Ambassador Shras was an Andorian representative of the United Federation of Planets. In 2268, he was one of thirty-two Federation ambassadors that were transported on board the USS Enterprise to the planetoid Babel for the Babel Conference. He was unaware of Thelev's true Orion identity or his plans to upset the conference. When questioned about the murder of Gav and an attack on Captain James T. Kirk, he suggested Spock consider that Thelev's actions were not logical but instead motivated by passion or gain.