Species 8472

First appeared:   Stardate 51001.2 / "Scorpion, part I" [VGR] Type:   Unknown, telepathic

The real name for this species is not known, so the Borg designation for them, Species 8772, is used in its place. The first recorded encounter by Species 8472 took place about five months before Stardate 50948.3, and it is assumed that the Borg intruded upon the dimension in which they existed. This provoked a massive attack by Species 8472, and one the Borg was not able to handle. This time the enemy proved more powerful than themselves.

Species 8472 is a technologically sophisticated life-form that exists in a fluidic space realm located in a dimension apart from our own universe. Both Species 8472, and their biological ships, has an extremely dense genetic structure with an extraordinary powerful, and highly aggressive, immune system that instantly destroys anything, including chemical, biological, and technological intruders, that penetrates their cells. This organic matter is also immune to the Borg nanoprobes.

The native domain of Species 8472 is a dimension totally unlike our own, and instead of the vastness of space, a fluidic matter exists everywhere - not unlike an ocean. Their dimension can be entered by opening a wormhole by creating an artificial singularity.

The EMH Doctor aboard the U.S.S. Voyager found a way to re-program the nanoprobes the Borg uses for their assimilation to attack and eliminate Species 8472 with. This biological "weapon" the crew aboard the U.S.S. Voyager traded to the Borg with a free passage and escort through their space in their attempt to get home to the Alpha Quadrant.

Species 8472 is also somewhat telepathic, since they several times made "contact" with the now departed Ocampa crew member of the U.S.S. Voyager, Kes.