Talosian

The Talosians are a race of humanoids that have powerful telekinetic abilities. They civilization is what remains after a nuclear holocaust. In 2254, they lured the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) to Talos IV with a illusion of survivors of the SS Columbia. They imprisoned Captain Christopher Pike, in hopes that he, and the lone survivor Vina would repopulate their world. In 2267, Captain Christopher Pike, disfigured, would return to live his remaining days on Talos IV. In 2387, the Zentradi, with help from Juraan offered an exchange with the Talosians. They arranged to several cloned humanoid specimens for the capture of Captain Candela Greene. Using their abilities, they drew the USS Crusader (NCC-51492) to the Talos Star group, where they imprison her, and Lieutenant D'Real, and sent the Crusader off into space with no knowledge by the crew. Commander Teshurr would finally realize what had happen, and risk breaking General Order 7 to rescue the Captain, and Lieutenant. {Star Trek Crusader)

Background

 * It is assumed that in the past 120 years the Talosians have gained knowledge of cloning, and may have done so after Captain Pike passed away.
 * When Juraan disappeared in 2377 ir is believed he gained knowledge of the Talosians and had clones of him, R'Pik, and Candela Greene made whom we know as Nova. The clones were executed {excet for Nova} in 2385 as they remained in hiding. (Star Trek: Generation Fleet)