NGC 6281 entity

• Cosmozoan consisting of the gestalt of all carbon planets within NGC 6281 (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
  • One of if not the largest recorded cosmozoan (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
• Thought to have formed through happenstantial formation of semiconductors in diamond mantle of one planet leading to natural electronic circuit powered by induced current via planetary, stellar magnetic fields (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
  • Evolution persisted through feedback effects within mantle leading to transformation, reproduction of natural circuit, eventually forming intelligence (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
• Natural control of subspace leads to innate slipstream drive/particle synthesis-like effects (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
• First contact with Federation, Borg late 2380
  • USS Rhea first Federation vessel to contact September 2380 (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
    • Borg attack followed, leading to attempted assimilation, defense November 2380 (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
• Interacts with environment through particle synthesis-generated constructs (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
  • Metallic objects mimicking other living and technological objects within its space (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
  • Some degree of telepathy capable with compatible intelligent beings (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
• First total reproduction initiated late November 2380 following interactions with USS Enterprise (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)
  • Introduction of small portions of diamond mantle into the mantles of carbon planets within neighboring stellar clusters (TNG Novel: Greater Than the Sum)