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origin = Extragalatic in origin, but found on Pyrus VII | | origin = Extragalatic in origin, but found on Pyrus VII | | ||
encountered = [[ma:TOS|TOS]]: ''[[ma:Catspaw|Catspaw]]''| | encountered = [[ma:TOS|TOS]]: ''[[ma:Catspaw|Catspaw]]''| | ||
techlevel = | techlevel = V | | ||
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{{SDC Alert}} | {{SDC Alert}} | ||
::''" | ::''"Where did your race get this ridiculous predilection for resistance, hmmm? You examine any object. You… you question everything! Is it not enough to accept what is?"'' | ||
::: | :::Korob. | ||
:The Ornithoid lifeforms are an advanced, sentient species from outside the Milky Way Galaxy. As a result there is absolutely no data available regarding their home system, home world, environment or plans. | :The Ornithoid lifeforms are an advanced, sentient species from outside the Milky Way Galaxy. As a result there is absolutely no data available regarding their home system, home world, environment or plans. | ||
In some references they are called the Old Ones (Extra Galactic). | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
They are slight beings only inches tall, with a fragile and delicate appearance. In some ways they resemble some kind of unusual insect, almost like a praying mantis that has been crossed with a large shrimp from Earth. | They are slight beings only inches tall, with a fragile and delicate appearance. In some ways they resemble some kind of unusual insect, almost like a praying mantis that has been crossed with a large shrimp from Earth. | ||
With the use of their transmuter technology they were able to appear in a number of different forms, each one visually undistinguishable from the real thing. | |||
==Physiology== | ==Physiology== | ||
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==Psychology== | ==Psychology== | ||
While they have only been encountered once as far as we know by Federation personnel, we did learn that they seem to be completely alien to human-type emotions. | While they have only been encountered once as far as we know by Federation personnel, we did learn that they seem to be completely alien to human-type emotions. | ||
===ESP=== | |||
All of their abilities took their force of will connected to a device they called a transmuter. | |||
The female could read and control the minds of other intelligent species. In this way she controlled various members of the USS Enterprises crew and made them do her bidding. | |||
She also could perform what she called sympathetic magic. An example of this was when she created a model of the USS Enterprise and placed it in the flame of a candle. The real ship orbiting above began to grow very hot. | |||
The male sealed the model in a clear block of some kind and the ship above was suddenly surrounded by a force field unlike anything they have ever encountered. All efforts to analyze it fail. | |||
==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
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==Federation Intelligence Files== | ==Federation Intelligence Files== | ||
Two Ornithoid explorers, Korob and Silvia, set up an observation outpost on Pyris VII in the 23rd century. They encountered the USS Enterprise and held members of the crew for study in 2267. Both died after James T. Kirk destroyed their means of support in an effort to escape capture. | Two Ornithoid explorers, [[ma:Korob|Korob]] and [[ma:Silvia|Silvia]], set up an observation outpost on Pyris VII in the 23rd century. They encountered the USS Enterprise and held members of the crew for study in 2267. Both died after [[ma:Kirk, James T.|James T. Kirk]] destroyed their means of support in an effort to escape capture. | ||
The Old Ones were an authority to whom Korob and Sylvia owed some form of duty or fealty. Presumably, they sent the two explorers to Pyris VII to learn. Korob reminded Sylvia of this duty, but she had become intoxicated by sensation (something that did not exist where she and Korob were from), and rejected his opinion that her actions were not in accordance with her responsibilities. | |||
The Old Ones made several mistakes. They gave Korob, the senior member of their exploration team, a more powerful transmuter, but failed to realize that he lacked the will to use that power, even when his colleague Sylvia became irrational. They failed to realize the dangers of being immersed in sensation (the cause of Sylvia's irrationality). | |||
In the 24th century, information about the Ornithoids was used in schools as teaching aids in comparative xenobiology lessons. | In the 24th century, information about the Ornithoids was used in schools as teaching aids in comparative xenobiology lessons. | ||
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Both Memory Alpha and Memory Beta were used as sources as well as the TV episodes TOS: Catspaw, DS9: In the Hands of the Prophets, DS9: A Man Alone, DS9: The Nagus and DS9: If Wishes Were Horses. | Both Memory Alpha and Memory Beta were used as sources as well as the TV episodes TOS: Catspaw, DS9: In the Hands of the Prophets, DS9: A Man Alone, DS9: The Nagus and DS9: If Wishes Were Horses. | ||
Also used was the written reference book the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual. | Also used was the written reference book the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual and The Star Trek Compendium. | ||
{{MAContent}} | {{MAContent}} | ||