1:[2,#B],6:[1,#I]@1Costa, Lieutenant@2Member of the Enterprise -D engineering staff. (“The Mind’s Eye” [TNG], “Hollow Pursuits” [TNG]).
~1:[3,#B],6:[1,#B],42:[2,#B],71:[2,#B]@1Council of Elders@2Group of Organian leaders who appeared to govern their planet. The actual nature of Organian government remains unknown because the Organians, contrary to the image that they chose to project to Federation and Klingon representatives, were incredibly advanced noncorporeal life-forms who shared little in common with their distant humanoid ancestors. For this reason, the Council of Elders expressed little concern when the Klingon occupational forces, led by Commander Kor, committed apparently horrific acts of oppression against the Organians in 2267. (“Errand of Mercy” [TOS]).
~1:[1,#B],58:[2,#B],65:[1,#I]@1counselor@2Starship officer responsible for the emotional well-being of the ship’s crew. A counselor’s duties included providing individual guidance and advice to crew members, as well as periodic crew performance evaluations, usually performed with the ship’s executive officer or other department heads. A counselor is also expected to provide advice to the ship’s captain on command decisions. Deanna Troi was the counselor on the Enterprise -D. (“Man of the People” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],12:[2,#B],20:[1,#B],38:[1,#B],54:[2,#B]@1counterinsurgency program@2Security program installed into the computer system on station Terok Nor while the facility was still a Cardassian station. The counterinsurgency program was designed to activate automatically in case of a revolt by the station’s Bajoran ore processing workers. It broadcast throughout the station a series of recorded visual messages of Gul Dukat entreating rebellious workers to surrender or face a series of escalating consequences, up to the destruction of the station. The counterinsurgency program was accidentally triggered in 2371, long after the station was no longer under Cardassian control. (“Civil Defense” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#BI],8:[2,#I],13:[1,#I],17:[1,#B],21:[2,#B],26:[1,#I],28:[7,#I]@1Cousteau, Shuttlepod@2A shuttle vehicle from the Starship Aries. In 2367, the Cousteau was stolen by Mendez and abandoned on Tarchannen III. (“Identity Crisis” [TNG]). The Cousteau was named for 20th-century oceanographer Jacques Cousteau.
~1:[1,#B],11:[2,#B],50:[1,#B]@1Coutu@2(Philip LeStrange). Leader in the rebel faction on planet Parada II in 2370. Coutu discovered a Paradan government plot to sabotoge peace talks with the rebels using an exact replica of Miles O’Brien. Coutu was also responsible for rescuing the real O’Brien from government forces. (“Whispers” [DS9]). SEE: Paradas.
~1:[2,#B],8:[2,#B],20:[2,#B],26:[1,#I]@1cove palm@2A plant indigenous to planet Ogus II. The fruit of the plant contains a highly infectious parasite. Willie Potts, the child of an Enterprise -D crew member, accidently ate a cove palm fruit in 2367, requiring emergency treatment at a starbase. (“Brothers” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],27:[1,#B],34:[1,#B]@1cowboy diplomacy@2Slang term that referred to actions taken impulsively by an individual on behalf of a government, without that government’s sanction. Captain Picard accused Ambassador Spock of “cowboy diplomacy” in coming to Romulus in 2368 without the sanction of the Federation or Vulcan governments. (“Unification, Part II” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],9:[2,#B],14:[2,#B],21:[2,#B],27:[1,#B],66:[5,#B]@1Coyote Stone@2Icon placed on a Native American medicine wheel. In 2371, when Commander Chakotay was declared brain-dead after his bio-neural energy was displaced by the Komar, the Coyote Stone was one of several markers placed on the medicine wheel to guide Chakotay’s soul back into his body, although placement at the crossroads of the fifth and sixth realms might divert his soul into the Mountains of the Antelope Women. (“Cathexis” [VGR]).
