1:[2,#B],7:[1,#I],10:[2,#B],34:[13,#I]@1McCoy, David@2(Bill Quinn). Father of Enterprise medical officer Leonard McCoy. The elder McCoy suffered from a painful, terminal illness, and his son eventually pulled the plug to spare his father further pain. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier). David McCoy’s first name was established in Star Trek III.
~1:[4,#B],13:[2,#I],71:[2,#B],154:[6,#I],166:[1,#I],175:[2,#B],195:[1,#I],196:[3,#B],206:[2,#B],214:[1,#I],232:[6,#I],246:[1,#B],270:[1,#I],305:[5,#B],317:[1,#B],332:[1,#B],337:[1,#B],373:[1,#I],391:[1,#B],395:[5,#I],412:[2,#B],430:[1,#B],444:[6,#I],462:[1,#I],477:[141,#I],620:[10,#I]@1McCoy, Dr. Leonard H.@2(DeForest Kelley). Chief medical officer aboard the original Starship Enterprise under the command of Captain James Kirk, who gave him the nickname “Bones.” (“The Corbomite Maneuver” [TOS]). As of 2267, McCoy had earned the Legion of Honor, and had been decorated by Starfleet surgeons. (“Court Martial” [TOS]).
McCoy attended the University of Mississippi on Earth. While a student there, he met and had a romance with Emony Dax while she was visiting Earth around 2245 to judge a gymnastics competition. (“Trials and Tribble-ations” [DS9]). Early in McCoy’s medical career, his father was struck with a terrible, fatal illness. Faced with the prospect of his father suffering a terrible, lingering death, McCoy mercifully “pulled the plug” on him, allowing him to die. To McCoy’s considerable anguish, a cure for his father’s disease was discovered shortly thereafter, and McCoy carried the guilt for his father’s possibly needless death for many years. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier). Prior to his assignment to the Enterprise, McCoy had been romantically involved with the future Nancy Crater. (“The Man Trap” [TOS]). In 2253, McCoy developed a neurosurgical technique that was used in 2372 by the Voyager’s Emergency Medical Hologram to repair the damaged cerebral cortex of Danara Pel. (“Lifesigns” [VGR]).
McCoy first joined the Enterprise crew in 2266, and remained associated with that illustrious ship and its successor for some 27 years. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country). In 2267, McCoy suffered a serious overdose of cordrazine in a shipboard accident. In the paranoid delusions that followed, McCoy fled the ship, then jumped through a time portal being studied by Enterprise personnel. In the past, McCoy effected serious damage to the flow of time until Kirk and Spock followed him to restore the shape of history. (“The City on the Edge of Forever” [TOS]). SEE: Guardian of Forever; Keeler, Edith. In 2268, McCoy was diagnosed with terminal xenopolycythemia and chose to resign from Starfleet so that he could marry a woman named Natira, high priestess of the Yonadan people. McCoy rejoined Starfleet after a cure was found in the Yonadan memory banks. (“For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” [TOS]).
McCoy retired from Starfleet after the return of the Enterprise from the five-year mission, but he returned to Starfleet at Kirk’s request when the ship intercepted the V’Ger entity near Earth. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture). McCoy, along with Kirk, was wrongly convicted for the murder of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon in 2293, a conviction that was later overturned. McCoy was scheduled to retire shortly after the Khitomer peace conference, but he either changed his mind, or later returned to Starfleet. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country). As a retired Starfleet admiral, McCoy made an inspection tour of the Enterprise -D in 2364 at the age of 137. (“Encounter at Farpoint, Part I” [TNG]).
An unofficial part of McCoy’s backstory was developed by Original Series story editor Dorothy Fontana, who had written a story entitled “Joanna,” which would have established that McCoy had been married and later endured a bitter divorce, and it was the aftermath of this experience that drove him to join Starfleet. The episode would have introduced Joanna, McCoy’s now-grown daughter from that failed marriage. “Joanna” was written for the Original Series’s third season, but was so heavily rewritten (becoming “The Way to Eden” [TOS]) that Fontana removed her name from the final version.
Since this McCoy backstory was never incorporated into an episode, it isn’t “official,” at least for the purposes of this encyclopedia. On the other hand, it is mentioned here because it offers insight into the McCoy character, and because of Fontana’s pivotal role in the development of many Star Trek characters. McCoy’s first appearance was in “The Corbomite Maneuver” (TOS).
