Protean

The Proteans were an ancient civilization who were believed to had been extinct by the 24th century. This race were noted to had held sway over most of the galaxy about a billion years before any of the species within the United Federation of Planets had learnt to harness fire. Their existence became known to Starfleet in 2367 which led to the race being given the code name Protean.

By 2375, Starfleet had established the Pandora facility to study the ruins of a Protean world though it was suspected that even if decades had passed, they would not have cracked all the secrets of the ancient race. However, primary research began on an artifact known as the Codex. At some point in the year, the chief crytologist took the people within the facility hostage which promoted the USS Anansi to take Ezri Dax to the base in order to facilitate in the rescue of the captives. (SS DS9 (Chiaroscuro))