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Gowron, Leader of the Klingon High Council
Greg Huber
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POLITICAL OUTSIDER, GOWRON WON LEADERSHIP OF THE KLINGON HIGH COUNCIL AFTER HIS RIVAL DURAS WAS KILLED BY LIEUTENANT WORF. GOWRON'S RULE HAS BEEN TENUOUS AT BEST, BESET BY FACTIONAL INFIGHTING WHICH AT ONE POINT LED TO AN ATTEMPTED COUP BACKED BY THE ROMULANS. GOWRON NOW SHARES POWER WITH KAHLESS THE UNFORGETTABLE -- A CLONE OF THE GREAT KLINGON WARRIOR CREATED BY A KLINGON RELIGIOUS FACTION. |
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The Tosk
Greg Huber
TOSK IS THE FIRST ALIEN FROM THE GAMMA QUADRANT TO VISIT SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE. HIS DAMAGED SHIP IS REPAIRED BY CHIEF O'BRIEN WHO SOON BEFRIENDS HIM. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, A SECOND VESSEL EMERGES FROM THE WORMHOLE AND ATTACKS THE STATION, TRACKING TOSK IN A RITUAL HUNT. DISGRACED BY HIS LIVE CAPTURE, TOSK ESCAPES WITH THE HELP OF CHIEF O' BRIEN, AND THE HUNT CONTINUES. |
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Gomtuu
Greg Huber
GOMTUU IS A SPACEFARING
LIFE FORM CODE-NAMED
"TIN MAN" BY THE FEDERATION.
TAM ELBRUN, A BETAZOID SPECIALIST IN FIRST-CONTACT WITH NEW LIFE FORMS, IS ASSIGNED TO ATTEMPT CONTACT WITH GOMTUU BEFORE THE ROMULANS CAN DO THE SAME. THEY REACH GOMTUU AS IT ORBITS A STAR ABOUT TO GO NOVA. BUT GOMTUU IS DISTRAUGHT BECAUSE ITS CREW HAD DIED. TAM DECIDES TO STAY WITH GOMTUU, WHICH SAVES BOTH THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE AND THE ROMULAN SHIP FROM THE NOVA. |
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Lore and Data
Greg Huber
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
DATA CARRIES THE BURDEN OF AN ANDROID TWIN, A PRECEDING MODEL NAMED "LORE," WHOSE FLAWED DESIGN LEFT HIM WITH A PROGRAM THAT DRIVES HIM TOWARDS MALEVOLENT INTENT. AFTER LORE JOINED WITH A SPLINTER GROUP OF BORG. DATA WAS FORCED TO DEACTIVATE HIM TO SAVE HIMSELF, HIS FELLOW CREW, AND POSSIBLY KNOWN SPACE FROM AN AGGRESSIVE BORG THREAT. |
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Fal-Tor-Pan
Greg Huber
AFTER AMBASSADOR SAREK'S EXPLANATION TO ADMIRAL KIRK REGARDING THE FATE OF SPOCK'S BODY AND KATRA, THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE RISK ALL TO RETRIEVE THEIR COMRADE FROM THE GENESIS PLANET. SPOCK'S BODY IS FOUND AND TAKEN TO THE PLANET VULCAN, WHERE HIGH PRIESTESS T'LAR PERFORMS AN ANCIENT RITUAL CALLED FAL-TOR-PAN. WITH THIS RITUAL, SPOCK'S KATRA -- HIS SPIRITUAL ESSENCE -- IS TRANSFERRED FROM DOCTOR McCoY'S MIND BACK TO SPOCKS REGENERATED BODY. |
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Hugh
Greg Huber
THIS SOLE SURVIVOR OF A CRASHED BORG SCOUT SHIP IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS "THIRD OF FIVE UNTIL LIEUTENANT COMMANDER GEORDI LAFORGE NICKNAMED HIM "HUGH." AFTER BEING DISCONNECTED FROM THE BORG COLLECTIVE, HUGH DEVELOPED HIS OWN PERSONALITY. HUGH'S INDIVIDUALITY SPREAD INTO THE COLLECTIVE AND INSPIRED MANY BORG TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES. HUGH NOW LEADS A SPLINTER GROUP THAT WORKS INDEPENDENTLY OF THE COLLECTIVE. |
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The Ferengi Grand Nagus Zek
Greg Huber
THE GRAND NAGUS ZEK IS REVERED AMONG HIS PEOPLE AS THE MOST CUNNING AND RUTHLESS OF ALL FERENGI. HE CONTROLS THE ALLOTMENT OF FERENGI COMMERCE. NEVER ONE TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFIT, ZEK PLANS TO EXPLOIT THE BAJORAN WORMHOLE TO THE GAMMA QUADRANT, WHERE HE HOPES TO FIND NEW AND UNWITTING CUSTOMERS. HOWEVER, HIS SCHEME MAY RUN AFOUL OF THE DOMINION. |
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Ensign Ro Laren
Anthony Romano
RO LAREN IS A REBELLIOUS BAJORAN NATIONAL WHO FLED HER HOMEWORLD DURING ITS OCCUPATION BY THE CARDASSIANS. SHE JOINED STARFLEET, ONLY TO BE BLAMED FOR THE DEATHS OF HER SHIPMATES DURING AN AWAY TEAM ACCIDENT. ASSIGNED TO THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, RO WAS GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE BY CAPTAIN PICARD TO RESUME HER CAREER. THE CAPTAIN ADMIRES HER DRIVE, DETERMINATION AND FIERCE SENSE OF TUSTICE. |
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Balok
Anthony Romano
BALOK IS PRESENTED AS THE CAPTAIN OF A HUGE ALIEN STARSHIP CALLED THE FESARIUS. HE CLAIMS TO BE FROM A FACTION CALLING ITSELF THE "FIRST FEDERATION." ACCUSING THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE OF TRESPASSING, BALOK TAKES THE SHIP IN TOW. AFTER THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CREW MANAGES TO BREAK FREE, DISABLING THE FESARIUS. THEY LEARN THAT BALOK IS CONTROLLED BY A DIMINUTIVE CREATURE, WHO MERELY USES THE MANNEOUIN AS AN "ALTER EGO." |
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The Selay
Anthony Romano
THE SELAY ARE A REPTILIAN SPECIES FROM THE BETA RENNER SYSTEM. THEY ARE ADVERSARIAL TOWARDS THE ANTICANS, A SECOND SENTIENT RACE WHO ALSO DWELL IN THEIR SOLAR SYSTEM. THE SELAY USE AN ACUTE SENSE OF SMELL TO EVADE PREDATORS. BOTH THE SELAY AND THEIR ANTICAN NEIGHBORS SOUGHT ADMISSION INTO THE FEDERATION IN 2364. |
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Lieutenant Ilia
Anthony Romano
ILIA IS A MEMBER OF THE DELTAN RACE. THE DELTANS ARE KNOWN TO EXUDE SUCH POWERFUL PHEROMONES THAT THEY ARE FORCED TO TAKE AN OATH OF CELIBACY IN ORDER TO SERVE IN STARFLEET. ILIA ONCE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH WILLIAM DECKER, WITH WHOM SHE WAS REUNITED WHEN SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. ILIA AND DECKER MERGED WITH THE ALIEN PROBE VGER, EVOLVING INTO A HIGHER LIFE FORM AND THEN DISAPPEARING FROM THIS UNIVERSE. |
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Mordock
Anthony Romano
WHEN WESLEY CRUSHER TOOK HIS FIRST STARFLEET ACADEMY ENTRANCE EXAM AT AGE 16, HE MET MORDOCK, FROM BENZAR. BENZITES MUST BREATHE ADDITIONAL GASSES TO SURVIVE IN A STANDARD OXYGEN-NITROGEN ATMOSPHERE, USING A CHEST MOUNTED INHALATOR WESLEY SACRIFICED HIS CHANCE TO QUALIFY FOR ADMISSION WHEN HE HELPED MORDOCK PASS THE FINAL EXAM -- AND MORDOCK BECAME THE FIRST BENZITE TO ENTER STARFLEET ACADEMY. |
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Jadzia and Dax
Anthony Romano
SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE'S JADZIA DAX IS ACTUALLY A SYMBIOTIC LIFE FORM KNOWN AS A TRILL. WITHIN THE BODY OF JADZIA IS A MOLLUSCAN INVERTEBRATE NAMED DAX THAT HAS LIVED AT LEAST SEVEN LIFETIMES OVER 300 YEARS. IN ITS PREVIOUS HOST, CURZON, DAX SERVED AS A FEDERATION AMBASSADOR AND BECAME A FRIEND AND MENTOR TO BENJAMIN SISKO ABOARD THE U.S.S. LIVINGSTON. SHOULD THE SYMBIONT BE REMOVED, THE HOST WOULD NOT SURVIVE MORE THAN A FEW HOURS. |
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Sela
Anthony Romano
THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE ACCIDENTALLY CREATED AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE WHICH ALLOWED TASHA YAR TO LIVE AGAIN AND RETURN TO THE PAST TO FACE THE ROMULANS AT NARENDRA THREE. DURING THAT BATTLE SHE WAS CAPTURED AND TAKEN TO ROMULUS. TO SAVE THE LIVES OF HER FELLOW CAPTIVES, SHE BECAME THE CONSORT OF A ROMULAN OFFICIAL. SHE LATER BORE AN OFFSPRING, A HALF-ROMULAN NAMED SELA, WHO DETESTS HER MOTHER AND SERVES RUTHLESSLY IN THE SERVICE OF THE ROMULAN EMPIRE. |
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"Junior"
Anthony Romano
THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE DISCOVERS A SPACEFARING LIFE FORM, BUT WHEN THE SHIP COMES TOO CLOSE, THE ALIEN BOMBARDS IT WITH RADIATION. A LIGHT PHASER BURST ACCIDENTALLY KILLS THE CREATURE, BUT ITS UNBORN OFFSPRING SURVIVES. THE SHIP'S PHASERS ARE USED TO FREE THE INFANT, WHICH THE CREW NICKNAMES "JUNIOR. THE YOUNG CREATURE SOON DEVELOPS A TASTE FOR THE SHIP'S ENERGY, AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER GEORDI LAFORGE MUST FIND A WAY TO WEAN IT FROM ITS ADOPTED "MOTHER." |
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The Horta
Anthony Romano
