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They haven't been named, but I'd love to see Vilix'Pran's species (from DS9).
Aliens We’ve Never Seen
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They haven't been named, but I'd love to see Vilix'Pran's species (from DS9).
Sounds Swedish.
Nordics are the most annoyingly boring 'aliens' from the 40s-50s. Though plenty of species in trek could qualify as nordic, but not the ufologist tier nordic.
Do you really think the hyper-legalistic Sheliak would not have a database of species that could serve as third party arbitrators?
PICARD: Pursuant to paragraph one thousand two hundred and ninety, I hereby formally request third party arbitration of our dispute.
SHELIAK [on viewscreen]: You have the right.
PICARD: Furthermore, pursuant to subsection D three, I name the Grisellas to arbitrate.
SHELIAK [on viewscreen]: Grisellas?
PICARD: Unfortunately, they are currently in their hibernation cycle, However, they will awaken in six months, at which time we can get this matter settled. Now, do you want to wait or give me my three weeks?
I took it that subsection D-3 had a list of acceptable third party arbitrators.
I took D3 to be the section that permits for an arbitrator at all. Or that permits Picard as requester of arbitration to be the one who chooses the arbiter.
Yeah, maybe. Depends on if we ever get to see them I think. Again, mostly I’m looking for non-humanoids to slot in but the mystery of the Preservers is part of their appeal. Then again, I did include the Iconians, so…
I think of the Preservers a bit like the monolith makers in 2001. All we ever really see is their tech and acts. The Preservers themselves may not have corporeal form at all by now, merely energy dancing on the winds of the galaxies.
The Sheliak would've checked for sure and then be outraged if he lied. It's also not Picard's style
That Picard was "fucking with the Sheliak" doesn't mean the Grisellas don't exist.
The Sheliak would've checked for sure and then be outraged if he lied. It's also not Picard's style
They could be outraged all they want after the thousands of lives were saved. Space is vast — it could take them a while to find out the Grizzelas aren’t real. Plus, the Sheliak were from very far away, and hadn’t been in contact with the Federation in a century, so the diplomatic fallout could be acceptable given the stakes.
Are you fucking with me? Please explain how.
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You recall correctly.
SPOCK: With whom are you at war?
ANAN: The third planet in our system, called Vendikar. Originally settled by our people and now a ruthless enemy. Highly advanced technologically.
I stand corrected, thanks!
A few more aliens I thought of:
The Chandrans — In TNG’s “Tin Man,” Tam Elbrun said that they had glacial minds whose hello greeting could take days. I always imagined them as giant translucent slug-walruses as a kid.
Chrysalians — “The Price,” the aliens Devinoni Ral represented in negotiations with the Federation, the Caldonians, and the Ferengi for the Barzan Wormhole. They could be significant players if they’re competing with the Federation and the Ferengi.
Alcyone — from TNG’s “Haven,” the aliens who were thought to have killed off the last Tarellian plague ship before one showed up to run away with Troi’s betrothed Wyatt Miller.
Yash-El — Prof. Galen quoted their night blessing “Dream not of today” to Picard.
Lysians — the military headquarters space station of 18,000 people the Enterprise nearly blew up in “Conundrum,” at the urging of Satarran spy “Commander MacDuff.”
Civilizations/peoples perhaps no longer with us but of which images, holos, and other records may be found:
The Menthars — went out in a blaze of glory with the Promellians from TNG’s “Booby Trap.” One cool fan interpretation, though not a non-humanoid one.
D’Arsay — makers of the ancient archive in TNG’s “Masks.”
Kurlans — makers of the Kurlan Naiskos gift Prof. Galen gave to Picard in “The Chase.”
The Chandrans — In TNG’s “Tin Man,” Tam Elbrun said that they had glacial minds whose hello greeting could take days. I always imagined them as giant translucent slug-walruses as a kid.
Chrysalians — “The Price,” the aliens Devinoni Ral represented in negotiations with the Federation, the Caldonians, and the Ferengi for the Barzan Wormhole. They could be significant players if they’re competing with the Federation and the Ferengi.
Alcyone — from TNG’s “Haven,” the aliens who were thought to have killed off the last Tarellian plague ship before one showed up to run away with Troi’s betrothed Wyatt Miller.
Yash-El — Prof. Galen quoted their night blessing “Dream not of today” to Picard.
Lysians — the military headquarters space station of 18,000 people the Enterprise nearly blew up in “Conundrum,” at the urging of Satarran spy “Commander MacDuff.”
