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	PLAYED BY: Daniel Dae Kim SPECIES: Kelemane Male Gotana-Retz was an astronaut from Kelemane's planet, a planet with a tachyon core which caused a differential in space-time such that each second that passed on the orbiting USS Voyager was the equivalent of an entire day on his planet. Retz was part of a mission, Orbital 1, sent to investigate the ancient "Sky Ship" which was revered by the people of his planet. He managed to survive the time shift after entering Voyager. When Captain Janeway explained the situation he agreed to help to find a solution to Voyager's problems. A short time later Voyager came under attack from the surface. Janeway asked him to return to the planet to explain the situation, ensure the attack stops and enlist the help of his people. Retz agreed. Retz returned to his planet with specifications of Voyager and convinced his people to help Voyager break orbit. Two ships from the planet surface returned and used a tractor beam to break Voyager free. Retz used a temporal compensator to travel to Voyager and say goodbye. As an old man, he witnessed Voyager finally leave from a hilltop.
	PLAYED BY: Obi Ndefo SPECIES: Kelemane Male   He was a Protector on a planet that USS Voyager visited and became caught in its orbit in 2376. The planet rotated at a differential space-time rate that made time pass more quickly there than on Voyager. When Voyager tried to break orbit, it caused dangerous gravitational shifts on the planet.   Kelemane's ancestors believed that Voyager was either an angry deity that shook their planet or a new star. He believed that there was life on this star and decided to attempt to contact the star's protector. He planned on asking the protector of Voyager to stop the gravitational shift. He ordered his teacher to compose a letter, and he sent the letter up in a hot-air balloon.
	PLAYED BY: Daniel Zacapa SPECIES: Kelemane Male   Unlike his ancestors who at first thought Voyager was a god and then a star with people on it, he knew it was a Sky Ship. When he was young he did not have any of the Sky Ship Friends toys, as his grandfather would not allow it. His grandfather told him that the sky ship was a palace inhabited by an evil prince where bad children went. He eventually sent a verbal message to Voyager informing them that the planet meant them no harm and that the ground shaken caused by Voyager's attempt to break orbit was causing considerable damage to the planet. Voyager did get his message, but due to the space-time differential, by the time the message reached Voyager, the astronomer had been dead for over one hundred years.
	PLAYED BY: Olaf Pooley SPECIES: Kelemane Male   The Cleric was a confidant and teacher to Kelemane. He taught Kelemane to abandon the old superstitions regarding the "Ground Shaker". Kelemane believed that Voyager was a star with people on it and summoned the cleric to write a letter to the protector on that star, which he did — in English.
	PLAYED BY: Jon Cellini SPECIES: Kelemane Male   The Technician was an assistant to the astronomer who was trying to contact Voyager. As a young boy, he had all of the sky ship toys. He was tired of trying to contact Voyager and believed that the crew might be dead. He suggested to the astronomer to send a voice message. By the time Voyager received the messages, the astronomer and technician had been dead for over a hundred years.
	PLAYED BY: Kat Sawyer-Young SPECIES: Kelemane Female   Tureena was one of two astronauts from Kelemane's planet sent to make contact with USS Voyager in the Orbital 1 spacecraft, along with pilot Gotana-Retz. Tureena was in command. After losing contact with Launch Control, Tureena decided to dock with Voyager and enter the ship. She and the other astronaut found the crew motionless due to a time differential. As she and the other astronaut transferred to Voyager's time frame, her body was unable to adjust and she died.
	PLAYED BY: Melik Malkasian SPECIES: Kelemane Male While preparing an offering to his god, he discovered Voyager, which had become trapped in a gravimetric gradient that pulled it into an orbit where it became trapped. He believed it to be another god opposing his old god, Tahal, and feared this "new god" because it caused the ground to shake.
	PLAYED BY: Walter Hamilton McCready SPECIES: Kelemane Male The tribal alien was consulted by the Shaman who explained how the new god had appeared suddenly. The tribal alien believed that this new god was jealous of their old god Tahal, and that the fire fruit which was offered to the old god should be given only to the new god, something that would appease the new god and stop the ground from shaking.

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