THE HORTA ARE A SILICON-BASED LIFE FORM INDIGENOUS TO THE PLANET JANUS VI. BY SECRETING AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL CORROSIVE ACID, THEY MOVE THROUGH SOLID ROCK AS EASILY AS HUMANS MOVE THROUGH AIR. EVERY 50,000 YEARS, THE ENTIRE HORTA RACE DIES-EXCEPT FOR ONE, WHO GUARDS THE THOUSANDS OF EGGS THAT WILL GIVE BIRTH TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF HORTA. ACCORDING TO SPOCK, THE MOTHER HORTA HAS A VERY LOGICAL MIND AND, ALTHOUGH SHE THOUGHT THAT HUMANS LOOKED REVOLTING, SHE FOUND THE VULCAN'S POINTED EARS TO BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. |
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The Bynars
Scott Leyes
THE BYNARS ARE A HUMANOID RACE THAT COMMUNICATES USING A BINARY COMPUTER LANGUAGE. BYNARS WORK IN ANDROGYNOUS UNIFIED PAIRS. AND ARE LINKED TO EACH OTHER THROUGH A BELT-WORN INTERFACE UNIT. THEY ARE OFTEN EMPLOYED BY STARFLEET TO SERVICE STARSHIP COMPUTER SYSTEMS. |
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Dathon the Tamarian
Michele Lally
CAPTAIN DATHON ORIGINATED FROM THE CHILDREN OF TAMA, A RACE WHOSE SPEECH TRANSLATED INTO INCOMPREHENSIBLE PHRASES. DATHON HAD HIMSELF AND CAPTAIN PICARD BEAMED TO EL-ADREL FOUR TO FACE AN ELECTROMAGNETIC CREATURE. AFTER THIS MONSTER KILLED DATHON, PICARD REALIZED THAT TAMARIAN SPEECH IS ONE OF METAPHOR AND ALLEGORY. THE INCIDENT IS REMEMBERED BY THE TAMARIANS AS "PICARD AND DATHON AT EL-ADREL." |
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Morn
Michele Lally
MORN IS SOMEWHAT OF A FIXTURE AT QUARK'S. MUCH OF HIS DAILY LIFE SEEMS TO REVOLVE AROUND THE BAR, WHERE HE HAS BEEN SEEN LURKING AFTER HOURS OR SLEEPING ON A PROMENADE BENCH. MORN SEEMS TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE LADIES; EVEN DAX HAS REMARKED THAT SHE FINDS THE FEW HAIRS ON MORN'S HEAD ATTRACTIVE. MORN ENJOYS QUARK'S JOKES EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO BE EXPLAINED TO HIM. |
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Sirna Kolrami
Michele Lally
SIRNA KOLRAMI, IS A MEMBER OF THE ZAKDORN. POTENTIAL FOES REGARD THE ZAKDORN AS POSSESSING THE GREATEST STRATEGIC MINDS IN THE GALAXY. THEIR CULTURE IS REPLETE WITH SELF-ASSURANCE AND CONFIDENCE. KOLRAMI ONCE SERVED AS A TACTICAL CONSULTANT ABOARD THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, AND IS A THIRD-LEVEL GRAND MASTER IN THE CHALLENGING HOLOGRAPHIC GAME OF STRATEGEMA. THE ZAKDORN SERVE ELSEWHERE IN STARFLEET; THEY ARE KNOWN TO SUPERVISE A STARSHIP SURPLUS DEPOT AT QUALOR II. |
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The Melkotians
Michele Lally
THE MELKOTIANS ARE A NON-HUMANOID ALIEN SPECIES NOTED FOR THEIR TELEPATHIC ABILITIES AND BRIGHT GLOWING EYES. THEIR TELEPATHY IS USED TO COMMUNICATE IN ANY LANGUAGE. THEY APPARENTLY LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF SWIRLING SMOKE. FIRST CONTACT WITH THE MELKOTIANS WAS ATTEMPTED BY THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, ONLY TO RESULT IN CAPTAIN KIRK AND SEVERAL CREWMEMBERS BEING WHISKED AWAY TO FACE A TEST OF THEIR PEACEFUL INTENTIONS. |
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Ruk
Michele Lally
RUK WAS A GIANT ANDROID BUILT BY AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION ON EXO III. AN ANCIENT RACE BUILT ANDROIDS AS PERFECT BODIES CAPABLE OF HOLDING A LIVING CONSCIOUSNESS THAT COULD BE PROGRAMMED FREE OF ANY FLAWS. WHEN ThE "OLD ONES" TRIED TO SHUT DOWN THE ANDROIDS, THE MACHINES REBELLED; THEIR INSTINCT FOR SURVIVAL SUPERSEDED THEIR PROGRAMMING. CENTURIES LATER, DR. ROGER KORBY FOUND RUK STILL TENDING THE ANDROID MACHINERY. KORBY DESTROYED RUK WHEN CAPTAIN KIRK HELPED THE ANDROID TO RECALL HIS LONG-FORGOTTEN MEMORIES. |
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The Mugato
Michele Lally
THE MUGATO IS A LIFE FORM INDIGENOUS TO TYREE'S PLANET. THIS HAIRY ILL-TEMPERED CREATURE SEEMS TO TRAVEL IN MALE/FEMALE PAIRS AND WILL ATTACK HUMANOIDS WITHOUT PROVOCATION. ITS BITE IS POISONOUS AND FATAL UNLESS TREATED IMMEDIATELY. TO COUNTERACT THE VENOM, THE LOCAL KAHN-UT-TU TRIBESWOMEN USE A MAKO ROOT, WHICH MAY CARRY THE SIDE-EFFECT OF "BEWITCHING" THE PATIENT. |
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Kamala
Michele Lally
KAMALA IS A RARE EMPATHIC METAMORPH FROM THE PLANET KRIOS. SHE IS UNIQUE, MAKING HERSELF SO SENSITIVE TO THE DESIRES OF MEN THAT SHE BECOMES THEIR IDEAL FOR A MATE. TO END YEARS OF WAR BETWEEN KRIOS AND VALT MINOR, KAMAlA WAS BETROTHED AT BIRTH TO VALT'S RULER, ALRIC. WHEN THE U.S.S ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D IS ASSIGNED TO TRANSPORT KAMALA TO VALT, SHE IS PLACED IN STASIS TO PREVENT EXPOSURE BUT IS ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED BY MEDDLING FERENGI. |
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Deep Space Nine Defensive Systems
Craig Attebery
ALTHOUGH ITS WEAPONS SYSTEMS WERE STRIPPED BY THE CARDASSIANS JUST BEFORE THEY ABANDONED IT, SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE'S NEW STARFLEET ADMINISTRATORS HAVE REPAIRED THE DAMAGE AND THE STATION IS NOW CAPABLE OF DEFENDING ITSELF. A STANDARD DEFENSIVE SHIELD PROTECTS THE STATION'S OUTER HULL PERIMETER. THREE WEAPONS SAIL TOWERS STAND ALONG THE HABITAT RING. THE TOWERS ALSO INCLUDE PHASER MONITORING ROOMS, MAINTENANCE AREAS, REMOTE SURVEILLANCE SENSORS, AND VERTICAL TURBOLIFTS. IN ADDITION, THE STATION HAS BEEN REFITTED WITH STARFLEET PHOTON TORPEDO LAUNCHERS. |
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The History of Bajor
Craig Attebery
THE BAJORANS ARE A FIERCELY PROUD AND INDEPENDENT PEOPLE WITH A HISTORY THAT EXTENDS BACK AT LEAST 25,000 EARTH YEARS. THEY BROUGHT ART AND ARCHITECTURE TO COUNTLESS PLANETS OVER THE MILLENNIA. THE BAJOR SYSTEM WAS FIRST CLAIMED BY CARDASSIA AROUND THE EARTH YEAR 2328 AND WAS FORMALLY ANNEXED IN 2339. DURING THE NEXT THIRTY YEARS THE CARDASSIANS ENSLAVED THE BAJORANS AND SYSTEMATICALLY STRIPPED THEIR PLANETS OF NATURAL RESOURCES. RESISTANCE FIGHTERS ROSE TO CHALLENGE THE OCCUPATION, INCLUDING THE SHAKAAR, TO WHICH KIRA NERYS BELONGED. THE CARDASSIANS ABANDONED BAJOR IN 2369, LEAVING ITS CULTURE DIVIDED AND ITS PEOPLE SCATTERED AMONGST THE STARS. |
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Deep Space Nine Runabouts
Craig Attebery
THREE STARFLEET DANUBE-CLASS RUNABOUTS ARE ASSIGNED FOR SERVICE AT SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE. THESE SHIPS ARE TWENTY METERS LONG AND HAVE A MAXIMUM SPEED OF WARP 4.7, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 174 TIMES THE SPEED OF LIGHT. TRADITIONALLY NAMED AFTER GREAT EARTH RIVERS, THE SHIPS LAST KNOWN TO BE IN SERVICE AT SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE ARE THE RIO GRANDE, THE MEKONG AND THE ORINOCO. TWO OTHERS, THE YANGTZE KIANG AND THE GANGES, HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE LINE OF DUTY. |
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The History of Deep Space Nine
Craig Atterbury
SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE WAS BUILT BY THE CARDASSIANS IN ORBIT AROUND THE PLANET BAJOR. THE STATION OPENED IN THE EARTH YEAR 2351. KNOWN AS TEREK NOR BY THE CARDASSIANS, IT WAS A HUB FOR STRIP MINING ACTIVITIES. ITS LAST CARDASSIAN ADMINISTRATOR WAS GUL DUKAT. IN 2369, THE CARDASSIANS ABANDONED BAJOR AND THE STATION. AT THE REQUEST OF THE BAJORAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, STARFLEET STEPPED IN TO ADMINISTER THE STATION. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE FIRST KNOWN STABLE WORMHOLE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE NEARBY DENORIOS BELT AND THE STATION WAS MOVED THERE TO PROTECT THIS STRATEGIC DISCOVERY. |
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The Promenade
Craig Attebery
THE PROMENADE IS THE HUB OF COMMERCE ON SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STOREFRONTS AND A LARGE UPPER DEDECK FEATURING BAY WINDOWS OPENING TO SPACE. QUARK'S BAR IS THE PRIMARY CENTER OF ACTIVITY, AND ITS PROPRIETOR IS CONSIDERED TO BE A "COMMUNITY LEADER." OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE A FOOD REPLIMAT, A KIOSK, AN ASSAYER'S OFFICE, A BAJORAN TEMPLE, A SCHOOLROOM, AN INFIRMARY, A KLINGON RESTAURANT ODO'S SECURITY OFFICE AND A CLOTHING STORE RUN BY THE MYSTERIOUS CARDASSIAN GARAK. THE MAIN LEVEL OF THE PROMENADE IS ON DECK 11, WITH THE VIEWPORTS AND QUARKS HOlOSUITES ON DECK 10. |
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The Bajoran Civil War
Craig Attebery
