Menthar
The Menthars were an ancient intelligent warp-capable species.

The Menthars fought the Promellians in the 14th century during a long war which ended with the Battle of Orelious IX, in which both civilizations became extinct.

24th century history books included many records of the Menthar's innovative battle strategies. They were the first to use the Kavis Teke elusive maneuver as well as the Passive Lure stratagem which was comparable to the strategies of Napoléon Bonaparte. They also developed a way to modify aceton assimilators to create a booby trap for starships. Both a Promellian battle cruiser and the  became ensnared in the trap the Menthars set. ()

Geordi La Forge recalled the time they were caught in the Menthar trap to Guinan, in 2367, a year after the event, when he described to her his infatuation with a hologram of . ()

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