Dara was a female inhabitant of the second planet of the Taurean system. In 2269, she was among the women who greeted a male landing party from the USS Enterprise to a temple on the planet. During a celebratory feast that followed, Dara entertained the crowd by juggling several large gemstones. After she finished, she tossed a gemstone to Spock, who was unable to catch the stone due to his inebriation caused by Taurean nectar that he and the rest of the landing party had consumed.