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[[Image:Hiren_consumed_by_thalaron_radiation.jpg|thumb|The death of [[Praetor]] [[Hiren]]]]
  
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:"''Every life comes to an end when time demands it. Loss of life is to be mourned, but only if the life was wasted.''"
  
:"''Every life comes to an end when time demands it. Loss of life is to be mourned, but only if the life was wasted.''"
 
::- [[Spock]] ({{TAS|Yesteryear}})
  
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'''Death''' is the permanent end of all life functions in a [[lifeform]] (or part of a lifeform in the case of tissue damage). It can also mean the absence of life or state of being dead. Many [[culture]]s address this process as it applies to [[sentient]] beings in [[religion|spiritual]] terms, including the holding of [[wake]]s, memorials, and [[funeral]]s following the death of an individual.
  
'''Death''' is the permanent end of all life functions in a [[lifeform]] (or part of a lifeform in the case of tissue damage). It can also mean the absence of life or state of being dead. Many [[culture]]s address this process as it applies to [[sentient]] beings in [[religion|spiritual]] terms, including the holding of [[wake]]s, memorials, and [[funeral]]s following the death of an individual.
   
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In [[2365]], [[Nagilum]], in the guise of [[Data]], asked [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] what death is. According to Picard there are two contemporary philosophies. The belief that death is the transformation into an indestructible and unchanging form. According to this belief the purpose of the entire [[universe]] is to then maintain that form in an [[afterlife]] in an [[Eden]]-like place. While the other extreme belief is that death is simply blinking into nothingness. Picard himself believed that the existence of lifeforms is part of a reality beyond what is currently understood as reality and therefore both philosophies are insufficent. ({{TNG|Where Silence Has Lease}})
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In [[2365]], [[Nagilum]], in the guise of [[Data]], asked [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] what death is. According to Picard there are two contemporary philosophies. One is the belief that death is the transformation into an indestructible and unchanging form. According to this belief the purpose of the entire [[universe]] is to then maintain that form in an [[afterlife]] in an [[Eden]]-like place. The other, contrary belief, is that death is simply blinking into nothingness. Picard himself believed that the existence of lifeforms is part of a reality beyond what is currently understood as reality and therefore both philosophies are insufficent. ({{TNG|Where Silence Has Lease}})
   
 
Death is sometimes perceived as an event that is common to all living things. In [[2366]], Captain Jean-Luc Picard used death and his own mortality as a way to show [[Nuria]] and her [[Mintakan|people]] that he was no different than they were, and certainly not a [[god]] they named "the Picard". ({{TNG|Who Watches The Watchers}})
 
Death is sometimes perceived as an event that is common to all living things. In [[2366]], Captain Jean-Luc Picard used death and his own mortality as a way to show [[Nuria]] and her [[Mintakan|people]] that he was no different than they were, and certainly not a [[god]] they named "the Picard". ({{TNG|Who Watches The Watchers}})
   
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According to [[Apollo]], the race of the [[Greek god]]s was immortal, but also for them there was a point of no return. As their species could alter their form, it was possible for them to spread so thin that they would disappear from existence. Apollo poetically described this event as returning to the [[cosmos]] on the wings of the wind. Apollo was the last of the gods to die in [[2267]]. ({{TOS|Who Mourns for Adonais?}})
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[[Artificial lifeform]]s can cease functioning through [[induced self-destruction]].
 
   
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[[Sargon]] considered himself dead although his mind was stored and active in energy-form inside a [[receptacle]]. He described the final destruction of his consciousness as departing to oblivion. ({{TOS|Return to Tomorrow}})
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The study of death is called [[thanatology]].
  
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The [[Borg Collective]] considered death to be an irrelevant concept in [[Borg philosophy|their philosophy]]. ({{TNG|The Best of Both Worlds}}) When a [[Borg drone|drone]] was damaged beyond repair, it was simply discarded. All of the drones experiences and memories lived on inside the collective consciousness. This was considered immortality by the Borg. ({{VOY|Mortal Coil}})
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[[Artificial lifeform]]s can cease functioning through [[induced self-destruction]]. ({{TOS|The Changeling}})
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The study of death is called [[thanatology]]. ({{VOY|Emanations}})
   
 
Death may also be seen as a personification, attributed to a single entity, figure, or symbol. In this form, Death is known by many names, one of the more common being the "[[Grim Reaper]]". In [[2370]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} encountered an alien probe that began to transform the ''Enterprise'' into an alien city, complete with hieroglyphic symbols, one of which was the symbol for Death ({{TNG|Masks}}). In [[2267]], [[Lazarus]] equated his [[parallel universe]] counterpart as "Death" and "Anti-Life" ({{TOS|The Alternative Factor}}).
 
