Elachi

The Elachi were an alien species that inhabited the galaxy.

Biology and appearance
In terms of form, the Elachi resembled bipedal humanoids.

Origin
This species origins were largely unknown and were mysterious to the people of the known galaxy.

Amongst the Romulans, there were stories of miners that operated passed the Eridan Belts who discovered alien beacons of unknown origins. Furthermore, they encountered alien beings that moved passed their outposts magnetic barriers and scan the miners before disappearing. However, little was known of these mysterious aliens except that the beacons left behind referred to them as the Elachi. Despite a Romulan presence on such worlds, the creators of the beacons never appeared and the encounters with the creatures were dismissed as paranoia.

Legacy of Romulus
By 2409, the Romulan Star Empire had fractured following the explosion of the Hobus star which led to the destruction of the twin worlds of Romulus and Remus. In this time, the Tal Shiar rose to be a prominent force that sought the re-establishment of the Star Empire but under their rule but were opposed by the actions of D'Tan who had formed a his own government. At some point, Colonel Hakeev of the Tal Shiar forged an alliance with the Elachi to further their plans. This saw the aliens establish a beacon on the agricultural Virinat colony where it was situated inside a cavern. However, the activity of the machine and its protectors led to the native Khellid hive going aggressive which attracted the attention of the Romulan colonists. They managed to examine the alien technology but were unable to determine its purpose. During the Tapping festival, the Elachi along with their Tal Shiar allies launched a combined attack on the colony thus devastating it. The Elachi later departed though a number of colonists survived and were rescued by forces from the Romulan Republic who drove away the Tal Shiar invaders.

Technology
Analysis of their technology revealed that the Elachi made use of fungal bio-tech with trace amount of spores present from their presence.

They were noted for deploying a number of beacons for an unknown purpose.

One piece of technology commonly used by the Elachi were drones that were insectile automated machines. These were capable of being deployed on guard assignments where they were at times used to protect the alien beacons from outside interference. A more aggressive use of such drones were deploying them in numbers during their attacks on enemy colonies. The drones floating nature meant that they could fly across their environment and latch on to targets whereupon the subjects were forcibly taken back to their Elachi creators.

The Elachi were a spacefaring species able to construct large dreadnought class vessels.