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| + | {{bginfo|The name Bandi first appeared in a [[TOS]] [[Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes#Bandi|story outline]] by [[David Gerrold]], which was never produced. In this story, Bandi were cute creatures unrelated to the Deneb IV inhabitants.|{{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}} established that [[telepathy|telepathic communication]] was in use amongst [[Deneb IV]] natives. However, this was not evident in the TNG episode, and some have suggested that there are two different planets called [[Deneb IV]].}} |
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| − | {{bginfo|[[David Gerrold]] wrote a [[TOS]] story premise, prior to selling {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}, involving a non-sentient, vaguely ursine, empathic telepath whose influence became a danger to the ship. "Bandi" was both the name of the creature and the title of the story. The premise was reproduced in Gerrold's ''[[The Trouble with Tribbles]]'' non-fiction ''Star Trek'' book; commenting on it in that book, he explained that the name was intended to be somewhere between "Bambi" and "banshee," suggesting a cute menace. There is no evidence one way or the other on whether the Bandi of Deneb IV were named after the creature in the story premise; however, Gerrold was involved in the early development of TNG, and did write the novelization of ''[[Encounter at Farpoint (novel)|Encounter at Farpoint]]''. Gerrold wrote a story titled "Bandi" in the third [[Star Trek: The Manga|volume of the ''Star Trek'' Manga]], "[[Uchu]]".}} |
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Revision as of 21:54, 15 June 2011
The Bandi are a humanoid race who inhabit the planet Deneb IV. Their technology is not particularly advanced, and their architecture is surprisingly simple.
During the mid-24th century, a group of Bandi captured an injured spaceborne entity and brought it to the surface of Deneb IV. The Bandi nourished the lifeform back to health, but kept it only strong enough to use its unique ability to change energy into matter. Too weak to leave the surface, the creature was imprisoned on the planet and forced to manifest itself as Farpoint Station.
In the year 2364, the lifeform's mate came to Deneb IV to free it, attacking the nearby "Old Bandi City". This attack lead the crew of the USS Enterprise-D to realize the nature of Farpoint Station and give aid to the injured creature, allowing it to rejoin its mate in orbit of Deneb. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")