~1:[2,#B],5:[1,#I]@1McDowell, Ensign@2(Kenneth Meseroll). Enterprise -D crew member. McDowell served at Tactical during the ship’s rescue of a Romulan science ship in 2368. (“The Next Phase” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],13:[3,#B]@1McFarland@2A renowned Federation archaeologist. McFarland attended the annual symposium of the Federation Archaeology Council in 2367. (“QPid” [TNG]).
~1:[3,#B],10:[2,#I],17:[3,#B],44:[1,#I],70:[3,#B],106:[7,#I]@1McGivers, Lieutenant Marla@2(Madlyn Rhue). Historian aboard the original Starship Enterprise in 2267 when former dictator Khan Noonien Singh attempted to commandeer the ship. McGivers’s fascination for bold men of the past clouded her judgment when it came to Khan. She betrayed the Enterprise crew and helped Khan’s takeover attempt. Marla was later given the choice of a court-martial or accompanying Khan and his group into exile on planet Ceti Alpha V. She chose to stay with Khan and live on that desolate world. (“Space Seed” [TOS]). McGivers married Khan, but she was later killed by the parasitic eel creatures indigenous to Ceti Alpha V. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).
~1:[2,#B],19:[2,#B],56:[2,#B],60:[2,#B]@1McHuron, Eve@2(Karen Steele). Beautiful woman recruited by Harry Mudd as a bride for a settler on planet Ophiucus III. Eve had been raised on a farm planet, caring for her two brothers. Although Eve was attracted to Kirk, she eventually realized that Kirk was married to his ship, so she ended up with miner Ben Childress at the Rigel XII mining station. (“Mudd’s Women” [TOS]).
~1:[2,#B],8:[3,#B]@1McKenzie, Ard’rian@2(Eileen Seeley). Member of the Tau Cygna V colony. Ard’rian was very interested in Commander Data’s abilities as an android, and grew very fond of him personally. She supported Data’s efforts to evacuate the Tau Cygna colony in 2366. (“The Ensigns of Command” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],11:[1,#B],13:[2,#B]@1McKinley Park@2Located on planet Earth, a favorite place of Keiko and Miles O’Brien. Miles presented Keiko with a gold bracelet there. (“Power Play” [TNG]).
~1:[3,#B],77:[39,#I],118:[1,#I]@1McKinley Rocket Base@2American military space launch facility on Earth. In 1968, a large orbital nuclear weapons platform was launched from McKinley Rocket Base by the United States to counter a similar launch by a rival power. In an effort to demonstrate the foolhardy nature of such weapons, extraterrestrial agent Gary Seven secretly armed the platform’s warheads shortly after launch, then caused the launch vehicle to malfunction, before disarming it just before impact. (“Assignment Earth” [TOS]). The scenes of McKinley Rocket Base were a combination of stock film of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and footage shot at Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles. The vehicle launched from McKinley Rocket Base was stock footage of an early Saturn V booster.
~1:[2,#B],4:[3,#B]@1McKinley Station@2SEE: Earth Station McKinley.
~1:[1,#B],17:[2,#B]@1McKinney@2Starfleet officer who was apparently killed by the unknown alien intelligence that attempted to infiltrate Starfleet Headquarters in 2364. (“Conspiracy” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],5:[1,#I]@1McKnight, Ensign@2(Pamela Winslow). Enterprise -D crew member. McKnight served at conn in 2367. (“Clues,” “Face of the Enemy” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],7:[1,#B],42:[1,#B]@1McLowery, Frank@2(Leonard Nimoy). Outlaw from Earth's ancient American West, and a member of the Clanton gang who was killed at the famous gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881. Spock represented Frank McLowery in a bizarre charade created by the Melkotians in 2268. (“Spectre of the Gun” [TOS]).
~1:[2,#B],49:[1,#B]@1McLowery, Tom@2(DeForest Kelley). Outlaw who sided with the Clanton family against the Earps at the historic gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881. Tom McLowery and his brother, Frank, were both killed in the battle. McCoy was cast as Tom McLowery in a drama created by the Melkotians in 2268 for the purpose of causing their death. (“Spectre of the Gun” [TOS]).