LESS THAN ONE YEAR AFTER CARDASSIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM BAJOR, MILITANT FACTIONS JOINED WITH CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS ORDERS TO ATTEMPT A COUP AGAINST THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. THEIR LEADERS WERE JARO ESSA OF THE CHAMBER OF MINISTERS, AND WINN OF THE VEDEK ASSEMBLY. JARO CREATED AN EXTREMIST GROUP CALLED THE ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL UNITY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CIRCLE, WHICH ATTACKED GOVERNMENT AND FEDERATION TARGETS. THE COUP FAILED WHEN THE CREW OF SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE PRODUCED EVIDENCE THAT JARO HAD ARMED THE REBELS THROUGH CRISSARI TRADERS WITH CARDASSIAN SUPPORT. |
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The Bajoran Wormhole
Craig Attebery
THE WORMHOLE IN THE BAJOR SECTOR IS LOCATED IN A CHARGED PLASMA FIELD CALLED THE DENORIOS BELT. IT IS THE FIRST STABLE WORMHOLE KNOWN TO BE IN EXISTENCE. THE BAJORAN WORMHOLE WAS ARTIFICIALLY CREATED BY ALIEN LIFE FORMS WHO HAVE NO CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE AND NO CONCEPT OF LINEAR TIME. THE WORMHOLE HAS EXISTED FOR AT LEAST 10,000 YEARS. ALTHOUGH THE WORMHOLE CANNOT BE SEEN IN ITS PASSIVE STATE WITH THE NAKED EYE, IT CAN BE DETECTED BY SENSORS MEASURING SEVERE NEUTRINO DISTURBANCES. PASSAGE THROUGH THE WORMHOLE LEADS TO THE GAMMA QUADRANT, 70,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM THE BAJOR SECTOR. |
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Deep Space Nine Structural Design
Craig Attebery
SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE HAS THREE PRIMARY CIRCULAR SECTIONS -- THE CORE SECTION, THE HABITAT RING AND THE DOCKING RING. THE OPERATIONS CENTER (OPS) IS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE CORE, AND FUNCTIONS LIKE THE BRIDGE ON A STARSHIP. THE PROMENADE IS A LARGE CIRCULAR MALL ON LEVELS 9 - 11, BELOW OPS, THE LOWER CORE CONTAINS STATION POWER EQUIPMENT, STORAGE TANKS, AND THE FUSION POWERPLANT. THE HABITAT RING PROVIDES HOUSING FOR STATION PERSONNEL AND GUEST ACCOMMODATIONS SIX RUNABOUT LANDING PADS ARE LOCATED ON ITS SURFACE. THE DOCKING RING HAS SIX DOCKING PYLONS AND NINE SMALLER DOCKING PORTS. |
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The Prophets of Bajor
Craig Attebery
ACORDING TO BAJORAN RELIGION THE PROPHETS ARE SPIRITUAL ENTITIES WHO ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL GUIDANCE AND WISDOM. THE RELIGION IS BASED ON THE EMERGENCE OF SEVERAL ORBS, CALLED "THE TEARS OF THE PROPHETS," FROM THE"CELESTIAL TEMPLE." ONE ORB HAS EMERGED FROM THE TEMPLE EVERY 1,000 YEARS FOR THE LAST TEN MILLENNIA. PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH AN ORB CAUSES VISIONS THAT ARE INTERPRETED AS REVELATIONS FROM THE PROPHETS. WITH THE DISCOVERY OF THE WORMHOLE, A SCHISM HAS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE BAJORAN RELIGION, AS CONSERVATIVE ELEMENTS DEMAND THAT SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS BE BANNED. |
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Worf and K'Ehleyr
Greg Huber
THE TRAGIC ROMANCE OF WORF AND K'EHLEYR HAS LED TO DEATH, TREASON AND CIVIL WAR. BOTH WERE UNIQUE WITHIN THE FEDERATION -- WORF WAS THE KLINGON FOSTER SON OF HUMANS WHILE K'EHLEYR WAS THE OFFSPRING OF AN INTERSPECIES HUMAN/KLINGON UNION. THEIR LOVE GAVE BIRTH TO ALEXANDER, WHOM K'EHLEYR RAISED WITH HUMAN VALUES. AFTER KEHLEYR WAS MURDERED BY DURAS, WORF WAS LEFT TO RAISE ALEXANDER, WHO HAS RESISTED HIS FATHER'S HERITAGE. THEIR STRUGGLE FOR A HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP MAY ONE DAY LEAD TO WORF'S MURDER BY THE DESCENDANTS OF DURAS WHO CONTINUE TO HAUNT THE HOUSE OF MOGH (WORF'S FATHER) WITH THEIR PLANS FOR REVENGE. |
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Data and Tasha Yar
Anthony Romano
EACH ORPHANS IN THEIR OWN WAY, DATA AND TASHA YAR SHARED A SPECIAL BOND DURING THEIR TIME IN SERVICE TOGETHER ABOARD THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. AT ONE POINT, A DISEASE ABOARD THE STARSHIP REMOVED THE CREWS INHIBITIONS, AND TASHA SEDUCED DATA. ALTHOUGH DATA SWORE NEVER TO REVEAL WHAT HAPPENED, THE INTIMACY OF THAT MOMENT BECAME KNOWN AFTER TASHA'S DEATH, WHEN DATA HAD TO PROVE IN A HEARING THAT HE WAS A SENTIENT BEING. DATA KEEPS A SMALL HOLOGRAPHIC PROIECTION OF TASHA IN HIS QUARTERS, AND ADMITS TO "FEELING" HER ABSENCE. |
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Picard and Vash
Anthony Romano
CAPTAIN PICARD MET VASH WHEN HE WAS VACATIONING ON RISA, WHERE VASH WAS SEARCHING FOR THE TOX UTHAT. A WEAPON FROM THE 27TH CENTURY. AlTHOUGH PICARD THOUGHT HER BEHAVIOR TO BE "OUTRAGEOUS." THE TWO FOUND COMMON GROUND IN THEIR LOVE OF ARCHAEOLOGY. AFTER THEIR SECOND ENCOUNTER, VASH LEFT WITH Q TO EXPLORE THE GALAXY, AND WAS LAST SEEN ON SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE. |
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Riker and Minuet
Anthony Romano
THE REALISTIC FANTASIES POSSIBLE ON THE HOLODECK LED COMMANDER RIKER TO FALL IN LOVE WITH A HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF A WOMAN NAMED MINUET. WHILE THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D WAS DOCKED AT STARBASE 74, RIKER PROGRAMMED THE HOLODECK TO CREATE A 1950's NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CLUB. UNKNOWN TO RIKER, THE BYNARS ALTERED THE PROGRAMMING TO CREATE A FEMALE COMPANION SO REALISTIC THAT THE COMMANDER FELL FOR HER. AFTER THE BYNAR CRISIS ENDED, THE HOLODECK WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO CREATE MINUET. RIKER STILLS [sic] FEELS SO STRONGLY ABOUT MINUET THAT AN ALIEN WHO WAS CREATING AN ILLUSORY FUTURE FOR RIKER READ HIS MIND AND WRONGLY ASSUMED THAT MINUET WAS HIS WIFE. |
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Cloud City of Stratos
James Neems
THE STRIKING BEAUTY AND IMPRESSIVE TECHNOLOGY OF STRATOS' CLOUD CITY STOOD IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON THE LOWER CLASS TROGLYTES THAT LIVED ON THE PLANET'S SURFACE. ALTHOUGH CAPTAIN KIRK ATTEMPTED TO REMAIN NEUTRAL HE WAS DRAWN INTO THE CITY'S CIVIL CONFLICT WHEN RESISTANCE FIGHTERS HID A ZENITE SHIPMENT THAT WAS NEEDED TO CURE A PLAGUE ON ANOTHER PLANET. KIRK PROVED THAT ZENITE GAS CAUSED THE TROGLYTES TO BECOME VIOLENT. AND PERSUADED THE CLOUD-DWELLERS TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT. |
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Guardian of Forever
James Neems
THE GUARDIAN OF FOREVER WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE WHEN IT SENT RIPPLES OF TIME OUT INTO SPACE. TRAVELERS PASSING THROUGH THE GUARDIAN TO OTHER TIME PERIODS MUST TAKE GREAT CARE -- DOCTOR McCOY'S ACCIDENTAL DISRUPTION OF EARTH HISTORY IN THE 1930's CREATED AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE IN WHICH THE FEDERATION NEVER EXISTED. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE GUARDIAN IS A SENTIENT BEING OR AN ARTIFICE. |
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Talos IV
James Neems
THE WRECKAGE OF THE I S.S. COLUMBIA WAS DISCOVERED BY THE REMNANTS OF THE TALOS CIVILIZATION. ITS CREW WERE A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS ON A SURVEY EXPEDITION. THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE WRECK WAS A GIRL NAMED VINA. EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER, THE TALOSIANS USED THEIR POWERS OF ILLUSION TO LURE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER PIKE TO THE SURFACE SO HE COULD MATE WITH VINA AND PRODUCE CHILDREN FOR FURTHER STUDY. |
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The Paradise Syndrome
James Neems
ON STARDATE 4842.6 THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE DISCOVERED A CLASS-M WORLD INHABITED BY AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE QUITE SIMILAR TO EARTH'S AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURES. THEY WORSHIPPED A HUGE OBELISK SITUATED NEAR THEIR VILLAGE. SPOCK DISCOVERED THAT THE OBELISK WAS LEFT BY AN ANCIENT RACE CALLED THE PRESERVERS, WHO PLACED THE POPULATION THERE AND BUILT AN ASTEROID DEFLECTOR WITHIN THE OBELISK TO PROTECT THEM. |
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Utopia Planitia
James Neems
