Gloreen Commune

## General Overview

The Gloreen Commune is one of the more distinct members of the United Commonwealth of Planets, being a species composed of entirely gelatinous fluid.

Gloreen seem to behave in much the same way as the traditional microscopic amoeba, being able to exist in singular and a collective form.

Although they do not have a singular "leader", as all members of their civilisation can become part of the larger entity on Gloreen itself through some form of cellular mitosis, it has been theorised that the Gloreen may operate in a similar way to the Great Link of the Founder race discovered by Constable Odo and Major Kira Nerys in 2371.

The larger mass is capable of advanced cellular mitosis and meiosis on a macroscopic scale, with the distinct advantage of allowing "parts" of the Gloreen to break off from the main mass to facilitate communication with other species.

The larger mass is usually referred to as the "Prime Designate", with the smaller entities known as "Prime Designate" with an additional number. As an example, Prime Designate Part 21521523423423 represented the Gloreen Commune at the signing of the Commonwealth Charter.

Interestingly, all Gloreen are also able to operate independently from the main mass and may even have desires and goals contrary to the will of the Prime Designate. These units are referred to as "Integers" and are Gloreen that choose to operate away from traditional Gloreen society.

Gloreen society is usually considered peaceful, with the only goal of the Gloreen to acquire knowledge and learn from the other species in the Black Eye Galaxy. However, there have been times where the Gloreen's actions have been called into question such as their notable pre-Commonwealth engagements with the Scuiri which has led to both sides having an intense distrust of each other.

Gloreen language has over fifteen million separate sounds and operates on the principle of a pitched "gurgling". Due to the relative complexity of their language forms and the inability of other species to successfully learn it, the Gloreen were one of the first races in the known Black Eye Galaxy that successfully created a Universal Adaptive Translation Matrix.

The Universal Adaptive Translation Matrix is ten times more accurate then even the most advanced Universal Translator, with the ability to accurately determine non-humanoid languages. As a result, when the Gloreen formally joined the Commonwealth, all Commonwealth vessels were updated with this incredibly intricate Translation Matrix.

The Gloreen do not reproduce sexually but instead, whenever a new Gloreen is required, the Prime Designate will create a new entity through a process of controlled cellular mitosis. This method allows the Gloreen unprecedented control of the genetic features of the "child" Gloreen, allowing them to craft its function and program its nucleus to serve whatever function is needed.

Gloreen vessels are large in size and actually not constructed but created as a byproduct of their own mass. These vessels resemble large "amoebas", equipped with powerful biological defenses such as Digestive Acid Projection, a powerful stream of concentrated acid which can easily melt through most traditional hulls and the ability to engage in mitosis itself, splitting even further.

The Gloreen "Amoeba Class" vessel is also capable of a unique defensive field which allows it collect particles as it travels through space, creating a natural defensive "matter-field" which can extend out for thousands of kilometres.

The unique and somewhat simple nature of Gloreen physiology allows members of the species to be highly desirable for their medical application, as their cells are undifferentiated, meaning that cells from a Gloreen can essentially become whatever cells are needed and replace any damaged organs or tissues in most humanoid species.

## Established History

Unbeknown to the United Federation of Planets, first contact with the Gloreen actually took place in 2268 when a damaged Gloreen vessel, which had discovered the "Iris" in the Australis system and used it to explore the Milky Way Galaxy, accidentally encountered the Galactic Barrier on the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy.

The Galactic Barrier severely damaged the Gloreen vessel and caused the Amoeba Class vessel to absorb significant portions of the negative energy within the barrier itself, damaging the vessel and killing the Gloreen crew aboard.

The Amoeba Class warship drifted through space, trapped within the field of negative energy which the ship had accidentally absorbed while trying to repair itself.

As the vessel drifted through space, led on only by programmed instincts rather then a directed crew, the vessel attempted to try and make contact with any species that could help it as it was slowly being consumed by the negative energy field around it.

Attempting to make contact with the inhabitants of Gamma 7A, the ship accidentally caused the entire planet to be driven mad by the negative energy and destroyed the inhabited system.

The Amoeba Class was intercepted by the U.S.S. Intrepid, but the entire crew of the all-Vulcan vessel were driven mad by the powerful negative energy field which was slowly consuming the Amoeba Class vessel itself.

Finally, the U.S.S. Enterprise was forced to destroy the Amoeba Class starship, when the Amoeba Class attempted to induce a cellular mitosis in order to save itself from destruction. The Enterprise used an antimatter warhead to penetrate the nucleus at point blank range.

The Gloreen were also involved in a number of small skirmishes with the Scuiri of the world Kabbalis as the Scuiri wished to sell members of the Gloreen species due to various different medical applications.

Formal contact with the Gloreen Commune was not established until 2419, when the U.S.S. Republic discovered the Gloreen.

Since then, the Gloreen have been an active member of the Commonwealth and have granted certain elements of their technology and wisdom to the Commonwealth itself, finding their own goals of peaceful exploration to be compatible with the Commonwealth.

In April 2419, the Gloreen played an active role in the Battle of New Argus, using their powerful Amoeba Class cruisers to inflict considerable damage on the enemy Argussian Imperium ships, their vessel being the only vessel to survive a direct supernova after the New Argus star was destabilised.

The Gloreen temporarily went extinct during the "Void War" of 2419, when the Void completely covered most of the Black Eye Galaxy however, with the conclusion of the Void War and the subsequent containment of the entity at the center of the Black Eye Galaxy, the Gloreen were restored by Q, along with every other world affected by the Void War.

In July 2420, the U.S.S. Generation discovered the Gloreen (Gloreen VI) had been poisoned by an unknown force.

## Notes

* The Gloreen species was developed by Sovereign (S921/OV)
* The Gloreen Commune are one of the founding members of the United Commonwealth of Planets
* The Gloreen Commune were first encountered in the U.S.S. Republic episode, "*Premonition*" on the *1st April 2019*