Trill (Star Trek) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Trill are a race of symbiotic lifeforms native to the Alpha Quadrant.The hostss, as they are called, are a humanoid race with either characteristic black or brown spots running down the sides of their neck or an odd forehead. The forehead type were only seen in one episode of '\'. The spotted Trills appeared throughout Deep Space Nine''.
The symbionts are helpless, worm-shaped lifeforms who contain the memories of their previous hosts, and who inhabit the abdomens of the humanoid hosts. When a host and a symbiont are joined, the resulting individual is considered a new being. While nearly half the Trill population is capable of being joined, a symbiont being joined to a host is an honor that only a small portion of the host race are granted. The Trill society is a complex and elitist one. Only joined Trills can be politicians and they take all the planet's decisions. When a host dies, the symbiont is transplanted into a new host. A symbiont who is neither implanted into a new host nor returned to their habitat (pools of nutrient-rich liquid on the Trill homeworld) will quickly die, as will a joined Trill host from whom the symbiont is removed.
In rare cases, Trill symbionts can be joined with non-Trill humanoids, but the differences in biology means the results are often unstable. ("The Host", ). Commander William Riker was briefly joined to the Odan symbiont so that Odan could complete peace negotiations, and to keep Odan alive until a new Trill host could arrive. While this effort saved Odan's life, it nearly caused Riker's death.
A joined Trill is known by the given name of the host followed by the name of the symbiont; for example, when Ezri Tigan was joined with the symbiont Dax, her name became Ezri Dax.
Trill society has a taboo against resuming relationships with loved ones from one's past joining, on the principle that each life must be unique. ("Rejoined", )
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