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he Sheliak refer to themselves as "The Membership" and have a governing body called "The Corporate". The Corporate is headed by a single individual, known as the Director. However, each vessel is commanded by a leader also known as the Director, as he speaks for the Corporate Director in his stead, who rarely if ever, leaves their homeworld.

The Sheliak language cannot be translated by the Universal Translator and cannot be decyphered by lingusts, however they can communicate in Federation Standard English. The Sheliak cannot be communicated with or communicate telepathically. The Sheliak have no diplomatic contact and go to lengths to avoid human contact except where specifically required by the Treaty of Armens, established in 2255 between the Sheliak and the Federation , ceding several planets (including Tau Cygna V) to the Sheliak.

Sheliak territory currently lies within Federation territory -- Federation expansion has far outstripped Sheliak expansion, leaving the Corporate enveloped by Federation space.  It is suspected, based on the Telaris incident, that the Sheliak have holdings outside Federation space -- and perhaps within it.

The Sheliak are primarily a GREEN Fleet threat species whose influence in galactic politics is only really starting to be felt now.

First contact with the Sheliak was made in 2253 when the Corporate engaged and destroyed a civilian mining operation on an H-class world (a world with high-levels of hyperonic radiation).  After a brief, but intense conflict between the Federation and the Sheliak, the Treaty of Armens was established in 2255 between the Sheliak and the Federation, ceding several planets (including Tau Cygna V) to the Sheliak. When the Treaty of Armens was originally signed, the Federation had to send 372 legal experts to negotiate before the Sheliak would even agree to the meeting.

The Enterprise-D was dispatched to deal with the problem, and discovered a colony of many thousands of people on Tau Cygna V. Leaving Lieutenant Commander Data on the planet the ship went to intercept the Sheliak vessel. The Sheliak who spoke to Captain Picard called himself the "Director". He claimed his ship carried "The Membership", part of the Sheliak Corporate. He declined all requests for further time to evacuate the planet, instead threatening to exterminate the Humans on arrival. The Sheliak were determined to stick precisely to the letter of the treaty, claiming the document as an absolute description of the relationship between themselves and the Federation.

Again in 2384 the Sheliak demanded worlds under Federation protection, demonstrating a much farther range of territory than had previously been ascribed to them.  In this case, the worlds were uninhabited planets belonging to the Telaris Compact, a recently established Federation Protectorate.  A loophole in the Treaty of Armens granted the Sheliak colonization rights to those worlds.  Vulcan Ambassadors Sohte (the only surviving member of the original negotiation team) and Sehval, the Federation representative to the Telaris Compact.

The issue was decided in favor of the Sheliak Corporate as long as Gamma Telaris VIII (one of eight worlds ceded) remained a member of the Telaris Compact and all resources from Gamma Telaris VIII were available to the Compact. The Treaty of Armens was amended.

===Excerpts from the Treaty of Armens===

* The Sheliak corporate pages were compiled by Alan Rogers, originally for use by USS CONSTELLATION crew members.