The El-Aurians are a humanoid civilization of "listeners" with extremely long lifespans. Most of them were assimilated by the Borg in 2265, the few survivors being scattered throughout the galaxy.
In 2293, a group of El-Aurian refugees were being transported by Federation ships when they were caught in the Nexus. They were reluctantly rescued by the USS Enterprise-B, although at the apparent cost of the life of James T. Kirk. (TNG episodes: "Q Who?", "Time's Arrow, Part I", "Time's Arrow, Part II"; DS9 episode: "Rivals"; ST movie, novelization & comic adaptation: Generations)
El-Aurians have the notable ability to sense changes in the time stream resulting from time travel. (TNG episodes: "Yesterday's Enterprise", "Time's Arrow, Part I", "Time's Arrow, Part II") In 2379, while on board the USS Enterprise-D, Guinan revealed to Captain Jean-Luc Picard that the El-Aurians were actually the first species to be assimilated by the Borg. As a result of Vulcan assimilation, the Collective uncovered a logical paradox in their philosophy of perfection: No perfect species can exist from one which was created imperfect. Thereafter, the Borg initiated a series of changes in the past by attempting to assimilate lifeforms from the time of inception. By assimilating the El-Aurians first, the Borg also assimilated the capability to remember each subsequent shift in time--so as to further isolate the exact point where life began. (TNG comic: "Alien Spotlight: Borg")
Notable El-Aurians
External links
- El-Aurian article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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