SPECIES--HUMANOID and OTHERS
L THRU O
ALL ARE THE CREATION AND PROPERTY OF PARAMOUNT STUDIOS.
lapling-like animal
Planet: name unspecified. Perhaps a cousin of the lapling shown
in Kevis
Fajo's collection, this lapling-like creature was brought on board
Deep
Space Nine during Grand Nagus Zek's first visit in 2369.
leaf miners
Planet: Earth. Any species of larvae of any variety of the Terran
moth
and/or butterfly. The larvae were so called because they exist by
burrowing
tunnels and habitats into the leaves of plants where they can then
safely
survive.
Legarans
Planet: Legara IV. A largely mysterious alien race who, after 83
years of
preliminaries by the legendary Vulcan Ambassador Sarek, mader official
first contact with the Federation in 2366. The meeting, which was
viewed
by the Legarans as their crowning achievement, finally took place
on
stardate 43917. Strict adherents to protocol, the Legarans were
thought to
bring incalculable benefits once relations were established.. Though
nondescript physically, they prefer to live -- or at least confer
-- in pool of
thick swirling ooze which is carefully maintained at a constant
150o C.
Significant work is required to prepare for their arrival, and to
make them
comfortable in an environment that is alien to them. Special vats
are
constructed for them, and a place in rooms that are decorated with
a great
deal of care -- they want no furniture, nor to have the walls too
bright or
decorated with paintings, for example.
Letheans
Planet: name unspecified. A humanoid, space-faring race somewhat
resembling the Markalians in appearance but with an electro-assisted
telepathic attack that usually proves fatal. Altovar used his to
attack
Doctor Bashir when he was caught trying to rob the infirmary, but
it
resulted in a coma the doctor eventually fought through. Another,
Soto,
was a henchman of Toral, the Klingon.
Leyrons
Planet: Malcus IX. A people whose use of a written language predated
the
spoken word. They are the major known exception to the rule that
most
cultures develop a sign or gestural language before a verbal one.
Ligonians
Planet: Ligon II. Well-built, muscular people of dark skin whose
culture
closely resembles those in feudal Japan and the 13th century Sung
Dynasty of China. Ligonians have a highly structured society and
live by
strict codes of honor; they show great respect for patience and
have a
passion for ritualistic displays. The women own the land and so
convey
power (and partnership) to the men they choose to protect it.
Liseppians
Planet: Liseppia. A humanoid, non-aligned space-faring race distinguished
by finger-like projections from the chin downward and a large, hard-skinned
bare head with a pattern of ridges radiating out from a forehead
crown --
the latter feature an indication that perhaps this species are brethren
to the
Dopterians, the Kohberrians and to the unspecified Kolos race. In
addition
to their docking at Deep Space Nine, they are also known to trade
with the
Cardassians and probably other species as well.
Lothra
Planet: name unspecified. A sentient, space-faring species of hydrogen
breathers capable of inhabiting Class M environments with adaptive
gear;
otherwise unspecified but apparently of Alpha or Beta quadrant origin.
The
species was known to Curzon or a previous Dax host, since Jadzia
talked
of a Lothra who mated with a Oxygen for 57 years. They could only
spend
40 minutes a day together without their breathing apparatus.
Lumerians
Humanoid race of envoy Ves Alkar who are empathic with each other
but
not others encountered on stardate 46041.1. His empathic "dump"
ability
was not normal to the species.
Lyaarans
Planet:Iyar. A humanoid, non-Federation race who reproduce using
a
technique described post-cellular compounding. When they are "born"
from within their natal pods, they emerge fully developed as adults.
Lyaarans find humans fascinating because many of their intrinsic
beliefs
and practices share nothing in common with Terrans. For example,
the
Iyaarans are not familiar with pleasure, antagonism and love. Food
is
ingested for basic sustenance only, so their dietary supplements
are
extremely bland.
M-113 Creature
Planet: M-113. The last of a vaguely humanoid species sometimes
referred
to as the "salt vampire" because of its need for salt and its willingness
to
kill to satiate its own hunger. The creature is now extinct.
Malcorians
Planet: Malcor III. Humanoid race, physically distinguished by mitten-like
hands and feet -- suction cups at the palm and "fingertips" replacing
digits
-- and a cranial lobe with an upper set of olfactory nasal openings.
