Changes: Q Continuum

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"What is a Q?"
"It's a letter of the alphabet, as far as I know."

—Worf and Tasha Yar, 2364^[src]

Hideandq — "Q" the most well-known member of the "Q".

The Q were a mysterious race of virtually omnipotent and omniscient "higher-beings" who made up, and were governed by, the Q Continuum.

The true form of the Q is unknown as their true appearance is regarded as incomprehensible to beings of the three-dimensional universe. (VOY episode: "Death Wish")

The Q were created by the actions of the Anschlasom, a species that inadvertently entered the Omega Continuum tens of thousands of years ago and corrupted the balance existing between the two continuums, resulting in the openings of thousands of doors to the Omega Continuum in the Multiverse and the birth of sentient life in the Q Continuum at the dawn of time. (VOY novel: The Eternal Tide)

To interact with the 3-D realm, the Q presented themselves in the guises of the species they interacted with, and were readily able to change the appearance of their avatars. (TNG episodes: "Encounter at Farpoint", "Hide and Q", TOS - The Q Gambit comic: "Part 3")

The exact origin of the Q is equally unknown. Quinn once implied that the Q had begun their history in a manner similar to the Humans and Vulcans. (VOY episode: "Death Wish")

With Q even fearing that the humans would one day follow a similar path. (TNG episode: "Hide and Q")

Q later claimed his people had always existed as they were. (VOY episode: "The Q and the Grey")

Q once claimed to James T. Kirk that he could manipulate space/time as easily as Kirk could "change the water in a fishbowl". (TOS - The Q Gambit comic: "Part 1")

Quinn claimed the Q were not omnipotent, comparing their status to Starfleet to how a primitive society would view the USS Voyager, though he did not elaborate on any of his species' limitations. (VOY episode: "Death Wish")

Nonetheless, the Q were powerful enough to teleport across vast distances, "misplace" asteroid belts, collapse galaxies, and even travel outside of the universe. (TNG episodes: "Q Who", "Deja Q", "True Q")

Such was their power that they regarded private planets as toys for their young. (TOS episode: "The Squire of Gothos")

A single Q was able to completely alter the history of two separate universes. (TOS - Star Trek—Legion of Super-Heroes comic:)

Sufficiently powerful entities could pose threats to the Q however with the forces of 0, The One, Gorgan, and (*), bringing the Q to their knees. The latter two were even able to evade capture by their foes. (TNG novel: Q-Strike)

Equally, when forced into a war with the Pah-wraiths, the Q were brought to the brink of defeat, with Q even confessing to Kirk that, in their native dimension, the Q were not the gods they were in the 3-D universe but as mortal as humans. Being at the nexus of the Bajoran wormhole, an interdimensional crossroads, stripped Q of his powers. (TOS - The Q Gambit comics: "Part 5", "Part 6")

Likewise, though they regarded themselves as more powerful than the Organians, Metrons, or even Prophets, all three races proved capable of fighting the Q on equal footing with a war between them projected to last centuries. (TNG - The Q Conflict comics: "Issue 4", "Issue 5", "Issue 6")

Though seemingly incapable of death, the Q were capable of being killed by weapons forged by their own kind. (VOY episode: "The Q and the Grey", TNG - The Q Conflict comic: "Issue 6")

The Q were also capable of executing rogue members of the Continuum. (TNG episode: "True Q")

Despite interacting with less evolved species across time and space, the Q culture was so heavily stagnant and sterile that by the 21st century, Quinn felt he had done and seen literally everything in the universe. (VOY episode: "Death Wish")

When he committed suicide, the first Q to do so, his death sparked the Q Civil War, dividing the species into the conservatives, those that sought to end any interactions with other species, and those who sought to revitalize their society. (VOY episode: "The Q and the Grey")

The Q were capable of granting their power to others. (TNG episode: "Hide and Q")

Readily capable of stripping them away from members of their people. (TNG episode: "Deja Q", VOY episode: "Death Wish")

Likewise, a Q could renounce their powers. (TNG episode: "Q Who")

In 2380 Q elected Cwansi as the representative of the Q Continuum in the galaxy. (NF novel: The Returned, Part 3)

Known Q

Q
Q2
Female Q
Q
Q
Q
Quinn (formerly; deceased)
Amanda Rogers
William T. Riker (temporarily)