THE STARFLEET ASSEMBLY FACILITY USED TO CONSTRUCT GALAXY-ClASS STARSHIPS IS LOCATED IN SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT 16.625 KILOMETERS ABOVE UTOPIA PLANITIA, MARS. IT WAS AT THIS FACILITY ON JUNE 3, 2350, THAT CONSTRUCTION BEGAN ON THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC 1701-D. THE PROJECT WAS SUPERVISED BY COMMANDER QUINTEROS OF STARFLEET. NCC-1701-D WAS COMMISSIONED ON OCTOBER 4, 2363 AND LAUNCHED FROM THESE SHIPYARDS. |
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Celebration of Klingons
James Neems
ALTHOUGH KLINGONS WERE INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE MERELY RUTHLESS AND BLOODTHIRSTY FOES, IT WAS REVEALED AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE FEDERATION AND KLINGON EMPIRE PEACE TREATY THAT THE KLINGONS OBSERVE RITUAL MUCH AS DO MANY SENTIENT SPECIES. COMMEMORATING AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN KLINGON HISTORY MIGHT FEATURE KLINGON BIRDS-OF-PREY FLYING OVER THE CAPITAL OF THE KLINGON HOMEWORLD. |
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Encounter at Farpoint
James Neems
SHORTLY AFTER LAUNCH FROM UTOPIA PLANITIA, THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE™ WAS ASSIGNED TO EVALUATE A BANDI STATION ON DENEB FOUR CALLED "FARPOINT." EN ROUTE, THEY WERE STOPPED BY AN ENTITY CALLING ITSELF "THE Q" WHO PLACED THEM ON TRIAL FOR CRIMES OF HUMANITY. ARRIVING AT FARPOINT, THE CREW LEARNS THAT THE STATION WAS ACTUALLY AN ENSLAVED ENERGY CREATURE. FREEING THE ALIEN SATISFIES THE Q, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY, ALLOWING THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE TO CONTINUE ITS MISSION OF EXPLORATION. |
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Captain James T. Kirk
Brom
CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK FIRST ENCOUNTERED KHAN NOONIAN SINGH WHEN THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE FOUND AN OLD DY-100 SLEEPER SHIP ADRIFT IN SPACE. AFTER THE CAPTAIN RESCUED THE SURVIVORS, KHAN ALMOST SUCCEEDED IN TAKING OVER THE SHIP. KIRK HAD A GRUDGING ADMIRATION FOR THIS ANCIENT WARRIOR, AND AGREED TO SETTLE THE SURVIVORS ON CETI ALPHA FIVE. NEVER CHECKING ON THEIR PROGRESS, KIRK WAS UNAWARE OF THE DISASTER THAT BEFELL THEM WHEN THE PLANET SHIFTED ORBIT. FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, KHAN ESCAPED AND SOUGHT TO EXACT REVENGE ON KiRK. |
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Khan Noonian Singh
Brom
KHAN NOONIAN SINGH WAS THE LEADER OF A RACE OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED "SUPERMEN" WHO RULED MUCH OF EARTH IN THE LATE 1990'S. AFTER A BLOODY GLOBAL WAR, KHAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS FLED EARTH IN A "SLEEPER SHIP," THE S.S. BOTANY BAY. IN STASIS FOR OVER 200 YEARS, THEY WERE FOUND BY THE U.S.5. ENTERPRISE AND REVIVED. EVER THE WARRIOR, KHAN DECIDED TO BUILD A NEW EMPIRE AND BEGAN BY TRYING TO CAPTURE THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE. CAPTAIN KIRK MAROONED THEM ON CETI ALPHA FIVE, BUT FIFTEEN YEARS LATER KHAN ESCAPED TO PURSUE KIRK AGAIN. |
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Q
Brom
THE SELF-NAMED "Q" IS PART OF THE Q CONTINUUM, AN OMNIPOTENT INTELLIGENCE THAT TRANSCENDS SPACE AND TIME. Q CAN ASSUME ANY SHAPE, APPEAR ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME, AND ALTER EVENTS AT WILL. HIS MISCHIEVOUS ANTICS HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED BY THE CONTINUUM: ONCE THEY STRIPPED HIM OF HIS POWERS, LEAVING HIM IN HUMAN FORM ON THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. Q HAS APPEARED AT LEAST ONCE ON SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE, TORMENTING COMMANDER SISKO WHILE BADGERING THE ROGUE ARCHAEOLOGIST VASH. |
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Brom
THE PESTIFEROUS Q IS THE BANE OF CAPTAIN 1EAN-LUC PICARD'S EXISTENCE. THEIR INITIAL ENCOUNTER WAS ON PICARD'S FIRST VOYAGE AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE NEWLY COMMISSIONED U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D. Q WHISkED PICARD TO A 21ST-CENTURY COURTROOM, WHERE HE PLACED THE CAPTAIN AND HIS CREW ON TRIAL FOR THE CRIMES OF HUMANITY. SINCE THEN, Q HAS TORMENTED PiCARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AFTER SEVEN YEARS, Q REVEALS THAT HUMANITY'S TRIAL IS ONGOING, AND WARNS THAT HE AND PICARD MAY STILL MEET AGAIN. |
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Lieutenant Worf
Brom
THE SCHEMINGS OF DURAS COST WORF NEARLY ALL THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM -- THE REPUTATION OF HIS FATHER, HIS STATUS WITHIN THE KLINGON EMPIRE, AND THE LIFE OF HIS BELOVED MATE K'EHLEYR. WORF'S BROTHER KURN TOLD HIM THAT THEIR FATHER MOGH HAD BEEN FRAMED FOR A ROMULAN ASSAULT ON THE KHITOMER OUTPOST -- EVEN THOUGH MOGH DIED IN THE ATTACK. WHEN K'EHLEYR LEARNED OF THE TREACHERY, DURAS MURDERED HER. WORF TRAILED DURAS TO HIS SHIP AND KILLED HIM WITH HIS BAT'TELH [sic] IN A DUEL. |
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Duras
Brom
THE MACHINATIONS OF THE HOUSE OF DURAS DIVIDED THE KLINGON HIGH COUNCIL AND PLUNGED THE EMPIRE INTO CIVIL WAR. AFTER DURAS' FATHER BETRAYED THE KLINGONS ON KHITOMER A GENERATION EARLIER, THE COVER-UP OF THE SCANDAL LED TO WORF'S DISCOMMENDATION. DURAS POISONED K'MPEC, THE HIGH COUNCIL LEADER, BUT WAS CHALLENGED BY GOWRON FOR SUCCESSION. DURAS WAS KILLED BY WORF AFTER MURDERING WORF'S MATE K'EHLEYR. THE SISTERS OF DURAS, LURSA AND B'ETOR, CONTINUE THEIR FAMILY'S SCHEMING AND HOPE TO ONE DAY RULE THE EMPIRE. |
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Klingon "Bird-of-Prey"
David Deitrick
THE KLINGONS' BIRD-OF-PREY IS MUCH SMALLER THAN THE LARGER VOR'CHA AND K'T'INGA CRUISERS. IT FEATURES A CLOAKING DEVICE, POSSIBLY OBTAINED THROUGH A TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE WHEN THE KLINGONS WERE ALLIED WITH THE ROMULANS. THE WARSHIP'S STANDARD CREW COMPLEMENT IS ABOUT A DOZEN, AND ITS DESIGN HAS BEEN SO RELIABLE THAT IT IS STILL IN SERVICE OVER 75 YEARS AFTER IT WAS FIRST ENCOUNTERED BY THE FEDERATION. |
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Bajoran Raider
David Deitrick
DURING THE CARDASSIAN OCCUPATION, THE BAJORAN RESISTANCE HID A FEW SUB-IMPULSE-SPEED RAIDERS UNDERGROUND AT THEIR LUNAR BASE FIVE. TEN YEARS LATER, DURING A BAJORAN CIVIL CONFLICT, KIRA AND DAX RETRIEVED ONE OF THESE FIGHTERS TO DELIVER EVIDENCE OF CARDASSIAN INVOLVEMENT. THE RAIDERS FEATURE PHASER BANKS AND NAVIGATIONAL SENSORS. THEY ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF MANEUVERING WITHIN A PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE AND LANDING |
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Klingon Vor'Cha Attack Cruiser
David Deitrick
THE KLINGON VORCHA CLASS -- ATTACK CRUISER IS THE NEWEST STARSHIP OF THE KLINGON DEFENSE EMPIRE. ONE CRUISER IS DESIGNATED AS THE COMMAND SHIP FOR THE LEADER OF THE KLINGON HIGH COUNCIL. LIKE MANY KLINGON CRUISERS OF THE 24TH CENTURY, IT IS EQUIPPED WITH A CLOAKING DEVICE AND IS CAPABLE OF WARP SPEED. THE VOR'CHA-CLASS ATTACK CRUISER HAS A DETACHABLE WEAPONS CLUSTER AT THE BOW OF THE SHIP. |
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U.S.S. Tsiolkovsky
David Deitrick
THE U.S.S. TSIOLKOVSKY WAS AN OBERTH-CLASS STARSHIP NAMED AFTER KONSTATIN TSIOLKOVSKY (1857-1935), A RUSSIAN SPACE PIONEER. THIS SCIENCE VESSEL'S LAST MISSION WAS TO MONITOR THE COLLAPSE OF A RED GIANT STAR. AT THAT TIME, THE CREW CONTRACTED A VIRUS CAUSING THEM TO EXHIBIT UNINHIBITED BEHAVIOR, AND WHEN FINALLY DISCOVERED BY THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D, THEY WERE ALL DEAD. THE TSIOLKOVSKY WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED BY A FRAGMENT OF THE COLLAPSING RED STAR. |
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Cryosatellite
David Deitrick
A CRYOSATELLITE, AN EARTH CAPSULE FROM THE LATE 20TH CENTURY, WAS FOUND ADRIFT IN SPACE IN THE 24TH CENTURY BY THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. IT MAINTAINED HUMANS IN CRYOGENIC SUSPENSION WHOSE FATAL DISEASES OR INJURIES HAD NO CURE, AND WHO WERE THEREFORE FROZEN UNTIL A CURE COULD BE FOUND IN THE FUTURE. SEVERAL OF THE CONTAINMENT PODS FAILED OVER THE CENTURIES, AND WHEN DISCOVERED, ONLY THREE HUMANS COULD BE REVIVED. |
