History
Tellarites were warp-capable during the 20th century, but their first contact with humans was made on March 21, 2153, by the Starfleet ship Enterprise under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer. Although this encounter was rather hostile (a Tellarite bounty hunter kidnapped Captain Archer), the relations between humans and Tellarites apparently improved in the next few years until both species became founding members of the United Federation of Planets in 2161. A key moment in this process was an incident in 2154, when humans forced them to work together with their enemies the Andorians to prevent a Romulan attempt to destabilize the region. For the next several hundred years, Tellarites continued to be an important species in the Federation (although they were only rarely seen onscreen). By 2267, in the TOS episode "Journey to Babel", the Babel Conference, which included many Federation worlds including Tellar, was considering the fate of the disputed world Coridan, with its rich mining resources.
Gav, leader of the Tellarite delegation, made heated charges that other ambassadors were either hindering or actively seeking the Tellarites' removal of any say in the negotiations. He accused Vulcan ambassador Sarek of the most serious charges. Gav suddenly turned up in one of the Enterprise's Jefferies tubes, murdered by what appeared to be tal-shaya, an ancient Vulcan execution technique, snapping his neck. The subsequent investigation uncovered a plot by the notorious Orions to break up the conference and continue to smuggle Coridan's dilithium.
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