An oath of celibacy was an oath taken by all Deltans interested in serving in Starfleet and around Federation outposts or colonies, to protect both the Deltans involved and the less sexually mature species around them. (TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Motion Picture)
The oath of celibacy was developed by Niro at some point after 2182. (Decipher RPG module: Starfleet Operations Manual)
Among the Deltans who had taken the oath of celibacy were Ilia, (TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Motion Picture) Tenaida (TOS novel: Enemy Unseen) and Meyo Ranjea. (DTI novel: Watching the Clock)
When Beverly Crusher attended Starfleet Medical Academy, she and other students regularly posited the true impact on human experience of, among other things, a Deltan oath of celibacy. (TNG novel: A Time to Sow)
Burgoyne 172 thought that the oath of celibacy was ridiculous, and disbelieved that the Deltans were as good at sex as they claimed. He brought this up in a discussion with Slon in 2376, who corrected him of his mistake. (NF - Excalibur novel: Renaissance)
Captain Elizabeth Shelby made Lieutenant commander Gleau take an oath of chastity, based on the Deltan oath of celibacy, after he used the knack on Shiboline M'Ress. (NF novel: Being Human)
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- TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Motion Picture
- TOS novel: Enemy Unseen
- TNG novel: A Time to Sow
- TNG short story: "The Soft Room"
- NF - Excalibur novel: Renaissance
- NF novel: Being Human
- DTI novel: Watching the Clock
- ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia
- Decipher RPG module: Starfleet Operations Manual
External link[]
- Oath of celibacy article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.