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In 2268, the USS Enterprise was nearly trapped inside of such a web while on a mission to rescue Captain Kirk from spatial interphase. The Federation starship narrowly escaped being dragged back to a Tholian port as they were able to leave the web before it was complete. | In 2268, the USS Enterprise was nearly trapped inside of such a web while on a mission to rescue Captain Kirk from spatial interphase. The Federation starship narrowly escaped being dragged back to a Tholian port as they were able to leave the web before it was complete. | ||
'''Updates as of 240104.05, following the interrogation of former Terraforming Specialist V't'r'us B'ek by the Starfleet Intelligence as part of his request for asylum:''' | |||
As part of the Lattice Alliance, a splinter group of Tholians helped to develop a prototype for a terraforming ship that would command and deploy a seeding device. One ship was created to serve as a test bed for a new terraforming process, all of which is detailed below. | |||
===Lattice Alliance Territorial Reclaminator=== | |||
The Scourge. First of its kind, a prototypical terraforming ship that would command and deploy the seed and seeding device. Secondary seed storage. Sensitive sonic system installed that would vibrate the length of the ship, allowing them to know where a visitor like the Sheliak would be at any given time. Tholians don't require chairs but instead have channels carved into the floor that allow them to connect to the ship and commune with the other Tholians. Atmospheric boxes developed and installed at key locations to allow Sheliak to move about the ship in a limited fashion. On the flip side, the atmospheric boxes could be used to punish the Sheliak as the atmospheric settings were controlled externally. | |||
====Seeding Device==== | |||
Mobile command platform similar to a large shuttle or small freighter; includes a landing bay that houses the drone replication and distribution system. Mounted with communication capabilities so it can be used as a communications satellite as needed. Has a basic shield and deflector system to protect from space debris, but otherwise utilizes the drones to serve as protection or perform other actions: direct attack, shielding, tractor beams, transporter relays. Proximity triggered drone launches. Can be controlled remotely. Drone replication takes approximately ten minutes for two drones; increased humidity in the air as steam was consistently pumped into and out of the fabricator. Includes a cockpit/bridge of sorts for manual flight and drone replication/dispatch. Equipped with thrusters and an ion drive. | |||
====Seed==== | |||
According to B'ek, only two produced. 'Fire' produced has no oxidation. Anaerobic combustion: Organic polymers are changed - carbon is consumed and replaced with silicon, bismuth, barium. Constant temperature of 1200C | |||
====Drones==== | |||
Latest Tholian artificial intelligence, capable of reacting much faster than a pilot; equipped with the finest phased and projectile weapons capable of being mounted on the small craft. Phaser-like beans powerful enough to carve through layers of stone and metal in microseconds, rotating frequencies to overcome shielding. Projectiles were not loaded with antimatter explosives but designed in a way to slice neatly through those same materials. | |||
===='Demon' Terraforming Process==== | |||
Class M planets served as the best base to start as carbon-based life provided the best source of fuel for the terraforming process. A 'seed' would be inserted into the atmosphere using a mobile 'seeding device'. Medical caste debated the ethics of such a device, but as any deaths would be instantaneous, it was deemed merciful. Utilizes silicon tetraazide to fuel the maturity process of the Tholian seedlings. Maleconite sped up that process. Not that different from the typical Tholian breeding process, but never attempted with an artificial seeding pod. 'Fire' generated by seeding pod converts carbon based to silicon based, spreads along the surface but also towards the planet's core. Once the last of the related matter is consumed, the planet is reclassified as Class Y. Artificial method increased the speed of the breeding process by a factor of thirty. | |||
==Federation Intelligence Files== | ==Federation Intelligence Files== | ||