 The officer on the Saratoga who announces that the thruster controls  are offline is of the same alien race as the Federation President in  _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)_ (qv). This race has  never been officially named, but some promotional materials identify  the race as the Efrosians (named after Mel Efros (qv), unit  production manager for _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)_ (qv)).