his own wrong conclusions were his undoing.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Instead of cutting his losses and skipping town, he tries to kill Crichton for ruining his plans.
* SarcasticDevotee: He just can't quite stop himself from openly mocking Clavor.
* StarterVillain: The first pure Scarran the crew encounters.

[[folder:Grath]]
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->'''Played By:''' Thomas Holesgrove

A Scarran interrogator.

* TortureTechnician
* WeakButSkilled: The mental torture he inflict on Crichton likely would've succeeded without the interference of Harvey.

%%* NiceHat

->''"War is our path. At the peace table, we know how we're viewed: brutish, ignorant."''

->''"Grayza doesn't frighten me. Her command carrier doesn't frighten me. Your bomb doesn't frighten me -- and neither do you."''

%%[[folder:Captain Jenek]]
%%->'''Played By:''' Creator/JasonClarke
%%A Scarran freighter captain and a member of the Scarran ruling caste.
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tauza]]
->'''Played By:''' Amy Salas

A Scarran female stationed on a Scarran Dreadnought in charge of Scorpius' training as a child.

* AbusiveParents: The closest thing to a parental figure Scorpius gets and she certainly wasn't a pleasant woman to be around.
* EvilMentor: Attempted this.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: She gets ''two'' of Scorpius' eye things smashed into her.]]
* FantasticRacism: Constantly hurls insults at Scorpius' Sebacean side as weak and useless.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Dies in the same room and at the hands of the same weapons she inflicted on Scorpius.]]
* MindRape: To a literal extent when she forces Scorpius to see [[spoiler: his mother's rape at his father's hands.]]

[[folder:Sastaretski Cargn]]
->'''Played By:''' Gavin Robins
->'''Voiced By:''' Nicholas [=McKay=]

The Scarran envoy to the Sebacean Breakaway Colonies and accomplice of Prince Clavor.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Every conclusion he reaches about Crichton's actions and motivations is perfectly logical based on the information he has available, but is in fact completely and catastrophically wrong. Scorpius even rubs it in at one point that his own wrong conclusions were his undoing.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Instead of cutting his losses and skipping town, he tries to kill Crichton for ruining his plans.
* SarcasticDevotee: He just can't quite stop himself from openly mocking Clavor.
* StarterVillain: The first pure Scarran the crew encounters.

[[folder:Grath]]
->'''Played By:''' Thomas Holesgrove

A Scarran interrogator.

* TortureTechnician
* WeakButSkilled: The mental torture he inflict on Crichton likely would've succeeded without the interference of Harvey.

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:"At least you die," referring to John, but she gets killed by Aeryn seconds before Ahkna pulls the trigger]].

!!The Scarrans

%%* TheEmpire: the name of their government; true to the name, they typically conquer other species and incorporate them into service and support roles.

[[folder:Staleek]]
!!Emperor Staleek

[[folder:Ahkna]]
!!War Minister Ahkna

The brutal and grudgeful leader of the Scarrans' war effort.

[[folder:Wolesh]]
!!Wolesh
->'''Played By:''' Thomas Holesgrove

A Scarran soldier. He is perhaps best known for being the father of Scorpius by Rylani Jeema Dellos.

[[folder:Naj Gil]]
!!Naj Gil
->'''Played By:''' Thomas Holesgrove

A Scarran and a former captive of the Peacekeepers. Shortly after being captured, the Peacekeepers removed his heat gland, making him unable to perform the Scarrans' natural heat-based attack.

[[folder:Jenek]]
!!Captain Jenek
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JasonClarke

A Scarran freighter captain and a member of the Scarran ruling caste.

