The escalating interspecies and environmental conflict between the USS Enterprise crew and the intelligent, inorganic microbrain life-form discovered beneath Velara III, involving efforts to understand, contain, and negotiate peaceful coexistence while...
The escalating interspecies and environmental conflict between the USS Enterprise crew and the intelligent, inorganic microbrain life-form discovered beneath Velara III, involving efforts to understand, contain, and negotiate peaceful coexistence while managing the ecological impact of terraforming and the microbrain's territorial hostility.
Events in This Arc
The Enterprise arrives in orbit around the barren, featureless Velara III to investigate a Federation terraforming project. Despite clear reception, initial hails go unanswered, heightening unease among the bridge crew. …
Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew confirm that the microbrain entity discovered on Velara III is a complex, intelligent silicon-based life form that has seized control of the Medical Lab. …