Mab-Bu VI
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| Mab-Bu VI | |
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| Class: | Gas giant |
| Satellites: | One moon, nominally class M |
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Mab-Bu VI is a gas giant with an M-class moon.
The moon can only barely be considered class M and is constantly swept by ionic cyclones and electromagnetic storms. The ground cover is all non-porous rock which makes a survival for a longer time on the moon very unlikely.
Five centuries ago, hundreds of convicted criminals from Ux-Mal were imprisoned on the moon, their consciousnesses detached from their physical bodies and set adrift in the moon's constant storms.
In 2167, the criminals attempted to escape aboard the Federation starship USS Essex. However, the starship became trapped in the electromagnetic currents in the moon's atmosphere and was destroyed.
The criminals tried to escape again in 2368, when the USS Enterprise-D arrived to investigate the distress call from the Essex. They inhabited the bodies of Data, Deanna Troi, and Miles O'Brien, claiming to be the disembodied minds of Essex crew members. They took the ship under their control and ordered to assume a polar orbit of the southern polar region, where the other members of their species were located. Their true identities were uncovered and the criminals were expelled before they could bring aboard the rest of their number. (TNG: "Power Play")
