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	Horta
		Horta is a port town on the island of Faial[?] in the Azores.
		In Etruscan mythology, Horta was the goddess of agriculture.
		In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the Horta are a Silicon-based lifeform, introduced in the TOS episode The Devil in the Dark.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ho/Horta.html (73 words)

	Star Trek
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	Horta (Star Trek) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the Horta are a silicon-based species, introduced in the original series episode "The Devil in the Dark".
		In Star Trek fanon, the Horta species eventually acquired a half-interest in the mining operations of the planet.
		Furthermore, at least one Horta, Naraht, joined Starfleet and served on the Enterprise under Captain Kirk where the Horta's hardy physique proved a valuable asset.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Horta_(Star_Trek) (351 words)

	Horta - Hidden Frontier (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Horta is a silicon-based life-form from Janus VI.
		Horta are hard to find with tricorders, and are invulnerable to phaser I, though they can be injured with an adjusted phaser II.
		Horta can survive for limited periods of time in the vacuum of space and underwater, and for extended periods of time in oxygen-nitrogen atmospheres.
	en.hiddenfrontier.com /index.php/Horta (537 words)

	Star Trek (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Star Trek is a science fiction television franchise created by Gene Roddenberry in 1966 which tells the tale of the of the starship Enterprise from the United Federation of Planets and their adventures "to boldly go no man has gone before".
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	HORTA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first approaches with the Horta have been rather dramatic, because the miners came killed from a "monster that moves in the rock.".
		The Horta has revealed herself to be a based species on the chemistry of the silicon whose natural habitat is the depths of the planet.
		The Horta is been therefore revealed a pacific species that now cooperates to the extraction of the mineral.
	www.70disco.com /startrek/horta.htm (190 words)

	STARTREK.COM : Episode
		A native of the planet, the creature is normally peaceful, and called a Horta.
		It doesn't mind sharing the planet with the miners, but when the men broke into the Horta's hatchery and unknowingly destroyed many of her eggs, it attacked to protect its remaining unborn children.
		An alliance is formed between the Horta and the miners; the young, newly-hatched Hortas will mine the pergium at a far faster rate than the humans could and the miners will be extremely rich.
	www.startrek.com /startrek/view/series/TOS/episode/68712.html (399 words)

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		The Horta booms a little when she chomps somebody, but other than that, the sound remains largely atmospheric in all channels other than the center.
	www.dvdmg.com /startrektos13and14.shtml (2440 words)

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		Which in fact he is a Horta you take him alone to gas planet so you must wear your space suit.
	www.startrek-gamers.com /kob1.htm (390 words)

	TV ACRES: Miscellaneous Creatures - Horta Section
		The Horta was an intelligent creature composed of silicone that slithered through makeshift tunnels beneath the planet's surface.
		Their life cycle was 60,000 years at which time they all died with the exception of one creature who protected the storehouse of new eggs which would repopulate the underworld with a new race of Hortas.
		Unfortunately, this egg chamber was damaged by a group of off-world miners who had set up drilling operations on the planet.
	www.tvacres.com /creatures_horta.htm (183 words)

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	Horta hears a You. - StarTrek-Online.NET (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Given the longevity of the Horta, and the fact that Janus VI was a prosperous mining colony for the Federation, it is likely to assume that humans have been in contact with the Horta since their existance became known.
		In ST:O, almost 250 years later, one could assume that relations with the Horta would still exist, possibly even new "colonies" of Horta could be introduced to other suitable worlds for them to live on.
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		But, this being the "Star Trek" universe, all is not necessarily as it seems, and Captain Kirk's investigation results in a number of stunning revelations.
		Since the Horta is severely injured and on the verge of dying, Kirk sends for McCoy and tells him to treat the Horta.
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	Sixties City: The Devil In The Dark (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now able to block out the pain, he discovers that the Horta is the last of its kind and that the silicon spheres are its eggs, which it is protecting.
		The Horta agrees to return the stolen reactor pump and leave the miners alone as long as its remaining eggs are left untouched.
		By the time the Enterprise leaves orbit the baby Horta have begun to hatch, digging tunnels everywhere and leading the miners to untold riches.
	www.sixtiescity.com /startrek/26devil.htm (640 words)

	G4 - Star Trek: TOS - Devil In The Dark
		With Spock acting as interpreter, the miners explain that they thought the eggs were some king of silicon nodules and that no hostility had been meant.
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	www.g4tv.com /startrektos/episodes/5354/Devil_In_The_Dark.html (407 words)

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	Five-Minute "The Devil in the Dark" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Horta: "To be, or not to be; that is..."
		Horta: "...the question." You could at least try to fill in the blank.
		Horta: I'm really not much more than a pile of hair, but apparently I can knock walls down anyway.
	www.fiveminute.net /startrek/fiver.php?ep=thedevilinthedark (519 words)

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		The mikey, however, was slightly different in appearance than the Horta in that it had six legs and a head-like region.
		The Horta thereby became one of the most popular of all Star Trek aliens, and ironically, it was simply a retread from The Outer Limits.
	www.fastcopyinc.com /orionpress/articles/startrekmyths2.htm (1443 words)

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	Horta
		It also has an unusual life cycle in that every 50,000 years, most of the species dies leaving one female to lay numerous eggs and care for the resulting young.
		The USS Enterprise was sent to investigate the problem and Captain James Kirk and Mr.
		This episode is the source of the snowclone "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a bricklayer!", uttered by Bones when Kirk asks him to attend to an injured Horta.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Horta_28Star_Trek29.php (364 words)

	USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
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	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701) (3096 words)

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	The Trek Nation - The Devil in the Dark
		Within the course of the episode, Kirk and Spock prove that the Horta is not only sentient but intelligent, that its behavior can easily be explained in human terms and that a symbiotic relationship with this utterly foreign species can be extremely beneficial to humans.
		He also speaks in the poetry of Horta language, describing the chamber with the eggs as the Chamber of the Ages and the Vault of Tomorrow.
		I find this somewhat distancing; it establishes that the Horta is intelligent and articulate but to me it doesn't convey the raw passion of a mother who has lost many of her children to brutality and killed the attackers out of grief.
	www.treknation.com /reviews/tos/devil_in_the_dark.shtml (1546 words)

	The Ladies Of Star Trek (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Horta of Janus VI: made & worn by John A. Whiting
		The main Ladies of Star Trek group won well-deserved awards for Best of Class (Master class), Best Workmanship for Re-Creational Detail (Master Class), and one of three $100 prizes voted upon by the audience.
		The original Horta® and Star Trek® are registered properties of Paramount Pictures and all rights to them remain invested in Paramount Pictures.
	users.keyway.net /~thalek/Horta.html (179 words)

	"Star Trek" The Devil in the Dark (1967) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Trivia: The Horta was a re-design of the large microbe from the final episode of the original "Outer Limits" titled "The Probe".
		Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When Kirk is cornered by the Horta in "Devil In The Dark", a shot from behind shows that it is a stunt double leveling his phaser at the monster.
		This also shows in the latest matte painting, famous to Trek fans, the only way to convey a long shot of the mining operations.
	imdb.com /title/tt0708460 (748 words)

	silicon-based life
		And it builds itself in, and when it is covered, it moves over to a fresh place to start over.
		More recently, a silicon-based life-form, the Horta, is discovered by miners on Janus VI in "Devil in the Dark" (original Star Trek series, episode 26).
		Every 50,000 years, all the Horta die except for one individual who survives to look after the eggs of the next generation.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/siliconlife.html (934 words)

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