Ardea Preax


 * "You are an honorable adversary, Kirk. Jolan tru." - Preax to Kirk

Preax was a male Romulan who lived in the 23rd century.

In the 2260's, he held the rank of Centurion and was part of an assault force that stormed the classified Federation starbase, ARK-7. This was because the Romulans had learnt of the creation of a virus that could inect Romulans. Believing this to be part of a bio-weapon threat from Starfleet, he attacked the facility but was infected along with his crew. It was only the intervention of the starship USS Enterprise that saved him when Doctor Leonard McCoy created a cure for the virus.

After recovering from the virus, he informed Captain James T. Kirk that he was mistaken about the assault and that he had proved himself an honorable adversary and departed in peace.