Mintakan Community
Indigenous Cultural Community and Local Societal IntegrityDescription
The Mintakan Community is the indigenous people implicated by Liko's presence aboard the starship; they represent a distinct local culture whose social fabric and memory are at risk of contamination by off-world contact. Within the current material they act as an affected population rather than a formal political body: their primary role is custodial stewardship of cultural knowledge and norms threatened by external intervention. Starfleet personnel frame decisions about medical care and memory alteration around protecting the Mintakan Community's cultural integrity and long-term autonomy.