~1:[3,#B]@1CPK enzymatic therapy@2Medical treatment to limit the extent of spinal injury. (“Ethics” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B]@1CPK levels@2A medical test performed aboard Federation starships. CPK, or creatinine phosphokinase, is a marker of muscular damage. It is mostly used to diagnose cardiac damage. (“Violations” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],6:[2,#B],20:[3,#B]@1Crabtree, Susie@2Former girlfriend to Thomas Paris during his first year at Starfleet Academy. In 2372, Paris told the Emergency Medical Hologram that he was depressed for almost a year after breaking up with Crabtree. (“Lifesigns” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],5:[1,#B],11:[2,#B],41:[1,#B],58:[1,#B],68:[2,#B]@1cranial implant@2Highly classified Cardassian biotechnological device used by the Obsidian Order. The implants, which were placed into the skulls of the order’s operatives, were designed to stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain. This would release large quantities of endorphins, making the operative impervious to pain in the event the operative were tortured by an enemy. Garak volunteered to receive a cranial implant while in the Obsidian Order. The device was never designed for continuous operation for any length of time, so when Garak left it on for two years straight, it failed, causing excruciating pain. (“The Wire” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],9:[2,#B],66:[2,#B],73:[2,#B]@1Crater, Nancy@2(Jeanne Bal). The wife of archaeologist Robert Crater, Nancy Crater was killed some years prior to 2266 by the last surviving member of the civilization there. This creature had remarkable hypnotic abilities, able to masqurade as anyone, and chose to appear to Robert Crater in the image of his late wife. Prior to her marriage to Crater, Nancy had been romantically involved with Leonard McCoy. (“The Man Trap” [TOS]). SEE: M-113 creature.
~1:[3,#B],14:[1,#B],18:[2,#B],49:[32,#I]@1Crater, Professor Robert@2(Alfred Ryder). Reclusive archaeologist who studied the ruins on planet M-113. After his wife, Nancy Crater, was killed by the last surviving creature on that planet, Crater was unable to bring himself to kill that individual, choosing instead to befriend it. (“The Man Trap” [TOS]). Actor Alfred Ryder suffered a severe arm injury just prior to filming. The injury was so painful he could not use his arm, but despite this, he performed his role without complaint.
~1:[5,#B],13:[1,#B],25:[1,#B],35:[2,#I],42:[4,#B]@1Cravic Automated Personnel Unit 122@2(Rick Worthy). Humanoid automaton built by the Cravic people to fight in a war against robots built by the Pralor. Unit 122 commanded a Cravic vessel that encountered the U.S.S. Voyager in 2372. (“Prototype” [VGR]). SEE: Pralor automated personnel unit.
~1:[1,#B],15:[1,#B],48:[4,#B]@1Cravic@2Technologically sophisticated Delta Quadrant civilization that became extinct in a war with the Pralor people. The Cravic created sophisticated humanoid androids to fight their war with the Pralor. Later the entire Cravic society was destroyed when they attempted to deactivate these robotic soldiers. (“Prototype” [VGR]). SEE: Pralor automated personnel unit.
~1:[1,#B]@1crayon@2Children’s drawing implement, generally containing wax-based pigment used to draw on paper. Guinan once noted that with a child’s imagination, crayons can take you to more places than a starship can. (“Rascals” [TNG]).
~1:[3,#BI],6:[1,#I],9:[2,#I],25:[1,#B],35:[1,#I],43:[2,#I],52:[3,#B],56:[1,#I],58:[1,#I],61:[25,#I]@1Crazy Horse, U.S.S.@2Federation starship, Excelsior class. The Crazy Horse was part of task force 3, under Captain Picard’s indirect command during an expected Borg invasion of late 2369. (“Descent, Part I” [TNG]). The Enterprise -D was ordered to rendezvous with the Crazy Horse in 2370 in order to pick up Admiral Erik Pressman. (“The Pegasus” [TNG]). The Crazy Horse was named for the Oglala Sioux chief, who was one of the most important Native American leaders at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.
~1:[1,#B],8:[1,#B],23:[2,#BI],57:[5,#I]@1Creator@2Term used by the machine life-form V’Ger to describe the agency responsible for its origin. In fact, V’Ger, originally known as Voyager VI, had been created by humans on Earth in the late 20th century, although the immensely powerful and sophisticated V’Ger found it difficult to believe it had originated with such amazingly primitive creatures. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture).
~1:[2,#B],12:[2,#B],15:[1,#B]@1credit chip@2Instrument of monetary exchange used in the early 21st-century United States on Earth. (“Past Tense, Part I” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B],10:[2,#B],13:[1,#B],33:[2,#B]@1credit@2Unit of monetary exchange used in the Federation. Cyrano Jones offered tribbles for sale at ten credits each, although he eventually settled for six credits. (“The Trouble With Tribbles” [TOS]). SEE: monetary units.
