Tellarite Tellarites were a warp - capable humanoid species from the planet Tellar Prime . In 2161 , their homeworld became a founding member of the United Federation of Planets . Physiology . Tellarites were a stout humanoid species with an average body height shorter than that of Human s . They had distinctive snouts , wore beard s , and their hands were sometimes hoof - like in appearance . Their lower jaw usually possessed a pair of small tusk s . ( ; ) However , at least some Tellarites possessed more prominent tusks . ( , ) Tellarites found Human room temperature s to be cold , indicative of a lower body temperature . ( ) Though a particular medical condition known as dyspnea was normally considered a symptom ( i . e . , the patient noticed it him / herself ) and not a sign ( i . e . , only a doctor noticed the sign during a medical examination ) in most species , it was regarded as a sign when present in Tellarites . ( ) Society . Tellarites sometimes took mud bath s . ( ) Tellarites were known to be an impatient people . ( ) They were also known for their " stubborn pride . " ( ) They had a propensity toward strong emotion . However , they enjoyed a good argument , and they even considered it a sport on Tellar ( presumably in the form of debate ) . ( ) Tellarites often began an interaction with a series of complaints ; this was how they started arguments with someone they had recently met . If they had nothing to complain about , they would simply insult the person . Because of their ability to argue , Tellarites made excellent politician s . ( ) One of Elim Garak ' s suggested wedding dress es for Rom and Leeta was in the style of Tellarite modern . ( ) Although Tellarite cuisine seemed to be dominated by raw fruits and vegetables , canine was considered to be something of a delicacy . ( ) History . Pre - Federation . Tellarites were warp - capable and involved in inter - species communication by the 20th century . In 1957 , a picked up the distress call of a Vulcan ship that had crash land ed on Earth , near Carbon Creek , Pennsylvania . They passed this information on to the Vulcan High Command . ( ) Some time before 2154 , the Tellarites were in conflict with the Andorian s . Ambassador recalled being aboard a Tellarite cruiser as they drove " those blue demon s " back into their own territory by force . ( ) In April of 2152 , a passing Tellarite vessel directed , suffering severe damage after an encounter in a Romulan minefield , to an automated repair facility . Sub - Commander T ' Pol then stated that Tellarites were generally considered trustworthy . ( ) However , as of the 2150s , some Tellarites were also involved in dubious businesses . By 2151 , a Tellarite merchant operating in the area around the Akaali homeworld was a competitor of unscrupulous , covert mining entrepreneur Garos . In of 2153 , the Tellarite bounty hunter Skalaar , working for the Klingon s , captured the Human Jonathan Archer , captain of the " Enterprise " . However , he later helped him to escape from a Klingon ship . Skalaar ' s brother , Gaavrin , who worked on a space station at that time , used to run a freighter , the " Tezra " , together with him . In May of 2154 , a Tellarite was bidding at an Orion Syndicate slave auction on Verex III in the Borderland . ( ) In November of 2154 , a Tellarite delegation led by Ambassador Gral was being transported to the planetoid Babel by the " Enterprise " to resolve a long - standing trade dispute with the Andorians . However , the Romulan Star Empire had become aware of the threat posed by a closer partnership between Tellar , Andoria , and its neighbors . The Star Empire ' s attempts to destabilize the region led to the Babel Crisis , during which a secret mission by the Romulans involved the use of two Romulan drone ship s , which were able to camouflage themselves as various other vessels . By destroying the Andorian vessel " Kumari " under the guise of a Tellarite cruiser , thereby causing the cancellation of the Babel conference and nearly escalating an old conflict between the two races , the Romulans nearly succeeded with their plans . However , Captain Archer of the " Enterprise " defused the tension between the Andorians and Tellarites by unexpectedly answering a Ushaan challenge on which Commander Shran insisted , Archer thereby protecting Naarg of the Tellarite delegation and deliberately sparing Shran ' s life by incapacitating him . Archer subsequently allied the Tellarites , Andorians , Humans , and Vulcans to find and destroy the drone