Organian The Organians were an Alpha Quadrant species of powerful non - corporeal beings from the planet Organia . History . Organians were once corporeal , but they eventually evolved into non - corporeal form . According to the Organians themselves , there seems to be some implication that their desire to avoid physical pain was a primary reason for such evolution . For ten thousand years , they observed a planet that contained a silicon - based virus , and the reactions of species that encountered it , in an attempt to find a species with a higher level of intelligence . Among the species which the Organians observed , as they attempted to deal with this deadly virus , were the Klingon s , Cardassian s and Human s . In 2154 , investigated a Klingon waste site on the planet , and a landing party consisting of Commander Charles Tucker III and Ensign Hoshi Sato contracted the virus . Following their protocol of non - interference , two Organian observers watched the crew ' s reaction to the situation by inhabiting the bodies of crew members and subsequently altering their memories so that they had no recollection of the Organians ' actions . The elder observer felt that the Organian ' s protocols should be followed strictly ; the other , who was impressed by the Humans ' compassion , felt that the time had come for the protocols to be altered . The less senior being argued that intelligence alone was not a sufficient measure of a species ' worthiness to be contacted . The senior observer initially occupied the body of Lieutenant Malcolm Reed , while his associate occupied the body of Ensign Travis Mayweather . All of the senior staff of " Enterprise " were possessed by the observers at one point or another . After a period of rapid deterioration , both Tucker and Sato died from the virus . However , at the moment of Tucker ' s death , the junior Organian inhabited his body and communicated his admiration to Captain Jonathan Archer , who had become infected himself in an effort to save his crewmen . The junior Organian explained his mission to Archer , who pleaded for the Organians to save his crew members – to experience compassion , not merely observe it . Although it was a violation of their protocols , the Organians complied and revived Tucker and Sato , as well as eliminating the virus from their systems and Archer ' s . The crew of " Enterprise " NX - 01 retained no memory of their interactions with the Organian observers . Before they left , the junior Organian told his superior that they should begin preparations for an official first contact mission , which they felt gave them only about five thousand years . ( ) The Organians later took the appearance of a simple pre - industrial humanoid society for the purpose of interaction with other lifeforms . Based on preliminary Federation surveys , the Organian society rated a class D - minus on the Richter ' s scale of cultures . When Organia was invaded by the Klingons at the start of the in 2267 , Captain James T . Kirk and his first officer , Spock , attempted to convince the apparently primitive Organians to accept Federation protection . The Organians seemed completely unconcerned with external affairs , almost to the point of apathy . It was only when Kirk and Spock began conducting a guerrilla war against the Klingon occupation that the Organians abandoned their false humanoid forms and intervened , forcing an end to the interstellar war . ( ) They imposed the Treaty of Organia , establishing a framework for interaction between the two enemies , accurately predicting that , in time , they would eventually become friends . ( , " et al . " ) This event placed the Organians ' official first contact with Humans much sooner than the Organians had first anticipated . ( ; ) Abilities and physiology . The Organians demonstrated a number of abilities . At least one of them , Trefayne , was aware of events at great distances , reporting that space vehicles had assumed orbit about his world and that men had beamed down . ( ) Another was able to tell where the helmsman and armory officer were on " Enterprise " , while in the ship ' s sickbay . The Organian observers in the mid - 22nd century were able to resurrect the dead , such as the recently deceased Trip Tucker and Hoshi Sato . The Organians also had the ability to occupy the bodies of humanoid hosts , including the crew of " Enterprise " NX - 01 , consisting of Humans , Vulcan s , and Denobulan s , as well as alter their memories of their activities . ( ) Organian individual Ayelborne was able to move through a crowded citadel without attracting the attention of anyone there . He was able to prevent the Klingons from returning to a particular chamber in the building , which housed the Organian Council of Elders , to search for Kirk and Spock , whom Ayelborne had rescued from the citadel . He was also able to appear in at least three places light year s apart at the same time , these being his own world , Earth , and Qo ' noS . Kirk believed that the Organians made it possible for Spock and himself to enter the citadel , while it was apparently under Klingon rulership , in defiance of long odds against them . Collectively , the Organians were able to neutralize Starfleet and the Klingon fleet , wherever they were . To prevent the conflict between Humans and Klingons , they managed to emanate extreme heat from every harmful object available , including phaser controls in both fleets . As beings of pure thought , they were either immortal or extremely long - lived ; Claymare commented that no - one had died on Organia in " uncounted thousands of years . " It is unclear exactly what the Organians really looked like but they stated they had once been humanoid . They had developed beyond the need for physical bodies , millions of years earlier , and " that of us which you see . . . is mere appearance . . . for your sake . " Two of them then disappeared , first passing through a state in which they radiated intensely bright light . ( ) External affairs . Organians considered intervention in the affairs of others to be most disgusting . The Organian principle of non - interference was akin to Starfleet ' s Prime Directive though existed before it . ( ; , " et al . " ) The Organians felt they had no choice but to intervene when they imposed the peace treaty in 2267 – they simply could not watch idly as the Federation and the Klingons slaughtered each other and perhaps others . In general , the Organians found the discordant emotions of less evolved beings highly painful . As a gesture of hospitality to visitors , they created conventional points of reference – physical bodies for themselves , buildings , and other objects , such as , in 2267 , creating a setting reminiscent of a primitive agrarian community . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Although " Observer Effect " was written by Judith and Garfield Reeves - Stevens , the idea of bringing the Organians back to " Star Trek " in an episode of ENT Season 4 was thought up by Manny Coto , after he and Brannon Braga asked the Reeves - Stevenses to write a budget - saving installment that involved the crew of " Enterprise " being inhabited . " " Manny [ . . . ] said , ' It would be great , for a tie to , if the aliens that were inhabiting our guys were Organians , " " recalled Garfield Reeves - Stevens . The pair of writers thereafter chose to subtly depict the behavior of the Organians ' hosts . " " We didn ' t want to have anything like , you know , eyes flash or they start talking in a really bizarre way , " " Garfield Reeves - Stevens explained . " " They had to talk as the characters , but referencing that they were possessed by Prime and Second . " " Consequently , much of the responsibility for conveying that the Organians were inhabiting the crew of " Enterprise " was given to the relevant actors and the director of " Observer Effect " , Mike Vejar . Their efforts in this respect pleased the Reeves - Stevenses . " " And while we made the two [ Organian ] characters distinct , it ' s the actors who just made this happen , because you always know which one of them they are , " " remarked Judith Reeves - Stevens . Precisely whom the Organians opted to possess was another concern . " " Working on the show , we were trying to think , ' Um , how do the Organians pass around ? Who do they concentrate on ? " " stated Garfield Reeves - Stevens . At one stage , he and his writing partner even had the Organians inhabit Captain Archer ' s dog , Porthos , so that they could eavesdrop on a discussion between Archer and another character , though that notion lasted for approximately a day before being dropped . The writing couple subsequently focused on having the aliens possess Mayweather and Reed . In an extra page from " Observer Effect " , the Organians , while possessing Tucker and Sato , were given dialogue to be performed by actors Connor Trinneer and Linda Park , though the lines were deliberately not heard on - screen . The aliens , in the script page , discussed Human history and compared the violence of Humans to that of Cardassians . ( " Observer Effect " audio commentary , ENT Season 4 Blu - ray special features ) Garfield Reeves - Stevens thought the Organians ' use of a directive similar to the Prime Directive , while in contact with races including early Starfleet , was interesting . ( " Observer Effect " audio commentary , ENT Season 4 Blu - ray special features ) Although the Organian Peace Treaty is occasionally mentioned in TOS , it is not certain what happened to the Organians themselves in later years ; negotiations and politics portrayed in and suggest that they were no longer interfering in Federation - Klingon affairs . This is consistent with their declared view that such interference was most disgusting ; it is possible that they chose to make an exception in 2267 due to them being directly involved in said affair . It appears that the Organians predicted the state of interstellar diplomatic and security affairs during the time of the Dominion War , upon which , as stated by a member of the Organian ruling council in , the Klingons and the United Federation of Planets become " fast friends . " Apocrypha . In the novel " Q - Zone " , the Organians also turned back the envoys of the Tkon Empress Glevi Ut " some 600 , 000 years ago . " In " Q - Strike " , it was revealed that they observed a battle between the Q Continuum and a coalition of powerful villains under 0 with some disgust , and eventually departed after stopping a stray attack that flew their way . Q seemed to think little of them , remarking that their commitment to non - involvement in the affairs of other species made the Prime Directive seem like " an incitement to riot " by comparison . Further in " Q - Strike " , the Organians stood on the perimeter of the war zone between the Q Continuum and 0 , with their hands clasped together before their chests in a meditative pose projecting an aura of peace and dignity . Q considered them to be relative youngsters compared to the Continuum but reasonably evolved . He also referred to them as " a bunch of upstart , idealistic kids , slackers and layabouts . "