A Rogues' Gallery of Bolians

Appearance:

The Bolians, a humanoid race originating on Bolarus IX, have a similar blue countenance to Andorians, but there the resemblance ends. Bolians have extremely long earlobes and a vertical, bifurcating ridge along their heads and bodies. Many Bolians also have darker blue markings on their (often bald) scalps.

Bolians have blue blood [Deep Space Nine: The Adversary], but a very different blood chemistry to most other Federation races, which usually makes interspecies transfusions fatal to Bolians. [Voyager: Prototype] They also have a cartilaginous lining on their tongues [Voyager: Flashback]. Most Bolians believe in the "Double Effect Principle", a form of assisted suicide [Voyager: Death Wish]. A Bolian marriage often has more than two partners. [Deep Space Nine: Field of Fire].

The Bolians: frequent Federation faces

Captain Rixx, USS Thomas Paine (Michael Berryman) TNG: Conspiracy	Cadet Mitena Haro, [False image] (Joycelyn O'Brien) TNG: Allegiance	V'Sal Mot, USS Enterprise-D (Ken Thorley) several episodes	Bolian delegate, Archeology Council USS Enterprise-D TNG: Qpid

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Lt Zar Hranok, USS Saratoga (Stephen Davies) DS9: Emissary	Customer, Quark's Bar Deep Space Nine	Vadosia, Ambassador to DS9 (Jack Shearer) The Forsaken	Commandant, Starfleet Academy (Rudolph Willrich) DS9: Paradise Lost

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Customer, Quark's Bar Deep Space Nine comic	Customer, Quark's Bar DS9: Hard Time	Brathaw, Freighter Xhosa (John Prosky) DS9: For the Cause	Medic, Ajilon Prime (Mark Holton) DS9: ... Nor the Battle to the Strong

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Crewman, USS Enterprise-D Generations	Waiter, USS Enterprise-D (Dennis Tracy) Generations	Bolian Borg, Borg Cube First Contact	Crewman, USS Enterprise-E First Contact

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Tourists, Risa DS9: Let He Who is Without Sin...	New Essentialist, Risa (Frank Kopyc) DS9: Let He Who is Without Sin...	Customer DS9: Business as Usual	Lt Boq'ta [deceased] (Andy Milder) DS9: Empok Nor

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Graife, Barkeeper, Farius Prime DS9: Honor Among Thieves	Lt Rolk, Security Chief USS Enterprise-E Avenger and Spectre novels	Crewman Chell, Former Maquis USS Voyager (Derek McGrath) Learning Curve, Elite Force CD-ROMs, Repression, Lineage,	Ensign Golwat, Former Maquis USS Voyager Hunters, Repression, Workforce, Endgame

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Hars Adislo, Starfleet dignitary USS Enterprise-E (John Hostetter) Insurrection	Zim Brott, Crewmember & family Deep Space Nine (Chris Kelly) Field of Fire	Alandra, Holographic customer of Sandrine's, USS Voyager Someone to Watch Over Me	Cmdr Tiris Jast, USS Defiant DS9: N-Vector comic miniseries, TNG: Maximum Warp novel duology, DS9: Avatar novel

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Ardon Broht, Publisher, Broht & Forrester (Barry Gordon) Voyager: Author, Author	Zilder, Transport vessel Culloden SCE: Invincible ebook	25th century female cadet, Starfleet Academy Voyager: Endgame	Ty Mijoral, Security Officer Away Team CD-Rom	Lt Cmdr Solian Jarso Brex, Chief Engineer, USS Dauntless (Andy Milder) Bridge Commander CD-Rom

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Notes:

* Bolarus IX and The Cliffs of Bole, are named for Star Trek: The Next Generation director, Cliff Bole.

* When first introduced, the barber later known as Mr Mot was portrayed by Shelly Desai, and was named "V'Sal" in the Star Trek: The Next Generation script of Data's Day. Mot featured in The Host, Ensign Ro, and (off screen) Unification Part I. Also the TNG hardcover novels Genesis Wave, Books 1 and 2.

* A short, comedy scene was cut from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode script, The Chase, in which it was revealed by Mot that Bolarus IX was not yet a member of the United Federation of Planets.

* A Bolian crewman (portrayed by Leonard Jones) was seen in Time's Arrow and a Bolian bar patron in Birthright Part I.

* "Zar" was the name given to this Bolian in the Pocket Books Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel Saratoga, even though he'd already been named Hranok in the novelisation of Emissary.

* Lysia Arlin, a Bolian shopkeeper who sells jumja sticks on The Promenade, may find Odo attractive. [Deep Space Nine: Shadowplay and Defiant]

* A Bolian (Jeff Austin) appeared in the Deep Space Nine episode, The Adversary.

* A traditional feature of Bolian cuisine is that much use is made of meat that has been allowed to partially decay. [Deep Space Nine: Crossfire]

* Bolian tonic water is a refreshing beverage. [Deep Space Nine: Paradise Lost]

* The human name "Frederick" translates as a Bolian obscenity. [Voyager: Dreadnought]

* When power to the USS Voyager's lavatories is compromised, Neelix warns to be wary of the Bolians. Obviously, he knows something about Bolians which we don't.

* Chell and his colleague Bokk, also a former Maquis, feature in the Voyager novel, Marooned. Bokk comes to a sticky end.

* A group of Bolians help Jadzia Dax celebrate her forthcoming wedding to Worf at a party in her quarters. Although one brawls with Morn, the Bolian and Lurien end up as dancing partners. [Deep Space Nine: You Are Cordially Invited.]

* A Bolian is present at Quark's when Captain Sisko is awarded the Christopher Pike Medal of Valor. [Deep Space Nine: Tears of the Prophets]

* Morn deposits the proceeds of the Lissepian Mother's Day Heist in an account at the Bank of Bolarus. [Deep Space Nine: Who Mourns for Morn?]

* One of the guests at Ezri Dax's welcoming party is a Bolian Starfleet officer. [Deep Space Nine: Afterimage.]

* One of the Borg victims' memories experienced by Seven of Nine is a Bolian manicurist. [Voyager: Infinite Regress]

* Reference is made of the late Zim Brott's "wife and co-husband". [Deep Space Nine: Field of Fire]

* Frnats is a female Bolian security guard with the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. [SCE ebook series]

* Bolian Starfleet officer Pheytus is the victim of some highly inappropriate teasing and pregnant pauses due to the pronunciation of his name. [New Frontier novel, Gateways: Cold Wars]

* Yraxys is a females science officer with botanical expertise. [Star Trek: Away Team CD-ROM]

* Lieutenant Commander Dorthan of the USS Gagarin is one of the first Bolian graduates of Starfleet. [TOS novel, In the Name of Honor]

* If you are scratching your head trying to work out the mystery of Captain Sulu's Bolian Chief Medical Officer, Dr Altos Viger (right):

He's a made up character, created in Photoshop by Curt Danhauser for his great USS Excelsior site, using a photograph of actor James Sloyan, a veteran guest player of Star Trek incarnations.

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A Summary of the Physiological Roots of Andorian Culture

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