- For other uses, see Zhom.
Zhom was a holographic character, a representative of a faction of a simulated race in a variation of the Kobayashi Maru scenario for prospective senior staff-ranking individuals training for Federation Starfleet positions at the dawn of the 25th century.
- While there is a chance that Zhom might have been a real individual representing a known species, the content of the holoprogram depicts them as unreasonable in the extreme and it might be considered in poor taste to assign these behaviors to a real species known to the Federation. This species and the representatives were likely fictional.
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Zhom held the title of prelate and was part of negotiations being mediated by the officer-in-training.
Zhom's attendants carried spearlike bladed weapons and wore metallic body armor with rounded helmets.
When Seven of Nine was taking this commander's test in the early 2400s decade, she gave a brief commentary about the achievement of peace between the two factions. Opposing Cleric Zaka pronounced his faction's gratitude for Seven's achievement as negotiator, to which Zhom responded that they had a greater gratitude. This led Zaka to declare that Zhom's faction should have been more grateful that Zaka's side had agreed to diplomacy, calling them a "rancid cur". Zhom responded that Zaka's matriarch would be the only rancid cur they were aware of. Over Seven's objections, Cleric Zaka stated regret for even participating and used a communicator to signal Zaka's Central Command for an immediate "doomsday launch". Prelate Zhom then called upon their side to begin firing forward batteries without further preparations. The holoprogram ended as a failure. (PIC - Stargazer comic: "Issue 1")