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The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail

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Planets
Starship image Helicon Gamma Starship image Helicon Gamma Starship image Sullivan's Planet
Sci-tech
Starship image Communication Devices - Telephone Starship image Space suit Starship image Space suit
Ship images
Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Bellerophon Class Starship image Bellerophon Class Starship image Bellerophon Class Starship image Bellerophon Class Starship image Bellerophon Class Starship image Bellerophon Class
Ship internals
Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Astrovore Starship image Bellerophon Class Starship image Bellerophon Class Starship image Bellerophon Class Starship image Bellerophon Class Starship image Bellerophon Class
Weapons
Starship image Ion Rifle - Image 1
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People
Alvarez [1]
A picture of Alvarez in 2261. [1]
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People
Maurer [1]
A picture of Ensign Maurer shortly after her death. [1]
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People
V'Rel [1]
A picture of Captain V'Rel in 2261. [1]
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Planets
Helicon Gamma [1]
A picture of the planet in 2261 immediately prior to its total destruction. [1]
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Helicon Gamma [1]
Moments later the planet was destroyed by an unknown ship. [1]
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Sullivan's Planet [1]
A file photo of Sullivan's Planet. Unfortunately the photo was degraded when the USS Farragut was damaged by Astrovore, the scavenger ship. [1]
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Sci-tech
Communication Devices - Telephone [1]
A picture of a telephone from the 20th century. [1]
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Sci-tech
Space suit [2]
A picture of the Astrovore space suit. [1]
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Space suit [2]
With the face plate removed the human crew may be seen. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
The Astrovore having just destroyed the planet Helicon Gamma. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
The Astrovore next to the relatively tiny USS Farragut. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
The Astrovore extends its tentacles. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
The "mouth" of the Astrovore, in reality it is the entrance to the vast interior bay of the ship. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
The USS Farragut dodges being grabbed and escapes along the outer hull surface. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
Jettisoning the nacelles, which have been made to look like they contain aldentium, which is prised by the scavenger. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
The tentacles take the bait and go after the nacelles. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
Turning their own systems on themselves and disabling their own ship in the process. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
As the USS Enterprise escapes, the Farragut launches a volley of photon torpedos. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
Detonating inside the vast ship. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
Destroying it completely. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
The remains of the ship show the original XCV-100 vessel. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
and the logos and flags on its surface. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
A picture of the USS Farragut in 2261. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
An aft quarter view of the USS Farragut. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
A view ship showing the curved nacelle pylons. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
The USS Farragut at warp. You can clearly see the arched in nacelle pylons from this angle. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
The ship was nearly destroyed moments later. Despite the damage thee ship was able to repaired and returned to service. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
At the end of the encounter with the Astrovore the USS Farragut was heavily damaged, missing its nacelles. It was towed back to space dock and repaired. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
The USS Enterprise traced and restrained in the vast hold of the Astrovore. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
The "mouth" of the ship from the inside. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
The Astrovore used an umbilical to drill into other ships, tap into their power systems, computer network, fuel storage to drain their power and reserves. Here we see the umbilical inside the USS Enterprise. [1]
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Astrovore [1]
Captain Pike and La'An used Baryon particles to mix in with the deuterium stream in the umbilical in order to force it to detach, or risk contaminating their entire fuel supply. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
The bridge of the USS Farragut. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
View of the bridge showing the view screen. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
A Jefferies Tube on the USS Farragut. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
The ready room on the USS Farragut. [1]
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Bellerophon Class [1]
The sickbay on the USS Farragut. [1]
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Weapons
Ion Rifle - Image 1 [1]
A picture of the Astrovore crew with an Ion rifle. [1]
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References

# Series Season Source Comment
1 SNW 3 The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail
2 Star Trek : The Motion Picture
Series : SNW Season 3
Episode : The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail
Film: Star Trek : The Motion Picture

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