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U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D at Spacedock
David Deitrick
THE SPACEDOCK DESIGN IS TYPICAL OF MANY STARBASES THROUGHOUT FEDERATION TERRITORY. THESE SPACE STATIONS ARE TREMENDOUS IN SIZE, CAPABLE OF HOUSING EVEN THE LARGEST OF THE FEDERATION'S STARSHIPS, THOSE OF THE GALAXY CLASS. THE BASIC DESIGN HAS BEEN A STANDARD WITHIN THE FEDERATION FOR OVER 75 YEARS. |
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The Tholian Web
David Deitrick
IN AN UNSURVEYED AREA OF SPACE, THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE WERE ENGAGED IN RESCUE OPERATIONS WHEN THEY WERE CONFRONTED BY A SHIP FROM THE THOLIAN ASSEMBLY. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS THOLIAN VESSEL. IT WAS OBSERVED TRAVELING AT ONLY SUBLIGHT SPEED, AND ITS WEAPONRY APPEARED TO BE INFERIOR TO THAT OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. BUT WHEN WORKING IN PAIRS, THOLIAN SHIPS CAN WEAVE AN ENERGY FIELD STRUCTURE, WHICH CAN ENCLOSE A STARSHIP MUCH LIKE AN INSECT CAUGHT IN A SPIDER'S WEB. THIS STRUCTURE HAS BEEN CALLED "THE THOLAN WEB." |
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Klingon K't'inga Warship
David Deitrick
THE K'T'INGA-CLASS BATTLECRUISER SERVED AS THE STANDARD VESSEL FOR THE KLINGON FLEET FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE 23RD CENTURY. ONE SUCH VESSEL, QO'NOS ONE, FUNCTIONED AS THE COMMAND SHIP FOR CHANCELLOR GORKON. A PREVIOUS DESIGN, SIMILAR IN CONFIGURATION, WAS USED BY THE ROMULANS DURING A BRIEF ALLIANCE WITH THE KLINGONS, AND ADAPTED TO EMPLOY ROMULAN CLOAKING DEVICE TECHNOLOGY. |
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Romulan Bird-of-Prey
David Deitrick
THE BIRD-OF-PREY WAS THE ROMULAN EMPIRE'S STANDARD STARSHIP FOR THE MID-23RD CENTURY. STARFLEET VESSELS FIRST ENCOUNTERED IT DURING ROMULAN BORDER RAIDS ON FEDERATION OUTPOSTS. ALTHOUGH THE BIRD-OF-PREY COULD TRAVEL ONLY AT SUBLIGHT SPEEDS, IT FEATURED A POWERFUL PLASMA WEAPON CAPABLE OF INFLICTING HEAVY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, AND A CLOAKING DEVICE THAT RENDERED IT VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE TO SENSORS. |
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U.S.S. Excelsior
David Deitrick
THE EXCELSIOR-CLASS STARSHIP DESIGN IS ONE OF THE MAINSTAYS OF STARFLEET. THE PROTOTYPE, THE U.S.S. EXCELSIOR, WAS USED FOR TRANSWARP DRIVE TESTS IN THE 2280's. AFTER A REFIT, THE EXCELSIOR BEGAN FLEET SERVICE UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN HIKARU SULU. THE FINAL DESIGN HAS SERVED STARFLEET WELL, AND MANY EXCELSIOR-CLASS SHIPS REMAIN IN SERVICE OVER 80 YEARS LATER. THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-B WAS A MODIFIED EXCELSIOR-CLASS STARSHIP. |
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The Grasp of Apollo
Brian Murray
THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE IS RESTRAINED IN SPACE BY A FORCE MANIFESTING ITSELF AS A HUMAN HAND. IT HAS BEEN CREATED BY A CREATURE CALLING HIMSELF APOLLO. THIS ENTITY IS THE LAST OF HIS PEOPLE, WHO LIVED AMONG THE ANCIENT GREEKS 5,000 YEARS EARLIER AND WERE PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE GREEK MYTHOS. APOLLO DEMANDS THAT THE CREW WORSHIP HIM AS A GOD, BUT THEY REFUSE. KIRK FINALLY OUTWITS THE ALIEN, WHO SURRENDERS HIS CORPOREAL MANIFESTATION. |
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Refit
Brian Murray
AFTER COMPLETING ITS HISTORIC FIVE-YEAR MISSION UNDER THE COMMAND OF JAMES T. KIRK, THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE SPENT MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN DRYDOCK, ORBITING EARTH. A REFIT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF COMMANDER MONTGOMERY SCOTT UPGRADED THE ENGINES, SHIELDS AND NEARLY EVERY MAJOR SYSTEM. THE REFIT ENDED PREMATURELY WHEN THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE WAS ASSIGNED TO INTERCEPT THE PROBE V'GER, WHICH WAS THREATENING EARTH. |
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S.S. Botany Bay
Brian Murray
AFTER THE EUGENICS WARS ENDED IN 1996, KHAN NOONIAN SINGH AND HIS GENETIC SUPERMEN FLED EARTH IN A DY-100 "SLEEPER SHIP" CALLED THE S.S. BOTANY BAY. OVER 200 YEARS LATER, THEIR VESSEL IS FOUND IN SPACE BY THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. CAPTAIN KIRK ORDERS THE SHIP TAKEN IN TOW AND RESCUES ITS SURVIVORS. KHAN ATTEMPTS TO TAKE OVER THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE AND SETS THE BOTANY BAY ADRIFT. |
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Cause and Effect
Brian Murray
UNKNOWINGLY CAUGHT IN A TEMPORAL LOOP, THE CREW MEMBERS OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE FIND THEMSELVES TIME AND AGAIN ENGAGED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH THE U.S.S. BOZEMAN. EACH TIME, THE BOZEMAN STRIKES THE STARSHIP'S WARP NACELLE. THE CREW FINALLY ESCAPES BY EXPOSING THE PRESSURIZED SHUTTLE BAY TO SPACE, DIVERTING THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE FROM THE COLLISION AFTER AVERTING THE DISASTER. THEY LEARN THAT THE U.S.S. BOZEMAN HAD BEEN CAUGHT IN THE TEMPORAL LOOP FOR 90 YEARS. |
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U.S.S. Stargazer
Brian Murray
THE U.S.S. STARGAZER IS A CONSTELLATION-CLASS STARSHIP ONCE COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD. THE U.S.S. STARGAZER WAS ATTACKED AT MAXIA ZETA BY A FERENGI SHIP. THE CAPTAIN IMPROVISED "THE PICARD MANEUVER," AN ILLUSION CREATED BY ENTERING AND DROPPING WARP SPEED ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY, APPEARING TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE, ALTHOUGH ITS ABLE CREW DESTROYED THE FERENGI SHIP, THE U.S.S. STARGAZER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CRIPPLED AND HAD TO BE ABANDONED. |
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M-5
Brian Murray
A GREAT EXPERIMENT GOES TERRIBLY WRONG WHEN DR. RICHARD DAYSTROM's M-5 COMPUTER ATTACKS FOUR FEDERATION STARSHIPS DURING A BATTLE SIMULATION. M-5, DAYSTROM'S FIRST FUNCTIONAL MULTITRONIC COMPUTER, IS DESIGNED TO REPLACE LIVING BEINGS ABOARD STARSHIPS. BUT TO MAKE IT WORK, DAYSTROM HAD IMPRINTED THE DEVICE WITH HIS OWN HUMAN ENGRAMS, WHICH THE COMPUTER WAS UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY ADAPT TO. AS A RESULT, M-S USES THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE TO DESTROY THE U.S.S. EXCALIBUR BEFORE CAPTAIN KIRK CAN FINALLY DEACTIVATE IT. |
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Cardassian Galor-Class Warship
Brian Murray
THE GALOR-CLASS SPACECRAFT IS THE MAIN WARSHIP DESIGN FOR THE CARDASSIAN MILITARY. FEDERATION STARSHIPS HAVE ENCOUNTERED GALOR-CLASS SHIPS FROM THE CUELLAR SYSTEM TO THE BAJOR SECTOR. THEY ARE ABOUT THREE-FOURTHS THE LENGTH OF A FEDERATION GALAXY-CLASS STARSHIP, BUT ARE NEARLY EQUAL IN POWER, RANGE AND WEAPONRY. CARDASSIAN WARSHIP COMMANDERS HOLD THE RANK OF GUL, WHILE JUNIOR OFFICERS ARE CALLED GLINN. |
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Romulan Warbird
Brian Murray
THE D'DERIDEX-CLASS ROMULAN WARBIRD IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPOSING MILITARY VESSELS POISED AGAINST THE FEDERATION. ALTHOUGH ITS WEAPONRY IS ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO A FEDERATION GALAXY-CLASS STARSHIP, THE WARBIRD FEATURES A CLOAKING DEVICE THAT RENDERS IT VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE TO SENSOR SCANS. |
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Argus Array
Brian Murray
THE ARGUS ARRAY IS A SUBSPACE TELESCOPE LOCATED AT THE EDGE OF FEDERATION SPACE, THREE LIGHT-YEARS FROM THE CARDASSIAN BORDER. IT IS USED BY THE FEDERATION FOR OBSERVING ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA. THE ARRAY IS COMPRISED OF EIGHTEEN SUBSPACE ANTENNA CLUSTERS, EACH WITH ITS OWN FUSION REACTOR, AND CONTROLLED BY A SINGLE COMPUTER. THE CARDASSIANS HAVE WARNED THE FEDERATION NOT TO USE THE ARRAY FOR SPYING ON THEIR TERRITORY. |
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Return of the Borg
Brian Murray
