In the year 2363, the Thelian, was one of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's fleet of seven starships to prevent the Regnancy of the Carnelian Throne from accessing the Manraloth archive. The fleet, which was made up of the Thelian, USS Cybele, USS Tecumseh, USS Malinche, USS Victory, USS Puttkamer and the USS Nautilus, assembled in the Mirfak system before travelling at high warp speed to the Kirisha system where they engaged the Carnelian warships. The Thelian is named for the Andorian President of the United Federation of Planets Thelianaresth th'Vorothishria