Mintakan

The Mintakans are a sapient species native to Mintaka III. Described as proto-Vulcan humanoids, it's possible that they're in some way related to that species (perhaps they too might be descendants of Sargon's Species, as the Vulcans are believed to be).

The Mintakan are descendants of the caravan of the rebel leader S'task, who left Vulcan in search of a new world, contrary to the logic of Surak. Years during his journey, Admiral S'task initiates an immigration law to other races, replacing dead Vulcan officers, the first to join the Vulcan crew was the alien "Sargon" where a group were in scientific research in Calder II, the Vulcan spent many years on this planet, there was a planetary war in this place with the Nausicaans, there were dead and injured with the death of Admiral S'task who sacrificed his life protecting the entire caravan, Commander Debrune succeeded S'task by removing the three fleets of ships on the spot, there were 8 hybrid families in the Sargon / Vulcan crew on one of the ships, asked for asylum to Commander Debrune to a nearby planet to give up following the journey of the Vulcan caravan, due to the trauma of losing their relatives with the Nausicaans.

The commander Debrune leaves this group in a planet class M, with supplies, and follows travel leaving the group behind, the descendants of this race Vulcanoíd founded Mintaka with several colonies, losing all idealism of the ancestry Vulcan and Sargon, to primitive beings and of evolution slow. In 2305 USS Enterprise NCC 1701-B encounters the planet MIntaka III and the Starfleet builds camouflaged bases to spy on the Mintakans at this time, Lieutenant Satelk (seen as captain in ST: TNG - The First Duty, season 5), as a science officer, led a group of archaeologists on this planet and discovered the origin of the Mintakan linked to the Vulcan / Sargon lineage.

As of 2366, the Mintakans are a non-spacefaring culture, with a technological level akin to the Bronze Age. Their technology is limited but includes huts, tapestry and bows and arrows.

Culture and society
Like most humanoids, the early Mintakans were superstitious and assigned supernatural explanations to things they couldn't understand. This had already began to change during the 24th century, as many Mintakans no longer believed in spirits or deities.

According to Deanna Troi, Mintakans have highly-ordered minds, similar to the Vulcans, although they do not repress emotions. It is customary for Mintakan women to precede their mates as a signal to other women that if they want that man to perform any kind of service for them, it's with her that they have to negotiate.

Appearances

 * Star Trek: The Next Generation, s03e04, "Who Watches the Watchers" (1989)