Okudum

The Okudum are an alien species native to the planet HR 5070.

Biology
Physically the Okudum appear to be similar in appearance to Xelayans. However unlike the Xelayans the Okudum lack increased strength from being born on a gravity heavy homeworld.

History
The Okudum were discovered by the Planetary Union, by the USS Wilson. Back then Talla Keyali, an Xelayan ensign interacted with the Okudum and befriended a local family and a girl named Aki. Five years later Tall revisited the Okudum's homeworld now as a Security Chief on the USS Orville. There to her shock she found that the Okudum were enslaved by the Nazh to mine hazardous ore. Due to the Nazh being outside the laws of the Union, no action could be taken to force the Nazh to leave the planet. The crew of the Orville had no choice but to depart, but Captain Mercer secretly allowed Talla and a few of his crew to return to the Okudum world. There Talla used the identity of Xandia to help fight the injustice of the Nazh using her natural superhuman strength to fight them. Many Okudum saw her as a hero due to her actions. No casualties were made against the Nazh, but delays to their mining production were continuous. However eventually the Nazh saw that Talla was not an Okudum at all but an alien interloper who was against killing. Talla cornered the Nazh mining leader who revealed that her efforts would be for naught as if he and his men left, he would be killed by his superiors on his homweworld. The only way for Talla to rid the Okudum of the Nazh was for her to kill him, which was something she could not abide by.

Letting him go, the Nazh eventually connected the dots to Talla's earlier dealings with the Okudum and targeted Aki's family in retaliation. The family save for Aki were killed and Talla was captured to be executed. Before all the Okudum, the Nazh declared that she would be put to death. But before Talla's Union allies could intervene, Aki now dressed as Xandia plunged a sword into the Nazh. The Nazh leaderless fled back into their ship and departed the planet.

Culture
From what a Union observer can conclude, the Okudum have no apparent similarities to Xelayan culture despite their physical appearance biologically. However a few theories have been suggested that the Okudum and Xelayans are related, perhaps that the Okudum were seeded on HR 5070 by an alien race during Xelaya's prehistory.

Little is known about Okudum culture, though have a folklore hero named Xandia who was known as the Hero of the Okudum. According to their literature, Xandia was a farm girl that stood up to free the Okudum from being oppressed by a military dictatorship.

Appearance

 * The Orville Heroes Part 1
 * The Orville Heroes Part 2