~1:[1,#B],8:[2,#B]@1McNary@2(Gary Armagnal). Fictional character from the Dixon Hill detective stories. McNary was a homicide detective and a good friend of Hill’s, despite Dixon’s tendency to work both sides of the law. A holographic version of McNary was part of the Dixon Hill holodeck programs. (“The Big Goodbye” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],7:[2,#B],14:[3,#B],25:[3,#BI],38:[2,#I]@1McPherson@2Genetically engineered survivor of Earth’s Eugenics Wars. McPherson and other followers of Khan Noonien Singh escaped Earth in 1996 in the sleeper ship, S.S. Botany Bay, remaining in suspended animation until revived by personnel from the U.S.S. Enterprise in 2267. (“Space Seed” [TOS]).
~1:[1,#B],8:[2,#BI],25:[1,#I],30:[2,#B]@1McWatt@2Starfleet officer. McWatt served aboard the U.S.S. Okinawa while Benjamin Sisko was the vessel’s executive officer. In 2372, McWatt and several other former Okinawa officers were reassigned by Admiral Leyton in preparation for his attempted coup of Earth’s government. (“Paradise Lost” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],9:[2,#B],15:[1,#I],32:[1,#B],59:[1,#I],66:[43,#I]@1Mea 3@2(Barbara Babcock). Government official on planet Eminiar VII. Mea 3 greeted the Enterprise landing party in 2267. She was declared a casualty of war during an attack by planet Vendikar. Mea 3 was expected to report to a disintegration chamber under the terms of her planet’s agreement with Vendikar, but was prevented from doing so by Enterprise personnel. (“A Taste of Armageddon” [TOS]). Barbara Babcock also played Philana in “Plato’s Stepchildren” (TOS), and provided the voice of Trelane’s mother in “The Squire of Gothos” (TOS), the voice of Isis the cat in “Assignment: Earth” (TOS), and the voice of Commander Loskene in “The Tholian Web” (TOS).
~1:[2,#B],10:[2,#I],16:[2,#BI],24:[2,#B],29:[1,#I]@1Mears, Yeoman@2(Phyllis Douglas). Crew member aboard the original Starship Enterprise. Mears served on the Shuttlecraft Galileo crew when it crashed on planet Taurus II in 2267. (“The Galileo Seven” [TOS]).
~1:[3,#B]@1mechanical rice picker@2Device that supposedly caused Spock’s ears to be pointed, at least in a tale fabricated by Kirk in Earth’s past. Kirk was trying to explain Spock’s alien appearance to a police officer of Earth’s 1930s. (“The City on the Edge of Forever” [TOS]).
~1:[1,#B],6:[2,#B],11:[2,#B]@1mediators@2Law-enforcement officials on planet Rubicun III. (“Justice” [TNG]). SEE: punishment zones.
~1:[2,#B],19:[2,#B],44:[1,#B],57:[1,#BI],68:[1,#BI],73:[8,#I],82:[30,#I]@1medicine bundle@2In Native American culture, a pouch containing various objects used by an individual when on a vision quest. The contents of the medicine bundle were suggested to the individuals by their animal guides. Medicine bundles were private and were handled reverently. Chakotay's medicine bundle contained an engraved river rock, a blackbird’s wing, and an akoonah. (“The Cloud” [VGR]). The river rock was engraved with a CHAH-mooz-ee symbol. (“Tattoo” [VGR]). The CHAH-mooz-ee design was an abstract symbol designed by Voyager senior illustrator Rick Sternbach, who based it on a drawing of the Milky Way Galaxy. Several diagonal lines drawn over the galaxy may–or may not–have represented wormholes across the galaxy.
~1:[2,#B],55:[2,#B],77:[5,#B],84:[1,#B]@1medicine wheel@2Traditional Native American design symbolizing the cosmos, often a painting applied to animal skins. The medicine wheel represents the universe both inside and outside one’s mind. When someone is near death or in a coma, it is said that his soul has gotten lost on the wheel. Small rock icons including the Coyote Stone are placed on the wheel to guide his soul back to this world. Locations on Chakotay’s medicine wheel included the Mountains of the Antelope Women. When Commander Chakotay was found brain-dead in 2371, Lieutenant Torres attempted to guide his soul with the medicine wheel. (“Cathexis” [VGR]).
