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Lutani

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Universe : Prime Timeline
Species Name : Lutani [1]
Quadrant : Alpha [2]

Lutani as the humanoid species from the planet Lutani VII in the Lutani system. During the Federation - Klingon war the Lutani sometimes raided Federation cargo and were accused of working with the Klingons. The Lutani had gray hairless skin, ridges around the face, and two horn like projections on the back of their head. Quadroline treatment was fatal for their species. [1]

On stardate 2177.9, Lutani VII was attacked by its sister planet Kasar causing the Lutani to suffer nine million casualties versus the Kasar 119,000. Hoping to fight back against Kasar, the Lutani science institute began a project called the Metamorphosis Program on the moon Tychus B. This aimed to transform the indigenous species, the Jikaru, into weapons. [1]

When the first Jikaru was ready for use, the Lutani requested assistance from Starfleet in transporting the creature from Tychus to the Lutani system. The USS Enterprise was assigned to help. All went well until the Jikaru reached orbit, at which point a Lutani scout ship appeared and started firing on it. The Jikaru retaliated and attacked the scout disabling it. [1]

The Enterprise beamed the crew off the disabled scout and was confused to discover Doctor Gyud, part of the team working on the project. Her attack had damaged the neural dampener on the Jikaru. When questioned she admitted that she had come to believe that the project was a "terrible, awful mistake". [1]

The Enterprise crew then found a means to communicate with the Jikaru telepathically. Learning that she was sentient and in suffered during the Lutani experimentation and that it wished to die. Captain Christopher Pike elected to honor the Jikaru's wish to commit suicide. Starfleet authorised quarantine of Tychus B as a sanctuary for the Jikaru.,They promised to continue assisting the Lutani in other ways. [1]

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References

# Series Season Source Comment
1 SNW 3 What is Starfleet?
2 SNW 3 New Life and New Civilizations
Series : SNW Season 3
Episode : What is Starfleet?
Series : SNW Season 3
Episode : New Life and New Civilizations

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