AFTER "HUGH" RETURNED TO THE BORG, HIS INDIVIDVALITY CREATED A SPLINTER GROUP CAPABLE OF INDEPENDENT THOUGHT, WHICH FELL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE EVIL ANDROID LORE. THE GROUP'S VESSEL WAS ASYMMETRICAL IN DESIGN. IT USED A TACHYON BURST TO ACTIVATE TRANSWARP CONDUITS THE BORG HAD PLACED IN SPACE TO TRAVEL VAST DISTANCES IN A FEW SECONDS. ALTHOUGH THE ONLY KNOWN SHIP WAS DESTROYED, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OTHERS MAY EXIST. |
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Miradorn Raider
Brian Murray
THE THETA-CLASS MIRADORN RAIDER IS FAST ENOUGH TO OUTRUN A FEDERATION RUNABOUT. THIS SHIP FEATURES DUAL WEAPONS BATTERIES THAT CAN FIRE A CONCENTRATED PLASMA CHARGE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DAMAGE RUNABOUT DEFLECTOR SHIELDS. HOWEVER, ITS SENSOR SYSTEMS ARE KNOWN TO BE CONFUSED BY CERTAIN IONIZED GASES, SUCH AS THOSE FOUND WITHIN A NEBULA. |
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Defection
Brian Murray
THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE ENCOUNTERED A ROMULAN SCOUT SHIP CROSSING THE NEUTRAL ZONE, PURSUED BY A WARBIRD. THE SHIP'S OCCUPANT REQUESTED ASYLUM, CLAIMING TO KNOW OF A SECRET ROMULAN ATTACK BASE. WHEN THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CREW TRIED TO ANALYZE THE SHIP, IT EXPLODED. THE DEFECTOR FINALLY REVEALED HIMSELF TO BE ADMIRAL JAROK, WHO CROSSED THE BORDER TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM A SENSELESS WAR. AFTER LEARNING HE HAD BEEN TRICKED, JAROK COMMITTED SUICIDE. |
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Vulcan Shuttle
Brian Murray
IN THE LATE 23RD CENTURY THE VULCANS USED A TRANSPORT CALLED A "SHUTTLE" TO CARRY PERSONNEL BETWEEN STARSHIPS. THE DESIGN FEATURED DUAL WARP ENGINES AND A DETACHABLE SHUTTLE POD. UPON REACHING ITS DESTINATION, THE POD COULD DETACH AND ROTATE TO MATE WITH A STANDARD STARSHIP DOCKING HATCH. COMMANDER SPOCK USED THIS TYPE OF SHUTTLE TO RETURN TO THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE FROM VULCAN TO ENCOUNTER V'GER. |
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Dyson Sphere
Brian Murray
THE THEORETICAL POSSIBILITY OF A DYSON SPHERE WAS FIRST POSTULATED BY 20TH-CENTURY PHYSICIST FREEMAN DYSON. ThE SPHERE ENCOUNTERED BY THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE HAD AN INTERIOR SURFACE EQUIVALENT TO 200 MILLION CLASS-M PLANETS. THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE ENTERED THE SPHERE ONLY TO FIND THAT ITS CENTRAL STAR WAS UNSTABLE. TRAPPED INSIDE, THEY NARROWLY ESCAPED WITH THE HELP OF GEORDI LAFORGE AND MONTGOMERY SCOTT. |
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Federation Runabout
Brian Murray
THE RUNABOUT IS A RECENT ADDITION TO STARFLEET AND IS QUITE VERSATILE. UNLIKE MANY STARSHIPS, A RUNABOUT CAN ENTER A PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE AND LAND. IT IS CAPABLE OF A MAXIMUM SPEED OF WARP 4.7, IS DESIGNED FOR A TWO-PERSON CREW AND INCLUDES A SMALL TRANSPORTER. WHEN CONFIGURED WITH A PASSENGER MODULE, THE RUNABOUT CAN CARRY 20 OR MORE PEOPLE. A GROUP OF THREE RUNABOUTS ARE NORMALLY ASSIGNED TO SPACE |
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U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-C
Brian Murray
THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC 1701-C WAS AN AMBASSADOR-CLASS STARSHIP UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN RACHEL GARRETT. THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE-C PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN HISTORY, SAVING A KLINGON OUTPOST FROM A ROMULAN ATTACK. DURING THE BATTLE, THE SHIP WAS THROWN FORWARD IN TIME, THROUGH A TEAR IN THE FABRIC OF SPACE-TIME WHERE IT ENCOUNTERED THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE-D. AFTER GARRETT'S DEATH, THE ENTERPRISE-C RETURNED UNDER THE COMMAND OF HELMSMAN RICHARD CASTILLO TO FINISH ITS HISTORIC BATTLE. |
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Vulcan Lyre
Brian Murray
ALTHOUGH ONE MIGHT EXPECT THE LOGICAL VULCANS TO DISDAIN MUSIC, THIS RICHLY CULTURED RACE HAVE SHOWN A GREAT RESPECT FOR THE ARTS. DURING MOMENTS OF RELAXATION, SPOCK HAS BEEN KNOWN TO PLAY A VULCAN LYRE. THE INSTRUMENT IS QUITE SIMILAR TO HARPS FOUND ON EARTH. WHEN SPOCK PERFORMS, HE IS SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY LIEUTENANT UHURA, WHO WILL IMPROVISE LYRICS TO THE MUSIC. |
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Racquetball
Brian Murray
DR. BASHIR AND CHIEF O'BRIEN HAVE AN ODD RELATIONSHIP. O'BRIEN DOESN'T CARE FOR THE BRASH DOCTOR, BUT BASHIR SEEMS DETERMINED TO BEFRIEND THE ENGINEER. THE TENSION BETWEEN THEM HAS MANIFESTED ITSELF ON THE SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE RACQUETBALL COURT, WHICH O'BRIEN BUILT. ALTHOUGH O'BRIEN HAD PLAYED FOR MANY YEARS AS A "SERIOUS PASTIME" BASHIR WAS CAPTAIN OF THE STARFLEET MEDICAL ACADEMY TEAM AND WON A SECTOR CHAMPIONSHIP. O'BRIEN SEEMS OBSESSED WITH BEATING THE YOUNGER BASHIR. |
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Hitching a Ride
Brian Murray
DRIVEN BY SPOCK'S "KATRA, DR. McCOY SEEKS TRANSPORTATION BACK TO THE MUTARA SECTOR TO REUNITE WITH SPOCK'S BODY. IN A SPACEDOCK BAR, McCOY MEETS THE DISREPUTABLE OWNER OF A SHIP-FOR-HIRE. THE SECTOR IS RESTRICTED SO THE ALIEN DEMANDS A HIGH PRICE; BUT WHEN MCCOY REVEALS THE DESTINATION IS THE FORBIDDEN GENESIS PLANET, THE ALIEN REFUSES TO OBLIGE. A STARFLEET SECURITY AGENT OVERHEARS THE CONVERSATION AND TAKES McCOY INTO CUSTODY. |
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Fishing Hole
Brian Murray
EN ROUTE TO THEIR POSTING AT SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE, BENJAMIN AND JAKE SISKO SEEK SOLACE IN A HOLODECK RECREATION OF AN EARTH-LIKE FISHING POND. JAKE TELLS HIS FATHER THAT HE IS UNHAPPY WITH THEIR ASSIGNMENT, AS HE WILL BE ALL ALONE. BENJAMIN TELLS JAKE THAT THERE WILL BE MANY CHILDREN WITH WHOM HE CAN MAKE FRIENDS. ThE SISKOS TAKE THE HOLODECK PROGRAM WITH THEM. TO USE ON THE STATION. |
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Exile
Brian Murray
DURING THE BAJORAN CIVIL WAR, MINISTER JARO AND VEDEK WINN CONSPIRE TO REMOVE MAJOR KIRA FROM HER POST ON SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE WITH NOWHERE TO GO, VEDEK BAREIL INVITES HER TO STAY AT THE MONASTERY ON BAJOR. KIRA WORKS IN BAREIL'S ARBORETUM, BUT FINDS HER EXILE FRUSTRATING. BAREIL THEN TAKES HER TO A CHAMBER WHERE SHE SEEKS GUIDANCE FROM A TEAR OF THE PROPHET. |
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Successor
Brian Murray
ON HIS FINAL MISSION ABOARD THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, CAPTAIN SPOCK SHARES A DRINK WITH RECENT STARFLEET ACADEMY GRADUATE VALERIS, WHOM HE SPONSORED. SPOCK TELLS VALERIS THAT HE INTENDS FOR HER TO REPLACE HIM ABOARD THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. VALERIS REPLIES, "I COULD ONLY SUCCEED YOU." SPOCK'S FAITH IN VALERIS IS BETRAYED WHEN SHE PARTICIPATES IN A PLOT TO RUIN A PEACE TREATY WITH THE KLINGON EMPIRE. |
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Target Practice
Brian Murray
THE PHASER IS A STANDARD-ISSUE WEAPON FOR ALL STARFLEET OFFICERS, SO EVERYONE IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY INCLUDING CAPTAIN PICARD AND COMMANDER RIKER. MANY CREW MEMBERS FIND THE PHASER TARGET RANGE TO BE A GOOD RECREATIONAL EXERCISE. EVEN GUINAN HAS BEEN SEEN USING THIS AREA. ONE COMMON PRACTICE EXERCISE IS FIRING AT A SERIES OF QUICKLY MOVING TARGET LIGHTS. |
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Tea Time
Brian Murray
GRATEFUL THAT DR PULASKI DOESN'T REVEAL THAT HE HAS CONTRACTED THE KLINGON EQUIVALENT OF MEASLES, WORF AGREES TO PERFORM THE KLINGON TEA CEREMONY. HE TELLS DR. PULASKI THAT THE CEREMONY IS A TEST OF BRAVERY, AND A REMINDER THAT, TO A KLINGON, "DEATH IS AN EXPERIENCE BEST SHARED." THE DRINK OF KLINGON TEA IS NORMALLY LETHAL TO HUMANS, BUT DR PULASKI GIVES HERSELF AN ANTIDOTE SO SHE IS ABLE TO JOIN WORF IN THE CEREMONY. |
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3-D Chess
Brian Murray
SHORTLY AFTER HE SUCCEEDED CHRISTOPHER PIKE AS CAPTAIN OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, JAMES T. KIRK BEFRIENDED THE VULCAN SCIENCE OFFICER SPOCK. THEIR FREQUENT GAMES OF 3-D CHESS WERE AN EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP. EVOLVED FROM THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL BOARDS OF CENTURIES BEFORE. 3-D CHESS GAMES ARE PLAYED ON MULTIPLE LEVELS. KIRK'S PASSIONATE AND ILLOGICAL PLAYING STRATEGY SOMETIMES HELPED HIM TO GET THE BEST OF THE COMPUTER-LIKE STRATEGY OF SPOCK. |