ships , thereby altering the result of this Romulan mission to the exact opposite of what it had been intended to achieve . ( ) In 2155 , a Tellarite delegation attended talks on Earth about forming a Coalition of Planets . Minister Nathan Samuels joked that new universal translator s , which the participants were given , were working a little too well when it came to talking to the Tellarites . During the conference , the Coridan s also rejected a Tellarite proposal to enact a trade embargo against the Orion Syndicate . The Coridan representative claimed his people had been trading with the Orion s for centuries and that the accusation of Orions attacking Tellarite freighters constituted slander . Despite subsequent terrorist acts by Terra Prime , a xenophobic movement which tried to drive all non - Humans out of the Sol system , the conference was eventually resumed with a passionate speech by Captain Archer , earning the applause of all attendees including the Tellarite delegation . ( ) Several species represented at the Coalition of Planets conference became welded together when the conflict with the Romulan Star Empire escalated into the Earth - Romulan War . After the war between United Earth and the Star Empire began in 2156 , a humiliating defeat of the Romulans by an alliance of Tellarite , Andorian , Vulcan , and Human forces at the Battle of Cheron in 2160 effectively ended the conflict and led to the establishment of the Romulan Neutral Zone between the two power blocs . ( ; ) Some time prior to 2161 , Shallash gained notoriety as the second Tellarite liberator . ( ) Federation . In 2161 , Tellar – along with its old war allies Earth , Andoria , and – founded the United Federation of Planets in San Francisco on Earth and established a joint Starfleet . ( ; ; ) As a result , Tellar Prime held a seat on the Federation Council and Tellarites served as Starfleet officers . ( ; ) In 2268 , the planet sought admission to the United Federation of Planets . However , due to the wealth of dilithium available on Coridan and the presence of illegal mining operations , Coridan ' s admission was a controversial subject between Tellarites and Vulcans . The Babel Conference was convened to settle the matter and ultimately approved Coridan ' s admission . Tellarite Ambassador Gav was among the delegates to the Babel Conference , but Thelev , an Orion infiltrator in Andorian disguise on board the Federation starship , assassinated him and unsuccessfully tried to frame Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan , who , at the conference itself , was ultimately credited with achieving a consensus towards admitting the planet to the Federation . ( ; ) A Tellarite served on the ruling council of the pocket dimension Elysia during the late 23rd century . ( ) In 2286 , at least one Tellarite was serving on the Federation Council . ( ) In 2293 , at least two Tellarites were present at the Khitomer Conference . ( ) As of the late 24th century , Tellarites were serving in Starfleet . A drunken Klingon at the celebrations for the Order of the Bat ' leth in 2373 bragged about having killed the Tellarite helmsman of Laporin ' s starship . ( ) During the 2370s , s occasionally conducted trade through starbase Deep Space 9 . ( ) Following the fall of Betazed during the Dominion War , in 2374 , many believed that Tellar could be the Dominion ' s next target . ( ) Mirror universe . In the mirror universe , Tellarites had been subjugated by the Terran Empire sometime prior to 2155 . By that year , however , some Tellarites had joined a rebellion , which used various non - Terran vessels , e . g . , Tellarite cruisers , to fight the Empire . Major and Doctor of the torture d a Tellarite crewman named Terev in the agony booth as a demonstration of the device for Captain Maximilian Forrest and Commander . Reed ' s philosophy on Tellarites was that they were " all guilty of something . " ( ) Sometime later , Archer and an away team under his command stole the , Archer , frustrated with a lack of progress while trying to apprehend the rogue Gorn Slar aboard the ship , raged , " " We ' d have more luck sending a squad of Tellarites to capture this thing ! " " ( ) Some Tellarites like , along with members of other species like Andorians and Klingons , were still in rebellion against the Terran Empire as of the mid - 23rd century . ( ) Technology . Sometime before the 2150s , the Tellarite freighter " Tezra " was the first of its class and able to haul one million metric ton s of cargo at a maximum speed of warp 4 . 