~1:[2,#B],20:[1,#B]@1Creole food@2Traditional style of Earth food cooked with a savory sauce containing peppers, tomatoes, onions, and the like. Sisko’s, a restaurant in New Orleans on Earth, specialized in Creole food. (“Homefront” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],20:[49,#I]@1crew manifest@2A computer file containing biographical and Starfleet data on crew members aboard a Federation starship. (“Conundrum” [TNG]). The bridge crew manifest in “Conundrum” contained numerous biographic details about our series regulars. Some of these data points were based on information established in earlier shows, but much was somewhat conjectural. For the most part, we’re assuming this information is accurate, unless contradicted by information in an episode.
~1:[2,#B],10:[1,#B]@1CRM 114@2Large portable hand cannon made by the Breen. The CRM-114 was designed to destroy moving vessels and surface emplacements, and was guaranteed to cut through reactive armor in the 6 to 15 centimeter range. It could also penetrate shields up to 4.6 gigajoules in strength. (“Business As Usual” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#BI],6:[1,#I],8:[2,#B],19:[1,#I],21:[9,#I]@1Crockett, U.S.S.@2Federation starship. The Crockett conveyed Admiral Mitsuya to station Deep Space 9 in 2370. (“Paradise” [DS9]). The Crockett was named after Davey Crockett, American frontiersman and politician.
~1:[1,#B],9:[1,#B],12:[2,#B],38:[1,#B],45:[1,#B],51:[1,#B],120:[1,#B],129:[2,#B],176:[1,#B]@1Croden@2(Cliff De Young). Fugitive from the planet Rakhar in the Gamma Quadrant. He was picked up in a damaged shuttlecraft and brought to Deep Space 9 in 2369. In a botched robbery attempt, Croden killed the Miradorn Ro-Kel, which caused his twin brother, Ah-Kel, to vow revenge. While in Odo’s jail, Croden told the shape-shifter he’d met others of his kind and offered as proof a unique necklace whose contents changed form. While Odo was returning Croden to his homeworld, Odo learned that Croden’s “crime” was having spoken out against his government. For punishment, most of his family was killed. Croden fled from the government, but was able to save only one member of his family, his daughter, Yareth, whom he hid on an asteroid in the Chamra Vortex. Odo returned Croden to the asteroid, where the necklace served as a key to unlock a stasis chamber in which Yarneth was hidden. Odo then allowed Croden and his daughter to leave on a Vulcan transport ship to start a new life. (“Vortex” [DS9]). SEE: toh-maire.
~1:[1,#B],36:[1,#I]@1croissant@2Type of bread developed in the nation of France on planet Earth. The croissant was baked from a flaky wheat-based dough that was rolled into crescent-shaped pieces. It was a favorite breakfast food of Enterprise -D captain Jean-Luc Picard and Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher. (“Attached” [TNG]).
~1: [1, #b], 9: [1, #b], 21: [1, #i], 60: [2, #b], 70: [1, #b], 102: [1, #b]@1Crosis@2(Brian Cousins). One of the self-aware, fanatical Borg who began attacking Federation colonies in 2369. Crosis beamed aboard the Enterprise -D as part of a diversion to allow a Borg ship to escape. He was captured and was confined in the ship’s brig. Crosis revealed himself to be one of a group of followers of a persona called The One. While there, he was able to convince Commander Data to release him and they left the ship in a stolen shuttlecraft. Crosis took Data back to the base of these new Borg. Once there, Data was reunited with his brother, Lore. (“Descent, Parts I and II” [TNG]).
~1:[4,#B]@1crown roast of lamb@2Culinary main course consisting of a rack of lamb formed into a circle and roasted. While incarcerated in an Akritirian prison satellite, Tom Paris dreamed of having crown roast of lamb when he was free again. (“The Chute” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],19:[1,#B]@1Cruses System@2The last known location of a Tarkanian diplomat who was believed to be a co-conspirator of J’Dan in the theft of Federation technological secrets in 2367. (“The Drumhead” [TNG]).
