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For the mirror universe counterpart, see C'qer.

V'Ger (with the alternate spelling of Vejur[4]) was an extraordinary machine entity encountered by the Federation in 2273. The entity's surrounding energy cloud was over two AUs in diameter and generated amounts of radiation rivalling the heliosphere of Sol. The luminescent cloud interior was measured to be a level of 12th power energy.

History[]

The size and power of V'Ger worried all in the Federation, when it was detected on a direct heading for Earth, at a sustained velocity of Warp factor 7. The interior of the spacecraft seemed to be capable of holding a crew of tens of thousands or a crew of a thousand-each ten miles tall.

With the entity being over 54.3 hours from Earth, Starfleet rushed the refit of the USS Enterprise, so that it could be launched in time to intercept V'Ger. After penetrating the huge entity and traveling to the center, Admiral James T. Kirk and his crew encountered V'Ger, who proceeded to send a probe that "absorbed" Enterprise navigator Ilia; with all of her memories and personality. "She" returned in the form of the now-deceased Lieutenant: wearing her casual attire and equipped with a transmitter/receiver (or, tranceiver combination). Soon after, the Enterprise crew discovered that V'Ger was actually the NASA probe, Voyager 6, which had been launched from Earth in 1999, entered a black hole which transported the probe across time and space to another part of the universe, where it was encountered by an advanced civilization of living machines. These sentient machines turned Voyager 6 into a like member of their race, giving V'Ger sentience and sending it off to complete the mission which the once Voyager 6 was originally assigned to.

Decker V'Ger

Decker joining with V'Ger

V'ger and C'qer

V'ger and C'qer in 2411.

Over the hundreds of years it took to return home, V'Ger took its mission to heart and learn everything it could to extremes, as it absorbed everything it was exposed to, and having learned everything, wanted to return to Earth to impart its knowledge (by old-style radio waves) and join with its Creator. Realizing that the fate of Earth was in their hands, Commander Willard Decker joined with the entity and programmed the information it needed to transmit its data. Once the two were joined, the entity evolved onto another plane of existence and headed for the Andromeda Galaxy. (TOS movie: Star Trek: The Motion Picture; TOS - Star Trek II Short Stories short story: "To Wherever"; TOS novel: Ex Machina)

Legacy[]

After encountering the Borg, it was believed that the planet V'Ger landed on was the Central Node and that V'Ger was simply another branch of the Borg Collective that assimilated through the use of energy. (TOS novel: The Return)

Voyager6

V'Ger's core.

However, the Vulcan scientist T'Uerell, after deciphering the secrets of the Borg Collective, uncovered evidence that it was V'Ger who first created the Collective to serve as heralds in its search for its Creator. However, the Borg strayed from their original purpose as the Borg Queen assumed more power. (ST video game: Legacy)

It is believed that Leviathan, another massive sentient machine, was related to V'Ger and possibly from the same machine planet. (VOY comic: "Leviathan")

Aftermath[]

Starfleet termed this crisis the V'Ger mission.

The evolution of V'Ger had some wide ranging effects on the rest of the Federation and beyond. On Daran IV, Dovraku and his "Faithful" viewed this as a Sign that the time had come to reinstate the Oracle of the People's control over the Fabrini. (TOS novel: Ex Machina)

On planet Mestiko, the defeat of this threat to Earth was used as proof that the Federation could have defended their world from the destructive effects of "the Pulse" and opted not to in order to subjugate the Payav race. (TOS - Mere Anarchy eBook: The Darkness Drops Again)

The entity known as the Leviathan was believed to have had some connection with V'Ger. (VOY comic: "Leviathan")

Alternate reality[]

Narada and VGer

The Narada meets V'Ger.

In the Kelvin timeline, V'Ger detected the arrival of the Narada when it emerged in 2233. Still in the Delta Quadrant as of 2258, V'Ger, seeing the sentient Narada as a kindred spirit, made contact with the vessel when it was moored in orbit of Rura Penthe, summoning its kin to itself. As V'Ger communicated with the Narada, Nero exploited his own telepathic link with the Narada to commune with V'Ger. After scanning the Narada, V'Ger brought Nero to its core where the two learnt of the other's life. Though V'Ger attempted to assimilate Nero, it found itself unable to process his hatred. Nero however was able to exploit this connection in order to use V'Ger's powerful computers to calculate where and when Spock would emerge from the black hole. From V'Ger memory banks, he noted that the technology that the living machines had used to enhance Voyager 6 was related to the Borg in some way and that both were "children of an ancient, unknown civilization." (TOS - Nero comic: "Number Three")

It is possible that this is a reference to the Caeliar.

Appendices[]

Connections[]

Ships named Voyager
Federation, Starfleet
(primary universe)
USS Voyager (NCC-73602, Intrepid-class proposal)USS Voyager (NCC-74656, Intrepid-class)USS Voyager (NCC-74656-A, Lamarr-class)USS Voyager (NCC-74656-B, Pathfinder-class)USS Voyager (NCC-74656-J, Janeway-class)see also: Voyager-class Federation icon image. Starfleet icon image.
Federation, Starfleet
(alternate and fictional)
USS Voyager (NCC-74656, alternate Intrepid-class)USS Voyager (NCC-74656-D)USS Voyager (TRX-1701-V, Intrepid-class)
Terran Empire, Starfleet
(mirror universe)
ISS Voyager (NCC-74656, Intrepid-class)ISS Voyager (ISS-74656-A, Lamarr-class) Terran Empire icon image. Imperial Starfleet icon image.
Terran Rebellion
(mirror universe)
Voyager (NCC-74656, Intrepid-class duplicate) Terran icon image.
Klingon-Cardassian Alliance
(mirror universe)
Voyager (NCC-74656, Intrepid-class duplicate)Voyager (Klingon 15-deck starship) Klingon-Cardassian Alliance icon image.

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