A female Suliban

The Suliban are a starfaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe, seen throughout the series Star Trek: Enterprise. A Suliban sect known as the Cabal served as the show's primary antagonists in the first and second seasons. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series. ... The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... A sect is generally a small religious or political group that has branched off from a larger established group. ...

Humanoid in appearance, Suliban are hairless and have pale yellow skin covered with small bumps, making Suliban resemble an osage-orange. Binomial name Maclura pomifera (Raf. ...

History

The Suliban were prevented from existing millions of years ago by Vosk, instigator of the Temporal Cold War. The damage to the timeline was undone by Silik, a Cabal leader, and Daniels (ENT "Storm Front, Part II"). Vosk is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe, leader of the 29th century Nakuhl faction fighting the Temporal Accords in the Temporal Cold War. ... Silik was a recurring character in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... In the fictional world of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, Crewman Daniels is a character who is encountered in several episodes. ... Storm Front is a two-part episode (the 77th and 78th episodes) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the first of the fourth season. ...

Some time in the 1800s, the Suliban homeworld was destroyed and its survivors spread throughout space, many settling on Tandaran colonies. By the 2150s, the Cabal was prominent, while 'ordinary' Suliban were nomads. The Cabal received orders - and, occasionally, advanced technology and genetic engineering - from a mysterious humanoid figure who communicated to them from centuries in the future. This "Future Guy" had an agenda which he never revealed to anyone, not even Silik. Ordinary Suliban attempt to distance themselves from the Cabal whenever possible, as the Cabal's actions caused all Suliban to be feared and persecuted (and the Cabal was fond of conscripting normal Suliban into its ranks without consent); only a small fraction of the Suliban population were actually members of the Cabal (ENT "Detained," "Broken Bow"). In the pilot episode mentioned (Broken Bow), Doctor Phlox notes after dissecting a dead Suliban, that the alien was "the recipeint of some very sophisticated genetic engineering" such as modifications to the "alveoli clusters", "subcutaneous pigment sacs, "biomimetic garments", and, his favorite, "compound retinas". An iconic image of genetic engineering; this autoluminograph from 1986 of a glowing transgenic tobacco plant bearing the luciferase gene, illustrating the possibilities of genetic engineering. ... Future Guy is a fanon nickname given to a mysterious humanoid figure who appeared consistently in Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Silik was a recurring character in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Detained is the 20th episode (production #121) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Broken Bow is the pilot episode (episode number 001 (Paramount Pictures, n. ...

In the episode "Detained," Jonathan Archer and Travis Mayweather are held in a detention camp on a Tandaran planet, where Suliban without genetic enhancements are being held for "their own safety" under the command of Tandaran General Grat. With the help of a Suliban he meets, Archer manages to help the detainees escape from the camp in their own confiscated ships. Jonathan Archer is a fictional character and the main character of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Travis Mayweather is a fictional character played by Anthony Montgomery in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, serving as a navigator and helm officer on board the Earth starship Enterprise (NX-01). ...

In the two-part episode "Shockwave," the Cabal is revealed to have been behind a gambit to alter the future timeline by framing Enterprise for a planetary disaster. In the episode "Future Tense," the Enterprise successfully foiled attempts by the Cabal and the Tholians to salvage a ship believed to have come from the future. The Sulibans' last appearance on Star Trek: Enterprise was in "Storm Front, Part II," when Silik came to Archer's aid in order to foil their mutual adversary Vosk from irrevocably altering the timeline. Shockwave is a two-part episode of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Future Tense is the 42nd episode (production #216) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... A Tholian, as depicted in Star Trek: Enterprise. ...

External link

• Suliban article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki