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Vian
Basic Information
Home SystemUnknown
Government
LanguageUnknown; possibly telepathic in nature
PopulationUnknown


The mysterious Vians hail from a planet of unknown origins. They may either originate from another galaxy, or a different dimension.

Personality

The Vians are enigmatic and appear to lack emotions. They say little and treat those they consider less advanced than them with a casual disdain. They employ methods seemingly incomprehensible to other species. Yet their goals ultimately have their roots in fostering virtue, such as determining which species embodies the principle of self-sacrifice, and is thus worthy of preservation.

Physiology

Humanoid in form, the Vians possess large, hairless crania with distinctive ridges along the sides of their heads that meet in a prominent brow ridge. Their skin is pale gray. Vians stand between 1.5 meters and 1.8 meters tall. When last encountered, they dressed in flowing silver robes.

History and Culture

The Vians were last encountered in 2268, when the crew of a Starfleet ship arrived at Minara II. The Minara star was about to go nova, and the starship was there to rescue personnel at the research station on the planet. The landing party discovered all station personnel missing, and further investigation discovered them dead, the result of bizarre experiments conducted by the Vians.

The Vians similarly captured and experimented on the landing team, seemingly torturing them for no reason. Also present was a mute woman in whom the Vians had great interest. Only when this empath sacrificed herself to save the life of a gravely injured Starfleet officer did the Vians reveal their intentions. Due to limited resources, they only had the ability to save the inhabitants of one of Minara's planets, so they therefore conducted an elaborate experiment to determine which of the system's inhabitants they would rescue. Because of the empath's self-sacrifice, they chose to save her people.

Nothing is known about Vian society. Some speculate that the Vians possess an alien sensibility when it comes to morality - brutally torturing some to test the worthiness of another, for example. Others believe they lack humanoid sensibilities entirely, owing to their advanced civilization and extra-dimensional origins. What is known is that the Vians are immensely powerful and demonstrate at least some kind of compassion for lesser beings.

Vians appeared to speak Federation Standard during their encounter with crewmembers from the U.S.S. Enterprise, although this could have been some form of telepathy or sophisticated universal translator (perhaps part of their energy transfer devices which all Vians carry that amplifies and directs a Vian's mental energy).

Reference(s)

  • Bridges, Bill, et al. Star Trek Roleplaying Game Book 5: Aliens, Decipher, 2003. ISBN: 1582369070.