The Talich were a race of non-humanoid reptilians that lived eighteen millenia prior to the 24th century, in the Late Tarantian Age of the Upper Pleistocene Epoch. Alenar, a Talich security officer, was powerfully built, red-scaled with a golden head crest, a compact forward-leaning body, and a heavy tail for counterbalancing. (DTI novel: Watching the Clock)