Federation Probes and Space Vehicles Database - "Egg"

	History:
	An instrumented sensor probe, designed by Dr. Paul Stubbs to record the decay of neutronium expelled during a stellar explosion. Dr. Stubbs, who nicknamed his brainchild "the Egg," worked on it for twenty years before successfully launching it from the Enterprise-D at the Kavis Alpha Sector in 2366. The full-scale epp prop was a modification of the virus containment device originally built for TNG "The Child". TNG "Evolution" ; Star Trek Encyclopedia II A graphic of the probe was displayed in Captain Jean-Luc Picard's quarters in early 2367. TNG "Family"