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| - Thalaron radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation in the tertiary EM band that was deadly to organic forms of life as it was capable of instantly killing such organisms with even small amounts. Unlike gamma rays, thalaron radiation did not bring about a mutative effect to a living organism's genome but rather destroys it through a form of necrosis. Once every cell has been exposed to the radiation, the once-living being simply turns to ash and fractures.
- Because of its lethality, thalaron research was banned in the Federation. For a long time, it was considered to be only theoretical, until 2379, when it was used by Shinzon of Remus as part of his plot to overthrow the Romulan Empire and conquer the Federation.
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| - Thalaron radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation in the tertiary EM band that was deadly to organic forms of life as it was capable of instantly killing such organisms with even small amounts. Unlike gamma rays, thalaron radiation did not bring about a mutative effect to a living organism's genome but rather destroys it through a form of necrosis. Once every cell has been exposed to the radiation, the once-living being simply turns to ash and fractures.
- Because of its lethality, thalaron research was banned in the Federation. For a long time, it was considered to be only theoretical, until 2379, when it was used by Shinzon of Remus as part of his plot to overthrow the Romulan Empire and conquer the Federation. Thalaron was first used by Shinzon to assassinate the Romulan Senate, via a small generator planted by fellow conspirator, Senator Tal'aura. Delivered by means of a cascading biogenic pulse, the radiation affected everybody in the Senate chamber, turning their bodies into an ash-like substance which subsequently disintegrated. Shinzon later planned to use the Reman Warbird Scimitar, which was itself essentially a massive thalaron generator, to eliminate all life on Earth, thereby crippling the Federation. Shinzon was opposed by the crew of the USS Enterprise-E, who engaged him in battle in the area of space known as the Bassen Rift. Attempting to prevent Shinzon from using the generator to kill the Enterprise crew, Captain Jean-Luc Picard boarded the Scimitar and engaged him in hand-to-hand combat. Picard ultimately defeated Shinzon, but not in time to deactivate the generator before Lieutenant Commander Data arrived and beamed Picard back to the Enterprise with an emergency transport unit. Firing a phaser into the generator only seconds before the targeting sequence was complete, Data destroyed the generator, causing the Scimitar to explode. (Star Trek Nemesis)
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