Tzel

The Tzel were an insectoid race that were at war with the Planetary Union over a hundred years ago.

Biology
Tzel are man-sized green caterpillars with razor-sharp pincers.

History
A hundred years ago the Tzel fought a war with the Planetary Union that cost thousands of lives. Among the casualties was the USS Burton which went missing for a century. The USS Orville would later located a distress buoy of the Burton in the vicinity of the neutron star Magnetar.

Appearances

 * The Orville: New Beginnings Part 1 (2019)