The Six Xindi
Species:
All Xindi, regardless of species, appear to share characteristic ridges
on their cheekbones.
All Xindi have a genetic profile that are nearly identical to each
other. Their base pair sequencing is
much closer than humans and chimpanzees, more like
humans and neanderthal.
"The Xindi" [ENT]
The Xindi are comprised of five different species (and a sixth
extinct species):
[ Primate ][ Aquatic ][
Reptilian ][ Insectoid
][ Arboreal ][ Avian ]
1. Primate / Humanoid
- They have forehead and cheek ridges, and a big chin. Rounded
horizontal ridges
arch between a V-shaped pair leading downward to
pronounced eyebrow ridges, which curve around
the eyes and down to the cheeks; these side-ridges
are lined with a half-dozen tooth-like points.
"The Xindi" [ENT]
The primates have always been fair and truthful in
their relations with the Arboreals.
"The Shipment" [ENT]
2. Aquatic -
unintelligible vocalizations. When Aquatics use the past tense,
they switch to sonar.
There's a saying: "It's easier to count the stars in
the sky than it is for an Aquatic to reach a decision."
Aquatics respect boldness and confidence. They
view hushed tones with suspicion. The Aquatics have
an innate distrust of the spoken word. They
respond more strongly to visual stimuli. Because of this
they developed the technique of using biometric
holograms. It is also used to train physicians.
"The Council" [ENT]
The Aquatic language is difficult to master.
Cmdr. Dolum had heard it spoken his entire life and still
it did not come easily to
him.
"Countdown" [ENT]
3. Reptilian -
cranial stalks.
The Reptilians are untrustworthy. "The
Shipment" [ENT]
Reptilians prefer to be near the ground.
"The Council" [ENT]
4. Insectoid -
unintelligible vocalizations. Insectoids live for only about 12
years. They are genderless
and all insectoids are capable of laying eggs.
The eggs have an unusual defense mechanism - they
spray a substance on anybody who approaches which
causes that person to become "imprinted"
on the eggs and develop a highly exaggerated sense
of protectiveness toward them.
"Hatchery" [ENT]
Their names grow longer the older they get, so they
become a little difficult to pronounce. In many
ways, the Insectoids are the opposite of the
Aquatics. They're quick to take sides. Their language
has 67 dialects, some of which were easier to master
by Hoshi than others. The Insectoids interpret
raised voices as a sign of
hostility. "The Council" [ENT]
5. Arboreal / Sloth - a furry ape-like humanoid.
6. Avian - As far
as Gralik knows none of them fled before their homeworld was destroyed
and so their
species is now extinct. His grandfather
told Gralik of places where the sky was filled with Avians.
"The Shipment" [ENT]
Places of Interest:
Azati Prime - A Xindi colony of Primates resided there at one
time, and it was the site for the
construction of a Xindi weapon of mass
destruction. The coordinates of Azati Prime are
1127.4 by 4052 by 3901.1.
Calindra system - site of the weapons test of a prototype planet destroying weapon.
The Delphic Expanse - A mysterious region some 2000 ly across
where the laws of physics don't apply.
"The Expanse" [ENT]
Xindus: The Xindi homeworld - A
Xindi humanoid miner told the Enterprise the coordinates of the Xindi
homeworld but when they arrived there, they only
found debris strewn across 80 million kilometers
from a planet that was destroyed approximately 120
years ago.
"The Xindi" [ENT]
The Xindi's homeworld had an unstable geology, so
when the Reptilians and Insectoids, during a war,
detonated massive explosions beneath the eight
largest seismic fissures, the planet was destroyed.
"The Shipment" [ENT]
Council Meeting place - The meeting place is 50 ly's from
Earth. In the Council chamber, the land-based
races are seated at a large round table in the
center of the room, while the aquatics stay in a large tank
adjoining the chamber by a window. The chamber has
built-in equipment for holographics and a
viewscreen for
telemetry.
"The Xindi" [ENT]
The Council chamber is located on a planet 11.6
light-years from Azati Prime.
"E2" [ENT]
The chamber itself was actually a stronghold built
by the Xindi-Avians before they became extinct.
According to Xindi
archaelogists it is over 4,000 years old. It is 2 km up from the
planet's surface
and the only way in is from
the air. It is perfectly concealed by cloud layers which are
present
throughout the
year.
