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Calamarain

Calamarain

The Calamarain are a gaseous, non-corporeal lifeform once tortured by Q. They communicate with high-pitched noises and grindings which indicate intelligence but has not been successfully translated to be understood by Humans. They also emit Berthold rays when probing something.

When Q lost his powers and was exiled to the Enterprise-D to live as a Human in 2366, the Calamarain sensed the chance for revenge and attacked Q and the Enterprise. To save the ship, Q took a shuttle to divert the Calamarain's attention away; this noble deed convinced the Q Continuum to give him back his powers, which he immediately tried to use against the Calamarain. But the other Q forced Q to let the Calamarain go without harm. (TNG: "Deja Q")

In the novel The Q Continuum, it is revealed that the Calamarain communicate through a sequence of tachyon emissions which is translated by Data and Deanna Troi.
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