The Clickets were a spacefaring insectoid species. They interpreted gratitude as a form of hostility due to compliments being physically painful for the Clickets. (LD: "Upper Decks")
On stardate 57818.4, the USS Cerritos rendezvoused with the Clicket ship Tweerk to obtain a map of the Romulan Neutral Zone. The Clickets attacked Captain Carol Freeman after she thanked them for the map, and a further subsequent misunderstanding led to a brief exchange of phaser fire between the vessels. (LD: "Veritas")
In 2382, Clickets led by Zurkel infiltrated the Cerritos in order to harvest the cloaking organs of the buhgoon "and maybe eat what's left depending on texture and flavor." The Clickets repeatedly mentioned their previous encounter with the Cerritos, but Freeman was unable to remember them. Zurkel complained that everyone ignored his species, but once they had cloaking technology, the Clickets would be able to spread all over the quadrant. Finally recalling from her morning briefing that Clickets couldn't stand being complimented, Freeman threw compliments at Zurkel until he was forced to order a retreat. At least one Clicket got left behind who had their head stuck in a sousaphone, and was taken into custody by Kayshon. (LD: "Upper Decks")
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- Named
- Zurkel
- Unnamed