Changes: Onaya

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"It's not what I am that matters, it's what I do. You don't know the minds I've touched. Catullus, Tarbolde, Keats, a hundred others. I unlocked their potential."

– Onaya, 2372 ("The Muse")

Onaya was an energy being that could assume corporeal form.

It both increased exponentially and fed off the creative energy generated by the stimulated brain of another being. The process usually proved damaging to the subject being stimulated, as the strain of increased capillary dilation, neurotransmitter production, and general neural activity would cause synaptic collapse and, if left untreated, death. Onaya justified its activities by saying that victims would receive immortality for the creative ventures that were a byproduct of its activities.

It had traveled for thousands of years seeking compatible creative beings, and found hundreds such as the Earth poets Catullus and John Keats, the Cardassian architect Tavor Kell, and Tarbolde from Canopus Planet. Onaya could be detected by tricorders set to scan for psionic energy residue.

Onaya arrived aboard a Bajoran transport to Deep Space 9 in 2372, where she met Jake Sisko, and eventually fed off his creative energies as he was working on his first novel, Anslem. Jake's life was saved when his father, Benjamin, intervened. Onaya, however, was able to escape from the station, vanishing into the unknown. (DS9: "The Muse")

Onaya was played by actress Meg Foster.

She was described in the script as "a striking Alien Woman [...] Her features are vaguely feline, though you might have to look twice to see she wasn't human. Her skin is pale, her hair long and dark, like her dress, which is flowing and diaphanous. It's hard to guess her age, mid-thirties, maybe forties."

In The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters, Bradley Skene compares Onaya to Lamia of Greek mythology and the Leanan sídhe of Irish mythology.

External link

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

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-[[Image:Onaya.jpg|thumb|Onaya in her humanoid form]]
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-'''Onaya''' was a [[non-corporeal]] [[lifeform|being]] that could assume [[corporeal]] form. It both increased exponentially and fed off the creative [[energy]] generated by the stimulated [[brain]] of another being.  The process usually proved damaging to the subject being stimulated, as the strain of increased [[capillary dilation]], [[neurotransmitter]] production, and general [[neural]] activity would cause [[synaptic collapse]] and, if left untreated, [[death]].  Onaya justified its activities by saying that victims would receive [[immortality]] for the [[art|creative ventures]] that were a byproduct of its activities.
+|caption       = Onaya in natural form
+|image2        = Onaya.jpg
+|caption2      = Onaya in humanoid form
+|gender        = [[Female]] in [[corporeal]] form
+|species       = [[Energy being]]
+|status        = Active
+|datestatus    = 2372
+|actor         = [[Meg Foster]]
+}}
+{{aquote|It's not what I am that matters, it's what I do. You don't know the minds I've touched. [[Catullus]], [[Tarbolde]], [[John Keats|Keats]], a hundred others. I unlocked their potential.|Onaya|2372|The Muse}}
-It had traveled [[the galaxy]] for thousands of years seeking compatible creative beings, and found hundreds such as the [[Earth]] [[poet]]s [[Catullus]] and [[John Keats]], the [[Cardassian]] [[architect]] [[Tavor Kell]], and [[Phineas Tarbolde]] from [[Canopus Planet]].  Onaya could be detected by [[tricorder]]s set to [[sensor|scan]] for [[psionic energy]] residue.
+'''Onaya''' was an [[energy being]] that could assume [[corporeal]] form.
-Onaya visited [[Deep Space 9]] in [[2372]] and fed off the creative energies of [[Jake Sisko]] as he was working on his first [[book|novel]], ''[[Anslem]]''. Jake's life was saved when his father, [[Benjamin Sisko|Benjamin]], intervened.  Onaya, however, was able to escape from the [[space station|station]], vanishing into the unknown. ({{DS9|The Muse}})
+It both increased exponentially and fed off the creative [[energy]] [[Emotion#Beings that feed on emotion|generated by]] the stimulated [[brain]] of another being. The process usually proved damaging to the subject being stimulated, as the strain of increased [[capillary]] dilation, [[neurotransmitter]] production, and general [[neural]] activity would cause [[synaptic collapse]] and, if left untreated, [[death]]. Onaya justified its activities by saying that victims would receive [[immortality]] for the [[art|creative ventures]] that were a byproduct of its activities.
-:''Onaya was played by actress [[Meg Foster]]. The character is reminiscent in some ways of [[Ronin]], the non-corporeal being from {{TNG|Sub Rosa}}.  However, it is more clearly like the [[Drella]], who derive sustenance from love, and the [[murder]]ous entity from {{TOS|Wolf in the Fold}}, who fed off fear. The way she functions (giving inspiration to her victim while feeding off of it) is also a great deal like Celtic spirits known as the {{w|Leanan Sidhe}}.''
+It had traveled for thousands of years seeking compatible creative beings, and [[Onaya's artists 001|found hundreds]] such as the [[Earth]] [[poet]]s [[Catullus]] and [[John Keats]], the [[Cardassian]] [[architect]] [[Tavor Kell]], and [[Tarbolde]] from [[Canopus Planet]]. Onaya could be detected by [[tricorder]]s set to [[sensor|scan]] for [[psionic energy]] residue.
-===See also===
-*[[Emotion#Beings that feed on emotion|Beings that feed on emotion]]
+Onaya arrived aboard a [[Bajoran transport vessel 004|Bajoran transport]] to [[Deep Space 9]] in [[2372]], where she met [[Jake Sisko]], and eventually fed off his creative energies as he was working on his first [[book|novel]], ''[[Anslem]]''. Jake's life was saved when his father, [[Benjamin Sisko|Benjamin]], intervened. Onaya, however, was able to escape from the [[space station|station]], vanishing into the unknown. ({{DS9|The Muse}})
-== External link ==
-* {{NCwiki}}
+{{bginfo|Onaya was played by actress [[Meg Foster]].|She was described in the script as "''a striking Alien Woman [...] Her features are vaguely [[feline]], though you might have to look twice to see she wasn't human. Her skin is pale, her hair long and dark, like her dress, which is flowing and diaphanous. It's hard to guess her age, mid-thirties, maybe forties.''"|In ''The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters'', Bradley Skene compares Onaya to {{w|Lamia}} of Greek mythology and the {{w|Leanan sídhe}} of Irish mythology.}}
+== External link ==
+* {{mbeta}}
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+[[Category:Non-corporeals]]
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