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"I've heard of the theoretical possibility of life based on silicon, but silicon-based life would be of an entirely different order."

– James T. Kirk, 2267 ("The Devil in the Dark")

A silicon-based lifeform, also known as a silicon cycle life form, was a corporeal lifeform that used silicon as the basis of its structure and life functions rather than carbon.

While silicon-based lifeforms generally did not evolve on M-class planets; for a period of ten thousand years, Organian observers used a silicon-based virus on an M-class planet to see how other species treated their infected crews. (ENT: "Observer Effect")

In 2151, Captain Jonathan Archer of Enterprise NX-01 tried to convince Commander Charles Tucker III that Starfleet had sent them on a top secret classified mission to a planet to make first contact with a silicon-based lifeform, when Tucker was hallucinating "people coming out of the rock face." Archer told Tucker it was a major breach of security to reveal that information, because T'Pol was the only person granted clearance to speak with them, since they had supposedly made contact with the Vulcans before. (ENT: "Strange New World")

Silicon-based life was thought to be physiologically impossible before the discovery of the Horta of Janus VI in 2267. It was not possible for silicon life to evolve in an oxygen atmosphere. (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark") Later, when the Enterprise landing party was on the surface of the Kalandan outpost, James T. Kirk wondered aloud if it were possible that "the rocks have life", which reminded Sulu of the silicon creatures from Janus VI, to which McCoy reminded that unlike the rocks on the planet they were on, "our instruments recorded that. They were life forms. They registered as life forms." (TOS: "That Which Survives")

In 2364, the USS Enterprise-D discovered the microbrain, an inorganic lifeform found during terraforming of the planet Velara III. (TNG: "Home Soil")

In 2374, a Hirogen hunter boasted to Tom Paris about tracking a silicon-based lifeform through the neutronium mantle of a collapsed star. (VOY: "Prey")

In 2375, it was determined that the Varro generational ship had been exposed to a silicon-based parasite that fed on duranium alloys. (VOY: "The Disease")

Martian insects in the Spaceflight Chronology were described as being silicon-based lifeforms.

