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[[File:KzintiSizeComparison.png|right|Size comparison.]]|History=Khrag was born with a rare aberration; he possessed an unwelcome aptitude for telepathy. However, rather than cull him, his patriarchs chose to make use of him. Consequently, while he was still very young, they transferred him to a special institution equipped to fashion him into a useful telepath in service to the Patriarchy. To that end, the institution injected weaponized sthondat lymph extract, a highly addictive drug, into his regimen. It magnified his powers, but he became addicted to it and experienced its toxic side effects in the form of depression, neuroticism, muscular atrophy, and thinning fur. Furthermore, by means of his addiction, the institution maintained its control over him. Paradoxically, Heroes recognized Khrag’s telepathic specialty and sought to make use of it, but they despised him because of his resultant shameful appearance and because of his “weakness,” enslavement to Sthondat. Khrag ranked little more than a slave without a future, until he eventually used his powers to overcome coercion of his brothers to the contrary and escape the Patriarchy.
Khrag sought asylum within the United Federation of Planets where Doctor Johannes Schwicker took him on as his patient. The doctor’s detoxification processes promoted Khrag’s return to homeostasis, and his diagnosis supported Khrag’s registration for protection and his application for Federation integration. Eventually, Khrag settled in San Francisco, Northern California, U.S.A., where he found part-time employment, first as a door attendant, then as a uniformed security guard for a reputable courier service that frequented Starbase Delta. Thus, he supported further secular education. He learned to “master” common English as good as any fanged felid could, and he had opportunity to demonstrate an instinctive understanding of formal sciences, such as logic, statistics, and decision analysis. He is naturally accustomed to thinking in octal and hexadecimal numeral systems—he has eight fingers and eight toes—so it was not easy for him to convert to decimal, but his mathematical multilingualism gave him certain advantages in theoretical computer science. Bound by his honor, he felt under obligation to “repay” the Federation’s compassion and generosity, so he applied to join Star Fleet. With Commodore Nicholas Ristone’s sponsorship, and Doctor Schwicker’s testimonial, Khrag gained entrance to Star Fleet Academy.
