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Species 8472, formally known as Undine, is a fictional extraterrestrial species in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. Species 8472 is a designation given to them by the Borg . The multiplayer game Star Trek Online gives their proper name as Undine .
The fourth season of Voyager introduces Seven of Nine (Seven) as a new crew member as she becomes separated from the Borg collective after the crew help the Borg to defeat Species 8472. Captain Kathryn Janeway mentors Seven and helps her to rediscover her individuality and her humanity.
Species 8472 is the only race shown to be capable of completely rejecting assimilation attempts. Other species, such as the Hirogen , have demonstrated resistance to assimilation as well as Dr Phlox , who was able to partially resist the assimilation process in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode " Regeneration ".
She then realizes that only by working with the Federation they can defeat Species 8472. The Federation and the Borg Collective create an alliance and venture into Species 8472's fluidic space to destroy their staging grounds by destroying the Rift Maker, thus ending the threat to the Alpha Quadrant by closing all the rifts.
Species 8472 appeared in four episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. [26] While passing through Borg space, Voyager encounters Species 8472, a race that surpasses the Borg in combat prowess. [ 27 ]
When the crew find a member of Species 8472 being hunted by the Hirogen, Seven is reluctant to help her former enemy as it would put the ship at risk of destruction from the Hirogen. When the Hirogen threaten Voyager, Seven disobeys Janeway's command and transports the alien aboard a Hirogen ship. In response, the Captain punishes her by ...
Species 8472 also has an enormous fleet of bioships which are able to go toe to toe with arguably the Federation's most malignant enemy, The Borg. The Yuuzhan Vong race in the Star Wars Legends ' New Jedi Order book series use a fleet of highly resilient bioengineered vessels during their invasion of the galaxy, ranging from fighter sized ...
The ship is based on schematics the crew of the USS Voyager obtained under Janeway's command in the Delta Quadrant of another USS Dauntless, a ship used to bait the crew into getting assimilated by the Borg ("Hope and Fear"). She tries to keep up with the Protostar and its protowarp capability. The kids, desperate for a means of explaining the ...