A series of gel packs
A gel pack in the panel behind a replicator
Bio-neural gel packs are a form of computer technology used by Starfleet, first developed circa 2370.
The gel packs form the basis of the bio-neural circuitry, which is essentially an organic computer system. The packs contain neural fibers surrounded in a blue gel with metallic interfaces on the top and bottom. They help store more information and operate at faster speeds than isolinear circuitry. The USS Voyager was one of the first vessels equipped with the technology. (VOY: "Caretaker") Gel packs cannot be replicated. (VOY: "Learning Curve")
Like other biological forms, gel-packs are susceptible to bacteria and viruses.
- They were infected with bacteria due to cheese created by Neelix. (VOY: "Learning Curve")
- A gel pack in the mess hall was infected with a macrovirus, and led to an outbreak when it ruptured. (VOY: "Macrocosm")
- During a voyage through a Mutara-class nebula, the gel packs began to fail due to subnucleonic radiation. (VOY: "One")
Bio-neural gel pack sequence 6-Theta-9 is located on Deck 4 of an Intrepid-class starship. (VOY: "One")
Gel-packs can be modified by injecting a type of serum into the packs, in order to return a ship caught in numerous temporal periods, such as caused by a temporal anomaly, to a single temporal period. This process returns the ship to a few seconds before the anomaly occurs.(VOY:"Shattered")