Aldeans were a people from the planet Aldea.
History and specifics[]
The planet was long thought to be a legend after the Aldean Progenitors cloaked the planet in 3000 B.C.. (Last Unicorn RPG module: All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook)
The cloak would cause sterility in the entire population. In the 2360s, the Aldeans revealed themselves to the USS Enterprise crew and abducted some of the Enterprise crew's children in an effort to prevent their own extinction. (TNG episode: "When the Bough Breaks")
Aldeans ranked 48 on the Weibrand logarithmic developmental scale of civilization, somewhere between the Iconians and the Traveler's species. (Decipher RPG module: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Core Game Book)
Mirror Universe[]
In a version of the mirror universe, the Aldeans likewise tried to abduct members of the ISS Enterprise-D crew. As a punitive measure, Captain Jean-Luc Picard decimated the civilization. (TNG novel: Dark Mirror)
Known individuals[]
- Accolan
- Aran
- Carish
- Duana
- Leda
- Melian
- Radue
- Rashella
- Toolan
- Whelin
- Zena
Appendices[]
External link[]
- Aldean article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.