Star Trek 101: A Practical Guide to Who, What, Where, and Why. "15 of the Most Bizarre Alien Species Featured in 'Star Trek' ". ^ a b c d "Star Trek: The 15 Strongest Species, Ranked From Weakest To Most Powerful".The Guardian's Vera Rule said that their design reminded them "of HR Gigerish bio-nastiness but with Ray Harryhausen animation". In 2017, ScreenRant ranked the Species 8472 the 11th most bizarre aliens in Star Trek.
In Star Trek: Alien Domain they are the primary antagonists. They also make an appearance in Star Trek Online, in which they are referred to as the Undine. Species 8472 appear as villains in the video games Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force and Star Trek: Armada II. Janeway convinces 8472, led by an individual posing as Boothby, that the United Federation of Planets has no quarrel with them – in fact, the Federation is not even aware of the existence of Species 8472, except for the Voyager crew, and the crew is well aware that the Borg themselves started the war between the two species by invading fluidic space to assimilate the superior technology of Species 8472. The plan is uncovered by Voyager and peace talks commence. However, upon Species 8472's retreat from normal space, the Borg terminate the alliance in favor of (unsuccessfully) assimilating Voyager.Ī member of Species 8472 is left in the Delta Quadrant during the retreat and is relentlessly hunted by a group of Hirogen for several months.Ĭoncerned about the threat posed by humanity, Species 8472 builds 13 "terraspheres" in the Delta Quadrant and recreates Starfleet Academy within, as a staging ground for an intelligence gathering mission on Earth. In return for Janeway's help, the Borg allow Voyager safe passage through their space for the duration of their cooperative efforts. In conjunction with Janeway, the Borg develop a high-yield warhead armed with modified nanoprobes, developed by the Doctor, the ship's Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), from the Borg's own technology, that is effective at killing 8472 and forces them to retreat to fluidic space. When the crew of Voyager realizes that it has no choice but to go through Borg space to continue home in any kind of timely manner, Captain Kathryn Janeway hatches a plan to construct a weapon, based on a treatment that the Doctor had created, to kill Species 8472 and use it as a bargaining chip with the Borg, in exchange for safe passage through Borg space. Over the course of five months, tens of billions of drones are lost, as well as several hundred planets and ships.
Species 8472 invades the Delta Quadrant in retaliation for Borg aggression and begins a systematic extermination of the Borg as well as innocent species. In fact, 8472 is one of the few species so advanced that its ships are able to destroy Borg cubes in seconds. The Borg quickly realize that Species 8472 is immune to assimilation and that contemporary Borg technology is no match for it. The Borg discover Species 8472 in the Delta Quadrant and try to assimilate its biotechnology, which is more advanced than anything the Borg have seen. Species 8472 are discovered by the Borg in 2373 when the Borg invade fluidic space (" Scorpion: Part 2") by opening a rift in space using a deflector dish. Relevant episodes of Star Trek: Voyager in which Species 8472 appear include season 3 episode 26 (season finale) " Scorpion: Part 1" and season 4 episode 1 (season premiere) " Scorpion: Part 2", season 4 episode 16 " Prey", and season 5 episode 4 " In the Flesh".
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