Death may also be seen as a personification, attributed to a single entity, figure, or symbol. In this form, Death is known by many names, one of the more common being the "[[Grim Reaper]]". In [[2370]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} encountered an alien probe that began to transform the ''Enterprise'' into an alien city, complete with hieroglyphic symbols, one of which was the symbol for Death ({{TNG|Masks}}). In [[2267]], [[Lazarus]] equated his [[parallel universe]] counterpart as "Death" and "Anti-Life" ({{TOS|The Alternative Factor}}).
   
 
{{bginfo|Actor [[William Sadler]], who played the character of [[Luther Sloan]] in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', portrayed Death in ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey''; part of which was filmed at [[Vasquez Rocks]], a filming site used in several ''Star Trek'' productions.}}
  
{{bginfo|Actor [[William Sadler]], who played the character of [[Luther Sloan]] in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', portrayed Death in ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey''; part of which was filmed at [[Vasquez Rocks]], a filming site used in several ''Star Trek'' productions.}}
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== Resuscitation ==
  
== Resuscitation ==
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For most lifeforms, death is a permanent state. However, sometimes resuscitation is possible:
  
For most lifeforms, death is a permanent state. However, sometimes resuscitation is possible:
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*''In [[2259]] of the [[alternate reality]], {{alt|Leonard McCoy}} used {{alt|Khan Noonien Singh}}'s blood to revive a dead [[tribble]], and then {{alt|James T. Kirk}}, who had been poisoned reactivating the {{USS|Enterprise|alternate reality}}'s [[warp core]].'' ({{film|12}})
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*In [[2267]], [[Montgomery Scott]] was killed by the [[Nomad]] probe. Nomad subsequently resuscitated him. ({{TOS|The Changeling}})
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*In [[2267]], [[Montgomery Scott]] was killed by the [[Nomad]] probe. Nomad subsequently "repaired the unit Scott". ({{TOS|The Changeling}})
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*In the same year, [[Leonard McCoy]] was killed by a [[Black Knight|knight]]'s lance, in an environment that created reality from people's thoughts. McCoy's resurrection was brought about by the power which created the knight in the first place, after Kirk realizes what is going on. ({{TOS|Shore Leave}})
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*In the same year, [[Leonard McCoy]] was killed by a [[Black Knight|knight]]'s lance, in an environment that created reality from people's thoughts. McCoy's resurrection was brought about by the power which created the knight in the first place, after Kirk realized what was occurring. ({{TOS|Shore Leave}})
 
*In [[2285]], [[Spock]] experienced death, but with his ''[[katra]]'' having been placed into [[Leonard McCoy]] and his body regenerated on the [[Genesis (planet)|Genesis Planet]], he was able to live again. ({{film|3}})
  
*In [[2285]], [[Spock]] experienced death, but with his ''[[katra]]'' having been placed into [[Leonard McCoy]] and his body regenerated on the [[Genesis (planet)|Genesis Planet]], he was able to live again. ({{film|3}})
 
* [[Tasha Yar]] killed [[Yareena]] with a poisoned, spiked weapon. Dr. Crusher revived her. The details of how this was achieved weren't described. ({{TNG|Code of Honor}})
  
* [[Tasha Yar]] killed [[Yareena]] with a poisoned, spiked weapon. Dr. Crusher revived her. The details of how this was achieved weren't described. ({{TNG|Code of Honor}})
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*[[Neelix]] was also brought back from being dead, but as his death did not match his culture's beliefs regarding an afterlife, he was profoundly disturbed by the experience. ({{VOY|Mortal Coil}})
 
 
*The [[Kobali]] were capable of reanimating dead lifeforms in order to [[sex|procreate]] their [[species]], however the reanimated corpse would have a limited memory of his or her prior life. ({{VOY|Ashes to Ashes}})
 
