The Meclanti was a cybernetic intelligence encountered in the 23th century by Starfleet. Operating on a type of logic that was completely its own it did not recognize any other intelligence it encountered because of differences in behavior and actions. Rather it classified most of the universe outside itself as 'random' and as a result caused a number of incidents with other species in its search for energy to sustain itself. Afterwards Starfleet apparently assisted the Meclanti with locating a world with the right mineral quantities where it could settle down.