"The Council" [ENT]
The Orissin Distortion Field - lies somewhere between the
destroyed homeworld and the Council meeting
place.
"The Xindi" [ENT]
Culture:
The Council:
The Xindi are ruled by a Council which has representatives from each of
the different species there.
The Xindi Council was formed after the destruction of the Xindi
homeworld in the 2030s. It consists
of all Xindi species: arboreals, aquatics, insectoids, primates, and
reptilians. Each race has two
representatives. It was formed to find a new homeworld for all the
Xindi races. However, although
they found a few suitable planets, they could never agree on a final
choice. All the different species
seem to vie for control of the others.
Circa 2150, the council discovered that humans were going to destroy
them in four hundred years.
In a panic, they assigned a primate, Degra, to construct a weapon to
destroy Earth.
"The Council" [ENT].
The names of the Council members:
Arboreals: Jannar, Narsanyala
Aquatics: Kiaphet Amman'sor, ??? (Qoh)
Insectoids: ???, Shresht
Primates: Mallora, Degra
Reptilians: Dolum , ???
History:
date unknown: The 6 species of Xindi all evolved on a
single planet. They develop a complex relationship
over time with alliances forming and shifting
constantly. Wars between two or more members were not
unknown.
"The Shipment" [ENT]
ca 1933: A war begins that went on for nearly a hundred
years. The sides changed, alliances were forged,
then broken. By the time it ended, it is
doubtful that any of the six species remember what started it.
"The Shipment" [ENT]
ca 2033: In a final desparate act of the war, the
Insectoids and Reptilians detonated massive explosions
beneath the 8 largest seismic fissures of their
planet. It resulted in the destruction of their homeworld
and the extinction of the Avian species. (Date
is from the analysis of the debris left of their planet...
judging by the field dispersion it happened
approx. 120 years ago. "The Xindi" [ENT]).
"The Shipment" [ENT]
shortly after 2033: The Great Diaspora begins with
Xindi scattering throughout the Expanse. The
Sphere-Builders saved the Xindi from
extinction. When their homeworld was destroyed, the
Sphere-Builders began appearing to the
survivors. They'd guide them to habitable planets. Show
them the location of valuable resources.
They're practically worshipped by the Xindi who call
them "The
Guardians."
"The Council" [ENT]
After their homeworld was destroyed a Xindi Council
was created to find a new homeworld for all
Xindi.
"Strategem" [ENT]
The Council was formed to prevent other Xindis from
sharing the fate of the Avians (extinction).
In the days following the founding of the Council
there were some difficult sessions.
"The Council" [ENT]
The Council once needed to resolve a simple
logistical matter. It took the Aquatics six days to agree
to attend the meeting. Their prudence was
usually the only thing that kept the Council from dissolving
in the chaos of those
days.
"Countdown" [ENT]
After years of searching, the Council found a few
suitable locations for a new homeworld, but as usual,
couldn't agree on a final
choice.
"Strategem" [ENT]
2103: Degra is born.
ca 2141: Xindi council are told by the
trans-dimensional Sphere Builders that their world would be
destroyed by humans 400 years in the future.
"The Expanse" [ENT]
The Aquatics weigh every argument in excruciating
detail. For a long time, they were against building
a weapon to destroy Earth before Earth destroyed
them. They changed their minds when the Guardians
addressed the Council, and presented what was
claimed to be a visual record taken from the future.
It showed mankind destroying the Xindi's new home
world. This powerful evidence convinced the
Aquatics.
"The Council" [ENT]
The Council's plan for reunification and search for
a new homeworld was put aside when they learned
of the threat from Earth. Degra was ordered to
begin designing the weapon. He devoted years to it.
"Strategem" [ENT]
Date is based on the quantum dating of pieces of
the first Xindi weapon as 12 years ago (from 2153)
"The Expanse" [ENT]
Because he didn't want the Reptilians or Insectoids
to have too much control, Degra has the Aquatics
do the actual building of the
weapon. "Countdown" [ENT]
early 2153: A Reptilian pilots the prototype weapon
that kills seven million people on Earth.
Enterprise NX01 is reassigned to search the Delphic
Expanse for the Xindi responsible for the
attack.
