- Skin was reddish or rosy tinted
- Hair was dirty- to platinum-blond and bushy
- Primitive humanoid species
- Wore face paint
- Also called the People of Vaal or Feeders of Vaal
- Lived as slaves in a stagnant, controlled society
- Were ruled for 10,000 years by a self-aware machine named Vaal
- 2267: USS Enterprise made first contact, Vaal viewed them as a threat
- Ordered by Vaal to attack the landing party, Vaal endangered the ship
- Captain Kirk destroyed Vaal, and the Vaalians were freed from slavery;
- Gained the opportunity for societal growth & development
