Founder

• Appearance: Variable
  • Natural form golden gelatinous substance
  • Able to take on seemingly any physical form, to the atomic or subatomic level
    • Implied given that scanners are unable to identify shapeshifters
    • Forms can be discontinuous to a limited degree, such as fog (DS9: "Chimera")
    • Electronic devices can be mimicked in a functioning manner (DS9: "Paradise Lost")
• Homeworld: Founder homeworld
• Biological notes
  • Shapeshifting capabilities granted via biological structure known as morphogenic matrix, driven by morphogenic enzymes (DS9: "The Begotten", "Things Past")
    • Shapeshifting required for physical well-being, but shapeshifting capability can be removed by the Great Link, transforming a Founder into a solid being (DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow", "Broken Link")
  • No need nor ability to consume food or water for sustenance (DS9: "Meridian")
  • Capable of surviving in total vacuum (DS9: "Chimera")
  • Immune to many forms of telepathy, but not all
    • Cannot be read by Betazoids (DS9: "Fascination")
    • Can be involved with Trill telepathic rituals (DS9: "Facets")
  • Seemingly have some form of innate telepathy
    • Capable of sensing other Founders in the vicinity (DS9: "The Search, Part I", "Homefront", "Chimera")
      • This may be an aspect of interdimensional nature allowing for shifting mass