5 . ( ) As of 2153 , Skalaar considered force field emitters " the latest technology " aboard his shuttle . ( ) As of 2154 , a Tellarite cruiser was considered to be no match for an Andorian vessel . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Design . The Tellarites were designed by Fred Phillips . Given virtually no notice that he would be required to design their make - up , Phillips had to do so overnight . ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 17 , No . 2 , p . 32 ) Two Tellarite nose appliances were designed and manufactured for the appearance in " Journey to Babel " . ( " " , p . 27 ; " " , pp . 190 - 192 ) The appliances mainly consisted of a one - piece prosthetic appliance , which was made from foam latex and covered the central part of the actor ' s face . This type of primordial mask was glued on in such a way that the actor ' s eyes couldn ' t be seen , and consequently prevented the performer from seeing through its lunettes . This forced the actor to tilt his head back when he was delivering his lines in order to see through his mask . ( " " , p . 48 ) Gav actor John Wheeler noted , " " The makeup department at Desilu [ . . . ] put a plaster mask all over my head and left me two little straws to breathe through . " " ( " " ) To complete the makeup , a beard and mustache were added . Both these hair pieces were manually applied and were intended to blend into the actor ' s own head hair . The faux mustache helped to hide the edge of the snout appliance and created an interesting effect with the character ' s bushy eyebrows . The look was completed with character gloves , worn to represent the Tellarite hands . ( " " , pp . 48 - 49 ) Two Tellarite costumes were created for " Journey to Babel " , and both were sold in the " It ' s A Wrap ! " sale and auction . Two images taken from apparent make - up tests appeared in the ending credits of the TOS episodes and . These tests appear to be for either Gav or his aide . The second image features regular stand - in and background actor William Blackburn . The makeup for the Tellarites was slightly revised for . For that film , Kirk Thatcher explained that makeup was done by ( newcomer to the " Star Trek " franchise ) Richard Snell and , as such , " " we played a little bit . We stuck an Andorian in there and Tellarites , but " new " Tellarites . They don ' t look so ' rubber masky . ' We tried to maintain the " Star Trek " look throughout , but bring it up to date . " " ( " " # 111 , , p . 40 ) The Tellarite councilor in " Star Trek IV " is shown wearing robes that were originally created for the white - furred Kazarite from . Special effects makeup artist Ed French , who described many of the representatives present at the Khitomer Conference as a " homage to television , " explained , " " We also threw in a couple of the piglike Tellurites [ sic ] , modified a bit from the old " Star Trek " episode ' Journey to Babel ' . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 22 , No . 5 , p . 34 ; " " , p . 90 ) There was no support , in the writing staff of , for the possibility of a Tellarite or multiple members of the species appearing on that series . However , Makeup Supervisor Michael Westmore wanted to create an updated version of the Tellarite ever since , a wish he expected would be practical . ( ) Finally , with the advent of , a chance to again show Tellarites on screen seemed more feasible than it had before . While working on ENT in , Michael Westmore related , " " I ' ve already sent Brannon [ Braga ] a note and said I want to do them . The eyes probably wouldn ' t be as deep sunk , I ' d probably modify the pig - like nose a little bit , and the hair would be better – we ' d probably have a thousand - dollar lace beard on him instead of that bushy thing they wore ! " " ( ) In addition , he mentioned that he " would like to put a bony ridge on them . " ( # 311 , , p . 