Changes: Tan Ru

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Tan Ru was an advanced alien probe of unknown origin and great power, programmed to collect and sterilize soil samples, possibly in anticipation of colonization.

In 2267, while in deep space, Tan Ru eventually encountered the Earth probe Nomad, which had been sent into space to seek out new life, and which had suffered a serious loss of memory after a collision with a meteoroid. When the two probes met, directives from Tan Ru were somehow transferred and merged with those left in Nomad's memory banks. This created a semi-sentient probe with the unintended directive to seek out new life and sterilize it if it was "imperfect", with Nomad as the body and predominant voice during their co-existence. (TOS: "The Changeling")

Jack Treviño, a writer who sold several stories to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, once pitched a story to Star Trek: Enterprise about the crew of Enterprise NX-01 encountering Tan Ru, before it merged with Nomad. The story was well-received, and Treviño felt it might have been bought, but this never happened, due to the cancellation of Enterprise. [1]^(X) However, in the first season episode "Civilization", the crew did meet the Malurians, a race that the merged probe would later destroy.

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 {{sidebar starship|
-        image= Nomad-Tanru hybrid.jpg
+        image = Nomad-Tanru hybrid.jpg
-|        Name= Tan Ru
+|        name = ''Tan Ru''
-|       Class= [[Probe|Space probe]]
+|       class = [[Probe|Space probe]]
-|       owner=
+|      status = Destroyed
-|    operator=
+|  datestatus = 2267
+|caption=Tan Ru after merging with Nomad}}
-|      Status= Destroyed
-|  Datestatus= 2267
-|      image2=
-}}
-'''''Tan Ru''''' was an advanced [[alien]] [[probe]] of unknown origin and great power, programmed to collect and sterilize [[soil]] samples, possibly in anticipation of [[colony|colonization]].
+'''''Tan Ru''''' was an advanced [[alien]] [[probe]] of unknown origin and great power, programmed to collect and {{dis|sterilization|microbiology|sterilize}} [[soil]] samples, possibly in anticipation of [[colonization]].
-In [[2267]], while in [[deep space]], ''Tan Ru'' eventually encountered the [[Earth]] [[probe]] ''[[Nomad]]'', which had suffered a serious loss of memory after a collision with a [[meteoroid]]. When the two probes met, directives from ''Tan Ru'' were transferred and merged with those left in ''Nomad''{{'}}s [[memory bank]]s. This created a probe with the unintended directive to "seek out and sterilize new life," with ''Nomad'' as the body and predominant voice during their co-existence. ({{TOS|The Changeling}})
+In [[2267]], while in [[deep space]], ''Tan Ru'' eventually encountered the [[Earth]] [[probe]] ''[[Nomad]]'', which had been sent into space to seek out new life, and which had suffered a serious loss of memory after a [[collision]] with a [[meteoroid]]. When the two probes met, directives from ''Tan Ru'' were somehow transferred and merged with those left in ''Nomad''{{'}}s [[memory bank]]s. This created a semi-sentient probe with the unintended directive to seek out new life and sterilize it if it was "imperfect", with ''Nomad'' as the body and predominant voice during their co-existence. ({{TOS|The Changeling}})
-{{bginfo|[[Jack Treviño]], a writer who sold several stories to ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', once pitched a story to ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' about the crew of the [[Enterprise (NX-01)|NX-01]] encountering ''Tan Ru'', before it merged with [[Nomad]]. The story was well-received, and Treviño felt it might have been bought, but this never happened, due to the cancellation of ''Enterprise. [http://trekweb.com/articles/2008/03/14/Interview-DS9-Freelance-Writer-Jack-Trevino-Discusses-Of-Gods-and-Men-Part-2-and-the-Future-of-Trek-.shtml]}}
+{{bginfo|[[Jack Treviño]], a [[:Category:Writers|writer]] who sold several stories to {{s|DS9}}, once pitched a story to {{s|ENT}} about the crew of {{EnterpriseNX}} encountering ''Tan Ru'', before it merged with Nomad. The story was well-received, and Treviño felt it might have been bought, but this never happened, due to the cancellation of ''Enterprise''. ''{{TrekWeb.com|articles/2008/03/14/Interview-DS9-Freelance-Writer-Jack-Trevino-Discusses-Of-Gods-and-Men-Part-2-and-the-Future-of-Trek-.shtml}}'' However, in the [[ENT Season 1|first season]] episode {{e|Civilization}}, the crew did meet the [[Malurian]]s, a [[race]] that the merged probe would later destroy.}}
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