"The Expanse" [ENT]
2153: The Xindi become aware that an Earth ship has
entered the Expanse looking for them. The leaders of
the Xindi meet and debate whether or not the arrival
of the Enterprise is a sign of invasion. An insectoid
member demands that Enterprise be destroyed, but
other species argue for tests and observation. The
Xindi Council finally decide to keep an eye on
Enterprise for a while.
"The Xindi" [ENT]
mid-2153: An accident at Degra's research facility
destroys much of lab and kills three researchers,
putting weapon project behind schedule. Council
manages to obtain human biometric-scans for a
bio-weapon, but bio-weapon is rejected.
"Rajiin" [ENT]
mid-2153: Three reptilians travel back in time to 2004
Detroit and attempt to build a bio-weapon
based on human blood types. This plan is foiled by
Archer and T'Pol.
"Carpenter Street" [ENT]
December 2153: Degra's prototype weapon test in
Calindra system is observed by Enterprise and
Andorian warship
Kumari.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
Shortly afterwards: Degra is captured by Enterprise and reveals location of Xindi weapon.
Jan 2153: Enterprise reaches Azati Prime. Archer
disembarks on suicide mission to destroy weapon,
but is captured. Enterprise is severely damaged by a
Xindi attack.
The Xindi have been lied to and manipulated by the Guardians, They
have extensively studied the
spheres for decades and know them to have harmful
effects on space but have never been able to study
their interiors. They were unaware that the
Guardians and the Sphere-builders are the same race.
"The Council" [ENT]
ca. 2554: There are Xindi serving together with Humans
aboard the Enterprise-J as part of the Federation.
"The Council" [ENT]
Weapons:
Bio-weapon - Rajiin was planted on the Enterprise to collect
data on the humans for development of the
weapon.
"Rajiin" [ENT]
The council rejected the proposal to build the
bioweapon. So the Reptilians began to secretly develop
it in Earth's past. The weapon was based on
the 8 different blood types of humans.
"Carpenter Street" [ENT]
Parasites - Reptilians use them on Primates. After
injection, they invade the neocortex. Once they begin
reconfiguring the synaptic pathways, it makes the
victim complient. Humans, or at least Hoshi, are
quite resilient. She needed two treatments
with the parasites before she would cooperate with the Reptilians.
But the severe neural trauma she underwent was able
to be repaired by Phlox's osmotic eel and cortical
treatments.
"Countdown" [ENT]
Rifle, Xindi Reptilian - Enterprise obtained one from the
boarding party that attacked the ship.
"Rajiin" [ENT]
It has the same quantum imprint as the Xindi probe
that attacked Earth and the kemocite that
is being manufactured at a Xindi colony. Phlox
and Tucker examine the rifle. They discover the rifle
has biological components that are alive and can
reproduce. Phlox has discovered that the organic
component of the Xindi rifle modulates the rifle's
power output. Phlox has been trying to find a
way to destroy it. He's found that delta
radiation does the trick but that it would take large amounts
to work and that this would be dangerous to
humans. Omicron radiation has the opposite effect and
causes the biological components to breed
faster. When Trip tries to test the rifle it overloads and
he had to beam it out into space before it
exploded. Evidently it was some sort of antitampering
feature.
"The Shipment" [ENT]
Seekers - Devices that are used by the Reptilians for
tracking. They were being used to find Gralik.
Reed and the others destroyed one before it got a
good look at them. Gralik suggested that they go to
a nearby cave where the walls are lined with
topaline so they will be safe from the seekers.
"The Shipment" [ENT]
Probe / Sphere Super-Weapon -
Prototype weapon: The prototype
weapon cut a swath on Earth 4,000 km long from Florida to
Venezuela and killed over 7
million people. A Vulcan transport located the pod in central
Asia.
They retrieved it and
brought it to Starfleet HQ. There was a pilot
who was killed on impact.
"The Expanse" [ENT]
The E2 tried unsuccessfully
to stop the probe from entering the vortex for Earth.
"E2" [ENT]
Second prototype: A Xindi weapon
which resembled the first. It is small enough to fit in
Enterprise's Launchbay.
