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Nuria, a Mintakan female.
Liko, a Mintakan male.
Captain Jean Luc Picard (left) with Mintakans, including Nuria (right), one of the leaders of a Mintakan tribe
The Mintakans are a vulcanoid species native to Mintaka III, who exist in a Bronze Age state of technology. Despite their relatively minimal technological advancement Mintakan culture was highly empirical and by 2366 they had long since rejected the notion of a god or other supernatural beings and had been collecting astronomical and archeological data for several generations.
In 2366, a Federation anthropological team studying the Mintakans accidentally exposed the primitive culture to 24th Century technology when the duck blind they were operating out of had a reactor failure. The USS Enterprise responded to the situation and unknowingly worsened the cultural contamination when the Mintakans observed their comings and goings. As a result, the previously discarded beliefs in supernatural beings began to resurface in the village most directly affected. This would eventually lead to their mistaking Jean-Luc Picard for the Overseer, one of their gods. To avert the revival of religion, Capt. Picard abducts the local leader, Nuria, to give her a guided tour of the ship to explain that the beings they discovered are simply mortals with advanced technology.
Mintakan women always walk in front of the men as a sign of ownership, and to stake out a negotiating position for any services that might be asked of the man. (TNG: "Who Watches the Watchers?")
- Also see: Mintakan tapestry