[[folder:Tauza]]
!!Tauza
->'''Played By:''' Amy Salas

A Scarran female stationed on a Scarran Dreadnought in charge of Scorpius' training as a child.
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* AbusiveParents: The closest thing to a parental figure Scorpius gets and she certainly wasn't a pleasant woman to be around.
* EvilMentor: Attempted this.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: She gets ''two'' of Scorpius' eye things smashed into her.]]
* FantasticRacism: Constantly hurls insults at Scorpius' Sebacean side as weak and useless.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Dies in the same room and at the hands of the same weapons she inflicted on Scorpius.]]
* MindRape: To a literal extent when she forces Scorpius to see [[spoiler: his mother's rape at his father's hands.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cargn]]
!!Sastaretski Cargn
->'''Played By:''' Gavin Robins
->'''Voiced By:''' Nicholas [=McKay=]

The Scarran envoy to the Sebacean Breakaway Colonies and accomplice of Prince Clavor.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Every conclusion he reaches about Crichton's actions and motivations is perfectly logical based on the information he has available, but is in fact completely and catastrophically wrong. Scorpius even rubs it in at one point that his own wrong conclusions were his undoing.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Instead of cutting his losses and skipping town, he tries to kill Crichton for ruining his plans.
* SarcasticDevotee: He just can't quite stop himself from openly mocking Clavor.
* StarterVillain: The first pure Scarran the crew encounters.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Grath]]
!!Grath
->'''Played By:''' Thomas Holesgrove

A Scarran interrogator.
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* TortureTechnician
* WeakButSkilled: The mental torture he inflict on Crichton likely would've succeeded without the interference of Harvey.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Plonek]]
!!Irathwan Plonek
->'''Played By:''' Thomas Holesgrove

A Scarran soldier and spy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alcar]]
!!Alcar
->'''Played By:''' Gavin Robins
->'''Voiced By:''' Ray Anthony

A Scarran scout.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pennoch]]
!!Pennoch
->'''Played By:''' Jonathan Pasvolsky and John Adam

A high ranking Scarran soldier and the lover of War Minister Ahkna. He often appears in the service of Ahkna or Emperor Staleek and can often be seen at their side or carrying out their orders.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Axikor]]
!!Axikor
->'''Played By:''' Duncan Young

A Scarran spy from the Ruling Order who infiltrated the band of Coreeshi bounty hunters.
[[/folder]]

* TheReptilians: They are lizard-like aliens. What to expect?

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:"At least you die," referring to John, but she gets killed by Aaeryn seconds before Ahkna pulls the trigger]].

%%* HiveCasteSystem: The Scarrans come in several varieties, although they lack any kind of hive mind; the males seem to belong to a 2-4 tiered system that includes the High-Caste Scarrans, who are the most humanoid, and several more reptilian-looking lower castes with variations in the structure of their elongated faces. The males also have a mid-ranking caste of "pug-faced" Scarrans whose appearance is somewhat in between these extremes (who only showed up in "The Peacekeeper Wars." Most females seen so far appear to be members of the Ruling Caste like the higher-ranking, short-faced males, but Tauza, Scorpius' "keeper," ''might'' have been a female warrior-caste/lower-caste Scarran or possibly a female of the mid-ranking "Pug Face" caste. The huge variety of types of Scarran might be due to their reliance on the Crystherium flowers to accelerate and maintain their evolution; this would make the Higher Castes "more evolved" as they presumably have first dibs on the flower supply.
%%* MadeOfIron: They are notoriously difficult to kill because of their thick, scaly hides. The higher-caste Scarrans seem to lack the heavy armor though, and go down easier.

* TerminallyDependentSociety: Scarrans have to regularly eat the petals of a flower called "Crystherium Utilia" to remain sentient. They've been able to pass this off as a cultural delicacy, but in reality there are only a few planets that can support them which places a limit on Scarran expansion. Earth is such a planet (it's a Bird of Paradise flower, a common houseplant) which John lets slip before he learns of their importance. Scorpius considers destroying even one patch such a major victory that he lets John out of his promise to give him wormhole tech in exchange for it. It's implied but not confirmed that access to the flowers determines the Scarrans' cast system, with big-brained, ruling-caste Scarrans like the Emperor controlling access to the supply to benefit themselves and maintain their hierarchy.

