Encounter at Farpoint
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Encounter at Farpoint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounter_at_Farpoint
So Phi A / Gaia
Held captive [in the archonic matrix] as a ‘reality’ Generator
Barely kept alive by a trickle of energy
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Later, Picard, Riker, and Troi beam down to the station to meet with Groppler Zorn, who seems very reluctant to answer questions concerning the construction processes of the station's power plant. Troi begins to sense powerful, yet despairing emotions, coming from an unknown nearby location.
Picard begins to suspect what is going on and accuses Zorn of capturing and exploiting as Farpoint's power source an entity similar to the jellyfish entity before them, one able to convert energy into matter.
The crew pieces together the puzzle of what has been going on, realizing that the space entity was attempting to punish the Bandi people for enslaving its wounded kin and forcing it to change itself into the form the Bandi desired - that of Farpoint station itself.
Picard decides to give what he hypothesizes is a weakened entity on the planet's surface the energy it needs.
Farpoint Station absorbs and stores the energy of the beam, and a change occurs on the planet and the impressive center complex of Farpoint Station transforms into a living creature, floating up to meet what Picard guesses is its mate.
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The Energy Factor / Light / Information
Sets Gaia Free and SHE is once again The NooSphere / So Phi A
And The Journey Of Discovery Continues