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Q
An immensely powerful extradimensional entity. While possessing near-godlike powers, Q also exhibits a childlike petulance and sense of playfulness. Contact with Q first came in 2364, when detained the crew of the USS Enterprise-D during their mission to Farpoint. Q is but one entity in a much larger domain known as the Q Continuum. They require the stimulus of novelty to maintain their vitality. In recent years, there have been two factions of Q waging a civil war, but that was ended by Q himself. Millenium ago, the Q entered a new era of cultural enlightenment, but eventually the Continuum became stagnated and boring. Q has rebelled against the new era so many times that he was ostracized by the Continuum, and even at one point, thrown out for a time. In 2375, Q appeared to Captain Damien Tyler of the USS Endeavor-A and used his power to show Tyler what his life was missing. It is because of Q that Starfleet and the Alpha Quadrant came into contact, and subsequently became prepared for, the Borg threat.
Reference: 1. The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future
(By: Michael and Denisa Okuda)
2. Star Trek: The Next Generation
3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
4. Star Trek: Voyager
5. Star Trek: The Legend Continues, Episode 3
