Zero

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Zero was a Medusan who lived during the late 24th century. Like other Medusans, Zero was an energy-based non-corporeal lifeform, and as such, they identified as genderless, as they lacked a body.

As a Medusan, Zero possessed telepathic powers, often stating what others were thinking with or without their permission. They also had their species' natural aptitude for navigation, though until they found the Protostar, they had never piloted a starship before. (PRO: "Lost and Found")

Biography[]

Early history[]

Part of a group of Medusans who left their homeworld long before the 24th century to explore the galaxy, Zero was kidnapped from their hive mind by Kazon slavers as they explored a planet. (PRO: "Preludes")

Zero was bought by The Diviner and held at the Tars Lamora prison colony, where other slaves were forced to look upon the Medusan unprotected to brainwash them. Zero managed to escape and fashion a makeshift containment suit for themselves to safely interact with corporeal lifeforms. They became a rebel fighter known as "Fugitive Zero". In 2383, Zero helped fellow prisoner Dal R'El take possession of the recently-discovered USS Protostar. (PRO: "Kobayashi", "Lost and Found")

USS Protostar[]

When the crew returned to Tars Lamora to liberate the other prisoners, In order to keep the Diviner from hurting anyone again, Zero revealed themselves to The Diviner, thus driving him mad. Unfortunately, Gwyndala caught a glimpse of Zero's reflection and was left in a near-catatonic state. Fortunately, Zero was able to heal Gwyn, although she was unable remember her last conversation with her father. (PRO: "A Moral Star, Part 2")

Guilt-ridden over what they'd almost done to Gwyn, Zero made it their mission to help her recover her lost memories. Though Gwyn did experience flashbacks, the details of the last conversation she had with her father remained elusive. Later, when the crew arrived at Federation outpost CR-721, Zero took Gwyn to the station's sickbay which they believed would have better equipment. After placing Gwyn into a biobed, Zero stepped out. At that precise moment, the Diviner's weapon was activated, and the station’s systems turned against itself, with multiple systems malfunctioning, including the doors to sickbay. Momentarily trapped in her biobed, which was filling with water, Gwyn caught some glimpses of memory, and was able to cut herself loose using her heirloom. When Zero was finally able to enter the room, Gwyn announced that she remembered everything – most importantly the devastating weapon living construct hidden onboard the Protostar. (PRO: "Asylum")

Though the crew located the Diviner's weapon, they couldn't find a way to disarm it. Not long after, they came across a dormant Borg cube. Though Hologram Janeway strongly advised them to leave the area, citing how dangerous the Borg were, the crew decided that, since the Borg had accumulated knowledge from across the galaxy – they might have information on how to disarm the weapon. When the crew failed to get information directly from the dormant cube's vinculum, Zero volunteered to be assimilated since Medusans, like Borg, were of a hive mind. Though initially unable to resist the lure of assimilation, they were saved when Gwyn reminded them that they were already a part of a collective on the Protostar. Back on the ship, Zero reported that they did learn something about the weapon. It was called a living construct and could neither be deactivated or removed. (PRO: "Let Sleeping Borg Lie")

Zero served as medical officer again when Dal fell victim to the same mysterious curse that the Enderprizians warned them about. Zero attempted to find a cure for this mysterious disease but was limited since they didn't know exactly what they were dealing with. After investigating the gallows, the crew informed Zero that toxic runoff was the cause of the illness plaguing Dal and the village. Armed with this information, Zero was quickly able to synthesize a cure. (PRO: "All the World's a Stage")

Eventually, thanks to the Living construct, the Protostar crew no longer had control of the ship and was headed for the heart of Federation space, where it was met by an armada of Starfleet vessels. When Starfleet vessels, contaminated by the living construct, began attacking one another, Dal decided that the only solution was to destroy the Protostar. When Pog stated that that would destroy everything in this solar system, Rok countered that it wouldn't if they set the ship to explode as it was going into proto-drive. Unfortunately, since the self-destruct was off-line, the core would need to be detonated manually. Dal volunteered to go down with the ship. but Holo Janeway declared that she should be the one to stay behind.

As Zero and the others escaped on a bare-bones shuttle that Rok built using the vehicle replicator, the Protostar destroyed itself in mid-jump, disabling the living construct.

A month later, the Protostar crew made it to Starfleet Headquarters on Earth. where they found themselves in front of a Starfleet tribunal where they faced various criminal charges, such as stealing a Federation starship. Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway argued on their behalf that the kids did everything in in an effort to warn Starfleet. Thanks to the admiral's impassioned speech, all criminal charges were dropped and, although they weren't allowed immediate entrance into Starfleet Academy as they hoped, the crew, with the exception of Gwyn, who'd decided to go to Solum to try to unite her people, were permitted to serve under the admiral as warrant officers-in-training. Starfleet officers built a new containment suit for Zero to replace the original they had made. (PRO: "Supernova, Part 2")

After breaking their containment suit, Zero received a new synthetic body that allowed them to move around in a humanoid physical form and feel sensations for the very first time. Although aware that the body could break down if they left the planet, Zero decided to remain with their friends who had become Zero's adoptive family. (PRO: "Is There in Beauty No Truth?")

Zero's new physical form eventually suffered irreparable damage to its leg, which not even The Doctor could fix. However, The Doctor suggested that Starfleet's recent advances in artificial physiology could be used to give Zero a new containment suit in which they could retain the ability to feel physical sensations. Accepting both the good and the bad that would come with being able to feel, Zero asked Jankom to build their new suit rather than having The Doctor contact the Daystrom Institute for help. Although Jankom was surprised at the request, Zero explained that Jankom's skills were unparalleled, and they had hoped that he "could give it the old Jankom touch." Jankom agreed to Zero's request, and The Doctor sent over some schematics to help. (PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest", "Ascension, Part I")

When Voyager came under attack from a temporal weapon, Zero, having remained behind on Voyager to help the injured Grom, chose to sacrifice their failing physical form in order to save the ship as Zero's Medusan physiology made them the only one capable of approaching the weapon. Zero managed to retarget the weapon onto Maj'el's Nova Flyer, allowing her, Zeph and Dal to use it to destroy the Rev-1 with the Boothby Supernova. Although rushed, Jankom was able to build Zero a new containment suit using the Protostar's vehicle replicator. While the new suit was outwardly identical to Zero's original suit, Jankom included sensory inputs so that Zero retained the ability to feel physical sensations as they had wanted. (PRO: "Ascension, Part II")

Zero later received a field commission to ensign and, alongside the rest of their friends was posted aboard the new Protostar-class ship, the USS Prodigy. (PRO: "Ouroboros, Part II")

Personal Interests[]

Zero frequently enjoyed a mystery holodeck program, set in a lighthouse, which begins each time with them receiving a letter at midnight. The letter would reveal the object of the mystery and provide the first clue towards its discovery. They would then be lead on series of puzzles that must be solved in order to solve the mystery. (PRO: "Ghost in the Machine")

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Background information[]

Zero is voiced by Angus Imrie.

According to their official Nickelodeon description:

Zero is a Medusan: a species of body-less, genderless, energy-based lifeforms whose true appearance can drive anyone insane. To protect everyone, Zero made a containment suit from castoff materials. Curious and intelligent, Zero is a telepath who just wants to help those around them. Before teaming up with the U.S.S. Protostar crew, the Diviner held Zero against their will to be used as a weapon, but Zero escaped and vowed to do no more harm. [1]

External links[]

• Zero at StarTrek.com
• Zero at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works