In 2375, the USS Voyager encountered a damaged starship carrying a previously unknown type of sentient cytoplasmic lifeform. The lifeform was able to control its vessel by means of biochemical secretions. Its language was indecipherable to Voyager's universal translator. The Delta Quadrant cytoplasmic lifeform language consisted of a series of high pitched shrieks. The cytoplasmic lifeform was voiced by Frank Welker. de:Zytoplasmische Lebensform