Previously, the Paraagans had been a matriarchal society, but in the 2140s, the males made great strides toward equal rights. They were a very ceremonial race; their funeral customs depended on the existence of remains. They had a mining colony on Paraagan II. (ENT: "Shockwave") The faces of the Paragons, according to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 122) , "were mostly folks from the Star Trek: Enterprise production office and the Art Department."