Species 8472
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- Non-humanoid
- Unknown
- Consisted of DNA and polyfluidic compounds
- Tripedal
- Lacked obvious mouths, nostrils, & ears
- Had as many as five sexes
- Healing Factor
- Telepathy
- Super Strength
- Environmental Adaptation
- Generates a bioelectric field that blocked sensors & transporter locks
- Can withstand extreme quantities of weapons fire
- Possess genetic engineering techniques that allow them to mimic other lifeforms
- Fluidic Space
- Unknown
- Unknown
- Intensely xenophobic, regard all other lifeforms as impure & weak
- Highly developed biology & organic technology
- Tactically superior even to the Borg
- 2373: First contact with the Borg in fluidic space;
- Species 8472 launches a devastating counteroffensive against Borg territory
- USS Voyager encounters the conflict, creates a modified nanoprobe weapon
- Ends their conflict with the Borg, agrees to withdraw to fluidic space
- 2374: Conduct reconnaissance & simulated war scenarios against Starfleet;
- Voyager exposes the infiltration, negotiates with Voyager, abandons plans