Orb of Creation

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The orb in its box in 2378.

The Orb of Creation was a 24th century Bajoran religious artifact, an orb, also known as a Tear of the Prophets, gifted to the Bajorans by the godlike Prophet beings of the Bajoran wormhole. In the 2370s decade, the Orb of Creation was a counterpart or complementary to the Orb of Destruction. (ST - IDW - The Red Path comic: "Part 4")

History and specifics

The Tears of the Prophets leaving the Celestial Temple.

The orbs appeared to the Bajorans over the past ten thousand years. By the year 2369, nine orbs were known to exist. (DS9 episode & novelization: Emissary)

At some point, the Cardassians stored the Orb of Creation aboard the Nor-class space station Tong Beak Nor in the Tong Beak Nebula, which was destructive to traverse for conventionally operated starships. The station was abandoned during the Dominion War. In 2378, Emperor Kahless II seized the Orb of Destruction and intended to slay all godlike beings while he and his cult followers embarked on the Red Path. Using solar sailing techniques, the Federation starship USS Theseus entered the Tong Beak Nebula in that year. An away team led by Commander Beverly Crusher was waylaid by Cardassian Red Path cultists. Thanks to reinforcements from the Theseus and the Cardassian Reclamation, the away team captured the Orb of Creation from the cultists. The Theseus then picked up crew from Cardassia Prime before taking the orb to Deep Space 9. (ST - IDW - The Red Path comic: "Part 4")

When Sisko and Worf confronted Kahless, he attempted to unleash the Orb of Destruction on Sisko only for the Theseus to fire the Orb of Creation at the planet, the two energies cancelling each other out and ending Kahless' threat. The Orb of Creation's energies terraformed a hectare of Qo'noS' land into greenery, prompting Montgomery Scott to request Starfleet Command to leave the Orb in the possession of the Theseus crew so they could study its powers, a request that was quickly granted. Ensign T'Lir subsequently requested that Starfleet Science monitor the galactic barrier to see if the Orbs' energy had affected it. (ST - Day of Blood comic: "Part 5")

Finding classified records of Control's plan in 2257, Lore was inspired and manipulated Lily Sato to allow him to lock onto the signal of the Orb of Creation and break into the Pleroma whereupon he unleashed the energies of the Orb of Destruction, unleashing a wave of destruction across the multiverse. (ST - Pleroma comics: "Part 4", "Part 5")

Appendices

References

• ST - IDW - The Red Path comic: "Part 4" (first appearance)