It must be remote-operated, because it emits lethal
amounts of radiation. Its intended output
(orange beam) is enough to destroy a spherical moon
(rocky celestial bodies don't assume a spherical
shape until they reach several hundred miles in
diameter). Its "launch platform" is a square that fits
around the sphere's equator, with a wide rectangular
feature (engine?) aft and a narrow one (controls?)
forward.
When the prototype overloads, it first spins and its
surface ruptures, spilling blue light. The explosion
is blue, with a spherical central component and a
toroidal component that expands faster.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
Final Weapon: When trying to
disable the weapon, ships aimed at the primary generators - six meters
under the aft thruster. The
generator may be a necessary part of the process of opening a vortex
since
it seemed the Reptilians
had to wait for it to reach max power before the order was given to
open one.
"The Council" [ENT]
The propulsion system has to
be offline in order to arm the weapon.
"Countdown" [ENT]
Degra kept his schematics
for the weapon encrypted. It was determined that the only
way they could destroy the
weapon was from the inside. They weren't able to transport
directly
onto the control platform
since it was too heavily shielded. They had to beam in and out to
a
peripheral platform.
To destroy the weapon, Archer had to disable its reactor at a specific
point
during the inversion
sequence. If this is not done in the right order, the internal
safeguards kick in,
making it impossible to
create an overload. The inversion sequence is third from the
left, second
from the right, first one on
the left, fourth from the left, and the remaining fifth one is to be
inverted
after the reactor is
disabled.
"Zero Hour" [ENT]
Ships:
Arboreals
Arboreal Shuttle - Abandoned on Loque'eque homeworld two
weeks ago.
"Extinction" [ENT]
2 Arboreal Ships - Part of Enterprise's escort.
"The Council" [ENT]
5 Arboreal Ships - Part of an 18 ship attack force.
"Countdown" [ENT]
Arboreal Ship
Part of 18 ship
attack force
Destroyed by
anomaly
+ ENT
"Countdown"
Aquatics
5 or more Aquatic Patrol ships
+ ENT "Azati
Prime"
4 Aquatic Ships - Trident
+ ENT "Azati
Prime"
Aquatic Cruiser
+ ENT "Azati
Prime"
Aquatic Ship
+ ENT "Damage"
Aquatic Pod - Delivered to Enterprise
+ ENT "Damage"
Aquatic Cruiser
+ ENT "E^2"
Aquatic Cruiser - Presumed destroyed by anomaly
+ ENT
"Countdown"
5 Aquatic Ships - Part of 18 ship attack force
+ ENT
"Countdown"
Aquatic Ship
Part of 18 ship
attack force
Destroyed
+ ENT
"Countdown"
Aquatic Cruiser
+ ENT "Zero
Hour"
Insectoids
Insectoid Ship - Part of six-ship attack force
Disabled
Twelve years
after new timeline formation
+ ENT "Twilight"
Insectoid Ship [ 2 ]
(simulation)
+ ENT
"Stratagem"
Insectoid Ship [ 100s ]
(simulation
backstory)
+ ENT
"Stratagem"
Insectoid Hatchery Ship - Forced to land on unnamed
planet due to fractured nacelle
+ ENT "Hatchery"
Insectoid Shuttle - Assault vehicle aboard Hatchery
ship
Taken by
Enterprise
+ ENT "Hatchery"
Air and water
capable
Captain Archer
Retaken by Xindi
+ ENT "Azati
Prime"
Insectoid Ship
Destroyed by
Enterprise
+ ENT "Hatchery"
Insectoid Ship [ 2 ]
Triaxle
+ ENT "Azati
Prime"
Insectoid Ship [ 5 ]
Part of Xindi
weapon escort
+ ENT "The
Council"
5 Insectoid Ships - Part of Xindi weapon escort
Destroyed
+ ENT "Countdown"
Primates
Captain Degra
+ ENT "Proving
Ground"
Taken by
Enterprise
Released
+ ENT
"Stratagem"
Shuttle from Degra's ship
+ ENT "The
Council"
Degra's Ship - His ship is fast (fast enough to catch
the weapon) but not well-armed.
