Tellarites are a fictional species from the planet Tellar from the Star Trek television show .
Notable Tellarites include the ambassador Gav (from the original Star Trek episode "Journey to Babel"), bounty hunter Skalaar, and his brother Gaavrin (both from Star Trek: Enterprise).
Traits
Tellarites are a porcine/humanoid species whose facial features are somewhat pig-like. They have black pupils set in deep eye sockets and large snouts. Tellarites are very hairy; besides having beards and large bushy hair, they also have coarse pinkish-brown skin. In Star Trek: The Original Series they are portrayed as having 3 fingers, but in Star Trek: Enterprise, not only is their facial make-up updated, they also have 5 fingers.
Tellarites are renowned for being rather direct and forceful in conversation, and are known to be so quarrelsome that arguing is a sport on their home planet, Tellar.
History
Tellarites were first contacted by humans on March 21, 2153 by the Starfleet ship Enterprise NX-01. 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. For the next several hundred years, Tellarites continued to be an important species in the Federation (even though we only rarely saw them onscreen).
Technology
As of 2153, the Tellarites have more advanced ships than Earth; even their smaller shuttle craft can attain speeds of warp 4 (around 64 times the speed of light on the old warp scale, 101 times on the new one).
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