Rotciv
The Rotciv were a humanoid species widely dispersed throughout the Alpha, Beta, and Delta Quadrants.

They acquired interstellar travel sometime before the mid-21st century, and were already present among the traders on Rigel X by 2151. ()

By the late 23rd century, members of the species began enlisting in Starfleet, with one serving on the  in 2293. (; )

In the 24th century, they were often found in the seedier parts of the Federation and Cardassian frontiers, with members present at the Bonestell Recreation Facility at Starbase Earhart in 2327, () a bar on Torman V in 2369, () and frequently aboard Deep Space 9, following the Cardassian withdraw from Bajor the same year. (, et al.)

In 2371, a member worked for the Petarians serving about their freighter , under the Human Captain Kasidy Yates. ()

During the , another member of the species worked as a medic on Ajilon Prime in 2373. () The same year, a seemingly disfigured member of this species was a customer of Quark's, during his short lived career as an arms dealer. The customer tested and proceeded to purchase 2,000 Breen CRM 114s for his part in whatever conflict he was involved. ()

Their presence in the Delta Quadrant was also observed on numerous occasions, during indirect contacts made during 's return trip to Earth during the 2370s. (, et al.)

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Background information  
When revealing some of his new creations for DS9 Season 1, Westmore explained "I created a bald orange creature with a turkey throat and a spoon nose, called a Rotciv, just to walk down the Promenade. Then we put him in the bar on ." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 23, No. 6, p. 31) 

It was also later explained that for , "the lavender-faced alien Westmore dubbed "Rotciv" [was] a palindrome of the Algolian chimes musician from Season 4 dubbed "Victor" () after the extra who [was] under both masks, Victor Sein." () 

The name "Rotvic" also appeared on call sheets of the  priemere  to describe the similarly designed aliens appearing in that episode.

Though described as a new design by Michael Westmore, evidence of elements taken from previous aliens, like the Promellians (from TNG Season 2) and the Algolians (from TNG Season 3), are visually evident in this make-up design. This alien design first appeared in the  production . Further refinements, especially to the nose and neck, continued to be made showing a fair amount of variation in this species, including the appearance of another design offshoot, such as Yint's species.

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