External link

Q Continuum article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

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+{{Quote|What is a Q?"<br>"It's a letter of the alphabet, as far as I know.|[[Worf, son of Mogh|Worf]] and [[Natasha Yar|Tasha Yar]], [[2364]]|All Good Things...}}
-The Q were a race of beings with god-like abilities; they could make anything they want appear just by snapping their fingers. They generally were humanoid, and took on the appearance of a [[Human]]. Their government is known as the [[Q Continuum]]. For the Q, life has become stagnant and boring for most. They have literally seen and experienced everything. Others of the Q, such as [[Q]], who appears frequently throughout the Star Trek TV Shows [[Star Trek: Voyager]] and [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]], appears to have fun with anything that he deems interesting. One example of this is that in one episode of the Next Generation, when Q was punished for being a trouble maker, an alien known as a [[Calamarain]] came to kill him, due to the fact he tormented their race. Another Q who had fun with everything was an unnamed female Q who [[Q]] had broken up with before. She had the same routine as her husband; the sarcastic remarks and smug additude.
+[[File:Hideandq.jpg|right|thumb|"[[Q]]" the most well-known member of the "[[Q (species)|Q]]".]]
+The '''Q''' were a mysterious race of virtually omnipotent and omniscient "higher-beings" who made up, and were governed by, the [[Q Continuum]].
+The true form of the Q is unknown as their true appearance is regarded as incomprehensible to beings of the three-dimensional universe. ({{e|VOY|Death Wish}})
+The Q were created by the actions of the [[Anschlasom]], a species that inadvertently entered the [[Omega Continuum]] tens of thousands of years ago and corrupted the balance existing between the two continuums, resulting in the openings of thousands of doors to the [[Omega Continuum]] in the [[Multiverse]] and the birth of sentient life in the [[Q Continuum]] at the dawn of time. ({{n|VOY|The Eternal Tide}})
+To interact with the 3-D realm, the Q presented themselves in the guises of the species they interacted with, and were readily able to change the appearance of their avatars. ({{e|TNG|Encounter at Farpoint|Hide and Q}}, {{c|TOS|sub=The Q Gambit|{{a|The Q Gambit, Part 3|Part 3}}}})
+The exact origin of the Q is equally unknown. [[Quinn]] once implied that the Q had begun their history in a manner similar to the [[Human]]s and [[Vulcan]]s. ({{e|VOY|Death Wish}})
+With [[Q]] even fearing that the humans would one day follow a similar path. ({{e|TNG|Hide and Q}})
+Q later claimed his people had always existed as they were. ({{e|VOY|The Q and the Grey}})
+Q once claimed to {{kt|James T. Kirk}} that he could manipulate space/time as easily as Kirk could "change the water in a fishbowl". ({{c|TOS|sub=The Q Gambit|{{a|The Q Gambit, Part 1|Part 1}}}})
+Quinn claimed the Q were not omnipotent, comparing their status to Starfleet to how a primitive society would view the {{USS|Voyager}}, though he did not elaborate on any of his species' limitations. ({{e|VOY|Death Wish}})
+Nonetheless, the Q were powerful enough to teleport across vast distances, "misplace" asteroid belts, collapse galaxies, and even travel outside of the universe. ({{e|TNG|Q Who|Deja Q|True Q}})
+Such was their power that they regarded private planets as toys for their young. ({{e|TOS|The Squire of Gothos}})
+A single Q was able to completely alter the history of two separate universes. ({{c|TOS|sub=Star Trek—Legion of Super-Heroes||}})
+Sufficiently powerful entities could pose threats to the Q however with the forces of [[0]], [[The One]], [[Gorgan]], and [[(*)]], bringing the Q to their knees. The latter two were even able to evade capture by their foes. ({{n|TNG|Q-Strike}})
+Equally, when forced into a war with the [[Pah-wraith]]s, the Q were brought to the brink of defeat, with Q even confessing to Kirk that, in their native dimension, the Q were not the gods they were in the 3-D universe but as mortal as humans. Being at the nexus of the [[Bajoran wormhole]], an interdimensional crossroads, stripped Q of his powers. ({{c|TOS|sub=The Q Gambit|{{a|The Q Gambit, Part 5|Part 5}}|{{a|The Q Gambit, Part 6|Part 6}}}})
+[[File:Death Wish.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Q Continuum]].|215x215px]]
+Likewise, though they regarded themselves as more powerful than the [[Organian]]s, [[Metron]]s, or even [[Prophets]], all three races proved capable of fighting the Q on equal footing with a war between them projected to last centuries. ({{c|TNG|sub=The Q Conflict|{{a|The Q Conflict, Issue 4|Issue 4}}|{{a|The Q Conflict, Issue 5|Issue 5}}|{{a|The Q Conflict, Issue 6|Issue 6}}}})
+Though seemingly incapable of death, the Q were capable of being killed by weapons forged by their own kind. ({{e|VOY|The Q and the Grey}}, {{c|TNG|sub=The Q Conflict|{{a|The Q Conflict, Issue 6|Issue 6}}||}})
+The Q were also capable of executing rogue members of the Continuum. ({{e|TNG|True Q}})
+Despite interacting with less evolved species across time and space, the Q culture was so heavily stagnant and sterile that by the [[21st century]], Quinn felt he had done and seen literally everything in the universe. ({{e|VOY|Death Wish}})
+When he committed suicide, the first Q to do so, his death sparked the Q Civil War, dividing the species into the conservatives, those that sought to end any interactions with other species, and those who sought to revitalize their society. ({{e|VOY|The Q and the Grey}})
+The Q were capable of granting their power to others. ({{e|TNG|Hide and Q}})
+Readily capable of stripping them away from members of their people. ({{e|TNG|Deja Q}}, {{e|VOY|Death Wish}})
+Likewise, a Q could renounce their powers. ({{e|TNG|Q Who}})
+In [[2380]] [[Q]] elected [[Cwansi]] as the representative of the [[Q Continuum]] in the galaxy. ({{N|NF|The Returned, Part 3}})
+==Known Q==
+*[[Q]]
+*[[Q2]]
+*[[Female Q]]
+*{{dis|Q|Junior}}
+*{{dis|Q|Colonel}}
+*{{dis|Q|Judge}}
+*[[Quinn]] <small>(formerly; deceased)</small>
+*[[Amanda Rogers]]
+*[[William T. Riker]] <small>(temporarily)</small>
+==External link==
+{{Memoryalpha}}
+[[Category:Races and cultures]]
+[[Category:Extradimensional races and cultures]]