Rojan

Rojan was a Kelvan male, and was the leader of a group of Kelvans who traveled from the Andromeda Galaxy to the Milky Way Galaxy, to find new territories for the Kelvan Empire to conquer and occupy.

Rojan's ancestors originally began the voyage in multi-generational spacecraft centuries before, and by the time the ship reached the galactic barrier in the mid-2260s, Rojan had became leader of the group. Unfortunately, the Kelvans spacecraft was destroyed during the passage through the barrier, but Rojan and four others were able to escape to a nearby Class M planet. In order to adapt to the environment around them, Rojan and the others established a humanoid form.

In 2267, the Kelvans sent out a false distress call which quickly drew the attention of the USS Enterprise. When Captain James T. Kirk led a landing party to the surface, Rojan and the others quickly overpowered them and upon beaming up to the Enterprise, seized control of the vessel. After outfitting the Enterprise with advanced Kelvan propulsion technology, Rojan took the Enterprise out beyond the barrier and headed back to the Andromeda Galaxy. In order to assure the cooperation of Captain Kirk and three other senior officers, Rojan turned the rest of the crew into oddly-shaped objects which could easily be broken down.

Fortunately, the Enterprise crew were able to regain the ship when Captain Kirk and the others began to draw Human emotions out of the Kelvans. Kirk was able to make Rojan extremely jealous by seducing Kelinda, a fellow Kelvan. Rojan finally accepted that his emotions could be fully realised in the Milky Way Galaxy and turned back control of the ship to Kirk. (TOS episode: "By Any Other Name").

Eventually, Rojan became a leader of a Kelvan colony close to the galactic barrier. As a sign of respect for Captain Kirk, Rojan traveled to Earth in 2293 to participate in Kirk's memorial service in the grounds of Starfleet Academy. (TOS novel: Crucible: "The Fire and the Rose").