Immortality

Immortality was the avoidance or reversion of death or an entity that appeared to exist forever. The term could also be used to describe something which was believed to be continuously relevant or significant.
Immortality was one of the defining characteristics of the . The fact that the Q Continuum forced immortality onto other Q dismayed one of the Q, who attempted suicide. He claimed that immortality was one of the vulnerabilities of the Q. ()
The Greek gods were immortal. In order to end their existence, they spread themselves against the wind, becoming thinner until reaching a point where they could not reform into their bodies. ()
The Douwd were immortal beings known for hiding their identity. ()
While living on Earth, Flint possessed immortality in the form of instant tissue regeneration. He lost his immortality when he left to live on Holberg 917G. ()
Zefram Cochrane was rejuvenated and made immortal by the Companion in 2119. He gave up his immortality to grow old and die with the Companion. ()
The Gideons, in practice, were immortal for awhile between the elimination and reintroduction of germs on , as death came to them only when their body couldn't regenerate itself due to disease. ()
Captain Jean-Luc Picard, speaking with Commander William T. Riker, told him he had learned to think of time as a companion who reminded people to treasure every moment because it would never come again, that they were, after all, only mortal. To this, Riker told him to speak for himself, that he planned to live forever. ()
The Ba'ku planet released metaphasic radiation which caused s of humanoids to be continuously regenerated, resulting in a form of immortality. ()
Dr. Bathkin and his successor Elias Giger attempted to make themselves immortal by developing a cellular regeneration and entertainment chamber. Giger eventually succeeded in creating this machine and shared his interest with Weyoun. ()
== Near-immortality ==
 believed that a person could have practical immortality by continuously transferring his or her consciousness into an android body in a process sometimes referred to as synaptic fusion. () This was later offered to Uhura by Harry Mudd on the planet Mudd. ()
In 2369, Kobliad criminal Rao Vantika utilized a process akin to synaptic pattern displacement in order to transfer his consciousness to Doctor Julian Bashir. Repeated use of this process could be a practical form of immortality. () 
As of 2373 Tieran had existed for over two hundred years by transferring his mind to host bodies via a sophisticated neural implant. ()
Leonard McCoy considered the advanced age Spock (and other Vulcans) would achieve to be close to immortality. ()
== Faux immortality ==
Trelane poetically stated that a kiss from Yeoman Teresa Ross would make him immortal. ()
Work related to Sherlock Holmes was considered immortal by Jean-Luc Picard. ()
According to Beverly Crusher, Starfleet captains always acted as if they were immortal. ()
It was hypothesized by Noonien Soong that procreation was done in part to give humanoids a sense of immortality. ()
Onaya claimed her inspirations were beneficial. Although the ones she inspired died young, their works became "immortal." ()
Lewis Zimmerman believed that by placing Julian Bashir's image on the Long-term Medical Holographic program, it would be a chance for Bashir to have "immortality." ()
Benjamin Sisko and Weyoun agreed that Vorta cloning was basically immortality, of a sort. ()
Although the Borg discarded drones once they were irreparably damaged, their memories continued to exist within the Borg Collective. Seven of Nine compared this to the Human concept of immortality, and it helped relieve any fear of death. ()
==See also==
*Mortal
*Rejuvenation
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