This is an article about the Sheliak race. You may also be looking for the star Beta Lyrae also known as Sheliak in the real world.

The Sheliak were a non-humanoid classification R-3 lifeform whose homeworld was located in the Shelia star system.

Unlike most humanoids, the non-humanoid Sheliak preferred to exist in an environment that was the same temperature as their bodies. (TNG: "Starship Mine") The Sheliak were also a xenophobic people, and avoided contact with the Federation whenever possible. This may have been due to the Sheliak attitude that humanoids were an unintelligent and inferior form of life (often pejoratively describing them as "creatures" and the presence of humanoid life as an "infestation").

The Treaty of Armens was established in 2255 between the Sheliak governing body, called "the Corporate", and the Federation which ceded several worlds to the Sheliak. There was virtually no contact with the Sheliak for over a century thereafter, until they demanded that a Federation colony on Tau Cygna V be removed. The Human colonists had adapted to the deadly hyperonic radiation and created a thriving community. The Sheliak colonists referred to themselves as "the Membership". (TNG: "The Ensigns of Command")

People Edit

• Sheliak director

See also Edit

• Sheliak language
• Sheliak colony ship