Internal
distinguishing features include a higher digestive tract, placed
where a
human heart would be and the Malcorians have more ribs -- three
on the
right and four on the left. Like humans they come in a variety of
skin tones,
from dark to fair, and perhaps a little like humans of the late
20th Century,
the Malcorians immediately assume both a curious stance and an
aggressive stance upon discovering that outsiders have infiltrated
their
world. Their technology approximates that of late 20th Century Earth,
while
their ideology is based on an almost medieval ethnocentrism. They
assume their own superiority and believe in their aloneness in the
center of
their universe. Despite encouragement from an enlightened scientist,
the
Malcorian chancellor in 2367 decided to wait for more education
before
further contact with the Federation, asking not to be visited again.
Maquis™
Origin: Alpha Quadrant. The colonists and disgruntled Starfleet
officers
who opposed what amounted to an abandonment of some Federation
colonies when the United Federation of Planets-Cardassian border
was
finally hammered out and "disarmed" are still fighting the "Cardies"
a week
before stardate 48315, when Chakotay's ship is chased by Gul Evek's
Galor-class warship into the Badlands.
Marijnians
Origin: in low orbit around Marigne VII. A sentient species, indigenous
to
subspace, yet in appearance, only like tiny chemical flames floating
through space. Due to an accident in 2370, several of these beings
became trapped in a ship and needed to communicate with humans.
The
Mariijne beings communicate by directly accessing thoughts which
proved
deadly to humans, so in order to communicate, the beings instead
assumed the image of a familiar humanoid in an effort to find their
way
back to the safety of their home in low orbit around the planet.
Telepathic
subspace creatures who appear to humans as fire and live in lower
depths
of gas giant Marijne VII. A group, accidentally trapped about the
Raman,
tried to communicate with its crew of seven when it ascended from
their
eco-level and they died from the contact. One took the form of Geordi's
late mother to talk to him when interfaced with a remote probe,
with the
contact not fatal due to his remoteness until close proximity.
Mariposans
A cloned race of scientists descended entirely from the five survivors-the
"Progenitors"-of a colony ship in the 22nd Century; they abandoned
sexual
reproduction due to their limited gene pool and found it repugnant
being
being reunited with the lusty Bringloidi, their original shipmates,
in 2365 to
avoid the 15-generation limit of replicative fading.
Markalians
Humanoid and spacefaring race who often frequent DS9, distinguished
by
a bald head, no visible earlobes, and small stubby spikes about
the face.
Natives have included the smuggler Regana Tosh and Asoth.
Mathenites-61A
Planet: name unspecified. A neutral race who agree to provide asylum
to
Legate Ghemor after his rescue with Major Kira.
Medusans
Planet: name unspecified. A species of highly intelligent noncorporeal
beings; Federation members, whose sensory systems differ radically
from
humanoid sensory systems, which makes the Medusans particularly
well
suited for space travel. While noncorporeal, Medusans still have
a physical
form, which when viewed by humanoids, is said to be so ugly, that
it will
cause madness unless that humanoid has the protection of a visor.
In
contrast, for those with telepathic capabilities, the Medusan mind
is said
to be remarkably beautiful (stardate 5630.7).
Melkotians
Origin: Melkotian space. (Also referred to as Melkots, stardate
4385.3), a
telepathic species, non-humanoid, which appears as a disembodied
head
and neck whose eyes are literally two shining points of light. The
Melkotians are uninterested in contact with the Federation, and
have been
known to send out warning buoy to approaching visitors to warn them
away, or face consequences.
Melthusians
The otherwise unspecified race of Capt. Bela Tyken, who first discovered
and escaped from the energy-draining spatial anomaly named for him.
Menthars
Planet: Orelious IX. An ancient species, now extinct and thought
to be
both inventive and very resourceful when in battle. Several battle
strategies
which are still used originated from the Menthars (the Kavis Teke
elusive
maneuver and a passive lure strategem comparable to one of Napoleons').
Their entire race died out over a thousand years earlier because
of a
devastating war against the Promellians which extinguished both
sides,
and destroyed the planet.
