PLAYED BY: Salome Jens
SPECIES: Humanoid

Unnamed humanoid who addressed Captain Picard and a group of other races when they pieced together an ancient puzzle connecting them all by their DNA in 2369.
 

PLAYED BY: John Cothran Jr.
SPECIES: Klingon Male

In 2369, this Klingon captained the Maht-H'a attack cruiser. Nu'Daq vied against Gul Ocett and Picard for an ancient genetic encoded message. Nu'Daq destroyed life on Indri VIII during the quest.
 

PLAYED BY: Linda Thornson
SPECIES: Cardassian Female

Female Cardassian commander, in 2369, of a Galor-class warship. Ocett's need to solve a four-billion-year-old genetic puzzle forced a brief cooperation with Picard and Nu'Daq that ended when Ocett opened fire.
 

PLAYED BY: Norman Lloyd
SPECIES: Human Male

Archaeologist. Galen spent the last decade of his life attempting to confirm a theory that humanoid species had a common genetic heritage. Picard was one of Galen's students and took up his work after he was killed in 2369.

PLAYED BY: Maurice Roeves
SPECIES: Romulan Male

Unnamed Romulan Captain who was part of the race to find the solution to the galactic puzzle which linked humanoid species through their DNA. The captain hoped that the Federation and the Romulans could one day exist in peace.