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Along with Rick Sternbach, Michael serves as a technical consultant to the writing staff of Star Trek and is coauthor of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual book and CD-ROM. Michael grew up in Hawai'i, where he graduated from Roosevelt High School and earned a BA in communications from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is a member of IATSE Local 816 (Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists) and is a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. Mike is a proponent of science education and he really wants to be the first graphic artist in space.
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'audet IX.Planet. Site of a major Federation Medical Collection Station. TheEnterprise-Dwas assigned to transport specimens ofplasma plaguefrom this station to Science StationTango Sierrain hopes that a vaccine might be found. ("The Child" [TNG]).
A&A officer.Abbreviation for archaeology and anthropology specialist, a staff officer aboard the originalStarship Enterprise.Lieutenant Carolyn Palamaswas the A&A officer when theEnterprisevisited planetPollux IVin 2267. ("Who Mourns for Adonais" [TOS]).
A-koo-chee-moya.Native American term used in Chakotay'svision questprayer. ("The Cloud" [VGR]).
A.F.An old aquaintance of Jean-Luc Picard. While Picard was at Starfleet Academy, he carved A.F.'s initials intoBoothby's prized elm tree on the parade grounds. Picard failed Organic Chemistry because of A.F. ("The Game" [TNG]).
Aaron, Admiral.(Ray Reinhardt). Starfleet official. Stationed atStarfleet Headquartersin San Francisco, Aaron had been taken over by the unknown alien intelligence that infiltrated Starfleet Command in 2364. ("Conspiracy" [TNG]).
"Abandoned, The."Deep Space Nine episode #52. Written by D. Thomas Maio & Steve Warnek. Directed by Avery Brooks. Stardate 48214.5.First aired in 1994. A Jem'Hadar baby is discovered on Deep Space 9 and grows at an alarming rate into a warrior, genetically programmed to kill.GUEST CAST: Bumper Robinson as Teenage Jem'Hadar; Jill Sayre asMardah; Leslie Bevis asBoslic freighter captain; Matthew Kimborough as Alien high roller; Hassan Nicholas as Jem'Hadar boy.
SEE:Constellation, U.S.S.;Creole shrimp with Mandalay sauce; dom-jot; Founders; holodeck and holosuite programs; isogenic enzyme; Jem'Hadar, the;karjinko;Koran; Mardah; Odo; Okalar; Rionoj; Risa; Sarjeno; Sisko, Jake; Starbase 201.
ablative armor.Starship protective skin that is designed to vaporize under weapons fire, thereby dissipating energy and protecting the ship's systems inside. In 2371,chroniton particlesemitted by theRomulan cloaking devicebecame lodged in theStarship Defiant's ablative armor matrix. ("Past Tense, Part I" [DS9]). Ablative armor technology was a closely-held secret, and until 2372, even Starfleet Operations did not know that the Defiant was so equipped. ("Paradise Lost" [DS9]).
Abrom.(William Wintersole).Zeonmember of the underground on planetEkosfighting against the Nazi oppression in 2268. Abrom, his brother Isak, and other members of the underground aided Kirk and Spock in locating Federation cultural observerJohn Gill.("Patterns of Force" [TOS]).
absorbed.Term used to describe members of the society on planetBeta IIIwho were controlled by the computer-generated entity known asLandru.When a person was absorbed, his or her individual will was stripped, and the person was forced to behave in a manner that the computer prescribed as being beneficial to society. ("Return of the Archons" [TOS]).
academy commandant.(Rudolph Willrich). Starfleet officer in charge ofStarfleet Academy.In 2372 the academy commandant conspired withAdmiral Leytonin his attempted coup of the Earth government. The commandant allowed the formation ofRed Squad,an elite group of Starfleet Academy cadets that Leyton used in his plan. ("Paradise Lost" [DS9]).
Academy Flight Range.Located nearSaturnin the Sol System, an area of space reserved for flight exercises by cadets from theStarfleet Academy.An accident at the Academy Flight Range in 2368 took the life of cadet Joshua Albert. ("The First Duty" [TNG]).
SEE:Crusher, Wesley; Kolvoord Starburst; Locarno, Cadet First Class Nicholas.
academy range officer.Starfleet officer in charge of theAcademy Flight Range,located near Saturn. ("The First Duty" [TNG]).
academy.SEE:Starfleet Academy.
Acamar III.Home planet of theAcamariancivilization. TheEnterprise-Dmet SovereignMarouk,an Acamarian leader, and her attendants there. ("The Vengeance Factor" [TNG]).
Acamar system.The location of the planetAcamar III.("The Vengeance Factor" [TNG]).
Acamarians.Humanoid civilization from planetAcamar III.The Acamarians had enjoyed peace for the past century, with the exception of Acamar's nomadicGatherers,who left their homeworld to become interstellar marauders. These people appeared largely human with the exception of a facial cleft in their foreheads. They are also notable for individualized decorative facial tattooing. Acamarian blood is based on an unusual iron and copper composite, making it readily identifiable. Within Acamarian culture, membership in a clan is considered of great social and political importance, and conflicts between the various clans often became violent. One such feud, between theLornaksand theTralestas,lasted some three centuries, and ended only after the last Tralesta was dead. The Acamarian government, headed by SovereignMarouk(pictured), extended an offer of reconciliation to the renegade Gatherers in 2366. The negotiations, mediated by Jean-Luc Picard, were eventually successful. ("The Vengeance Factor" [TNG]). SEE:Yuta.
ACB.SEE:annular confinement beam.
accelerated critical neural pathway formation.Medical procedure that uses genetic recoding to alter the brain of a humanoid patient. Although it was banned in the Federation, physicians on planetAdigeon Primeused the technique to enhance the brain ofJulian Bashirwhen he was almost seven years old. The procedure is illegal under laws dating back to the end of theEugenics Wars.("Doctor Bashir, I Presume?" [DS9]).
accelerometer.Instrument used to measure the direction and amount of velocity change. ("Twisted" [VGR]).
access terminal.Systems connector port used aboardBorgships to allow individual Borg to link to their collective. ("I, Borg" [TNG]).
access tunnel.Series of passageways traversing Deep Space 9, filled with circuitry and other utilities that may be accessed for repairs. The device responsible for theaphasia viruswas located in one of the access tunnels containing the food-replicator circuitry. ("Babel" [DS9]).Similar to theJefferies tubesused aboard Federation starships.
"Accession."Deep Space Nineepisode #89. Teleplay by Jane Espenson & René Echevarria. Story by Jane Espenson. Directed by Les Landau. No stardate given.First aired in 1996. An ancient Bajoran ship emerges from the wormhole bearing an occupant who claims to be the Emissary of the Prophets, causing a resurgence of Bajoran fundamentalism and enmity for the Federation.GUEST CAST: Rosalind Chao asO'Brien, Keiko;Robert Symonds asPorta, Vedek;Camille Saviola asOpaka, Kai;Hana Hatae asO'Brien, Molly;Richard Libertini asAkorem Laan;David Carpenter asOnara;Grace Zandarski asLatara, Ensign;Laura Jane Salvato asGia.SEE:Akorem Laan; Bajoran solar-sail vessel; Bajorans; Brak;Call of the Prophets, The;D'jarra;Emissary;Gaudaal's Lament;Gia;ih'tanuceremony;Ih'valla;Imutta; Jatarn, Major; Kira Nerys;Kitara's Song;Latara, Ensign; O'Brien, Keiko; Onara; Opaka, Kai; Orb shadow; Porta, Vedek; Shakaar Edon; Spitfire;te'nari;United Federation of Planets; Winn; Yridian yak.
Accolan.(Dan Mason). Citizen and artist on planetAldeawho would have helped raiseHarry Bernard, Jr.,child of anEnterprise-Dcrew member, had Harry and other children remained on Aldea in 2364. ("When the Bough Breaks" [TNG]).
aceton assimilators.Weapon used by the ancientMentharsin their war with thePromelliansa thousand years ago. Aceton assimilators could drain power from distant sources (such as an enemy ship), then use that power to generate deadly radiation to kill the ship's crew. The Menthars placed hundreds of thousands of these devices in the asteroid field nearOrelious IX,thus trapping the Promellian cruiserCleponjia millennium ago. The devices remained active for centuries and trapped theEnterprise-Dthere in 2366. ("Booby Trap" [TNG]).
acetylcholine.Biochemical substance, a neurotransmitter that promotes the propagation of electrical impulses from one nerve cell to another in carbon-based life. Spock performed an acetylcholine test on a huge spaceborneamoebacreature that destroyed theGamma 7A Systemin 2268, although McCoy felt the test was improperly done. ("The Immunity Syndrome" [TOS]). Levels of acetylcholine in thehippocampuscan quantify the amount of memory an individual has accumulated. ("All Good Things?" [TNG]). The clamps implanted in Akritirian prison inmates were designed to stimulate the production of acetylcholine in the hypothalamus to stimulate their aggressive tendencies, thus keeping them at each other's throats. ("The Chute" [VGR]).
