Kaal

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"'Also scattered through the markets (on Tuki Station in Barabo Space) were random tavalai, with their broad shoulders and protruding, flat heads and wide-set eyes, and the occasional kaal, like thick walls of grey muscle lumbering through the crowd.' (DL-3)"
 * humanid, big, gray, muscular
 * 4 arms and 4 eyes 👀👀, like chah'nas
 * "Kaal were huge, half the size again of even large humans, in height and girth." (KV-13)
 * "Their homeworld had nearly 2.5 Gs, and they’d evolved accordingly —multiple thick limbs for support, huge muscles about a strong skeletal structure, and a slow, lumbering gait when walking." (KV-13)
 * tavalai’s ally
 * They’d been tavalai allies for as long as anyone could remember...” (KV-13)
 * by extension, allied with sard and barabo
 * kaal build the heavy descenders and pilot them, because they can tolerate heavy gravity.

Po'koo, the descender pilot in Kantovan Vault: “Descender Ikto One,” said Po’koo without preamble. “I am Captain Po’koo Tok’rah’pan.”

“You are Ko’Chu’Tah Transportation?”

Po’koo’s huge, four-limbed shoulders straightened further. “That is my company. I am its chief.”

“Our records state you have not been to Chara in eleven tavalai years. Your company has been implicated in illegal activities in several systems.” (KV-21)

“a big, grey kaal sat comfortably braced between multiple displays, examining screens with his four eyes while eating something with stubby upper hands. A voice like large rocks grinding together underwater, a guttural rumble...(KV-13)
 * Tif’s first impression of Po’koo: