Junior (cosmozoan)

Junior was the unofficial name for the cosmozoan lifeform Enterprise-D encountered en-route to Doctor Leah Brahms' scheduled stop at the Guemica outpost. The entity had been born motherless in the Alpha Omicron system in 2367 and mistook the energy signature of the Galaxy class starship as a feeding source. This apellation was coined by chief engineer Geordi LaForge, but was quickly overran by Captain Picard. "Junior" was also the subject of discussion between Geordi and Montgomery Scott, as they shared engineer stories.