Eleen in 2267
Eleen was the wife of Akaar, Teer of the Ten Tribes of Capella IV, in 2267. At the time a Federation team visited, she was pregnant with Akaar's heir, with the birth imminent. When Akaar died during a coup, Maab, whose forces were victorious, assumed the title of Teer. By tradition, Eleen would be killed, so that she could not bear an heir who might have a claim. James T. Kirk, unwilling to witness her execution, interrupted the murder, in the process, laying hands on Eleen -- an act forbidden to all but the Teer. An act that earned Kirk a death sentence.
The Federation party and Eleen were briefly imprisoned; Kirk and Spock managed to overpower their guards. Offered a chance at life, Eleen accepted, and fled to the nearby foothills with the Federation visitors. For several days, Capellans pursued the escapees, Kirk and Spock confounded them with a variety of clever tactics, while Leonard H. McCoy oversaw the birth of Akaar's son, who was named Leonard James Akaar.
At a point when McCoy was dozing, Eleen struck him with a rock, knocking him completely unconscious. She fled to meet with the warriors, and there claimed that she had murdered the heir and the Federation team. Maab accepted this claim, despite the fact that moments earlier, his adjutant Keel had told him that the Federation men were very much alive, and where they had dug in. The warriors prepared to leave, but the Klingon Kras demanded proof. A brief scuffle resulted, during which Kras revealed that he had stolen a phaser; he used the weapon to coerce the Capellans. This breach of guest conduct resulted in a standoff. Ultimately, Maab granted Eleen her life, forfeiting his own in return. The manner of his death was a distraction that provided Keel with an opportunity to kill the Klingon and break the standoff. Maab's death caused the title of Teer to revert to the heir, Leonard James Akaar. Eleen served as his regent. (TOS: "Friday's Child")
- Eleen was played by actress Julie Newmar.
- Capellan double vowel words have a break between the vowel pair. Thus, "Eleen" is correctly pronounced "ĕl ē ĕn".
- It is unclear why Maab was willing to accept Eleen's word, but honesty is highly valued among the Capellans. It is possible that her word carried as much weight as the evidence of his senses. Additionally, the ploy would permit Maab to spare the Federation team, extracating himself from a potentially unpleasant future in which the Federation discovered the fate of its landing party. Maab's limited experience with the Federation would have provided him with no ruler against which to guess its reaction to the deaths of its envoys.
- Leonard James Akaar appears as a Starfleet admiral in several novels set after the end of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In them, it is established that Eleen fled Capella with him, following a coup when he was around seven years old.