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Rightful Heir
Timothy Douglas
WHEN WORF FOUND HIMSELF DOUBTING THE BELIEFS OF HIS KLINGON HERITAGE, HE TRAVELED TO BORETH TO SEEK THE SPIRIT OF KAHLESS. TO HIS SURPRISE, KAHLESS ACTUALLY APPEARED! DOUBTING THE GREAT WARRIOR'S AUTHENTICITY, WORF CHALLENGED HIM TO A BAT'TELH [sic] DUEL. ALTHOUGH NEITHER WON THAT BATTLE, KAHLESS LATER LOST TO THE KLINGON LEADER GOWRON AND WAS EXPOSED AS A CLONE OF THE ORIGINAL KAHLESS. DESPITE THIS, THE NEW KAHLESS HAS ASSUMED THE ROLE OF A SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE KLINGON PEOPLE. |
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Wolf 359
Timothy Douglas
COMMANDER BENJAMIN SISKO CARRIES WITHIN HIS SOUL THE TRAGIC LOSS OF HIS WIFE JENNIFER, WHO DIED DURING THE BORG ASSAULT AT WOLF 359. SHE DIED DURING AN ATTACK ON THEIR STARSHIP, THE U.S.S. SARATOGA, BY THE BORG LED BY LOCUTUS. HER DEATH LEFT SISKO ALONE TO RAISE THEIR SON, JAKE. THIS EMOTIONAL SCAR STILL LINGERS, AND SISKO CONTINUES TO HARBOR A DEEP RESENTMENT OF CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD -- THE MAN THE BORG TURNED INTO LOCUTUS. |
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The Last Outpost
Timothy Douglas
THE FIRST DIRECT ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A FEDERATION STARSHIP AND THE FERENGI ALLIANCE OCCURRED IN THE DELPHI ARDU STAR SYSTEM, ON A PLANET THAT WAS ONCE PART OF THE ANCIENT TKON EMPIRE. BOTH THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE AND THE FERENGI VESSEL LOST POWER, AND IT WAS AGREED THAT BOTH WOULD SEND AWAY TEAMS TO THE SURFACE TO INVESTIGATE. THE FERENGI AMBUSHED THE AWAY TEAM, BUT WHEN ALL SEEMED LOST, THE ANCIENT TKON PORTAL AWAKENED TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE. |
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Pon Farr
Timothy Douglas
AN ANCIENT VULCAN BLOOD LUST CALLED PON FARR DRIVES SPOCK TO THE POINT OF MUTINY. HE MUST RETURN TO VULCAN TO TAKE A MATE OR DIE. CAPTAIN KIRK RISKS HIS CAREER TO DELIVER SPOCK TO HIS HOME, BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVE FOR THE WEDDING CEREMONY, SPOCK'S BETROTHED CHALLENGES THEIR BONDING AND CHOOSES KIRK FOR HER CHAMPION. McCOY SAVES BOTH KIRK AND SPOCK BY INJECTING KIRK WITH A NEURAL PARALYZER, SIMULATING HIS DEATH. |
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Mirror, Mirror
Timothy Douglas
AN ION STORM DURING BEAMING CAUSES KIRK, McCOY, SCOTTY AND UHURA TO MATERIALIZE IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE WHERE THE FEDERATION IS BENT ON GALACTIC CONQUEST. DESPERATE TO RETURN TO THEIR OWN UNIVERSE, THEY SURVIVE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AND SCHEMING JUNIOR OFFICERS. THE RUTHLESS 'MIRROR' SPOCK DISCOVERS THEIR PLAN BUT SEES THE LOGIC OF RETURNING HIS UNIVERSE'S OWN PEOPLE. KIRK URGES SPOCK TO LEAD A REVOLT AGAINST THE EVIL EMPIRE, WHICH HE SAYS HE WILL CONSIDER. |
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Commander Benjamin Sisko
Scott Leyes
ALTHOUGH COMMANDER BENJAMIN SISKO ASSUMES A GREAT DEAL OF RESPONSIBILITY IN LEADING THE CREW OF SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE, HE DOES FIND TIME TO ENIOY HIS HOBBIES. AN AVID FAN OF AN OLD EARTH PASTIME CALLED BASEBALL, SISKO'S FAVORITE PLAYER IS HARMON "BUCK" BOKAI, AN INFIELDER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LONDOG KINGS. COOKERY IS ANOTHER PASSION OF SISKO'S. HIS FATHER WAS A GOURMET CHEF, SO SISKO LEARNED TO APPRECIATE REAL COOKING INSTEAD OF REPLICATED FOOD. |
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Major Kira Nerys
Scott Leyes
MAJOR KIRA NERYS SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE UNDER THE OPPRESSIVE CARDASSIAN OCCUPATION OF BAJOR. SHE BEGAN FIGHTING THE CARDASSIANS AT AGE 12, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SHAKAAR RESISTANCE GROUP THAT LIBERATED THOSE IMPRISONED IN THE GALLITEP LABOR CAMP. HER FAITH IN THE TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHETS -- WHO IN THE BAIORAN RELIGION ARE THOUGHT TO RESIDE IN THE WORMHOLE -- REMAINS A STRONG INFLUENCE ON HER LIFE. |
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Chief Miles O'Brien
Scott Leyes
MILES O'BRIEN'S MANY PASTIMES AND INTERESTS SEEM TO EQUAL THE NUMBER OF REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES DURING HIS STARFLEET CAREER. HE PLAYED THE CELLO IN A STRING QUARTET ABOARD THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D AND HE KEPT A PET TARANTULA NAMED "CHRISTINA" TO OVERCOME HIS FEAR OF SPIDERS. O'BRIEN ALSO KEEPS PHYSICALLY ACTIVE. HE ONCE INJURED HIS SHOULDER KAYAKING IN A HOLODECK, AND PLAYS RACQUETBALL ABOARD SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE. |
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Lieutenant Jadzia Dax
Scott Leyes
JADZIA'S TRILL SYMBIONT DAX HAS THE MEMORIES OF AT LEAST SIX PRIOR LIVES, SO SHE HAS SKILLS AND INTERESTS BEYOND HER OWN LIFE SPAN. SHE ENJOYS PLAYING TONGO, A GAME OF CHANCE, AGAINST QUARK AND HIS FERENGI COLLEAGUES. BUT JADZIA DAX IS ALSO SKILLED WITH THE BAT'TELH [sic], A KLINGON BLADED WEAPON OF HONOR USED IN MANY RITUALS AND BATTLES. THE SYMBIONT DAX HAS BEEN BOTH MALE AND FEMALE IN PAST LIVES, AND IS ACTUALLY BOTH A MOTHER AND A FATHER. |
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Dr. Julian Bashir
Scott Leyes
SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARRIVAL ON SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE, DR. JULIAN BASHIR DEVELOPED A COMRADERY WITH THE MYSTERIOUS CARDASSIAN CLOTHIER GARAK, WHO BASHIR DESCRIBED AS "A SPY." GARAK INTRODUCED BASHIR TO THE GREATEST WORK IN CARDASSIAN LITERATURE, "THE NEVER-ENDINg SACRIFICE." WHEN AN ADDICTIVE IMPLANT MALFUNCTIONED INSIDE GARAK'S BRAIN, BASHIR SHOWED HIS BRAVADO BY TRAVELING TO CARDASSIA TO FIND A CURE. ALTHOUGH BASHIR DISCOVERED THAT GARAK WAS PART OF THE FEARED OBSIDIAN ORDER, HE STILL REMAINS NO CLOSER TO LEARNING HIS FRIEND'S TRUE HISTORY. |
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Constable Odo
Scott Leyes
UNLIKE MANY OF HIS COMRADES ON SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE, CONSTABLE ODO DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE MANY PASTIMES OR PERSONAL INTERESTS. ODO TOLD QUARK THAT HE HAD A GENUINE INTEREST IN COLLECTING THE ASHES OF A RECENTLY DECEASED FERENGI, ALTHOUGH ODO MAY HAVE SIMPLY BEEN USING THE DEATH AS A RUSE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION. DURING THE CARDASSIAN OCCUPATION, ODO PERFORMED A "NECK TRICK" TO AMUSE HIS SUPERIORS. |
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Quark
Scott Leyes
THE PROPRIETOR OF THE BAR ABOARD SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE, QUARK PEDDLES GAMES OF CHANCE AND SOMETIMES QUESTIONABLE MEANS OF ENTERTAINMENT. HIS DABO TABLES ARE STAFFED BY WOMEN, AND AT LEAST ONE HAS COMPLAINED THAT QUARK PROPOSITIONED HER. THE STATION'S FERENGI POPULATION OFTEN GATHERS AFTER HOURS TO PLAY TONGO. QUARK'S HOLOSUITES ARE USED BY THE SISKOS TO PLAY BASEBALL, ALTHOUGH OTHER PROGRAMS OF MORE ADULT TASTE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. |
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Jake Sisko
Scott Leyes
JAKE SISKO SHARES HIS FATHER BENJAMIN'S PASSION FOR BASEBALL, AN ANCIENT EARTH GAME THAT THEY PRACTICE IN QUARK'S HOLOSUITES. JAKE'S SKIlLLS HAVE PROGRESSED TO THE POINT WHERE HE CAN STRIKE OUT HIS FATHER WITH A CURVE BALL. UNFORTUNATELY, PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL ENDED IN THE 21ST CENTURY, SO THERE IS NOT MUCH OF A FUTURE IN THE GAME FOR JAKE. THOUGH HE HAS TOLD HIS FATHER THAT HE ISN'T INTERESTED IN A STARFLEET CAREER, JAKE IS STILL YOUNG ENOUGH TO CHOOSE FROM A WIDELY VARIED GALAXY FOR HIS LIFE'S PURSUITS. |
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The Original Crew, Card 1 of 3
Scotty & Chekov
Joe Jusko
