Starfleet Records. Starfleet Personnel: Jean-Luc Picard. Legacy: Upon beaming back to the Enterprise, the unidentified ship reappears, much to the evident dismay of Worf. Commander Riker and Worf begin preparations for a conflict, but Picard calmly informs them that the Enterprise will take no action. The alien ship veers away from the Enterprise, targeting the house of Kevin and Rishon. The house and plot of land are utterly obliterated. The ship itself is then blown apart by a single photon to

Proposed by physicist Freeman Dyson in 1960, this hypothetical megastructure is the hallmark of a "Type II Civilization" on the Kardashev scale. How would it work? While science fiction often depicts a solid shell (which would likely be unstable and shatter), the most realistic version is a Dyson Swarm. This would be billions of giant satellites or mirrors orbiting in a dense formation, beaming the star's energy to a central location. Why build one? Energy. Our Sun outputs 380 septillion watts o