Editing Neural Parasites (section)

==Apocrypha==

The neural parasites were (historically) first encountered on a comet near Trill, by then head of [[Trill Symbiosis Commission]] Audrid Dax, whose husband was a victim of a parasite, accompanied by Christopher Pike. However, the Trill authorities classified the knowledge and never released it to public; these events are depicted in the short story '''"Sins of the Mother"''' in the anthology '''The Lives of Dax'''.

In the Pocket DS9 "relaunch" series of novels, '''Mission Gamma''' and '''The Conclusion Unity''' had the neural parasites return in 2376, shortly after the end of the Dominion War. Shakaar Edon was one of those infiltrated and was assassinated by a [[Trill]] delegate to [[Bajor]]'s entering of the Federation. It is revealed that they are similar to the [[Trill Symbiont]]s, as one of the previous Dax hosts' husbands was infected by one on a mission to an asteroid that was expected to pass Trill and showed a symbiont-like lifeform. The parasite fused with the symbiont and ultimately caused the death of both the host and the symbiont, a greater loss.

In the novel '''Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume 2''', it was revealed that the neural parasites were genetically created from [[Trill Symbiont]]s in an ancient Trill colony on Kurl; these symbionts were designed to be removed without killing the host and were passed from Trill to Trill. The colony was annihilated by the regular Trill when it was discovered that the fatal combination of a mutated virus and genetic engineering sent the symbionts mad. 
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Image:Neural parasite.jpg|A neural parasite
Image:Neural parasite quinn.jpg|A parasite infiltrated Gregory Quinn. 
Image:Alien parasite mother.jpg|The parasite mother creature
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