The Beta Promethean people came from the Beta Promethean system. They were short and pear shaped with four tentacle legs and two arms. As a people they were largely isolationist and had business ethics much like the Ferengi. They controlled all three planets in their system (Beta Prometheus 1, Beta Prometheus 2, and Beta Prometheus 3). They traded large amounts of dilithium with other species. Around 2244 they were invited to join the United Federation of Planets, but they declined.