Q

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The being known as Q is an extremely powerful entity and a member of the non-corporeal Q Continuum. The first recorded encounter between Q and the United Federation of Planets took place aboard the USS Enterprise-D in 2364, when he placed humanity on trail for being a "dangerous, savage, child-race." He has appeared numerous times since, most often taking the form of a humanoid Starfleet Captain, frequently interacting with the Enterprise crew, especially Jean-Luc Picard. He eventually formed a brief partnership with Vash, and later took an interest in Captain Kathryn Janeway of the USS Voyager. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", "Q-Pid", et. al; DS9: "Q-Less"; VOY: "Death Wish", et. al)

Often a juvenile, "fun-loving" trickster, Q's most enduring legacy in his encounters with humanity is infinitely more somber: he was directly responsible for "introducing" the Federation - in the person of the Enterprise crew - to the Borg Collective in 2365, which eventually led to the disastrous Battle of Wolf 359 and the near assimilation of Earth. (TNG: "Q Who", "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II")

Q was also embroiled in a civil war within the Continuum, which ended when he fathered a child with a female Q, supposedly ushering in a "new era" for the Q Continuum. (VOY: "The Q and the Grey")

Q appeared on the USS Swiftfire-A in mid-2374 while the ship was caught in a temporal causality loop. He mainly appeared to Captain Jonathan Masters and observed the events. He only directly interfered when it seemed like Masters would be killed by a sabotaged attack fighter he was flying. (Star Trek: Swiftfire: "Q, Time and Again")

Several months later Q again appeared to Captain Masters. For a second time Q saved the life of Masters when he went to sacrificed himself to destroy the Vendoth battle cruiser, Pri'tak. (Star Trek: Swiftfire: "The True")

At the end of 2374 Captain Masters was rendered unconscious by the venom of snake while marooned on a uninhabited planet. While in this state Q appeared to Masters and helped him get a sense of closure over the death of an old flame. After recovering Masters believed that the appearance of Q was just induced by the toxin in his body. (Star Trek: Swiftfire: "Waiting for the Sun")

[edit] Appearances in fan fiction

• Star Trek: Daedalus
  • "Quality Time"
• Star Trek: Phoenix-X
  • "Find Voyager? No Problem"
  • "Vengeance"
  • "The Links' Traitor"
  • "Avalon Battlefield, Parts I & II"
  • "Destiny's Revenge, Parts I, II & III"
  • "Forbidden Crossing, Parts II & III"
• Star Trek: Pioneer (STP)
  • "One Hour"
  • "Set In Stone"
• Star Trek: Special Operations
  • "The Good, the Q, and the Ugly"
• Star Trek: Swiftfire
  • "Q, Time and Again"
  • "The True"
  • "Waiting for the Sun"

[edit] External links

• Q article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• Q article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.