Civilizations/peoples perhaps no longer with us but of which images, holos, and other records may be found:
The Menthars — went out in a blaze of glory with the Promellians from TNG’s “Booby Trap.” One cool fan interpretation, though not a non-humanoid one.
D’Arsay — makers of the ancient archive in TNG’s “Masks.”
Kurlans — makers of the Kurlan Naiskos gift Prof. Galen gave to Picard in “The Chase.”
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Nope, and interestingly the ongoing Star Trek comic series from IDW is doing a somewhat different design from STO despite cooperating with STO in other ways.
Is this your attempt at a joke? The point of the episode that everyone else took away is that Picard was clever and used the Sheliak's treaty in a true way against them.
Lol is this your attempt at an insult? He did use the treaty against them by finding the part that gives him the right to 1. arbitration, and 2. choose the arbitrator. The space grizzlies are him being a wily starship captain, part and parcel of the job.
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It looks like there was a similar thread on the BBS couple of years ago. This reply included scores of unseen aliens, cleverly compiled by looking up alien races in Memory Alpha and picking out the ones without pictures.
A couple replies down includes the...
Tarellians - Plague species seen in early TNG.
Terellians - 4-armed species. Probably Amarie's unnamed species (from "Unification") but I was leaving speculation out of the list.
Terrelians - Diplomats to the Federation. Tuvok fell in love with one when he was a young child (shades of the Tarellians?) and they also visited DS9.
Terrellians - This is actually two species! Both seen in Voyager and both very different from one another, in physiology and location. The hallucinatory Terrellian fought by young Chakotay was also probably the same species referenced in DS9 and Enterprise. The Delta Quadrant Terrellians were major players in the space race around Drive. There might be a third Terrellian species, if we take deleted scenes into account.
Tyrellians - Practiced laser art. 5 Tyrellians served on the Enterprise-D, meaning we can look at a few of the Unnamed races on that ship and speculate.
Terellians - 4-armed species. Probably Amarie's unnamed species (from "Unification") but I was leaving speculation out of the list.
Terrelians - Diplomats to the Federation. Tuvok fell in love with one when he was a young child (shades of the Tarellians?) and they also visited DS9.
Terrellians - This is actually two species! Both seen in Voyager and both very different from one another, in physiology and location. The hallucinatory Terrellian fought by young Chakotay was also probably the same species referenced in DS9 and Enterprise. The Delta Quadrant Terrellians were major players in the space race around Drive. There might be a third Terrellian species, if we take deleted scenes into account.
Tyrellians - Practiced laser art. 5 Tyrellians served on the Enterprise-D, meaning we can look at a few of the Unnamed races on that ship and speculate.
Oh, and I feel like the Rigel system is big enough for yet another set of Rigellians (maybe two), of non-humanoids. Maybe one spacefaring, and one a species of intelligent gigantic jellyfish-like beings that float and billow in the skies of one or more of the system's gas giants. It'd be cool if the Rigellian Chelons from TMP ever show up again if they're considerably alien as well. Maybe with large shells and differently shaped joints and heads and more.
Only Spock has seen a Medusan. It did not go well.
Nordics, together with Greys and Reptilians are one of the "classic" alien species from old Ufology. Usually seen as the "good guys" when contrasted tot he other two.
They are basically a bunch of telepathic New Age Space Galadriels from the Pleiades.
I guess the closest to them in Star Trek would be if you'd put a blond wig on Lt.Ilia from TMP.
^ they're also kind of racist. I don't know about they themselves, but the idea that the beautiful blonds are an advanced other people from the heavens, the good guys at that, suggests the rest of us are what exactly? It's silly. Born from envy. Like the idea that there are angels, humans with bird wings, born from our envying beings that can fly. Well, some people envy Swedes enough apparently to half-deify them another species.
Marvick did too. Also went badly...
I have to admit, I honestly thought you were joking with us. But I did some Googling and this actually is something that is claimed, name and everything. Who knew?
According to Wikipedia, they supposedly are "six to seven feet tall (about two meters) with long blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin." Also they are also claimed to posses "telepathy, benevolence, and physical beauty."
Hmmm....
Since he was standing above Kirk, it was hard to judge his height, but, other than not being able to see his eye colour, he ticks pretty much all the other boxes...
Yeah association between the supposed physical "beauty" and the "goodness" of the Nordics goes to laughable and ridiculous levels. I mean they even chose the Pleiades as their home, a grouping of stars that is commonly considered very beautiful. So this says that the aliens coming from the pretty stars must be the good ones, and they have to be pretty too.
All of "classic" Ufology is full of unfortunate implications, really. And of extremely silly ideas.
Yeah, old Ufology is so silly that it almost sounds like a giant joke.