Paxan

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Paxan
Four Letter Code	PAXA
Federation Status	Unknown
Planet of Origin	Unknown
Encountered	TNG: Clues
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	W
List of Named Paxans
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Description: Extremely xenophobic energy beings of superior technology who can inhabit another life form without danger to it for communication. Their "wormhole" stun-trap keeps away most visitors or robs their memory of the Paxans, but Lieutenant Commander Data's positronic brain is unknown to them and they threaten destruction of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D twice -- until Captain Picard convinces them that their memories can be erased and Data agrees to share the event with no one