Meridians
Planet: Meridian. Some 30 remaining humanoids, distinguished in
appearance by Trill-like markings about the outer corner of the
eyes, who
are descended from survivors of an expedition stranded on Meridian
almost
a millennia ago. There, the small group was trapped into shifting
back and
forth between two intersecting dimensions: one of pure consciousness,
and the other a mysterious corporeality with a steadily decreasing
timeframe. The group only aged and experienced physical sensation
when
in corporeal form, and as a result, procreation has not been possible.
After
a startling initial burst, the population since has been suddenly
dwindling,
with the latest children seen to be at least 6 or 8 "years" old.
When
discovered by the U.S.S. Defiant in 2371, the invaluable corporeal
window
was only open for 12 days every 60 years. After a trigger for the
rapid
shifting in the sun's core was discovered, the window's next appearance
was expected to last some 30 years and allow for more stability.
The
group was informally led by Seltin Rakal..
Metron
Planet: Cestus III. An extremely advanced humanoid species who
intervene in Captain Kirk's battle with the Gorn on stardate 3045.6.
Being
surprised at the mercy Kirk shows to the Gorn, the Metron indicates
that
in perhaps a thousand years, they will be ready to make contact
with the
Federation.
Mikulaks
A race whose donation of special tissue samples is meant to help
stop an
outbreak of Correllium fever on Nahmi IV circa SD 43807, but almost
doomed the Enterprise with unintentional invidium contamination.
Mintakans
Planet: Mintaka III. Proto-Vulcan humanoids at the Bronze Age level
of
development, quite peaceful and highly rational, whose evolution
closely
parallels that of Vulcan. Once cave-dwellers, they now build two-story
adobe-like huts, hunt with the bow, weave cloth, use a sundial and
have no
immediate fear of strangers. A millennia ago they gave up the belief
in the
supernatural -- including an "overseer" god, astrology and the occult
-- but
considered it again when a Federation study team was accidentally
revealed to them in 2366; to counter the damage, they were reassured
of
their rational ways and the post was removed. At least some live
in
extended families; another social custom is a woman's precession
of her
mate in walking. In appearance they follow the Vulcanoid norm, but
their
brain has a much lower lysosome level.
Miradorn
Planet: name unspecified. A race (pronounced "MEER-a-dorn") in which
all
are twins who make up a single self as two halves of one being --
a
"quarrelsome people," according to Quark. Natives are marked by
a
whitish skin and a high hairline over the face but with a severe
widow's
peak of hair.
Mizarians
Planet: Mizar II. A highly intelligent and pacifistic race, so opposed
to
confrontation they have let themselves be conquered six times in
the last
300 years. Humanoid in appearance but with whitish facial skin sharply
folded along vertical lines.
Mokra
The Mokra Order rules their planet, with the Alsaurians treated
as a
sub-class. The alien race claims to be "helping our Alsaurian neighbors
defend themselves against common enemies." Naturally, the Mokra
have
military control of the planet.
Morn™
The ubiquitous alien and Quark's most frequent patron. His affection
for
Phalosian, adult holosuites, is well known to Quark, and he's the
first to
try out a new cycle Quark obtains circa stardate 47000, "Picnic
with the
Pleasure Goddess of Rixx," in Holosuite 6. As usual, Morn is seen
in the
bar when Quark hawks his pieces of Plegg, when Rom and Quark have
a
coin toss for the price of his drink and he loses, and when Quark
feigns
caring about his troubles. In addition, Morn was also seen during
the
Founders' imposed hallucinatory test of a United Federation of
Planets-Dominion peace. In the post-Dominion scare, even Morn leaves
Quark's Place at a slow time, usually arm in arm with a tattooed
humanoid
woman, and sends Quark into real despondency at the slow growth
of his
business. Before burning his renewal scroll at the Gratitude festival,
Morn
lets it be read by Science Officer Dax, who can't believe such a
"handsome, fun-loving guy" can have so many problems. In addition,
Morn
was treated by Doctor Bashir in the infirmary for food poisoning
brought on
by Quark's spoiled kanar. Thanks to his seat near the board and
Quark's
fistful throw, his padded suit is peppered with darts. Quark tries
to make
him the scapegoat when they're caught painting numbers on the back
of
27 fighting voles. After it is discovered that Quark is lying, Commander
Sisko suggests the Ferengi get a goldfish for a substitute pet.