33 ) When the opportunity finally presented itself for the Tellarites to appear on " Enterprise " , the makeup was again changed , the species receiving a completely new makeup scheme , in in , due to improved makeup techniques as well as a greater budget . " " The hunter in ' Bounty ' [ namely Skalaar ] was originally a non - descript alien , but making him a familiar species helped jump - start the episode , " " explained Mike Sussman . ( ) Shortly after completing work on " Bounty " , Executive Producer Brannon Braga commented on how the Tellarites had been updated , saying , " " We reconceived the makeup a little bit so it ' s not quite as hokey . They were never really developed , so we also tried to create a little character and culture for them . We [ . . . ] wouldn ' t hesitate to do the Tellarites again . " " ( ) One thing missing in the " Star Trek : Enterprise " makeup were the three fingers which some Tellarites have in , though a slight reference to that in ENT can be seen in their cloven fingernails . In the final draft script of , the Tellarites in that installment were described as " rotund . " Several Tellarite costumes from " Enterprise " were sold in the " It ' s A Wrap ! " sale and auction . The auction listings also revealed that a fat suit was worn under the Tellarite uniform to give the appearance of added weight . Also included was a lot of latex Tellarite face , hand , and arm makeup appliances . Trivia and unused material . A Tellarite named Vashi was to have appeared in episode " Point of Extinction " , though that installment was . In the episode ' s first draft script , a somewhat lengthy description of the Tellarites referred to them as " short - tempered . " In the first draft script of , a group of Tellarite survivors were referred to in a ghost story told by Charles Tucker . These Tellarites , according to the tale , had survived the crash landing of their Tellarite transport on Pluto but had then eaten one another . There was apparently a recurring motif of being punched in the gut by a Tellarite in " Star Trek : Enterprise " . In the final draft script of " Bounty " , a visual reaction Skalaar gave to his brother – Gaavrin ( also a Tellarite ) – revealing to him that " Tezra " , a freighter Skalaar had owned and loved , had actually been cannibalized by the Klingons was described thus ; " " Skalaar looks like he ' s been punched in the gut . " " Similarly , in the episode , Charles " Trip " Tucker comments that he feels like he has been " gut - punched by a Tellarite . " Apocrypha . Shane Johnson , in " The Worlds of the Federation , " described Tellarites as belligerent , but good engineers , and called debate a favorite form of entertainment among Tellarites . Though series canon , as has been shown , offers hints of both , it has not definitely confirmed either , as yet . In the novel " Articles of the Federation " , Bera chim Gleer was a Tellarite representative in the Federation council in the late 2370s and early 2380s , known for his long speeches and opposing Federation President Nanietta Bacco ' s inauguration . He is also referenced by political figures in " " and " A Time to Heal " . " Articles of the Federation " also featured Kav glasch Vokrak , a Tellarite reporter . A Tellarite named Colv served as an engineer on a cargo freighter in " " : " " . The Tellarite people are later referenced in the same novel for their involvement in " the infamous Tellarite bar - fight story , " which is popular among the " da Vinci " crew . In the eBooks of " Star Trek : SCE " , which are eventually printed as paperback novels , a Tellarite character called Mor glasch Tev takes over the position of second officer after Kieran Duffy ' s death . In the novel " The IDIC Epidemic " , Tellarites are listed as composing less than 28 % of the Vulcan Science colony Nisus . In the " " game , Kirk , Spock , and McCoy encounter a Tellarite on Pollux V who describes the Krognik demon – a creature from Tellarite mythology . This creature is the traditional shape of the Tellarite devil and his minions . Its physical appearance is described as being decidedly wolfish , with sharp teeth in a long snout . Tellarites have made two appearances in comics from IDW Publishing . In " " : " " , Christopher Pike encounters some on Babel in 2265 , when he is being feted as fleet captain . One of these , Administrator Muso , is a wanted criminal and bounty hunter , and is taken into custody with the help of an Orion slave girl . In " " : " An Inconvenient Truth " , Jean - Luc Picard , while investigating a conspiracy in Starfleet , is fired on by a Tellarite in the shadows on the grounds of Starfleet Academy . The " Starfleet Operations Manual " and " " supplements characterize Tellarites as having great mechanical aptitude , perhaps due to their greater perception of distance , dimension , and depth , as well as being extensively trained in engineering at every level of the education process . Female Tellarites are a playable race and gender for the Federation faction in " Star Trek Online " . Females are depicted as having the same pig - like facial features , but with pointed , wide extended ears .