Bioneural gel packs

Bio-neural gel packs are a form of computer technology used by Starfleet, first developed circa 2370.

The gel packs form the basis of the bio-neural circuitry, which is essentially an organic computer system. The packs contain neural fibers surrounded in a blue gel with metallic interfaces on the top and bottom. Gel packs cannot be replicated. They help store more information and operate at faster speeds. The USS Voyager was one of the first vessels equipped with the technology.

Like other biological forms, gel-packs are susceptible to bacteria and viruses.

• They were infected with bacteria due to bad cheese created by Neelix.
• A gel pack in the mess hall was infected with a macrovirus, and led to an outbreak when it ruptured.
• During a voyage through a mutara class nebula, the gel packs began to fail due to subnucleonic radiation.

Bio-neural gel pack sequence 6-Theta-9 is located on Deck 4 of an Intrepid class starship.