Silicon-based lifeforms

External link

Silicon based lifeform at Wikipedia

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+{{aquote|I've heard of the theoretical possibility of life based on silicon, but silicon-based life would be of an entirely different order.|James T. Kirk|2267|The Devil in the Dark}}
-[[File:Horta.jpg|thumb|[[Horta]], a silicon-based lifeform]]
+A '''silicon-based lifeform''', also known as a '''silicon cycle life form''', was a [[corporeal]] [[lifeform]] that used [[silicon]] as the basis of its structure and life functions rather than [[carbon]].
-[[File:Phlox shows Archer the virus.jpg|thumb|Silicon-based life on a molecular level]]
-A '''silicon-based lifeform''' is a [[corporeal]] [[lifeform]] that uses [[silicon]] as the basis of its structure and life functions rather than [[carbon]]. It generaly didn't evolve on [[M class]] planets. ({{ENT|Observer Effect}})
+While silicon-based lifeforms generally did not evolve on [[M-class]] planets; for a period of [[10,000 years ago|ten thousand years]], [[Organian]] [[observer]]s used a [[silicon-based virus]] on an M-class planet to see how other species treated their infected crews. ({{ENT|Observer Effect}})
-Silicon-based life was thought to be physiologically impossible before the discovery of the [[Horta]] of [[Janus VI]] in [[2267]]. It is not possible for silicon life to evolve in an [[oxygen]] [[atmosphere]]. ({{TOS|The Devil in the Dark}})
+In [[2151]], {{Captain}} [[Jonathan Archer]] of {{EnterpriseNX}} tried to convince [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III]] that [[Starfleet]] had sent them on a top secret classified mission to [[Archer IV|a planet]] to make [[first contact]] with a silicon-based lifeform, when Tucker was hallucinating "people coming out of the rock face." Archer told Tucker it was a major breach of security to reveal that information, because [[T'Pol]] was the only person granted clearance to speak with them, since they had supposedly made contact with the [[Vulcan]]s before. ({{ENT|Strange New World}})
-In [[2269]], the Enterprise encountered a representative of the The '''Excalbians''', were a [[shapeshifter|shapeshifting]] silicon-based lifeform, [[homeworld|native]] to the [[planet]] [[Excalbia]], described as being "almost [[mineral]]" and "like living [[rock]] with heavy fore-claws." ({{TOS|The Savage Curtain}})
+Silicon-based life was thought to be physiologically impossible before the discovery of the [[Horta]] of [[Janus VI]] in [[2267]]. It was not possible for silicon life to evolve in an [[oxygen]] [[atmosphere]]. ({{TOS|The Devil in the Dark}}) Later, when the ''Enterprise'' [[landing party]] was on the surface of the [[Kalandan outpost]], [[James T. Kirk]] wondered aloud if it were possible that "the rocks have life", which reminded [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]] of the silicon creatures from Janus VI, to which [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] reminded that unlike the rocks on the planet they were on, "''our instruments recorded that. They were life forms. They registered as life forms.''" ({{TOS|That Which Survives}})
-[[File:Yarnek.jpg|thumb|right|Yarnek, an Excalbiun]]
-In [[2336]], the [[Omicron Theta colony]] is destroyed by the [[Crystalline Entity]]. ({{TNG|Datalore|Silicon Avatar}})
+In [[2364]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} discovered the [[microbrain]], an [[inorganic]] lifeform found during [[terraforming]] of the planet [[Velara III]]. ({{TNG|Home Soil}})
+In [[2374]], a [[Hirogen]] [[Hirogen Alpha 001|hunter]] boasted to [[Tom Paris]] about tracking a silicon-based lifeform through the [[neutronium]] mantle of a collapsed [[star]]. ({{VOY|Prey}})
-[[File:Crystalline entity.jpg|right|thumb|The Crystalline Entity]]
+In [[2375]], it was determined that the [[Varro generational ship]] had been exposed to a [[silicon-based parasite|silicon-based]] [[parasite]] that fed on [[duranium]] [[alloy]]s. ({{VOY|The Disease}})
-In [[2364]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} discovered the [[Microbrain|'''microbrain''']], an [[inorganic]] [[lifeform]] found during [[terraforming]] of [[planet]] [[Velara III]].
+{{bginfo|[[Martian insect]]s in the ''[[Spaceflight Chronology]]'' were described as being silicon-based lifeforms.}}
-[[File:Microbrain.jpg|right|thumb|The microbrain in sickbay]]
+==Silicon-based lifeforms==
-In [[2374]], a [[Hirogen]] hunter boasted to [[Tom Paris]] about tracking a silicon-based lifeform through the [[neutronium]] mantle of a collapsed [[star]]. ({{VOY|Prey}})
+<gallery perrow="3">
+File:Phlox shows Archer the virus.jpg|[[Silicon-based virus]] (right)
+File:Horta.jpg|[[Horta]]
+File:Microbrain.jpg|[[Microbrain]]
+File:Silicon-based parasite, schematic 2.jpg|[[Silicon-based parasite]]
+</gallery>
+==External link==
-{{bginfo|[[Martian insect]]s were in the ''[[Spaceflight Chronology]]'' described as being silicon-based lifeforms.}}
+*{{Wikipedia|Silicon based lifeform}}
-In [[2151]], [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]] of {{EnterpriseNX}} tried to convince [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III]] that [[Starfleet]] had sent them to [[Archer IV|a planet]] to meet with a silicon-based lifeform, when Tucker was hallucinating "people coming out of the rock face." ({{ENT|Strange New World}})
-==Silicon-based lifeforms==
-* [[Crystalline Entity]] ({{TNG|Datalore|Silicon Avatar}})
-* [[Excalbian]] of [[Excalbia]] ({{TOS|The Savage Curtain}})
-* [[Horta]] of [[Janus VI]] ({{TOS|The Devil in the Dark}})
-* [[Microbrain]] of [[Velara III]] ({{TNG|Home Soil}})
-* [[Silicon-based parasite]] ({{VOY|The Disease}})
-* [[Silicon-based virus]] ({{ENT|Observer Effect}})
-[[Category:Unnamed species|{{PAGENAME}}]]
+[[Category:Biology]]
-[[Category:Biology|{{PAGENAME}}]]