MONTGOMERY SCOTT, WHO TELLS EVERYONE TO "CALL ME SCOTTY," WAS CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. HE WAS KNOWN AMONG HIS COMRADES AS "THE MIRACLE WORkER." IF SCOTTY COULDN'T fIX IT, IT COULDN'T BE FIXED. PAVEL CHEKOY, ORIGINALIY ASSIGNED TO THE NAVIGATOR STATION, BECAME THE SHIP'S WEAPONS OFFICER AFTER ITS REFIT. HE LATER SERVED AS FIRST OFFICER ABOARD THE U.S.S. RELIANT. |
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The Original Crew, Card 2 of 3
Kirk, Spock & McCoy
Joe Jusko
JAMES T. KIRK IS ONE OF THE GREATEST STARSHIP CAPTAINS IN STARFLEET HISTORY. HE COMMANDED THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE OVER THREE DECADES. ALWAYS BY KIRK'S SIDE HAS BEEN SPOCK, THE VULCAN FIRST OFFICER WHO NEVER ASPIRED TO HIS OWN COMMAND. AFTER KIRK'S RETIREMENT, SPOCK BECAME AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE FEDERATION. DR. LEONARD McCOY, AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "BONES" BY CAPTAIN KIRK, SERVED ON THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE ALMOST AS LONG AS KIRK, AND ALONG WITH SPOCK, WAS A TRUSTED FRIEND TO THE CAPTAIN. |
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The Original Crew, Card 3 of 3
Sulu & Uhura
Joe Jusko
HELMSMAN HIKARU SULU WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE HOME OF STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS. HE JOINED ThE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE AS PHYSICIST, BUT LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIDGE AS HELMSMAN. AFTER YEARS OF SERVICE UNDER JAMES T. KIRK, SULU BECAME CAPTAIN OF THE U.S.S. EXCELSIOR. SULU COULD BE RELIEVED AT THE HELM BY UHURA, WHO SERVED AS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. UHURA, WHOSE NAME MEANS "FREEDOM" IN SWAHILI, HAS A TALENT FOR SINGING, AND A LOVE OF MUSIC. |
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The Next Generation, Card 1 of 3
Picard & Worf
Boris Vallejo
CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD WAS DESCRIBED BY ONE OF HIS OFFICERS AS HAVING "THE HEART OF AN EXPLORER AND THE SOUL OF A POET." PICARD ONCE COMMANDED THE U.S.S. STARGAZER ON A DEEP-SPACE EXPLORATION MISSION. HE TURNED DOWN AN OFFER TO BECOME COMMANDANT OF STARFLEET ACADEMY. LIEUTENANT WORF IS THE FIRST KLINGON TO SERVE IN STARFLEET. HIS FAMILY IS WELL-RESPECTED WITHIN KLINGON HIERARCHY AND HE HAS INFLUENCED POLITICS ON THEIR HOMEWORLD. |
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The Next Generation, Card 2 of 3
Riker & Troi
Boris Vallejo
COMMANDER WILLIAM RIKER, CALLED "NUMBER ONE" BY CAPTAIN PICARD, IS SO RESPECTED AS AN OFFICER THAT HE HAS BEEN OFFERED COMMAND OF THREE STARSHIPS. FOR HIS OWN REASONS, RIKER REMAINS WITH THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D. COUNSELOR DEANNA TROY IS AN EMPATHIC BETAZED WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ASSURE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF THE CREW. SHE RECENTLY ATTAINED THE RANK OF COMMANDER AND IS QUALIFIED TO COMMAND THE SHIP IF NECESSARY. |
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The Next Generation, Card 3 of 3
La Forge, Data & Dr. Crusher
Boris Vallejo
GEORDI LAFORGE JOINED THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D AS A LIEUTENANT J.G. WHO SERVED AT CON. WITHIN A YEAR HE BECAME CHIEF ENGINEER AND THEN WAS RAPIDLY PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER. LT. COMMANDER DATA IS THE ONLY ANDROID SERVING IN STARFLEET. HE IS ASSIGNED TO THE OPS POSITION ON THE BRIDGE, WHERE HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING SHIPBOARD OPERATIONS. DR. BEVERLY CRUSHER SERVES AS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. DURING A ONE-YEAR SABBATICAL SHE SERVED AS HEAD OF STARFLEET MEDICAL. |
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The Crew of Deep Space Nine, Card 1 of 3
Sisko & Jadzia Dax
Julie Bell
COMMANDER BENJAMIN SISKO WAS FIRST OFFICER OF THE U.S.S. SARATOGA WHEN IT WAS DESTROYED BY THE BORG AT WOLF 359. HIS WIFE DIED IN THE ATTACK, BUT THEIR SON JAKE SURVIVED. AFTER SERVING THREE YEARS AT THE UTOPIA PLANITIA SHIPYARDS, HE AND JAKE TRANSFERRED TO SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE. LIEUTENANT JADZIA DAX IS A TRILL, A JOINED LIFE FORM. HER HUMAN BODY HOSTS AN INVERTEBRATE SYMBIONT. THE PREVIOUS HOST, CURZON, WAS A FEDERATION AMBASSADOR AND A FRIEND OF BENJAMIN SISKO. |
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The Crew of Deep Space Nine, Card 2 of 3
Quark, Kira & O'Brien
Julie Bell
QUARK IS THE FERENGI WHO RUNS THE BAR ON THE PROMENADE OF SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE. HE CAN QUOTE ALL 286 FERENGI RULES OF ACQUISITION. MAJOR KIRA NERYS IS THE BAJORAN LIAISON ABOARD SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE, ALTHOUGH SHE PERSONALLY OPPOSES STARFLEET'S PRESENCE. SHE FOUGHT IN THE BAJORAN UNDERGROUND DURING THE CARDASSIAN OCCUPATION. MILES O'BRIEN IS CHIEF ENGINEER OF SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE STATION AFTER SERVICE ABOARD THE U.S.S, ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D. O'BRIEN HAS OVER TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE IN STARFLEET. |
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The Crew of Deep Space Nine, Card 3 of 3
Dr. Bashir & Odo
Julie Bell
DR. JULAN BASHIR HAS AN EBULLIENT PERSONALITY THAT SOMETIMES IRRITATES HIS COMRADES. SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE IS BASHIRS FIRST POSTING AFTER GRADUATION FROM STARFLEET ACADEMY. HE REQUESTED ASSIGNMENT THERE TO EXPERIENCE "FRONTIER MEDICINE." A DESCRIPTION THAT OFFENDED KIA NERYS. CONSTABLE ODO, A SHAPESHIFTER, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STATION SECURITY. HE WAS DISCOVERED IN HIS NATURAL GELATINOUS LIFE FORM ABOARD AN ABANDONED SPACECRAFT IN THE DENORIOS ASTEROID BELT. ODO'S SENSE OF JUSTICE IS ABSOLUTE AND FREQUENTLY CLASHES WITH THE POLITICAL INTRIGUE ABOARD SPACE STATION DEEP SPACE NINE. |
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U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701 Engine Room
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MONTGOMERY SCOTT'S PRIDE AND JOY IS THE ENGINE ROOM OF THE ORIGINAL FEDERATION STARSHIP U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. A STARSHIP'S WARP DRIVE PROPULSION IS GENERATED BY THE CONTROLLED ANNIHILATION OF MATTER AND ANTIMATTER. THIS INTERMIX IS CONTROLLED IN A DILITHIUM CRYSTAL CHAMBER, WHICH ROUTES THE FLOW TO THE SHIP'S WARP NACELLES. SCOTTY'S ENGINEERING SKILLS IN THIS ROOM EARNED HIM THE MONIKER, "THE MIRACLE WORKER." |
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Beaming Down
THE CREW OF THE FIRST FEDERATION STARSHIP U.S.S. ENTERPRISE OFTEN USES THE TRANSPORTER TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS. THE TRANSPORTER CONVERTS MATTER INTO AN ENERGY PATTERN WHICH IS STORED IN A BUFFER UNTIL THE SUBJECT CAN BE RECONSTITUTED AT A DESTINATION. ATHOUGH SUBJECTS TYPICALLYBEAM TO AND FROM A TRANSPORTER CHAMBER, SITE-TO-SITE TRANSPORT OFTEN OCCURS. IN THE 23RD CENRUTY, SUCH "DIRECT BEAMING" IS STILL SOMEWHAT HAZARDOUS, WHICH POSSIBLY EXPLAINS DOCTOR McCOY'S AVERSION TO THE TECHNOLOGY. |
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Romulan Warbird Decloaking
THE D'DERIDEX-CLASS ROMULAN WARBIRD IS ONE OF THE MOST FEARED SHIPS IN THE KNOWN GALAXY. FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN THE ROMULAN BIRD-OF-PREY OF A CENTURY BEFORE, THIS SHIP IS CAPABLE OF WARP SPEED AND AS POWERFUL AS THE FEDERATION'S GALAXY-CLASS STARSHIPS. THE WARBIRD HAS A CLOAKING DEVICE THAT RENDERS IT VIRTUALLY UNDETECTABLE BY STARFLEET TECHNOLOGY. THE CLOAKING DEVICE MUST BE DISABLED IF THE WARBIRD IS GOING TO FIRE ITS WEAPONS -- THE ONLY WARNING THAT AN ATTACK IS IMMINENT. |
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Into the Wormhole
THE WORMHOLE IN THE BAJOR SYSTEM WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY COMMANDER BENJAMIN SISKO AND LIEUTENANT JADZIA DAX in 2369. ITS PRESENCE WAS DETECTED BY ELEVATED NEUTRINO LEVELS WHICH HAD BEEN MEASURED IN THE DENORIOS BELT, A CHARGED PLASMA FIELD IN THE BAJOR SYSTEM. IT IS THE FIRST KNOWN STABLE WORMHOLE IN THE GALAXY, AND WAS ARTIFICIALLY CREATED BY ALIENS WHO HAVE NO CONCEPTION OF LINEAR TIME. PASSAGE THROUGH THE WORMHOLE FROM BAJOR WILL TAKE A SPACESHIP'S OCCUPANT 70,000 LIGHT YEARS TO THE GAMMA QUADRANT. |
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