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:'''''See also:''' [[Trill]]'' | |||
::'' | Trill '''symbionts''' are a form of parasitic life form that requires a host body in order to leave the water. Unlike other parasites, they do not take over the host but occupy the willing bodies of volunteers who meet their complex requirements in order to share the body in a symbiotic relationship. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The existence of the symbionts was for centuries a closely guarded secret | The existence of the symbionts was for centuries a closely guarded secret and well into the 24th century, the relationships between [[Trill]] humanoids and symbionts was a source of much political and social upheaval on the planet Trill and beyond. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
When a symbiont was not inside a host body, they made use of electrochemical signals to communicate with others through the liquid they lived in. A joined symbiont was also capable of communicating with its non-joined counterparts by being submerged in the fluid breeding pools on the [[Trill]] homeworld. This provided a direct form of communication between the two but not on the same level of sharing knowledge as that which a Joining was capable of providing. | When a symbiont was not inside a host body, they made use of electrochemical signals to communicate with others through the liquid they lived in. A joined symbiont was also capable of communicating with its non-joined counterparts by being submerged in the fluid breeding pools on the [[Trill]] homeworld. This provided a direct form of communication between the two but not on the same level of sharing knowledge as that which a Joining was capable of providing. | ||
While typically symbionts only communicated with and took Trill as hosts, it was possible for them to communicate with Humans at least through extended contact. This was done | While typically symbionts only communicated with and took Trill as hosts, it was possible for them to communicate with Humans at least through extended contact. This was done by matching the symbiont's bioelectric patterns with those of the other individual. However, this required direct tissue contact between the nerves of the person with those of the symbiont. | ||
As symbionts grew older, they eventually became unable to take hosts and would sink to the bottom of the pools where they would become caretakers for the Annuated, eventually these symbionts would grow to become Annuated themselves over a period of 20,000 years or more. | As symbionts grew older, they eventually became unable to take hosts and would sink to the bottom of the pools where they would become caretakers for the Annuated, eventually these symbionts would grow to become Annuated themselves over a period of 20,000 years or more. | ||
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*[[ma:Dax (symbiont)|Dax]] symbiont | *[[ma:Dax (symbiont)|Dax]] symbiont | ||
*[[ma:Peers (symbiont)|Peers]] symbiont | *[[ma:Peers (symbiont)|Peers]] symbiont | ||
*[[ma:Kahn (symbiont)|Kahn]] symbiont | *[[ma:Kahn (symbiont)|Kahn]] symbiont | ||
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[[Category:Alpha Quadrant Species]] | [[Category:Alpha Quadrant Species]] | ||
[[Category:Intelligent Lifeform Index Species]] | [[Category:Intelligent Lifeform Index Species]] | ||
[[Category:Permitted | [[Category:Permitted]] | ||
[[Category:Symbionts| ]] | [[Category:Symbionts| ]] | ||