The Napean were a partially empathic race from the Alpha or Beta Quadrant. Presumably, they were physically similar to most humanoids excepting their having a large, leaf-shaped forehead ridge.
Starfleet Lieutenant Daniel Kwan was a half-Human and half-Napean hybrid. (TNG: "Eye of the Beholder")
A crewmember serving on board the Nebula-class USS Lexington was also of Napean descent. (DS9: "Explorers")
Another Napean was part of Kasidy Yates' crew aboard the Xhosa. (DS9: "Family Business")
According to Daniel Kwan's personnel file seen in the episode, Daniel Kwan was a native of Psi Upsilon IV. This may suggest that the Psi Upsilon system was the homeworld of the Napean species.
Napeans have appeared in several novels, and in the non-canon game Star Trek: Elite Force II, a Napean is the chief of security for Starfleet Academy.
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