Achilles.(Max Kelvin). Popular gladiator on planet Eight Ninety-Two IV. Achilles fought McCoy and Spock in the planet's televised arena in 2267. ("Bread and Circuses" [TOS]). SEE:Eight Ninety-Two IV.
acidichloride.Corrosive gaseous chemical, toxic to humanoid life. In 2372 while Thomas Paris was undergoing a mutative change, the Emergency Medical Hologram surrounded his patient with a force field containing nitrogen and acidichloride gas. ("Threshold" [VGR]).
actinides.Radioactive compounds often found in uranium ore. Actinides in theIkalian asteroid beltmade it difficult for sensors to determine the location ofKriosianrebels in the area in 2367. ("The Mind's Eye" [TNG]).
active tachyon beam.SEE:tachyon detection grid.
active-scan navigation.Navigation technique used when conventional passive sensors cannot be used. Active-scan navigation works by echolocation, such as when a modulatedtetryonpulse is transmitted, so that a reflection off an object (such as a ship) will permit the object's location to be determined. ("Starship Down" [DS9]).
Adam.(Charles Napier). Follower ofDr. Sevrinwho sought the mythical planetEdenin 2269. The musically inclined Adam died when he ate an acid-saturated fruit on a world he thought was Eden. ("The Way to Eden" [TOS]).Charles Napier also played General Rex Denning in "Little Green Men" (DS9), and country-and-western singer Tucker McElroy inThe Blues Brothers.
Adams, Dr. Tristan.(James Gregory). Assistant director of theTantalus Vpenal colony in 2266. Adams seized control of the colony after directorSimon Van Gelderbecame insane from testing a neural neutralizer device. Adams later died from exposure to the unit. ("Dagger of the Mind" [TOS]).
adanji.Variety of incense used in the KlingonMauk-to'Vorritual. ("Sons of Mogh" [DS9]).
adaptive heuristic matrix.Extremely sophisticated computer memory architecture incorporated into theVoyager'sEmergency Medical Hologramand the Jupiter station EMH diagnostic program. ("The Swarm" [VGR]).
adaptive interface link.Computer connection used to exchange information between two computer systems of totally alien origin. An adaptive interface link was used to download information from an alien space probe of unknown origin to station Deep Space 9's computers on stardate 46925. ("The Forsaken" [DS9]). SEE:Pup.
Adele, Aunt.Jean-Luc Picard's relative, who taught him a number of home remedies for common ailments. These included ginger tea for the common cold ("Ensign Ro" [TNG]) and steamed milk with nutmeg to treat sleeplessness. ("Cause and Effect" [TNG]).Aunt Adele was also mentioned in "Schisms" (TNG). She was named forStar Trekassistant director Adele Simmons.
Adelman Neurological Institute.Biomedical research facility.Dr. Toby Russellserved on staff at the Adelman Neurological Institute in 2368. ("Ethics" [TNG]).
Adelphi, U.S.S.Federation starship,Ambassadorclass, Starfleet registry NCC-26849, that conducted the disastrous first contact with the planet Ghorusda. Forty-seven people, includingAdelphi'sCaptain Darson,were killed in the incident, which later became known as theGhorusda disaster.("Tin Man" [TNG]).
Adelphous IV.Planet. Destination of theEnterprise-Dfollowing its encounter with the Romulan warbirdDevorasin 2367. ("Data's Day" [TNG]).
Adigeon Prime.Planet. Location of a medical facility where seven-year-oldJulian Bashirwas taken by his parents to have the structure of his brain altered for the enhancement of his physical and mental skills. ("Doctor Bashir, I Presume?" [DS9]).
Adin.(Anthony Crivello). Personal physician to the tyrantTieranof theIlarination in the Delta Quadrant. Adin continued to minister to him even when Tieran's body died and his consciousness inhabited Kes's body in 2373. Adin warned Tieran to leave Kes's body because it was unstable due to her being an unwilling host, but Tieran wanted to keep Kes's body because of her unique mental abilities, and so he killed Adin. ("Warlord" [VGR]).
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