Turei

The Turei were an exothermic humanoid species from a planet in the Delta Quadrant's Tekara sector block, first encountered by residents of the Alpha Quadrant in 2376. 

History
In 1484 the Turei led a coalition of Delta Quadrant species that drove the star-conquering Vaadwaur back to their homeworld and into near-extinction, bombarding the planet from orbit. After this they took ownership of the underspace corridors crisscrossing the quadrant.

In 2376 USS Voyager accidentally became trapped in an underspace corridor and encountered a Turei starship that forced it back to normal space. The Turei requested permission to board and erase all information on underspace from Voyager's computers. Captain Kathryn Janeway refused and the Turei pursued them to the Vaadwaur homeworld where the Federation vessel took refuge in its still-irradiated atmosphere. Seven of Nine accidentally awoke the remaining Vaadwaur, who had been frozen in stasis for almost a millennium. The Vaadwaur attacked Voyager, and the crew was forced to seek the help of the Turei in driving them off. 

In 2410 an Alpha Quadrant Alliance vessel encountered a Voth battle group while rescuing the crew of the USS Callisto (NCC-80109). However despite the Voths' numerical superiority they quit the field. The AQA ship followed them to the Turei homeworld, where they found the Voth assisting their old allies the Turei against a Vaadwaur Supremacy invasion. The AQA ship sent an away team to bring the Turei planetary defense grid back online, and worked together with Turei and Voth ground forces to repel the invasion. 

Turei Ambassador Norrick convinced his government to join the Delta Alliance later. 

Technology
The Turei homeworld was equipped with a network of orbital weapon platforms and a planetary deflector grid. During the 2410 invasion the Vaadwaur bypassed the defense satellites with drop pods, allowing them to sabotage it from below. 

Relations
Being exotherms, the Turei were considered allies by the exotherm-supremacist Voth. 

The Turei joined the Delta Alliance in 2410, allying them with the Alpha Quadrant Alliance. 

Known individuals

 * Bellas
 * Norrick