One in every fifty million inhabitants of the planet was born with telepathic abilities. This gift was considered dangerous, as telepaths were seen to be a threat to the rest of the population. They were exiled to other planets to live out their lives in isolation, as Tarquin was condemned to his lonely planet. (ENT: "Exile") At least one of this species had left the homeworld by 2154, though he had had the misfortune to be captured by Orion Syndicate slavers in the Borderland. (ENT: "Borderland")