Xenology
Osmotic Eels
Part of Dr. Phlox‘s medically-useful menagerie onboard the Enterprise NX-01. The osmotic eel was particularly useful for cauterizing wounds.[1]
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Orions
Orion female (ENT-80)
Orion male (ENT-93)
Slave traders who dealt in “green animal women.”[1] The supposed “animal” nature of Orion women, however, was discovered to be a pretense by the Enterprise NX-01 in 2154; Orion women produced extremely powerful pheromones, which they were able to use to disable Human women and make men—both Human and Orion—susceptible to suggestion. Vulcan women were apparently immune, while Denobulan men were sent into an unnatural sleep cycle.[3] Orion territory was located adjacent to the Klingon Empire, and the region where Klingon and Orion territory met was known as the Borderland.[2]
Notable Orions:
- Harrad Sar[3]
- Navaar[3]
References
- 1. “The Cage.” Star Trek, Episode 0. Television. 1965 (Unaired).
- 2. “Borderland.” Star Trek: Enterprise, Episode 80. 29 October 2004.
- 3. “Bound.” Star Trek: Enterprise, Episode 93. 15 April 2005.
Wraiths
The Eskans referred to this race of indigenous shapeshifters, which they hunted on a rogue planet that they called Dakala, as “wraiths.” They possessed telepathic abilities and could assume various forms. In 2152, one appeared to Captain Archer as a woman from a Yeats poem, in order to ask for his assistance.[1]
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Borg Species Designations
For thousands of years the Borg spread throughout the galaxy, conquering, assimilating, and thus destroying countless civilizations. Following every encounter, the Borg catalogue each new species with a numerical designation, rather than a proper name. The goal of the Borg, in most cases, was to completely assimilate each species by incorporating their knowledge and technology into the unified Borg Collective. One by one, each living being was converted into Borg drones. In many cases, all that remained of an assimilated civilization was the memory of its unique contributions that resided only within the accumulated knowledge of the Borg. That, and the numerical species designation. Often even the name is lost, forgotten or deleted as irrelevant. Conversely, the species designations gave a sense of the long and terrible history of the Borg and the thousands of species they encountered and absorbed.
Species designation:
116 | 125 | 149 | 180 | 218 | 259 | 262 | 263 | 312 | 329 | 521 | 571 | 689 | 2461 | 3259 | 4228 | 5174 | 5618 | 6291 | 6339 | 6961 | 8472 | 10026
Nuvians
According to “Trip” Tucker, the 200 Nuvian masseuses on Risa in 2152 had twelve fingers on each hand.[1]
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Novans
The descendants of the original Human Terra Nova colonists, the Novans lived underground. The Novans did not believe they were descended from Humans when contact was reestablished in 2151, thinking instead that Humans were responsible for the “poison rain” that contaminated their planet and sent them underground. Captain Archer of the Enterprise NX-01 eventually convinced them that their “go-befores” were, in fact, Human, and relocated them to a safer side of the planet.[1]
Notable Novans:
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Ngultor
The Ngultor originated from a distant part of space. They believed that “the blending of the flesh—the cohesion of species into species—life into life—achieving a single union of wholeness, [was] a blessed state to be striven for.” The Ngultor vessels encountered by the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 were stranded in Federation space by a warp drive malfunction. They captured several ships for spare parts from the crews before attempting to do the same with the Enterprise. They also planned to send harvester vessels to Federation worlds, following their return to their home territory, forcing Captain Pike to destroy them.[1]
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Neethian Cradlefish
Invertebrate creature. Some of its appendages could survive independently after being severed from the main body. Similar creatures included the earthworm and the symbiotic organism that took over the Enterprise NX-01‘s Cargo Bay Two in 2152.[1]
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M’klexa
The M’klexa were one of several warp-capable species that visited the Valakians prior to 2151, but did not offer the Valakians warp drive.[1]
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Menk
Humanoid species indigenous to the planet Valakis. The seemingly primitive Menk were one of two species on the planet when Valakis was visited by the Enterprise NX-01 in 2151; the other was the technologically-advanced Valakians. The Menk were subservient to the Valakians, but were immune to a disease that was ravaging the latter species. Dr. Phlox observed that, while the Valakians were being picked off by the disease, the Menk were in the process of an evolutionary awakening, and would in all likelihood eventually become the dominant species on Valakis.[1]
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