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Ontailian

TheOntailians were a secretive, non-humanoid race that resided on theplanet Ontail in theRashanar Sector of theAlpha Quadrant.

History[]

The Ontailians established a stable society in the15th century, and over the next nine hundredyears they developed little beyond smalltechnological advances. In the1870s, the Ontailians developedspace travel and they began to chart the local space around them. In around1878, they encountered the "demon flyer", ashape-shifting vessel from anotherdimension. The Ontailians began to appease the vessel and over the next 500 years the Ontailians and the "demon flyer" formed a special relationship.

The Ontailians first encountered representatives from theUnited Federation of Planets in the early2360s, but the Ontailians expressed little-or-no interest in learning about Federation cultures, and expressed no desire to become Federation members. This changed in2374, when Ontail was one of the planets that stood in the way ofDominion forces in theDominion War against the Federation. Not wanting to be destroyed by the Dominion they were fast tracked to Federation membership, but still showed no interest in learning about other cultures. WhenStarfleet and Dominion forces were fighting the nearbyBattle of Rashanar, the Ontailians lent little aid to the battle, even when all of the ships were destroyed.

In2377, the Federation began clearing theRashanar Battle Site and assigned theUSSJuno to collect the bodies of the fallen. The Ontailians lent a large force to help with the clearing of the site and to keep looters and scavengers at bay. In2378, the Ontailians attacked and destroyed theJuno after theUSSEnterprise-E destroyed the Ontailianflagship,Vuxhal, which they believed was a duplicate created by a Dominionweapon.

It was later revealed that the Ontailian claim that theEnterprise destroyed the realVuxhal was false, and that they were keeping the secret of the "demon flyer" from their Federation allies. To prevent the truth from coming out,Captain Jean-Luc Picard of theEnterprise agreed to live with the disgrace of his supposed actions, to allow the Ontailians to remain in the Federation. (ST -A Time to...novels:A Time to Be Born,A Time to Die)