o it strips every form<br>
    of life from the worlds it<br>
    encounters and converts it all<br>
    into energy.</p>
  <p> RIKER<br>
    There was no vegetation left...<br>
    no insects. Not even soil<br>
    bacteria. It left nothing.</p>
  <p> DOCTOR MARR<br>
    Except witnesses. For the first<br>
    time in eleven recorded attacks.</p>
  <p> She looks around the table.</p>
  <p> DOCTOR MARR<br>
    Why, I wonder... did it spare your<br>
    group?</p>
  <p> RIKER<br>
    It didn'