* MarsNeedsWomen: They toyed with the idea of using Sebaceans as breeding stock. Following Scorpius' rebellion, they decided it wasn't worth the trouble, particularly since the success rate for said breeding was pretty low and the outcome was fairly disappointing by their standards.

* MarsNeedsWomen: They toyed with the idea of using Sebaceans as breeding stock. Following Scorpius' rebellion, they decided it wasn't worth the trouble.

%%* CostumePorn

%%* TheEmpire

%%* HiveCasteSystem
%%* MadeOfIron

* {{Telepathy}}: Most high-class Scarrans have a certain degree of telepathic power.
* TerminallyDependentSociety: Scarrans have to regularly eat the petals of a flower called "Crystherium Utilia" to remain sentient. They've been able to pass this off as a cultural delicacy, but in reality there are only a few planets that can support them which places a limit on Scarran expansion. Earth is such a planet (it's a Bird of Paradise flower, a common houseplant) which John lets slip before he learns of their importance. Scorpius considers destroying even one patch such a major victory that he lets John out of his promise to give him wormhole tech in exchange for it.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Due to belonging to a more higher caste, Ahkna has a more human-like appearence than other Scarrans.

%%* TheReptilians

->'''Played By:''' Francsca Buller

%%* CuteMonsterGirl

* RevengeBeforeReason: Instead of cutting his losses and skipping town, he tries to kill Crichton before ruining his plans.

* WeakButSkilled: The mental torture he inflict on Crichton likely would've succeeded without the interference of

%%* NobleDemon

->'''Played By:''' Jason Clarke

[[/folder:Jenek]]

[[folder:Ahkna]]
!!War Minister Ahkna
->'''Played By:''' Francsca Buller

->''"Grayza doesn't frighten me. Her command carrier doesn't frighten me. Your bomb doesn't frighten me -- and neither do you."''

The brutal and grudgeful leader of the Scarrans' war effort.

%%* CuteMonsterGirl
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:"At least you die," referring to John, but she gets killed by Aaeryn seconds before Ahkna pulls the trigger]].
* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Borderline case -- Ahkna was apparently courting Pennoch, a member of a lower Scarran caste.
%%* NiceHat
* OpposingCombatPhilosophies: With Staleek. He's willing, at least in principle, to bargain with Crichton, but Ahkna does everything she can to sabotage the deal.
* TheStarscream: To Staleek. Strangely, Staleek himself let her sit on his throne, giving her an ultimatum - carry out one final order from him, and get a promotion that would subsequently lead to her becoming "Empress".
%%* TortureTechnician
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Staleek]]
!!Emperor Staleek
->'''Played By:''' Duncan Young

->''"War is our path. At the peace table, we know how we're viewed: brutish, ignorant."''

The leader of the Scarran culture, determined to increase his race's power by (almost) any means necessary.
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!The Scarrans

* TheEmpire

* HiveCasteSystem
* MadeOfIron

* TheReptilians
* ScaryDogmaticAliens

!War Minister Ahkna

->''Grayza doesn't frighten me. Her command carrier doesn't frighten me. Your bomb doesn't frighten me -- and neither do you.''

->Played by Francesca Buller

* CuteMonsterGirl
* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords: "At least you die," referring to John, but she gets killed by Aaeryn seconds before Ahkna pulls the trigger]].

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: By Aeryn]].
* NiceHat

* TortureTechnician

!Emperor Staleek

->''War is our path. At the peace table, we know how we're viewed: brutish, ignorant.''

->Played by Duncan Young

* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Inverted. He gets influenced by an Eidolon in an attempt to end the war with the Peacekeepers, and it's largely successful... until Ahkna kills the Eidolon and dispels the control he had on Staleek]].
* CostumePorn

* NobleDemon

* RedEyesTakeWarning

* WellIntentionedExtremist