Takret The Takret were a humanoid species who originated from the Takret system . While relatively average government wise , their military forces were corrupt . History . In September of 2152 , three Takret hail ed the Starfleet ship , warning them to let them come aboard and to then jump to warp 7 , as a neutronic wavefront was approaching . Since the top speed of " Enterprise " was warp 5 , the crew decided to hide out in the ship ' s catwalk in one of the warp nacelle s . The crew allowed the three Takret into the catwalk with them . Several day s into the journey through the neutronic storm , the warp coil s began their start - up program . It was no longer believed to be a malfunction , and Commander Tucker was sent to investigate . He found several Takret soldier s in engineering , trying to start the warp core , unaware the crew was in the catwalk . The Takret Military had believed " Enterprise " was abandoned , and the crew took refuge on a nearby planet . The Takret captain looked through the " Enterprise " logs and personnel file s , and in doing so got a good grasp of Captain Archer ' s personality and history . The three Takret in the catwalk reported that the military was after them for trying to leave the service . They ' d noticed several officers had gone missing , and wanted out . " Enterprise " sent out several officer s into the ship and flew the ship near a plasma eddy , to make the Takret Military believe they ' d destroy the ship rather than hand it over to them . The Takret left , and " Enterprise " withstood the remainder of the storm . ( ) The invading Takret were later mentioned in a letter Travis Mayweather sent his sister . His sister then told their mother , Rianna , of the incident , referring to the Takret officers as " alien soldiers " who had forced their way aboard " Enterprise " . In January 2153 , Mayweather assured his mother it had just been a misunderstanding and that the aliens had mistakenly believed the ship to be abandoned but had then been persuaded , by Captain Archer , to depart . ( ) Physiology . Takret faces had a series of ridges on their cheek bone , similar to the Zakdorn s only upside - down compared to them , and less pronounced . Takret physiology was immune to the effects of radiolytic isotope s and neutronic radiation , possibly since the species evolved in a part of the galaxy subject to neutronic storms . In that they were never in danger when they entered the storm , the original Takret who had given the warning only went aboard " Enterprise " to hide from the military . Takret need to sleep only once in a week . The Takret digestive system was different from that of Human s , and had a difficult time digesting Human food . For this reason , they often brought along their own cookware and supplies . ( ) Technology . The Takret utilize starship s probably capable of at least warp 7 , as Tagrim assumed " Enterprise " would be capable of it . The Takret starship that docked and boarded " Enterprise " had three impulse engine s on its back , and two nacelle s coming out of its front . A roll bar also protrudes from its top . Their soldiers are also armed with some kind of particle weapon s in the form of sidearms that fired green beams . They have a basic understanding of warp technology , as they were able to get " Enterprise " s warp engine s to start . Their scanner s were unable to penetrate the alloy s in the catwalk , to find the crew . The soldiers also used communicator s and flashlight s . ( )