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| rdfs:comment | - Vendorians were a species of shapeshifters native to the world of Vendor (TAS episode & novelization: The Survivor) in the system of the same name, within the Romulan Star Empire in the Beta Quadrant. (ST reference: Star Charts, ST video game: Star Trek Online)
- Their home planet, Vendor, is located between Federation and Romulan territory, in the Neutral Zone. Given the Vendorian's transforming abilities and love of deception, their planet was quarantined by a mutual agreement between the two powers to prevent the use of Vendorian spies.
- The Vendorians were a non-humanoid species capable of shapeshifting into anything of the same general size and mass, and known for their practice of deceit as a way of life. For these reasons, their homeworld Vendor was quarantine and few people ever encountered them. Vendorians also had the ability to render some humanoids, particularly Humans, unconscious by touch alone. Under the terms of the treaty between the Federation and the Romulan Empire, any use of Vendorian spies was considered a violation of the treaty and hence an act of war. (TAS: "The Survivor")
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| ImageCap | - Vendorian shapeshifter in true form; note the six tentacles
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| Type | - Non-humanoid shapeshifter
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| Distinctive Features | - shape-shifting, tentacles
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| abstract | - The Vendorians were a non-humanoid species capable of shapeshifting into anything of the same general size and mass, and known for their practice of deceit as a way of life. For these reasons, their homeworld Vendor was quarantine and few people ever encountered them. While Vendorians could assume many shapes and identities, the longer they remained in one form the more characteristics of that form they would assume. This was particularly true when a Vendorian assumed a humanoid form. In these instances, the Vendorian absorbed memories and personality traits of an individual through touch. These memories and traits became more ingrained the longer or more frequently the Vendorian assumed the form; if maintained long enough, the absorbed traits eventually became part of the Vendorian's own personality. Vendorians also had the ability to render some humanoids, particularly Humans, unconscious by touch alone. Under the terms of the treaty between the Federation and the Romulan Empire, any use of Vendorian spies was considered a violation of the treaty and hence an act of war. (TAS: "The Survivor") It is unknown if this refers to the treaty established following the Earth-Romulan War of 2161, or the more recent Neutral Zone Treaty.
- Vendorians were a species of shapeshifters native to the world of Vendor (TAS episode & novelization: The Survivor) in the system of the same name, within the Romulan Star Empire in the Beta Quadrant. (ST reference: Star Charts, ST video game: Star Trek Online)
- Their home planet, Vendor, is located between Federation and Romulan territory, in the Neutral Zone. Given the Vendorian's transforming abilities and love of deception, their planet was quarantined by a mutual agreement between the two powers to prevent the use of Vendorian spies. Vendorians also have the ability to render humanoids temporarily unconscious by touch. Their shapeshifting allows them to imitate even fingerprints and vocal signatures, and presumably brain patterns as well, since spending too much time imitating another lifeform will cause the Vendorian to start experiencing the same thoughts and emotions of the being they are mimicking, which effectively becomes part of them in the long run.
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