Axanar The Axanar were an androgynous humanoid species with an average life span of four hundred years , native to the planet . ( ) Physiology . The Axanar had green blood . Their bodies produced triglobulin from the zymuth gland . This substance had medical and aphrodisiac properties , and was used by a number of different species for those purposes . Some even forcefully " harvest " Axanar for their triglobulin . The Axanar apparently preferred a nitrogen - methane atmosphere . ( ) History . In 2151 , the Axanar made first contact with Human s via , after an unnamed species attacked an Axanar cargo ship . When " Enterprise " sent an away team over to the cargo ship to investigate , the team found that the crew were now mutilated corpses . The Axanar returned , responding to a distress signal set by the " Enterprise " crew , but a translator malfunction led them to believe that " Enterprise " itself was responsible . Shortly afterwards , however , they were able to learn from Hoshi Sato , having translated the Axanar language , that the true attackers were the ones attacking " Enterprise " . The Axanar responded by offering assistance . ( ) Sometime prior to 2152 , an Axanar starship stopped by the automated repair station . One of the Axanar crewmen was secretly added to several humanoid hosts aboard the station , whose brain s had been tied to the station ' s computer . ( ) By the mid - 23rd century , a conflict had broken out at the site of the Axanar ' s homeworld , involving the United Federation of Planets , Starfleet , and Captain Garth of Izar . Garth was victorious in what became known as the Battle of Axanar , and his exploits in the action became required reading at Starfleet Academy . James T . Kirk participated in a subsequent peace mission at Axanar , for which he was awarded the Palm Leaf of Axanar Peace Mission . ( ) Reference in a holodeck simulation . The Axanar were mentioned in a holodeck simulation that , in 2367 , Commander William T . Riker was fooled into believing was reality . In the simulation , the species was referred to in Riker ' s future service record , which included a note about the Axanar . They had hosted a conference on Beta Quadrant exploration and Federation security that had been held at the Deneva Special Congress on Interstellar Affairs . On stardate 52384 , Riker , then captain of the , had been selected for recognition as the special Federation representative to this conference . ( , " okudagram " ) Appendices . Background information . In the script of " Fight or Flight " , the name of this species was phonetically notated to be pronounced " AX - a - nar " . The Axanar were the first " new " aliens from to be seen in promotional materials released through " TV Guide " in the summer of . For the remastered episode of " Future Imperfect " , the original text of Riker ' s service record was replaced . Apocrypha . In the RPG book " The Four Years War " , the Axanarians were described as pre - industrial humanoids with some genetic similarities to Klingons . In the RPG book " " , the Axanari were tall humanoids with a white secretion covering their skin and wide range of hair colors including blue , green , red and orange . The Axanari have superior perception and pattern recognition abilities that sometimes cause them to see patterns that aren ' t there . When asked a question , an Axanari will always have an definite answer , even when there is insufficient evidence , and will be absolutely certain that he is correct . The Axanari applied for Federation membership in 2252 , but the Centaurans and Vulcans wanted to reject their application due to their rigid caste system and inferior technology . The Axanari decided to impress the Federation by conquering several nearby planets and presenting them to the Federation . This led to a short war with the Federation . At the conclusion of the war , the Axanari abandoned their conquered planets and their leaders resigned in disgrace . They eventually became members of the Federation .