Morn's
species also has more than one heart. Lastly, Morn was seen betting
Quark on 3-to-1 odds that Doctor Bashir will share nothing more
than an
awkward "hello" with Dr. Lense -- and loses.
Moropa, the
A race who shared an uneasy truce with Federation member world Bolius
IX. With a supposed Bolian Starfleet cadet among his fellow hostages,
Picard guessed that someone of this race they might be the captors
until
it was noted their holding cell was not of Moropan design.
Mugato
Planet: Tyree's planet. An indigenous simian-like beast, carnivorous,
with
characteristically white fur, a rhino-like horn on the top of its
head, and
sharp and extremely venomous fangs.
Nacene
Origin: unspecified. A sporocystian life-form dubbed "Caretaker,"
capable
of holographic projection and matter manipulation on a huge scale,
was
abandoned by his mate when he began a lifelong project of caring
out of
guilt for the Ocampa people whose planetary surface had been destroyed
accidentally by their technology. The couple had originally been
left behind
to fix the damage out of a larger exploratory party. After bringing
dozens of
alien crews to the area in recent months -- including Voyager and
Chakotay's Maquis ship -- in a valiant search for viable procreation
mates
once he knows he's dying, he resigns himself to his demise and builds
up
the Ocampa's power supply to a five-year supply. Upon death, it
becomes
a small rock-like mass.
Ten month's later, the U.S.S. Voyager made contact with an Array
similar
to the Caretaker's, populated by Ocampa. Their guardian was Suspiria,
the
female mate of the Caretaker. Their species is known as the Nacene.
Nagilum
Origin: space. A powerful being, extra-dimensional in nature and
manifested in space by a large hole of complete blackness.
Nanites
Planet: Kavis Alpha IV. A race of sentient submicroscopic robotic
life-forms, created by the Federation, which are recognized as sentient
on
stardate 43125.8, and given rights to colonize their own planet.
Napean
Planet: name unspecified. A humanoid race with partial empathic
capabilities; Danny Kwan was half-Napean.
Native American colonist
Planet: Terran colonists originating from Earth. A tribal leader
from the
Dorvan Indian colony who is among fellow settlers confronting Gul
Evek on
Volan III about the attacks on the Federation Merchant Ship when
Commander Sisko and Dukat show up and fellow colonist Bill Samuels
is
revealed to have died in Cardassian hands. He later helps carry
out
Samuels' bodybag.
Nausicaans
Planet: name unspecified. An otherwise nondescript race, three of
whom
are provoked into a fight by a young officer Picard in the roughhouse
Bonestell Recreation Facility at the Farspace Starbase Earhart on
the old
pre-alliance Klingon frontier. Perhaps representative of their cultural
level at
the time, one stabbed Picard with a serrated-edge metal sword.
Raiders from this large humanoid race broke in to the central museum
on
Remmil VI using a high-frequency ultrasonic generator to break through
the native spun-crystalline webbing used in construction. One is
a
customer of Garak's on Deep Space Nine, upset when the tailor misplaced
his wedding suit.
Nehru Colony
Origin: Federation colony near station Deep Space 9 and the Bajoran
system. Contacted via subspace link under the orders of science
officer
Jadzia Dax in 2369, in an attempt to rescue the station's computer
system
threatened by an invading software life-form.
Noophian
A race that culturally prefers efficiency and moderism over any
need for
history or reverance for older artifacts. A Noophian on Earth would
question
why so much history had been preserved.
Numiri
Planet: name unspecified. Covert, warlike rivals to the peaceful
Baneans
with weaponry equal and shielding perhaps superior to Voyager. They
once shared the same planet.
Obsidian Order
The Cardassian counterpart to the Romulans' Tal Shiar, the Obsidian
Order for decades maintained terror as the secret police and spy
agency
of that culture. Supposedly subservient to the Central Command and
military rulers -- much less the puppet civilian Detappa Council
-- the
Obsidian Order was a den of intrigue unto itself and often acted
secretly for
its own ends. Enabran Tain was its longest serving chief; his son
Garak
was a onetime agent and was kept alive in exile only by its intervention.