"Zero Hour" [ENT]
2 Primate Ships - Part of Enterprise escort
"The Council" [ENT]
Reptilians
2 Reptilian Ships - (one smaller than the other)
+ ENT "Rajiin"
Reptilian Shuttle
+ ENT "The
Shipment"
Reptilian Ship [ 2 ]
Disabled by
Enterprise collision
"Several months"
after new timeline formation
+ ENT "Twilight"
Reptilian Ship [ 2 ]
Probe escorts
"Several months"
after new timeline formation
+ ENT "Twilight"
Reptilian Ship - Part of six-ship attack force
Twelve years
after new timeline formation
+ ENT "Twilight"
Reptilian Ship - Part of six-ship attack force
Disabled
Twelve years
after new timeline formation
+ ENT "Twilight"
Reptilian Ship
Destroyed by
Degra
+ ENT "The
Forgotten"
Reptilian Ship [ 10 ]
Part of Xindi
weapon escort
+ ENT
"Countdown"
Reptilian Ship
"Captain" Dolim
+ ENT
"Countdown"
Destroyed by
Kumari
+ ENT "Zero
Hour"
Other Class/Type
Garbage scow
"Weeks later"
after new timeline formation
+ ENT "Twilight"
Unknown Class/Type
Ship
Raided by
Osaarian pirates
Adrift for less
than two days
+ ENT "Anomaly"
Ship [ 2 ]
Disabled by
Enterprise
+ ENT "Proving
Ground"
Ship
+ ENT "Proving
Ground"
Ship
+ ENT
"Stratagem"
Ship [ 2 ]
+ ENT "Azati
Prime"
Individuals of
Note:
Damron (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) - (deceased)
Xindi-Reptillian. A colleague of Degra's. He made a
proposal to the Council to develop a bio-toxin to
destroy earth. Damron and his team disappeared
shortly after his proposal was rejected. They
decided to go ahead with the plan without the Council's
permission and with the help of the Sphere-builder
went back to Earth's past to develop it. They
were stopped by Archer and T'Pol.
"Carpenter Street" [ENT], "The Forgotten" [ENT]
Degra (Randy Oglesby) -
Xindi-Humanoid/primate. male.
2103: He was born in the Delphic
Expanse. He was a representative in the Xindi Council.
Although he was a politician, Degra was also a
scientist. He studied the mysterious spheres in the
Expanse. Degra also helped design the power systems
on the Xindi-Reptilian warships. He also
developed several theories for planet-destroying
weapons.
He had a wife named Naara. Their two children are
named Piral and Jaina. Sadly, three months into
Naara's third pregnancy, she contracted an aprolean
fever, causing her to have a miscarriage and the
child was lost. Had the child survived, Degra and
Naara would have named it Trinia. Degra loved
his children and would do anything to protect them.
ca 2141: the Xindi Council learned from the
trans-dimensional Sphere Builders that humans were
going to destroy them in the 26th century. Degra
agreed to design the prototype weapon, devoting
years to it.
2153: Degra and his team completed the
first stage of the planet-destorying weapon project. When
the first weapon arrived in the Sol System, Degra
and the other council members watched as the
Reptilian pilot fired the weapon, killing seven
million people. As he watched the telemetry, Degra
asked himself, "How many of those seven million were
children?".
Several months afterwards: Degra and
his colleagues constructed the second weapon and planned to
test it in the Calindra system. The test appeared to
be successful, but the weapon failed to destroy
one of the system's moons. Degra's hope to see what
went wrong was dashed when the weapon was
taken by an unknown
ship.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
Shortly afterwards: Degra and his crew
were captured by the starship Enterprise, NX-01. While on
board, Captain Archer launch an elaborate ruse to
trick Degra to reveal the location of the weapon.
Degra gave them the coordinates of the star system
Azati Prime, but he was tipped off. Archer then
launched another ruse, making it seem that
Enterprise reached Azati Prime. Degra yelled that "their
defense perimeter will destroy them", exposing the
location of the weapon. Right afterwards, Degra
and his crew's memory were erased.
Three weeks later: Capt. Archer
reached Azati Prime on a suicide mission to destroy the weapon,
but was captured. He tried to convince Degra that
the weapon's purpose was false.
Three days later: Degra and Janar
boarded Enterprise to find evidence that they were mislead. During
this time, a Reptilian warship and demanded that
Degra undock. Degra and Enterprise succeeded in
disabling the ship. However, to prevent the exposure
of their alliance, Degra destroyed the Reptilian
ship, killing all 22 crewmembers.
