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On stardate 2901.1, the Enterprise encountered more Beings on an unidentified planetoid in the Perseus Arm. This time, however, they encountered not only Apollo but the entire pantheon of Greek Gods! When Kirk, Spock and McCoy beamed down to investigate the planet, they found themselves reliving Homer's "The Oddyssey", right down to the gigantic cyclops they encountered, and soon discovered that Zeus was orchestrating this. |
On stardate 2901.1, the Enterprise encountered more Beings on an unidentified planetoid in the Perseus Arm. This time, however, they encountered not only Apollo but the entire pantheon of Greek Gods! When Kirk, Spock and McCoy beamed down to investigate the planet, they found themselves reliving Homer's "The Oddyssey", right down to the gigantic cyclops they encountered, and soon discovered that Zeus was orchestrating this. |
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===New Frontier=== |
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Revision as of 17:32, 21 August 2007
The Being known as Apollo.
The Beings are an immensely powerful omnipotent species who once visited Earth and were worshipped as the Greek gods including Zeus and Apollo. When humans faith in the Beings began to disappear the Beings withdraw to Pollux II where they would wait to be worshipped again. After many centuries, only Apollo remained in the physical realm, waiting alone for humans to find him. (NF novels: Gods Above and Stone and Anvil).
History
TOS Era
In 2267, the USS Enterprise was drawn to Pollux II by Apollo. Apollo wanted to make the crew of the 'Enterprise worship him, but his plan was ultimately defeated by Captain James T. Kirk, and he joined his fellow Beings. Before he joined the others he impregnated Enterprise yeoman, Carolyn Palamas. (TOS episode: "Who Mourns for Adonais?").
Following the visit of the Enterprise to Pollux II, it was theorized that the Beings had also visited other worlds in addition to Earth, such as Vulcan and perhaps Romulus as well. (Startrek.com article Strange Relations: Romulans and Vulcans).
On stardate 2901.1, the Enterprise encountered more Beings on an unidentified planetoid in the Perseus Arm. This time, however, they encountered not only Apollo but the entire pantheon of Greek Gods! When Kirk, Spock and McCoy beamed down to investigate the planet, they found themselves reliving Homer's "The Oddyssey", right down to the gigantic cyclops they encountered, and soon discovered that Zeus was orchestrating this.
Using the ship's power, they blasted Zeus with a tractor beam from orbit, making him lose his footing. Ashamed, Zeus and the other Olympians left, taking Mount Olympus with them. The local inhabitants of the planet were then left to fend for themselves. (TOS Comic: "What Fools These Mortals Be")
New Frontier
Mark McHenry
Mark McHenry was a Starfleet Academy student who had an extraordinary ability to percieve the universe in ways that no other human could. He wanted to be a navigator aboard a starfleet ship; and trained to do so.
Unbeknownst to his friends, he was actually the descendant of Lieutenant Palomas and Apollo; some of Apollo's godlike power had surfaced in him. Furthermore, he'd had a childhood "Imaginary friend" who turned out to be Artemis, making herself invisible to everyone but him.
External Links
- Beings article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.