protomatter

I never understood why they had the go and make things complicated in Star Trek III by saying the Genesis device was unstable because of "protomatter" in the matrix (totally getting my geek on here) - when an easier and more plausible explanation would have been to say the GD was designed to work on existing planets & the fact it created an entirely new one from the nebula resulted in the instability.

Discover Blogs 2010

I never understood why they had the go and make things complicated in Star Trek III by saying the Genesis device was unstable because of "protomatter" in the matrix (totally getting my geek on here) - when an easier and more plausible explanation would have been to say the GD was designed to work on existing planets & the fact it created an entirely new one from the nebula resulted in the instability.

Discover Blogs 2010

All matter has form [except the elusive protomatter].

January 9th, 2009 m_francis 2009

You, me, Duffy, Stevens, Corsi, Blue, Ina, Wong, Lense, and the rest of us would be bits of protomatter making up whatever it is Galvan VI would get turned into by that damned thing—and so would the Ovanim.

Breakdowns Keith R.A. DeCandido 2003

“Radiation…protomatter…microbes…general caution,” answered Komplum.

Genesis Force John Vornholt 2003

You, me, Duffy, Stevens, Corsi, Blue, Ina, Wong, Lense, and the rest of us would be bits of protomatter making up whatever it is Galvan VI would get turned into by that damned thing—and so would the Ovanim.

Breakdowns Scott Ciencin 2003

The residual protomatter is creating havoc with the sensors!

Genesis Force John Vornholt 2003

You, me, Duffy, Stevens, Corsi, Blue, Ina, Wong, Lense, and the rest of us would be bits of protomatter making up whatever it is Galvan VI would get turned into by that damned thing—and so would the Ovanim.

Breakdowns Keith R.A. DeCandido 2003

You, me, Duffy, Stevens, Corsi, Blue, Ina, Wong, Lense, and the rest of us would be bits of protomatter making up whatever it is Galvan VI would get turned into by that damned thing—and so would the Ovanim.

Breakdowns Keith R.A. DeCandido 2003

In a matter of hours it will consist of nothing but a homogeneous mass of highly entropic protomatter.

THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK VONDA N.MCINTYRE 1990