~1:[3,#B],6:[3,#B],11:[1,#I],17:[2,#B],37:[2,#B],105:[2,#B],111:[2,#B],126:[2,#B],194:[3,#B],224:[1,#I],235:[1,#I],276:[1,#B],281:[2,#B],293:[1,#B],295:[2,#B],322:[2,#B],336:[2,#B],356:[1,#B],361:[2,#B],436:[1,#I],461:[2,#B],470:[2,#B],478:[2,#B],506:[3,#B],520:[15,#I],555:[1,#I],602:[2,#B],605:[2,#B],631:[1,#I],643:[3,#BI],659:[4,#BI],673:[3,#I],688:[3,#BI],695:[15,#I],715:[16,#I],733:[17,#I],753:[22,#I],776:[16,#I]@1Crusher, Dr. Beverly@2(Gates McFadden). Chief medical officer aboard the Enterprise -D under the command of Jean-Luc Picard. Crusher was born Beverly Howard in 2324, and graduated from medical school in 2350. She was at the Arvada III colony, and helped her grandmother, Felisa Howard (“Sub Rosa” [TNG]) care for the survivors of that terrible tragedy. Although her grandmother was not a physician, she taught Beverly much about the medicinal uses of herbs and roots to help care for the sick and wounded after regular medical supplies had been exhausted. (“The Arsenal of Freedom” [TNG]).
Beverly was introduced to her future husband, Starfleet officer Jack Crusher, by their mutual friend Walker Keel. (“Conspiracy” [TNG]). She married Jack in 2348, and the two had a child, Wesley Crusher, the following year. As a young married couple, Beverly and her husband Jack spent a great deal of time with Jean-Luc Picard. She did not learn until many years later that Picard had fallen in love with her, but he didn’t act on his feelings in order to not betray his friend. (“Attached” [TNG]). Crusher did her internship on planet Delos IV under the tutelage of Dr. Dalen Quaice in 2352. (“Remember Me” [TNG]). Following her husband’s death in 2354, Beverly continued to pursue her Starfleet career, attaining the position of chief medical officer aboard the Enterprise -D in 2364. (“Encounter at Farpoint” [TNG]). Crusher left the Enterprise -D in 2365 to accept a position as head of Starfleet Medical, but returned to the ship a year later, and was reunited with her son, Wesley. (“Evolution” [TNG]). In 2366, Crusher became romantically interested in a man from planet Zalkon whom she had named John Doe. (“Transfigurations” [TNG]). The following year, she became involved with a Trill named Ambassador Odan. Although the two were very much in love, Beverly found it difficult to accept her lover inhabiting a different body. (“The Host” [TNG]). Beverly’s grandmother, Felisa Howard, died in 2370, and Beverly returned to her grandmother’s home at the Caldos Colony to speak at the funeral. Beverly discovered her grandmother had taken a lover, apparently a 34-year-old man named Ronin, who was actually an anaphasic life-form that had been a “spirit lover” of Howard women for 20 generations. Beverly was at first taken in by Ronin, and even went so far as to resign from Starfleet to remain on Caldos with him, before Beverly was forced to kill him in order to protect her friends. (“Sub Rosa” [TNG]).
Although a physician aboard a starship is not normally regarded as a line officer, Crusher was left in command of the Enterprise -D when virtually the entire crew was transported to the surface of a planet to search for Data in early 2369. Crusher employed the metaphasic shield technology which the ship had aquired from Dr. Reyga in order to escape a pursuing Borg ship and rescue the crew on the surface. (“Descent, Part II” [TNG]). Later that year, Crusher was severely injured by Worf, who was under the influence of Barclay’s Protomorphosis Syndrome. She was placed in stasis and required reconstructive surgery. (“Genesis” [TNG]). Crusher’s stint in stasis helped facilitate the fact that Gates McFadden was directing this episode.
Beverly was quite an accomplished dancer. Her colleagues named her “The Dancing Doctor,” a nickname she disliked, so aboard the Enterprise -D she did her best to avoid demonstrating her skills. Nevertheless, the fact that she had won first place in a dance competition in St. Louis was part of her Starfleet record, so Data asked her to help him learn to dance for the wedding of Miles O’Brien and Keiko Ishikawa in 2367. (“Data’s Day” [TNG]). Beverly also had a strong interest in amateur theatrics and was director of a successful theater company aboard the Enterprise -D. Among the productions performed by her company in 2367 was Cyrano de Bergerac. (“The Nth Degree” [TNG]). Several months later, her troupe performed Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. (“Disaster” [TNG]). Crusher wrote a play for her troupe, called Something for Breakfast. (“A Fistful of Datas” [TNG]). Another play written by Crusher was entitled Frame of Mind. (“Frame of Mind” [TNG]).
