Changes: Electromagnetic lifeform

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The Class J nebula lifeform, crawling on Voyager's hull

The Class J nebula lifeform, sneaking around behind Seven of Nine

The electromagnetic lifeform discovered in a Class J nebula in the Delta Quadrant was found to be an intelligent entity composed of electromagnetic energy. The USS Voyager, using its Bussard collectors to gather deuterium from the aforementioned nebula, accidentally caused the nebula to destabilize. The lifeform responded with hostility by boarding the ship and attempting to alter its atmosphere to better emulate its home environment, while simultaneously changing the ship's course in an attempt to return home.

The electromagnetic lifeform's alterations caused power outages and forced the evacuation of many areas of the ship, including the bridge and sickbay. Several crew members were injured, some severely, by system malfunctions caused by the entity. Included among the injured were Crewmen Gibson, McMann and Mulcahey, as well as senior officers Ensign Tom Paris, Lieutenant Commander Tuvok, and Seven of Nine.

From a temporary command post in main engineering, Captain Janeway was eventually able to communicate with the creature, with it using the voice of the ship's computer to communicate. The lifeform requested to be returned to its home nebula and Janeway agreed. However, when Voyager returned to the nebula it was found to have dissipated completely. The lifeform was outraged and forced the evacuation of the entire ship by cutting off life support. Janeway tried to reason with the creature, offering to find it a new nebula, but it refused, intending to take the ship as its home. She informed it that the ship's technology, which it was using to maintain its needed environment, would soon fail without a crew to maintain it. The lifeform, however, insisted they evacuate and Janeway agreed to the demand. However, it prevented Janeway herself from leaving, intending to have her remain aboard to maintain the systems. But she flatly refused, even when it tried to force her by almost asphyxiating her. Seeing that it had no choice, the lifeform relented and agreed to let her find it a new home.

An artificial environment mirroring its home environment was set up for it on Deck 12 Section 42 of Voyager. The area was made off limits to all crew except senior officers with security clearance level 6 and above. This started rumors of ghosts and monsters on that deck among the five children aboard the ship at the time. (VOY: "The Haunting of Deck Twelve")

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-The '''Electromagnetic life-form''' discovered in a [[Class J nebula]] in the [[Delta Quadrant]] was found to be an intelligent, [[gas|gaseous]] [[lifeform|entity]]. The [[USS Voyager|USS ''Voyager'']], using the [[Bussard collector]]s to gather [[deuterium]] accidentally abducted the lifeform as the ship left the destabilising [[nebula]]. The life-form responded with hostility by attempting to alter the [[starship|ship]]'s [[atmosphere]] to better emulate its home environment while simultaniously changing the ship's course in an attempt to return home.
+The '''electromagnetic lifeform''' discovered in a [[Class J nebula]] in the [[Delta Quadrant]] was found to be an intelligent [[lifeform|entity]] composed of [[electromagnetic energy]]. The {{USS|Voyager}}, using its [[Bussard collector]]s to gather [[deuterium]] from the aforementioned [[nebula]], accidentally caused the nebula to destabilize. The lifeform responded with hostility by boarding the ship and attempting to alter its [[atmosphere]] to better emulate its home environment, while simultaneously changing the ship's course in an attempt to return home.
-The electromagnetic life-form's alterations caused power outages and forced the evacuation of many areas of the ship, including the [[bridge]] and [[sickbay]]. Several crew members reported injuries as a result of system malfunctions cause by the entity; included among the injured were [[Gibson (Crewman)|Gibson]], [[McMann]] and [[Mulcahey]].
+The electromagnetic lifeform's alterations caused power outages and forced the evacuation of many areas of the ship, including the [[bridge]] and [[sickbay]]. Several crew members were injured, some severely, by system malfunctions caused by the entity. Included among the injured were [[Crewmen]] {{dis|Gibson|Crewman}}, [[McMann]] and [[Mulcahey]], as well as [[senior officer]]s [[Ensign]] [[Tom Paris]], [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Tuvok]], and [[Seven of Nine]].
-From a temporary command post in [[main engineering]], [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] was eventually able to arrive at a uneasy discourse with the creature, with it using the voice of the ship's [[computer]] to communicate. The lifeform requested to be returned to it's home nebula and Janeway agreed. However, when ''Voyager'' returned to the nebula it was found to have dissipated into [[space]]. The life-form was outraged and demanded that the ship be evacuated; Janeway informed it that it could not run the ship without a crew and to run a [[diagnostic]] to confirm that fact. The lifeform insisted they evacuate and again Janeway agreed to its demands. While leaving the ship with [[Chakotay]] the entity shut the doors between them, isolating Janeway on the ship. It had run the diagnostic and wanted Janeway to stay and maintain the ship's systems, but she refused, risking her life. Without any other options remaining, the life-form agreed to let the crew of ''Voyager'' find it a new home.
+From a temporary command post in [[main engineering]], [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] was eventually able to communicate with the creature, with it using the voice of the ship's [[computer]] to communicate. The lifeform requested to be returned to its home nebula and Janeway agreed. However, when ''Voyager'' returned to the nebula it was found to have dissipated completely. The lifeform was outraged and forced the evacuation of the entire ship by cutting off [[life support]]. Janeway tried to reason with the creature, offering to find it a new nebula, but it refused, intending to take the ship as its home. She informed it that the ship's [[technology]], which it was using to maintain its needed environment, would soon fail without a crew to maintain it. The lifeform, however, insisted they evacuate and Janeway agreed to the demand. However, it prevented Janeway herself from leaving, intending to have her remain aboard to maintain the systems. But she flatly refused, even when it tried to force her by almost [[Asphyxiation|asphyxiating]] her. Seeing that it had no choice, the lifeform relented and agreed to let her find it a new home.
-During its stay it resided on Deck 12 Section 42, causing the area to be off limits, which started rumors of [[ghost]]s and monsters among the ship's children. ''Voyager'' later found a new home for the creature, and all systems were shutdown to minimise problems while it was leaving the ship. As a result, much of the ship was in darkness; during this time [[Neelix]] was keeping the [[Borg]] children entertained with a ghost story of the events. ([[VOY]]: "[[The Haunting of Deck Twelve]]")
+An artificial environment mirroring its home environment was set up for it on [[Intrepid class decks|Deck 12]] Section 42 of ''Voyager''. The area was made off limits to all crew except senior officers with [[security clearance]] level 6 and above.  This started rumors of [[ghost]]s and monsters on that deck among the five children aboard the ship at the time. ({{VOY|The Haunting of Deck Twelve}})
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