Editing Nausicaan (section)

==History ==

During the 22nd century, the Nausicaans were well-known pirates, attacking freighters in various sectors for years. The ECS Horizon had a run-in once with some Nausicaan pirates. (ENT: "Fortunate Son") 

In the year 2151, [[Earth]] [[Starfleet]] made first official contact with the Nausicaans when the Earth ship Enterprise intervened in a conflict involving the ECS Fortunate and a force of Nausicaan pirates. In that point in their history, despite their renegade behavior, they were seen working in larger groups, like a military. Such organization in their society and space ventures, however, seems to have apparently dissolved in later years. 

In the mid-2320s, Cadet Third-Class Jean-Luc Picard was assigned to training on [[Morikin VII]] where he had his first encounter with Nausicaans, who had an outpost on a nearby asteroid. (TNG: "Tapestry") 

In 2327, the newly-graduated Picard and two of his friends, Cortin Zweller and Marta Batanides, became involved in a fight at the Bonestell Recreation Facility on Starbase Earhart after a trio of Nausicaans cheated during a game of dom-jot. During a melee, one of the Nausicaans stabbed Picard through the heart, severely injuring him and necessitating the implanting of an artificial heart. (TNG: "Samaritan Snare", "Tapestry") 

In 2371, a group of Nausicaans used an ultrasonic generator to break in and rob the Central Museum of [[Remmil VI]] by breaking down one of the walls. (DS9: "Heart of Stone") 

A Nausicaan was seen in a bar on [[Dessica II]] while the senior staff of the USS Enterprise-D was searching for clues about the whereabouts of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in that establishment. (TNG: "Gambit, Part I")