Konor

Konor were a part of the Samdian race that developed unusual telepathic abilities by the mid 24th century. Konor is a Samdian term for "those with souls."

As the group grew in size they came to believe that Providence - the Samdian God - had done this to signify that they alone possessed souls, and that those who could not transmit their thoughts as they did had no souls, and were thus Ikonor, or those without souls. The Konor then took to killing or enslaving those who did not share their telepathic abilities.

While the Federation was unable to intervene militarily due to the Prime Directive, Lieutenant Commander Data discovered that he was also able to receive the thoughts transmitted by Konor while being totally unable to perceive transmissions from traditional telepaths - such as Vulcans or Betazoids. With this knowledge he and Lieutenant LaForge were able to build a transmitter which Data was able to use to communicate with the Konor.

After forcefully demonstrating that he was a machine, the Konor were finally convinced of their errors, and began peace negotiations with their fellow Samdians.