Fish-like humanoids from Antede III. Mostly introverted with little outside interests. In 2365 they petitioned for admission to the Federation. The petition was a ruse however, as the ambassador attempted to smuggle large amounts of ultritium to use as an explosive and destroy the conference and it's delegates. Investigation proved that the Antedean ambassador was an agent of a small terrorist group. Since then, the Antedean government has gone to great lengths to disavow any authorization of this plot.

Since then, the Antedeans have gained membership in 2372.

They find space-flight extremely traumatic and survive the ordeal by entering a self-induced catatonic state. Upon revival they require large amounts of food to replenish their bodies.

The Antedeans sent a team of terraformers after Bajor was freed from the Cardassians to recreate the ecosystem in Bajor’s oceans.

Helere Juun is the Antedean Ambassador to the Federation and one of the most determined members of the conservatives (Doves) in the council, believing in a more defensive approach in foreign politics.

Alpha Quadrant. Antede III. The natives of Antede III have been seen by very few humans.

Antede III is a Class-M planet almost exclusively covered by water. Only twenty percent of the surface consist of solid ground, life there tends to be rather simplistic, due to the small size of the above-sea ecosystem. In fact Antede III is the only inhabited world in Federation space that has no avian species in its fauna.

On the surface of the seas there are several floating cities, floating in determined patterns on the oceans, which are regarded as ancient and sacred to the Antedeans – a different pattern would disturb the cosmic stream of luck, like the Antedeans say.

Antede is an ordinary orange star and Antede I is a Class D world in a very close orbit around the sun – in fact scientists expect it to collide with the star in around four hundred years.

Antede II is a Class-L world, which is covered by primitive algae and by heavy water. Antede II’s eccentric orbit and irregular shape makes scientists believe that it once was part of Antede III. A large rift-like underwater canyon on Antede III adds credence to that theory.

The Antedeans are an ichthyohumanoid species, fish-like, and have purplish-silver scales. Their leathery skin is blue in colour as are their eyes. They have small mouths and faint fins on their heads. Antedeans have only three fingers and quite high voices, with which they speak quite fast. They are around six feet tall.

They usually suffer more from space travel than most other species, since they depend on their usual ecosystem under water. They counter that stress caused by space travel with their hibernation state. They induce that catatonic condition before entering space and only leave it once they have reached a secure environment.

Antedeans can breath in water and in a gaseous atmosphere – they have lungs and gills. Since sounds spreads more easy under water, they tend to have a poorer hearing than most humanoids, but their low light vision enables them to see in dark environments.

Their preferred method of dealing with the trauma of space travel is a self-induced catatonic state, during which they can rest standing up. They must wear a cortical stimulator attached to their necks in order to travel awake.

Antedeans are rather calm in nature and usually are very reasonable. But they can react very emotionally and passionately sometimes, if needed. They listen well to others and are excellent at mental tasks.

Families are called schools on Antede and tend to be very large. Antedeans have much progeny, sometimes a school can have several hundred members. Each member of a school has a certain task, some are scholars and some are technicians. So-called educators are
responsible for guarding and teaching the young ones.

When getting older the educators council on the abilities of each Antedean and then guide him to his later profession. While each may chose on his own, the guidance is usually accepted.

Antedeans live in large floating cities to enable contact with the rest of the galaxy, although some cities exist under water as well. These cities have a round form and nowhere sharp edges are to be found. Large channels filled with water enable the Antedeans to travel their cities easily and large halls are composed of miniature ecosystems from the many oceans.

Antedeans strongly believe in peaceful coexistence and cooperation – the way they survived their past.

Antedean culture is marked by a lack of violence and competition. Decision-making is usually a long process on Antede, due to that.

In 2233 their technology was advanced enough to launch a probe into space and what they found there was intriguing but frightening as well. While the lack of gravity was not too uncomfortable for the Antedeans the high amount of radiation was. Since the thick layer of water protected the Antedeans of most of the cosmic radiation, they simply were not used to it.

But curiosity won and in 2264 the first Antedean launched into space. While progress was first slow once the Antedeans began exploring their solar system the ability to hibernate was quite advantageous. The state of sleep allowed the Antedeans to cope with the stress of space flight and enabled them to settle Antede II in 2316.

Maybe the Antedeans would have been content with that if not for a stranded Andorian vessel.

The ship landed on Antede II and while the crew tried to keep out of contact with the Antedeans they still were enough inspiration to keep the Antedeans developing new space-faring technology.

In 2341 they had built their first warp ship and began exploring their galactic vicinity.

In 2365 they asked for membership in the United Federation of Planets, although a paranoid group of Antedeans had tried to sabotage the admitting conference. The petition was a ruse however, as the ambassador attempted to smuggle large amounts of ultritum to use as an explosive and destroy the conference and its delegates. Investigation proved that the Antedian ambassador was an agent of a small terrorist group. Since then, the Antidean government has gone to great lengths to disavow any authorization of this plot.

They were granted membership in 2372.

Antedeans developed from fish-like animals on their homeworld, which in fact still exist today.

Due to the lack of surface life on Antede never developed into a more common form as seen on most other planets. As the Antedeans developed they created a technique of survival, which accelerated their creation of intelligence.

They spent large parts of their existence in hibernation, hid in caves and under rocks. Afterwards they need large quantities of food to recover. Since the Antedeans lived like that in swarms their success in hunting was quite large.

However oddly during their hibernation they were not unconscious as such and therefore were able to “think” about themselves. Scientists believe that these times of hibernation where the reason why the Antedeans had the “leisure” of becoming self-aware.

While feeding on fish Antedeans were never much of an aggressive species therefore their history lack the many large conflicts sadly so common on other worlds. The large schools of Antedeans soon learned to cooperate in each others’ efforts. Antedeans began to help each other in guarding from predators and in creating shelter in caves and such.

So the Antedeans began developing tools and eventually technology, which made their life under water easier. While progress in general was not much slower than average Antedeans decided late to leave their own planet. As they lived most of their lives under water stars never were that important to them compared to other cultures.

However when curiosity finally led them above the surface of their oceans Antedeans began to wonder what those stars were.