Medusan

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A Medusan is an intelligent, non-corporeal, energy-based species in Star Trek: The Original Series. Kollos is an ambassador to the United Federation of Planets. Any humanoid who sees a Medusan with the naked eye would be struck blind. In a Star Trek: Picard episode, "Medusan Astrogation" is mentioned. Later, a genderless Medusan character, Zero (aka "Fugitive Zero"), appears regularly in Star Trek: Prodigy, using a makeshift containment suit.

Canon Information

More information about Medusans can be found at Memory Alpha and Now Don’t Look Here: The Medusans.

Medusan Fiction

"So far, nobody that I've run across seems much intrigued about the love-life of a Medusan but probably somebody will think of something...." (1976) -- a male fan's LoC in The Halkan Council #22.

Zines and fanfic with content about Medusans, or the fallout of encounters with one:

• "From a Medusan View" by Alta in Daring Attempt #4.
• "Medusan Nightmare" by Julie Lange Arch in Mind Meld #3.
• "A Rose for Miranda" by Ruth Berman in And Starry Skies and Eridani Triad. This story was mentioned in Star Trek Lives!.
• "In Shame's Wake" by Dovya Blacque in Greater California K/S and Thunder & Lightning. Spock is distressed by what is revealed when, taken over by Kollos, they have a conversation with Kirk about jealously and desire.
• "Menage a Trois" by Matthew Brown in Alnitah #5. Fallout from Spock's encounter with Kollos.
• "Certainties of Being" by M.E. Carter in T'hy'la #16. Spock ponders leaving the Enterprise to be part of a Medusan team when Kirk discovers that they have been bonded and reacts badly to the idea. The story won a 1995 STIFfie Award.
• "Message from Kollos", poem by Helen Connor in Enterprise Log Entries #93.
• "Truth, Beauty... And Thorns" by Gamin Davis in Let Me Help. Miranda's reaction to Spock's meld with Kollos is unexpectedly aggressive and her intent toward Spock unexpectedly personal. A missing scene from "Is There No Truth in Beauty?"
• "Medusan Touch" by Martha Davis in Star Daze #2.
• "A Study in Green" by Augusta Elton, a Kirk/Spock story in First Time #7.
• "The Sight of Kollos" by Leslie Fish, a poetic vignette in Alpha Continuum #1.
• "Beautiful Truth" by Jean Gabriel in First Time #25, a Kirk/Spock aftermath of the Kollos encounter.
• "When Rain Comes" by Andi Lenor. A Kirk/Spock slash story in First Time #45, featuring the aftermath of their encounter with Kollos in "Is There In Truth No Beauty?" (TOS). The story won a Philon Award.
• "Kraith II: Spock's Mission" by Jacqueline Lichtenberg in T-Negative #10. Medusan navigator Thilien's interpreter, Tanya Minos, assists Kirk and Spock to rescue Sarek.
• "Is There In Truth No Beauty? (Personal Logs #62)" by Starshadow in Side by Side #23. Jealousy nearly kills a Vulcan. Dr. Jones finds out roses have thorns. And the Medusans may not be ugly -- just too beautiful to bear.
• "Alone in a Fragile Shell" by April Valentine in Galactic Discourse #2. Recovering from his exposure to Ambassador Kollos, Spock explores the meaning of separation and union, touching and untouched.
• "The Binzaati Vortex" by William F.B. Vodrey in Eridani #30. Geordi LaForge must devise a way to save one of the Federation's most eminent warp-theory scientists, a Medusan.
• "Secrets" by Beverly Volker in Mind Meld #6. Includes a flashback to Kirk's vigil over Spock when his glance at Ambassador Kollos nearly killed him. "Nice hurt/comfort."
• "The Thorns Of Truth" in Saurian Brandy Digest #31. Miranda and Kollos thoughts.