Beverly’s maiden name, Howard, is from her biographical computer screen in “Conundrum” (TNG), named for Star Trek: The Next Generation producer Merri Howard, although the name was used for her maternal grandmother. Gates McFadden left the Star Trek cast in the second season, during which the chief medical officer was played by Diana Muldaur as Dr. Katherine Pulaski (which is why Crusher left the ship to become head of Starfleet Medical during that year). McFadden and Crusher returned to the Enterprise -D during the third and subsequent seasons. Beverly Crusher first appeared in “Encounter at Farpoint” (TNG).
~1:[3,#B],10:[2,#B],15:[2,#B],24:[2,#B],47:[7,#I],119:[2,#BI],205:[12,#I],222:[21,#I],243:[3,#BI],246:[12,#I]@1Crusher, Jack R.@2(Doug Wert). Starfleet officer, husband to Beverly Crusher, and father to Wesley Crusher. Jack Crusher, a close friend to Captain Jean-Luc Picard, married medical student Beverly Howard in 2348. Crusher had proposed to Beverly by giving her a gag gift, a book entitled How to Advance Your Career Through Marriage. Their son, Wesley, was born a year later. (“Family” [TNG]). During their marriage, Crusher and his wife spent extended periods of time with his friend, Jean-Luc Picard. Crusher was never aware that his friend, Picard, was strongly attracted to Beverly. When Wesley was young, Jack and Beverly took him on a camping trip to Balfour Lake. (“Attached” [TNG]). Lieutenant Commander Jack Crusher served aboard the U.S.S. Stargazer under the command of Captain Picard and was killed on an away mission in 2354, when his son was only five years old. (“Encounter at Farpoint, Parts I and II” [TNG]). Shortly after Wesley’s birth, Jack recorded a holographic message to his infant son, intended for playback when Wesley reached adulthood. Jack hoped this would be the first in a series of such messages, but it was the only one he made. Wesley played the message some 18 years later, in 2367. (“Family” [TNG]). Even though Jack Crusher died several years before the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, we’ve seen him three times. The first was in Wesley’s holographic message in “Family” (TNG), and then briefly again in Beverly’s telepathic memory invasion flashback in “Violations” (TNG), and in Wesley’s vision in “Journey’s End” (TNG).
~1:[2,#B],9:[2,#B],12:[2,#B],49:[2,#I],118:[1,#B],146:[1,#I],156:[1,#B],176:[2,#B],198:[1,#I],236:[2,#B],278:[1,#B],314:[3,#B],328:[1,#B],332:[2,#B],341:[1,#B],367:[2,#B],400:[1,#I],473:[2,#B],494:[1,#I],508:[2,#B],519:[1,#BI],522:[2,#B],560:[2,#B],572:[1,#I],589:[2,#B],618:[2,#B],729:[7,#B],739:[2,#B],752:[1,#I],769:[46,#I],820:[21,#I],843:[8,#I]@1Crusher, Wesley@2(Wil Wheaton). Son of Starfleet officers Jack Crusher and Beverly Crusher. Wesley was born in 2349 and was raised by his mother following the death of his father, Jack, in 2354 when Wesley was five years old (“True Q” [TNG]). Wesley went to live on the Starship Enterprise -D in 2364, when his mother was assigned to that ship as chief medical officer. (“Encounter at Farpoint, Parts I and II” [TNG]). Wesley spent little time with his father before his death, but recalled that Jack taught him to play baseball. (“Evolution” [TNG]).
Wesley showed a keen interest in science and technology, and had an extraordinary ability to visualize complex mathematical concepts, an ability that the Traveler once urged Captain Picard to nurture. Perhaps in response, Picard commissioned Crusher an acting ensign on stardate 41263.4 in recognition of Wesley’s key role in returning the Enterprise -D to Federation space after it was stranded by Kosinski’s failed warp-drive experiments. (“Where No One Has Gone Before” [TNG]).
