Chapter 19 - The Arkarian Race (Patreon)

The person approaching me looked like a short Arkarian male, if I had to guess. Arkarians had only appeared once or twice in all of TNG and were humanoid, but they were distinctive, with a large crest-like plate on their forehead, small, beady eyes, with a wide, flat nose, large flaring nostrils, and two bone bumps on the sides of the nose.

It hadn’t been clear in the only show they’d appeared, TNG, whether the Arkarians were actual members of the Federation, but in this universe they were not. Their planet was in a valuable strategic location, though, which had made it ideal to host a Starfleet base and assets like the Remmler Array. It was a good deal for the Arkarians. They received many of the benefits of being a Federation member without actually being part of it, obligations and all, which also meant that they could still trade with many races who didn’t want to have dealings directly with the Federation.