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The Calamarain were intelligent non-corporeal lifeforms that existed as swirls of ionized gas. Their language could not be processed by the universal translator due to a lack of reference for establishing a translation matrix. They could generate Berthold rays to scan others, and high-energy tachyons for attack.

The Calamarain were once tormented by Q, who insisted that he did nothing "bizarre" or "grotesque" to them. When Q lost his powers in 2366 and was exiled to the USS Enterprise-D to live as a Human, the Calamarain sensed the chance for revenge and attacked Q and the Enterprise. To save the ship, Q took a shuttle to divert the Calamarain's attention away; this noble deed convinced the Q Continuum to restore his powers. Q immediately attempted to exact retribution against the Calamarain, but Q2 forced Q to let them go without harm. (TNG: "Deja Q")

Appendices

Background information

The Calamarain effect was created by Dan Curry using a sophisticated laser rig rented for one day. (Amazing Visual Effects", VOY Season 4 DVD, special feature)

Apocrypha

The Calamarain appear in the The Q Continuum novels, where they attempt to prevent the USS Enterprise from breaching the Galactic barrier and allowing the malevolent entity 0 to re-enter the galaxy. Ultimately, they temporarily join with Q and use their combined powers to defeat 0.

External links

Calamarain at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-The '''Calamarain''' are a [[gas]]eous, [[non-corporeal]] [[lifeform]] once tortured by [[Q]]. They communicate with high-pitched noises and grindings which indicate intelligence but has not been successfully translated to be understood by [[Human]]s. They also emit [[Berthold ray]]s when probing something.
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+The '''Calamarain''' were intelligent [[non-corporeal]] [[lifeform]]s that existed as swirls of ionized [[gas]]. Their [[language]] could not be processed by the [[universal translator]] due to a lack of reference for establishing a [[translation matrix]]. They could generate [[Berthold ray]]s to scan others, and high-energy [[tachyon]]s for attack.
-When Q lost his powers and was exiled to the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise''-D]] to live as a Human in [[2366]], the Calamarain sensed the chance for revenge and attacked Q and the ''Enterprise''. To save the ship, Q took a [[shuttle]] to divert the Calamarain's  attention away; this noble deed convinced the [[Q Continuum]] to give him back his powers, which he immediately tried to use against the Calamarain. But the other [[Q (species)|Q]] forced Q to let the Calamarain go without harm. ({{TNG|Deja Q}})
+The Calamarain were once tormented by [[Q]], who insisted that he did nothing "bizarre" or "grotesque" to them. When Q lost his powers in [[2366]] and was [[exile]]d to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} to live as a [[Human]], the Calamarain sensed the chance for revenge and attacked Q and the ''Enterprise''. To save the ship, Q took a [[shuttle]] to divert the Calamarain's attention away; this noble deed convinced the [[Q Continuum]] to restore his powers. Q immediately attempted to exact retribution against the Calamarain, but [[Q2]] forced Q to let them go without harm. ({{TNG|Deja Q}})
-==Apocrypha==
-In the [[novels|novel]] ''[[The Q Continuum]]'', it is revealed that the Calamarain communicate through a sequence of [[tachyon]] emissions which is translated by [[Data]] and [[Deanna Troi]].  Millennia ago they were known as the Coulalakritous, but changed this title, possibly due to their profoundly negative experiences at the hands of [[0]], a Q-like being who attempted to use them as his personal transport due to him somehow lacking the ability to travel faster-than-light- the reason why they are so hostile to Q is that Q was accompanying 0 at this time, having come to regard 0 as a kind of 'mentor' at this point.
+== Appendices ==
+===Background information===
+The Calamarain effect was created by [[Dan Curry]] using a sophisticated laser rig rented for one day. (Amazing Visual Effects", ''[[VOY Season 4 DVD]]'', special feature)
+===Apocrypha===
+The Calamarain appear in the ''[[The Q Continuum]]'' [[novels]], where they attempt to prevent the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E}} from breaching the [[Galactic barrier]] and allowing the malevolent entity [[0]] to re-enter the galaxy. Ultimately, they temporarily join with Q and use their combined powers to defeat 0.
+===External links===
+*{{Mbeta}}
-However, at the end of the novel, thanks to the pleas of [[Jean-Luc Picard]] (And the sacrifice of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|''Enterprise''-E]]'s security chief to save them from being compressed into a ball of ice by 0), the Calamarian, if not explicitly ''forgiving'' Q, acknowledge that 0 is the greater threat, and literally ''merge'' with Q to give him the power to defeat the maddened 0, combining two infinite powers to become more than infinite and vanquish the insane 0 before the two split once more.
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