As a member of an away team to planet Rubicun III, Crusher inadvertently broke a local law and was sentenced to death by the planetary government. Crusher was later freed by Enterprise -D captain Picard, although Picard acknowledged that the act violated the Prime Directive. (“Justice” [TNG]). Wesley’s first experience with command was when Commander Riker assigned him the task of supervising geological surveys of the planets in the Selcundi Drema sector in 2365. Although Crusher initially found it difficult to supervise people older than himself, he eventually found that the experience built self-confidence, and Crusher’s leadership led to scientifically important discoveries. (“Pen Pals” [TNG]). Crusher conducted a test using medical nanites in 2366, accidentally resulting in the creation of an enhanced version of the tiny robots, possessing enough intelligence to be considered a legitimate life-form. The nanites were so recognized and granted colonization rights on planet Kavis Alpha IV. (“Evolution” [TNG]).
Wesley’s first romantic interest was with the lovely young Salia, leader of planet Daled IV. Although not human, Salia was a shape-shifting allasomorph who appeared as a teenaged human girl whose keen intelligence and wit captured his interest. (“The Dauphin” [TNG]).
Crusher’s first year at the academy went well, and he even gained entry into the academy’s elite Nova Squadron flight team. (“The First Duty” [TNG]). Wesley returned to the Enterprise -D for a brief visit on stardate 45208, where he became very fond of Mission Specialist Robin Lefler. (“The Game” [TNG]). Crusher’s sophomore year was marred by a serious incident in which he and other members of Nova Squadron attempted a prohibited maneuver, and Cadet Joshua Albert died in the resulting accident. Although initial testimony by members of the squadron suggested Albert was responsible for the accident, Crusher later came forward with the truth. A reprimand was entered into Crusher’s academic record, and he was forced to repeat his sophomore year. (“The First Duty” [TNG]).
Wesley Crusher became disenchanted with his studies at Starfleet and resigned his commission to the academy in 2370, choosing instead to live among the Native American colonists on planet Dorvan V, a world currently under Cardassian jurisdiction. Crusher’s decision to leave Starfleet in favor of self-exploration was a difficult one, aided by insight offered by the Traveler. (“Journey’s End” [TNG]). SEE: Kolvoord Starburst; Locarno, Cadet First Class Nicholas.
(In an alternate quantum reality visited by Worf in 2370, Wesley Crusher had not left the Enterprise -D but had remained, achieved the rank of Lieutenant, and was assigned to tactical. [“Parallels” (TNG)].)
Wesley Crusher first appeared in “Encounter at Farpoint.” Wesley left the series during the fourth season (in “Final Mission” [TNG]), although he has since returned for “The Game” (TNG) ,”The First Duty” (TNG), “Parallels” (TNG), and “Journey’s End” (TNG). At one point early in preproduction for Star Trek: The Next Generation, supervising producer Bob Justman had convinced Roddenberry to make the character Wesley into Leslie, a female teenager. Wesley was named for Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, whose middle name was Wesley.
~1:[3,#B],17:[1,#I],36:[1,#B],48:[1,#B]@1cryogenic open-heart procedure@2Surgical procedure used to repair damaged cardiac tissue using temperatures near absolute zero. Enterprise chief surgeon Leonard McCoy used a cryogenic open-heart procedure to repair a damaged heart valve of Vulcan Ambassador Sarek in 2267. This procedure required a large amount of the rare T-negative blood type, donated by his son, Spock. (“Journey to Babel” [TOS]).
~1:[1,#B],13:[1,#I],30:[1,#B]@1cryonetrium@2Substance that remains gaseous at cryogenic temperatures near absolute zero. The Enterprise -D warp drive systems were flooded with gaseous cryonetrium in 2366 to halt the effects of invidium contamination. (“Hollow Pursuits” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],41:[1,#B],49:[1,#I]@1cryonics@2Old practice of cryogenically freezing a human just after death in the hopes that future medical advances would render their sickness curable. Some cryogenically frozen bodies were actually sent into space in orbiting satellites for long-term storage. One such cryosatellite was discovered in 2364 by the Starship Enterprise -D. Cryonics was something of a fad in the late 20th century but fell into disuse by the mid-21st century. (“The Neutral Zone” [TNG]).