*The [[Kobali]] were capable of reanimating dead lifeforms in order to [[sex|procreate]] their [[species]], however the reanimated corpse would have a limited memory of his or her prior life. ({{VOY|Ashes to Ashes}})
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*[[Species 149]] were medically advanced and had the ability to reanimate the dead. They were assimilated by the [[Borg]], allowing the Borg to reanimate a [[Borg drone|drone]] as much as 73 hours after death. [[Neelix]] was also brought back from being dead using this technique after [[Seven of Nine]] proposed it as a medical treatment, but as his death did not match his culture's beliefs regarding an afterlife, he was profoundly disturbed by the experience. ({{VOY|Mortal Coil}})
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*[[Data]] has noted that his off-switch provides for an experience comparable to death, albeit one that permits a simple resurrection. ({{TNG|The Schizoid Man}})
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*[[Data]] noted that his off-switch provided for an experience comparable to death, albeit one that permitted a simple resurrection. ({{TNG|The Schizoid Man}})
 
*In [[2369]], upon his death, [[Kobliad]] criminal [[Rao Vantika]] [[synaptic pattern displacement|transferred]] his [[consciousness]] to [[Doctor]] [[Julian Bashir]] and continued living in Bashir. ({{DS9|The Passenger}})
  
*In [[2369]], upon his death, [[Kobliad]] criminal [[Rao Vantika]] [[synaptic pattern displacement|transferred]] his [[consciousness]] to [[Doctor]] [[Julian Bashir]] and continued living in Bashir. ({{DS9|The Passenger}})
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* The same year the [[Ferengi]] [[Grand Nagus]] [[Zek]] faked his death. ({{DS9|The Nagus}})
  
   
 
== Appendices ==
  
== Appendices ==
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''"He's dead, Jim."''
  
''"He's dead, Jim."''
 
:- '''[[Leonard McCoy]]''' (various)
  
:- '''[[Leonard McCoy]]''' (various)
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''"A good interrogator doesn't allow his subject to die; you lose the advantage."''
  
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:- '''[[Gul]] [[Dukat]]''' ({{DS9|The Maquis, Part I}})
  
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''"Today '''is''' a good day to die."''
  
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:- '''[[Worf]]''' ({{DS9|By Inferno's Light}})
  
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''"This man is dead!''"''
  
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: - '''[[Nog]]''', 5 minutes after [[Keevan]]'s death ({{DS9|The Magnificent Ferengi}})
  
   
   
 
''"How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life..."''
 
''"How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life..."''
 
: - '''[[James T. Kirk]]''' ({{film|2}})
  
: - '''[[James T. Kirk]]''' ({{film|2}})
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''"Today ''is'' a good day to die."''
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:- '''[[Worf]]''' ({{DS9|By Inferno's Light}}; {{film|8}})
   
 
=== Related topics ===
  
=== Related topics ===
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[[Image:Leslie_dead.jpg|thumb|A dead crewman]]
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[[File:Leslie_dead.jpg|thumb|A dead crewman]]
 
*'''After death'''
  
*'''After death'''
 
**[[Afterlife]]
  
**[[Afterlife]]
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**[[MACO#MACO casualties|MACO casualties]]
  
**[[MACO#MACO casualties|MACO casualties]]
 
**[[Mirror universe casualties]]
  
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**Starfleet casualties ([[Starfleet casualties (22nd century)|22nd century]] | [[Starfleet casualties (23rd century)|23rd century]] | [[Starfleet casualties (24th century)|24th century]])
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**[[Redshirt]]
  
**[[Redshirt]]
 
*'''Other'''
  
*'''Other'''
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=== Additional references ===
  
=== Additional references ===
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[[Image:Spock reacts to the death of the Intrepid.jpg|thumb|[[Spock]] senses the death of the [[Vulcan]] crew of the {{USS|Intrepid|NCC-1631}}]]
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[[File:Spock reacts to the death of the Intrepid.jpg|thumb|[[Spock]] senses the death of the [[Vulcan]] crew of the {{USS|Intrepid|NCC-1631}}]]
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*[[television|Episodes]]:
 
