About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint".....

[The Rock]

What WERE those? Were they ever given a name?

I would love to know more about them.

But I have a feeling they were intentionally left just as mysterious as the whale probe from Star Trek IV.

 

[DonIago]

Re: About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint"....

They feature prominently in a Titan novel, "Orion's Hounds". Worth a read!

 

[The Rock]

Re: About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint"....

They feature prominently in a Titan novel, "Orion's Hounds". Worth a read!

Very cool! I'll check that out when I can.

Did the author talk more about their origins and stuff?

 

[Therin of Andor]

Re: About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint"....

Did the author talk more about their origins and stuff?

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Star-jellies

 

[The Rock]

Re: About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint"....

Did the author talk more about their origins and stuff?

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Star-jellies

Thanks.

 

[USS Excelsior]

Re: About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint"....

Those 2 were actually alien, as opposed to most of the other races we see in the show.

 

[Mr Silver]

Re: About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint"....

Like the "Blue-Fin's" they were an early concept for the Borg (i'm joking!)

Its interesting how they didn't make any further appearances, but they were kinda "alien of the week" material.

 

[Tino]

Re: About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint"....

They feature prominently in a Titan novel, "Orion's Hounds". Worth a read!

One of the best Star Trek novels for me ... totally exploration, many breathtaking scenes and alien culture concepts. If you wanna know more about the star-jellies, that's your novel!

 

[Start Wreck]

Re: About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint"....

Why would they have tentacles that hang downwards, when there's no gravity in space?

 

[DonIago]

Re: About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint"....

^Who says they're hanging?

 

[SchwEnt]

Re: About those jellyfish-like aliens from "Encounter at Farpoint"....

Why would they have tentacles that hang downwards, when there's no gravity in space?

Oh there's gravity in space.
Otherwise, how do planets orbit stars and how do galaxies stay together and so on?

But I know what you're saying...