Nyxian

Nyxians are a species formerly from the planet Nyxia in The Orville Universe.

Biology
Nyxians greatly resemble humans.

History
In 2420, the USS Orville came across Nyxia's system while attempting to watch the beautiful imagery of the a dying star. Isaac eventually discovered that Nyxia was inhabited and the danger the sun possessed to the Nyxians. Captain Ed Mercer attempted to contact the Nyxian in order to organize an evacuation. Due to a virus within the Orville that incapacitated the vessel, the Orville was only able to send out one shuttle. The Nyxians were forced to use a lottery to choose which among them would be brought back to the Orville to survive. Out of seventy-five, only about thirty Nyxians were taken from the dying world.

Culture
The Nyxian civilization developed underground beneath the planet's surface to avoid radiation from their system's sun, which was in the process of becoming a red giant. The Nyxians were primitive and no knowledge of space travel or the existence of extraterrestrial life before the arrival of the USS Orville. Despite their technological disadvantage they were able to figure out their sun's expansion would eventually destroy Nyxia.

Appearances

 * The Orville Season 2: Primal Urges