**{{ENT|Dead Stop}}
  
**{{ENT|Dead Stop}}
 
**{{TNG|The Bonding}}
  
**{{TNG|The Bonding}}
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**{{VOY|Coda}}
  
**{{VOY|Coda}}
 
**{{VOY|Barge of the Dead}}
  
**{{VOY|Barge of the Dead}}
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*[[film|Movies]]:
 
**''[[Death in Arizona]]''
  
**''[[Death in Arizona]]''
 
**''[[Orgy of the Walking Dead]]''
  
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*[[Novels]]:
 
**''[[A Good Day to Die]]''
  
**''[[A Good Day to Die]]''
 
**''[[A Time to Die]]''
  
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**''[[Spock Must Die!]]''
  
**''[[Spock Must Die!]]''
 
**''[[The Death of Princes]]''
  
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**''[[Death of a Star]]''
  
**''[[Death of a Star]]''
   

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Hiren consumed by thalaron radiation

The death of Praetor Hiren

"Every life comes to an end when time demands it. Loss of life is to be mourned, but only if the life was wasted."
- Spock (TAS: "Yesteryear")

Death is the permanent end of all life functions in a lifeform (or part of a lifeform in the case of tissue damage). It can also mean the absence of life or state of being dead. Many cultures address this process as it applies to sentient beings in spiritual terms, including the holding of wakes, memorials, and funerals following the death of an individual.

In 2365, Nagilum, in the guise of Data, asked Captain Jean-Luc Picard what death is. According to Picard there are two contemporary philosophies. One is the belief that death is the transformation into an indestructible and unchanging form. According to this belief the purpose of the entire universe is to then maintain that form in an afterlife in an Eden-like place. The other, contrary belief, is that death is simply blinking into nothingness. Picard himself believed that the existence of lifeforms is part of a reality beyond what is currently understood as reality and therefore both philosophies are insufficent. (TNG: "Where Silence Has Lease")

Death is sometimes perceived as an event that is common to all living things. In 2366, Captain Jean-Luc Picard used death and his own mortality as a way to show Nuria and her people that he was no different than they were, and certainly not a god they named "the Picard". (TNG: "Who Watches The Watchers")

According to Apollo, the race of the Greek gods was immortal, but also for them there was a point of no return. As their species could alter their form, it was possible for them to spread so thin that they would disappear from existence. Apollo poetically described this event as returning to the cosmos on the wings of the wind. Apollo was the last of the gods to die in 2267. (TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?")

Sargon considered himself dead although his mind was stored and active in energy-form inside a receptacle. He described the final destruction of his consciousness as departing to oblivion. (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow")

The Borg Collective considered death to be an irrelevant concept in their philosophy. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds") When a drone was damaged beyond repair, it was simply discarded. All of the drones experiences and memories lived on inside the collective consciousness. This was considered immortality by the Borg. (VOY: "Mortal Coil")

Artificial lifeforms can cease functioning through induced self-destruction. (TOS: "The Changeling")

The study of death is called thanatology. (VOY: "Emanations")

Death may also be seen as a personification, attributed to a single entity, figure, or symbol. In this form, Death is known by many names, one of the more common being the "Grim Reaper". In 2370, the USS Enterprise-D encountered an alien probe that began to transform the Enterprise into an alien city, complete with hieroglyphic symbols, one of which was the symbol for Death (TNG: "Masks"). In 2267, Lazarus equated his parallel universe counterpart as "Death" and "Anti-Life" (TOS: "The Alternative Factor").

Actor William Sadler, who played the character of Luther Sloan in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, portrayed Death in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey; part of which was filmed at Vasquez Rocks, a filming site used in several Star Trek productions.

Resuscitation

For most lifeforms, death is a permanent state. However, sometimes resuscitation is possible:

In the novel The Return, Kirk is brought back by the Borg and the Romulans following the events of Star Trek Generations.

Appendices

Quotes on Death

"He's dead, Jim."

- Leonard McCoy (various)


"How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life..."

- James T. Kirk (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)


"Today is a good day to die."

- Worf (DS9: "By Inferno's Light"; Star Trek: First Contact)

Related topics

Leslie dead

A dead crewman

Additional references

Spock reacts to the death of the Intrepid

Spock senses the death of the Vulcan crew of the USS Intrepid

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