Mastodawn

So the Feds let 50 casualties line up before sending in assistance. Well, space is big, but that never seemed to matter much in this franchise. #AllStarTrek #StarTrek #TheDevilintheDark

Darth Hideout 🏳️‍🌈Mar 27

On the making of the Horta:

"It was a large, pancake-shaped glob of gook with a thickened, raised center and fringe around its circumference. It sure didn't look like much. As Janos took the glob out of sight to put it on, Gene Coon raised an objection. 'Bob, why are wasting time with this?' Suddenly, the blob skittered around the corner, making straight for us...."

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Horta

The Horta were a sentient non-humanoid silicon cycle life form native to the planet Janus VI. Horta anatomy was composed of a material similar to fibrous asbestos. Horta physiology was very different from the carbon-based lifeforms more commonly found in the galaxy. Horta were difficult to detect with tricorders, and were invulnerable to type 1 phasers, though they could be injured with an adjusted type 2 phaser. They fed on rock, and thus they were nourished just by tunneling. Horta...

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Raurquiz Mar 9

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Kevin C 🎬Jan 12

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Do you think the creature in this episode is carrying any silicon based virus or bacteria that could infect the humans?

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Kevin C 🎬Jan 12

Spock proposed the theoretical existence of silicon based life, but in #ObserverEffect the NX-01crew seemed to indicate that they had been trained on the deadlines of a potential silicon based viral infection.

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Kevin C 🎬Jan 12

I'm trying to imagine the shambling mound creature approaching the power grid diagram and thinking, "Hrm... yes... according to this schematic, if I steal this pump, the bipeds will leave, huzzah!"

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Kevin C 🎬Jan 12

Schmitter, we barely knew ye!

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Carl Shirley Jan 12

Tonight on #AllStarTrek it’s misunderstood silicon monster night as the crew of two different Enterprises encounter #TheDevilintheDark and the #SiliconAvatar #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG

Carl Shirley Oct 9, 2025

Tonight on #AllStarTrek we learn that the monster isn’t evil in #TheDevilintheDark and that the monster is evil in #Conspiracy #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG