Star Trek: 10 Species That Can Survive The Vacuum Of Space

6. The Loom

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It's one thing for a hostile creature to traverse space, but when it can also tear a hole through time, you know you're really in trouble.

Following the time bending narrative of Prodigy Season 1, Gwyn attempts peaceful first contact with Solum whilst Janeway and the Protostar crew attempt to rescue Chakotay from the past through a time anomaly. When both plans are derailed, time paradoxes abound and the trans-dimensional Loom are able to tear their way into reality.

Feral black creatures covered in tentacles, The Loom utilise time manipulation powers to ensnare their prey and devour their existence, erasing them and all memory of them from the timeline. Unbound by the conventional rules of reality, they can fly through space with no ill effects, and all but the most sophisticated temporal shielding is nothing to them. Swarming from the time anomaly, only the reversal of the original paradox is able to halt their incursion, proving once again that Janeway cannot be trusted with time travel.

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