Editing Tamarian (section)

==History and politics==
Although the species was encountered a total of seven times in the hundred years after first contact, formal relations were unable to be established, due to the complexity and provincial nature of the Tamarian language – which is entirely composed of metaphors derived from their collective experience and mythology. The origins and context of several of the terms and persons referenced suggest that the Tamarian homeworld is [[Shantil III]]. 

In 2368, a Tamarian ship sent a general hail towards [[Federation]] space, a standard mathematical progression interpreted as a request for communication. The USS Enterprise-D was dispatched to [[El-Adrel IV]] to establish contact. While there, the Tamarian captain Dathon beamed himself and Enterprise captain Jean-Luc Picard to the planet's surface, in an attempt to establish a dialog through the idea of "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" – the idea of cooperation against an enemy leading to mutual understanding and friendship. To prevent any interference, the Tamarian ship established a particle scattering field in El-Adrel's ionosphere, preventing [[transporter]]s on either ship from functioning, and fired attenuated energy weapons on an Enterprise shuttlecraft dispatched to retrieve Picard. Unfortunately, Dathon was killed by the creature inhabiting the planet, but not before Picard was able to gain an understanding of the Tamarian language, and communicate with the Tamarian ship, which was engaged in combat with the Enterprise as a result of the misunderstanding over Picard's "capture". Dathon's sacrifice was remembered as a new "word" in the Tamarian language: "Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel".