Ornaran male T'Jon
The ornarans are a humanoid species native to the planet Ornara in the Alpha quadrant.
History
Sometime in the 22nd century, the ornarans suffered from a deadly plague that was cured with the medication felicium from the planet Brekka. Unfortunately, felicium was later found to have powerfully addictive narcotic effects, with the result that all ornarans had become addicted to the drug. The brekkians exploited the situation, selling felicium to the ornarans, while concealing from them the fact that the drug was no longer needed to control the plague. Generations of drug addiction resulted in loss of intelligence and technical knowledge, so by the year 2364, the Ornarans no longer had the ability to maintain the interplanetary freighters they needed to transport felicium from Brekka to Ornara resulting in the destruction of the freighter The Sanction (commanded by T'Jon but operated from Ornara) above planet Brekka when a drive-coil malfunction made it impossible for the ship to maintain a stable orbit. Altough the malfunction was fairly minor, the Ornaran's technical ignorance made the problem disatrous. The ornarans, along with the brekkians, requested Federation assistance in repairing their remaining ships, but USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)'s Captain Jean-Luc Picard declined to render aid, citing Prime Directive considerations. (TNG: "Symbiosis")