The Order's downfall came about from its biggest undertaking: a
covert
joint invasion with the Tal Shiar of the Founders' former homeworld.
The
spectacular failure was easily foiled by a Founder shapeshifter
posing as a
top Romulan in the project, and the agency -- who had stockpiled
its own
ships and bases, against the law -- never recover
Ocampa™
Race moved underground and grew dependent upon the "Caretaker" alien
who had accidentally made their planet's atmosphere incapable of
producing a water cycle some 500 generations ago. Unaware of the
aliens
as anything but a benevolent god, their ancient texts record the
disaster
as "the warming" when the benevolent Caretaker opened an underground
chasm to allow them to build a city there. They have let their telepathic
and other abilities atrophy but care until death for those "honored
guests"
rejected and infected by the medical testing their Caretaker completes
in
his search for a mate. In fact, such guests are stared at by the
natives for
the contact they have had, and believe they are "immune" from their
fatal
disease. Some less-latent outcasts are tolerated and have a farm
colony
outside the city. Some have found fissures to the surface, but are
closed
up for protection against the intrusive Kazon-Ogla above. The mainstream
Ocampa hold the ancient stories of cognitive abilities as apocryphal
Natives and have only a nine-year life-span.
Ten months after being drawn to the Delta quadrant, the U.S.S. Voyager
found Ocampa on the Array of the Caretaker's mate, Suspiria. The
stories
of the Natices proved to be true. Through her guidance, these Ocampa
had
developed telekinetic and telepathic abilities, and had extended
their
lifespan to over twenty years.
Ooolans
Inhabitants (pronounced "OO-lons") of Marejaretus VI who give thanks
during a meal by eating until two large, continuously struck stones
are
broken.
Ophidian
Origin: Devidians. A snake-like life-form which appeared to possess
the
same shape-shifting abilities as the Devidians who used it to travel
through
their time portal.
Organians
Planet: Organia. On first appearance, a simple agrarian humanoid
race
that had no significant advancements for over ten thousand years.
On
stardate 3198.4, the true nature of the Organians revealed an extremely
advanced civilizations of noncorporeal beings, having developed
beyond
their physical bodies a millennia ago, and who merely created the
physical
appearance of a simplistic culture for the benefit of the corporeal
life-forms
that visit. The Organians are responsible for the Organian Peace
Treaty in
2267, which is responsible for peace between the Federation and
the
Klingon Empire until the two allied many years later.
Orion wing-slug
Origin: unspecified. On stardate 43930.7, Lwaxana Troi commented
that
she would prefer to eat this otherwise unspecified lower life-form
than
succumb to her Ferengi captors.
Orions
(pronounced "oh-RYE-uns") Planet name unspecified, within the Orion
system. A green-skinned species of humanoid traders with known
dealings in the black market, and questionable intentions towards
the
Federation. Orions are known to have bartered their female dancers
at one
time.
Orions were reported to have transported half the population of a
village on
BRINDA V to work as slave labor in mining camps, another example
of a
space-faring race -- like Cardassians -- who have relied on manual
labor
rather than technology for tasks considered menial.
Ornarans
Planet: Delos III. Basically humanoid, this race was kept in virtual
addiction to felicium, a native drug, by the neighboring world of
Brekkia
supposedly to fight off ongoing effects of a plague that was long
ago cured.
Originally, the Ornarans had long outpaced the Brekkian economy.
ornithoids, extragalactic
Origin: extragalactic. Slight beings only inches tall, alien to
human-type
emotions but capable of matter manipulation with a replication/transporter
technology dubbed "transmuter" which is used to assume different
forms
on the many higher-gravity worlds they encounter. Along with being
featured on a wallchart in Keiko's Deep Space Nine school, the
extragalactic Ornithoids once discovered on Pyrus VII a century
earlier
were once the subject of Jake's homework.
Oxygenes
Origin: unspecified. By implication, an oxygen-breathing species
otherwise
unspecified but apparently of Alpha or Beta quadrant origin. The
species
was known to Curzon or a previous Dax host, since Jadzia talked
of a
hydrogen-breathing Lothra who mated with an Oxygene for 57 years.
They
could only spend 40 minute a day together without their breathing
apparatus.