This incident led to the end of Degra's life. When
Archer confronted the Council, the Primates, Arboreals,
and Reptilians voted and agreed to postpone the
weapon launch. Shortly afterwards, Com. Dolum met
Degra in his quarters and stabbed him. As Degra
died, Dolum vowed that "when the humans have been
eliminated, when the council is replaced by
Reptilian rule," he will find Degra's family and kill them.
"The Council" [ENT]
Guruk Dolim (Scott MacDonald) - Reptilian
male. Council representative, Regimental Commander.
There's a story about him which may or may not be
true that his daughter gave birth to a son which
had a deformity in his right arm... Not
life-threatening, but enough to preclude his ever joining the
military and that Commander Dolim had his own
grandson poisoned. Com. Dolim met Degra in his
quarters and stabbed him. As Degra died, Dolim vowed
that "when the humans have been eliminated,
and the council is replaced by Reptilian rule, he
will find Degra's family and kill them. (The name
Guruk was never given on screen, but comes from
the novelization by J.M. Dillard).
"The Council" [ENT]
Gralik Durr (John Cothran Jr.)- Xindi-Arboreal/Sloth.
male. The chief technician of a kemocite
refinement facility for 42 years. Archer
interrogated him, only to learn that he knew nothing about
the attack on Earth. Surprised by what
has happened, Gralik decided to help delay the weapon's
progress.
"The Shipment" [ENT]
Jaina - Primate, youngest child of Degra and Naara.
Jannar (Rick Worthy) - Arboreal/Sloth
Council representative. When the Council learned that humans
were going to destroy them in the 26th century, and
Degra was assigned to build a weapon to destroy
Earth, Janar agreed that the humans had to be
destroyed. But like several other council members, Janar
voted against the creation of a bioweapon.
Late in the weapon's construction, Degra started to
have second thoughts about building it. Janar kept
assuring Degra that it was necessary. However, he
also started having second thoughts shortly afterwards.
He and Degra went aboard Enterprise, to see the
evidence that Captain Archer claimed to have about how
they were manipulated to attack Earth. Although
Janar didn't seem to believe Archer, he still admitted
that his evidence was compelling.
He's fair-minded; a scientist. He'll listen to
facts. Degra counts him as a friend.
"The Council" [ENT]
Kessick (Richard Lineback) - (deceased) Primate, enslaved on
Trellium-D mining colony.
"The Xindi" [ENT]
Kiaphet Amman'sor - Aquatic Council
representative. She is a member of the Ibix dynasty-- a very
wealthy, very powerful family. Her opinions
carry considerable weight when she arrives at them.
"The Council" [ENT]
Kolo (Andrew Borba) -
Commander. "The Council" [ENT]
Reptilian Commander ordered by Dolim to stay behind
with his squadron and guard the weapon as he went
to intercept the ships coming to stop him from
launching it.
"Countdown" [ENT]
"Zero Hour" [ENT]
Mallora (Tucker Smallwood) - Primate Council representative
Naara - Primate female, wife to Degra and mother of two
children. She made many sacrifices so the Xindi
weapon could be
built.
"Strategem" [ENT]
Narsanyala -
Arboreal/Sloth Council representative. (This name was
never given on screen, but
comes from the novelization by J.M. Dillard).
"The Xindi" [ENT]
Piral - Primate, eldest child of Degra and Naara.
Shresht- Insectoid Council
representative. (This name was never given on screen, but comes from
the novelization by J.M. Dillard).
Thalen - Primate, Degra's assistant.
Trenia - Primate. Child of Degra which didn't live.
unnamed Captain (Bob Morrisey) - Reptilian. "The Forgotten" [ENT]
unnamed pilot - Reptilian. The
pilot of the attack probe sent to Earth was apparently a member of the
Reptilian
species of Xindi.
"The
Xindi" [ENT]
unnamed Soldier - the Reptilian who died had committed
suicide by activating a "suicide gland" which
Phlox said was not natural. It was genetically
engineered.
"Rajiin" [ENT]
unnamed Soldier (Bruce Thomas) - Reptilian.
unnamed Technician (Paul Dean) - "Countdown" [ENT]
unnamed Technician (Jack Alsted) - "The Shipment" [ENT]
unnamed Technician (Sam Witwer) - "The Shipment" [ENT]
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