Menthar

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Menthar
Four Letter Code	MENT
Federation Status	Believed to be extinct
Planet of Origin	Orelious IX
Encountered	TNG: Booby Trap
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	L
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DEPARTMENT of XENOLOGY

"We fight, for to do anything else is to dishonour our beliefs and our souls."

a Menthar proverb carved into stone by laser.

The Menthar are a species of that is now believed to be extinct due to their genocidal war with the Promellians. Occasional relics, debris and other items have turned up over time to provide some information about them.

Home System

• Quadrant: Alpha
• Location: Ostundlan Sector (coordinates A24-0001-1295)
• Proper Name: Men Tharsis system
• Star: It orbits a class M (Red) star
• Distance from Star: its orbit is approximately 49 million km
• Companions: It is the 9th of 13 planets in the system
• Moons: It has 2 moons

Home World

• Proper Name: Orelious IX
• Diameter: 14,??? km (12,683 miles)
• Gravity: 0.96 standard gravity with a density of 3.3
• Axial Tilt: 17.1%, with normal seasonal changes
• Orbital Period: 469 days
• Rotational Period: 27.8 hours
• Classification: M
  • Surface Water: 46%
  • Atmosphere: 0.95% is a standard pressure with 72% nitrogen, 26% oxygen, 2% trace chemicals
  • Climate: Mainly a cold temperate world with many savage, destructive storms.
  • Terrain: Mainly a barren planet with numerous radioactive craters. Extensive ruins exist but are in extremely poor condition.
  • Population: Believed to be extinct.

History

They were an ancient species, now believed to be extinct and thought to be both inventive and very resourceful when in battle. Several battle strategies that are still used originated from the Menthars (the Kavis Teke elusive maneuver and a passive lure stratagem comparable to one of Napoleons'). Their entire race died out over a thousand years earlier because of a devastating war against the Promellians, which extinguished both sides, and destroyed the planet.

Government

Nothing is known about this aspect of their society. There are only a few historical records that have survived. These hold information regarding the war with the Promellian, logistical, supply data and casualty reports.

Physiology

Very little is known about this aspect of their society. There are only a few historical records that have survived. These hold information regarding the war with the Promellian, logistical, supply data and casualty reports. However some medical data was recovered which experts have analyzed to determine that they have a very complex system with specialized organs, and unique hormones, chemicals and enzymes.

Psychology

Very little is known about this aspect of their society. There are only a few historical records that have survived. These hold information regarding the war with the Promellian, logistical, supply data and casualty reports. However some medical data was recovered which experts have analyzed. Unfortunately there was not enough data for them to make any educated guesses regarding this subject.

Religion

Nothing is known about this aspect of their society. There are only a few historical records that have survived. These hold information regarding the war with the Promellian, logistical, supply data and casualty reports.

Mythology

Nothing is known about this aspect of their society. There are only a few historical records that have survived. These hold information regarding the war with the Promellian, logistical, supply data and casualty reports.

Society

Nothing is known about this aspect of their society. There are only a few historical records that have survived. These hold information regarding the war with the Promellian, logistical, supply data and casualty reports.

Culture

Nothing is known about this aspect of their society. There are only a few historical records that have survived. These hold information regarding the war with the Promellian, logistical, supply data and casualty reports.

Customs

Nothing is known about this aspect of their society. There are only a few historical records that have survived. These hold information regarding the war with the Promellian, logistical, supply data and casualty reports.

Technology

The Promellians operated advanced battle cruisers which operated at a technology level that rated as rather crude in terms of 24th century Federation technology, but were highly advanced for their time. They also used a form of information storage device that was a crude analog of a 24th century Federation isolinear optical chip.

Economy

From the few historical records to be recovered it would seem that they had a strong internal economy as well as a fairly well established trade network.

Military

From the few historical records that have survived it would seem that the military vessels designed and built by the Menthars were for all intents and purposes almost equal in strength, power and combat ability to those being used by their enemies the Promellian.

However no surviving vessel of theirs has ever been found to confirm this and the few scattered wreaks have been so badly damaged that they cannot shed any conclusive light on this question.

Federation Intelligence Files

Geordi La Forge recalled the time they were caught in the Menthar trap to Guinan, in 2367, a year after the event, when he described to her his infatuation with a hologram of Leah Brahms.

History books show many fascinating records of the Menthar's innovative battle strategies. They were the first to use the Kavis Teke elusive maneuver as well as the Passive Lure stratagem which was comparable to the strategies of Napoléon Bonaparte. They also developed a way to modify aceton assimilators to create a booby trap for starships. Both a Promellian battle cruiser and the USS Enterprise-D became ensnared in the trap the Menthars set.

Menthar-Promellian War

The Promellian-Menthar War was a long war between the Promellian and Menthar species that ended with a battle at Orelious IX during the 14th century. The conflict resulted in the mutual extinction of both species.

The root cause of the war, at least according to the Federation, was believed to have been attributed to a Promellian starship that entered a holy Menthar system during a sacred time.

Sources

Both Memory Alpha and Memory Beta were used as referances as well as the following TV episodes, TNG: Booby Trap and TNG: Galaxy's Child.

Also used was the following written work, the TNG novel: The Buried Age.

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