Mintakan
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| Mintakan | |
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| Four Letter Code | MINT |
| Federation Status | Neutral |
| Planet of Origin | Mintaka III |
| Encountered | TNG: "Who Watches The Watchers?" |
| T/E Rating | T0/E0 |
| Current Tech Level | C |
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Proto-Vulcan humanoids at the Bronze Age level of development, quite peaceful and highly rational, whose evolution closely parallels that of Vulcan. Once cave dwellers, they now build two-story adobe-like huts, hunt with the bow, weave cloth, use a sundial and have no immediate fear of strangers. A millennia ago they gave up the belief in the supernatural -- including an "overseer" god, astrology and the occult. They reconsidered it when a Federation study team was accidentally revealed to them in 2366; to counter the damage, they were reassured of their rational ways and the post was removed. At least some live in extended families; another social custom is a woman's leading her mate when walking. In appearance they follow the Vulcanoid norm, but their brain has a much lower lysosome level.