External predatory intelligence (the Calamarain) versus the Enterprise and Q: an alien plasma/tachyon intelligence targets Q and the ship, producing cascading system failures and forcing tactical, ethical, and rescue choices.
External predatory intelligence (the Calamarain) versus the Enterprise and Q: an alien plasma/tachyon intelligence targets Q and the ship, producing cascading system failures and forcing tactical, ethical, and rescue choices.
Events in This Arc
The Enterprise detects an amorphous cloud of energetic plasma whose internal patterns read as highly organized; the ship's computer declares it intelligent but cannot translate its signals. Picard orders contact …
On the Enterprise bridge Picard reluctantly orders Shuttle One beamed home, but the Calamarain's proximity cripples every conventional option. The transporter cannot lock, shields report as "frozen," and tractor controls …
An omnipotent member of the Continuum (Q2) materializes in the shuttle to confront a newly mortal Q. Q2 reveals he has been watching and, reluctantly admitting that Q committed a …