In 2372, Councillor Gleer had a series of infamous debates on the Council floor with Councillor T'Latrek of Vulcan over the issue of the acceptable levels of security that could be implemented to prevent infiltration by the shape-shifting Founders of the Dominion. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation) Bera chim Gleer first appeared in A Time to Heal, though his first chronological appearance was in Trill: Unjoined.