Maques
Maques was the senior diplomat of a Cairn delegation on the  in 2370. He was a widower and raised his daughter Hedril alone. 

Lwaxana Troi taught him verbal communication so that he could better interact with non-telepathic species as the Cairn used telepathic means as their forms of communication. She also tried to spark some romantic involvement between Maques and her daughter. Maques helped Lwaxana confront a painful memory from her past, one that was causing brain damage and killing her. ()

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