A transport ship carrying the Lumerian mediator Ves Alkar to peace talks on Rekag-Seronia in 2369, attacked on the way and rescued by the Enterprise.
The Dorian is a transport ship seen in the episode Man of the People. In 2369 it is taking Ambassador Ves Alkar to Rekag-Seronia, where two factions are at war along an important Federation shipping route.
Near the planet the Dorian is fired on by ships from one of the warring sides, who do not want a settlement. The Enterprise answers its distress call, drives the attackers off and takes Alkar aboard to finish the journey, together with the elderly, hostile woman he introduces as his mother, Sev Maylor.
The transfer puts Alkar on the Enterprise, where Maylor's sudden death and his growing attention to Deanna Troi reveal how he keeps his famous calm.