~1:[5,#BI],10:[1,#B],27:[2,#B],33:[1,#B],38:[1,#B]@1Meditations on a Crimson Shadow@2Cardassian novel written by Preloc. It takes place in the future during a time when Cardassia is at war with the Klingon Empire. In the story, the Cardassians were triumphant over the Klingons. (“The Wire” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B],18:[2,#B],29:[1,#I],40:[1,#B]@1medkits@2Medical supply modules stored in bulk aboard Federation starships for emergency relief missions. In 2370, Lieutenant Ro Laren successfully stole a large number of kits from the Enterprise -D in an effort to demonstrate her loyalty to the Maquis, who needed the medkits before they could launch an offensive against an Yridian convoy carrying Cardassian military supplies. (“Preemptive Strike” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],3:[2,#B],54:[1,#I],57:[1,#B]@1Medusans@2Intelligent noncorporeal life-forms whose minds are believed to be among the most beautiful in the universe. By contrast, Medusans’ physical appearance is so hideous that one look at a Medusan by a human will cause total madness in the human unless the human is wearing a protective visor. While traveling aboard the Enterprise, Medusan ambassador Kollos shielded himself in a protective container in order to protect the human members of the crew. Medusans’ sensory systems are radically different from those of humanoid life-forms, and their ability to orient themselves in subspace makes them well suited for navigational tasks aboard starships. (“Is There in Truth No Beauty?” [TOS]).
~1:[2,#B],15:[3,#B],29:[1,#B],34:[1,#B],43:[4,#B]@1Meezan IV@2Planet. A burn treatment conference was held on Meezan IV in 2373. Dr. Julian Bashir attended the event, and while there he was abducted by the Dominion and replaced by a changeling impersonator. After being captured, Bashir was taken to Dominion internment camp 371. (“In Purgatory’s Shadow” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#BI],13:[2,#B],15:[6,#I]@1Megaptera novaeangliae@2Scientific name for the Earth cetacean also known as the humpback whale. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home).
~1:[1,#BI],4:[1,#B],21:[1,#I]@1Mek’ba@2In the Klingon system of justice, the portion of a trial or appeal in which evidence was heard. The Mek’ba had strict rules for the presentation of evidence and for the conduct of both the accuser and the accused. (“Sins of the Father” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#BI],10:[1,#BI],18:[1,#I],26:[2,#I],31:[4,#I]@1mek’leth@2Klingon sword approximately half as long as the bat’leth. (“Sons of Mogh” [DS9]). Worf used a mek’leth when he battled the Borg on the Starship Enterprise -E in 2373. (Star Trek: First Contact).
~1:[2,#BI],3:[1,#I],5:[1,#B],35:[1,#I],57:[1,#I],59:[2,#I],62:[23,#I]@1Mekong, U.S.S.@2Danube -class runabout, Starfleet registry number NCC 72617, assigned to station Deep Space 9. (“Playing God” [DS9], “Whispers” [DS9], “The Maquis, Part II” [DS9], “The Jem’Hadar” [DS9], “Heart of Stone” [DS9]). The Mekong was destroyed in the aftermath of the disastrous Cardassian-Romulan attack on the Founders’ homeworld in 2371. (“The Die is Cast” [DS9]). The Mekong replaced the Ganges and was first seen in “Playing God.” It was named after the river in southeast Asia that flows south to the China Sea.
~1:[1,#B],4:[2,#B],23:[2,#B]@1Mekor@2Son of Gul Dukat, born in 2360. In 2371, the elder Dukat promised to take Mekor to the amusement center in Lakarian City for his 11th birthday, but Gul Dukat was unable to keep his promise. (“Defiant” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],7:[1,#I],12:[2,#B],23:[2,#B]@1Mekorda sector@2Region of space. The Enterprise -D weathered an unexpected magnascopic storm in the Mekorda sector in 2370. (“Emergence” [TNG]). SEE: emergent life-form.
~1:[1,#B],7:[1,#B],16:[1,#I]@1Mekro’vak@2Region on the Klingon homeworld. Grilka’s family was from the Mekro’vak region. (“Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B]@1melakol@2Romulan unit of measure for pressure. (“The Next Phase” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],13:[1,#B],20:[2,#B],54:[1,#B],69:[4,#I],73:[2,#BI],75:[6,#I]@1Melakon@2(Skip P. Homeier). Deputy Fuhrer in the Nazi-style government on planet Ekos that seized power from planetary leader John Gill. The ambitious Melakon subverted Gill’s efforts to create an efficient, compassionate government, instead creating a close copy of Earth’s brutal Nazi Germany. Melakon was responsible for the policy of genocide against the Zeons in 2268, just before the collapse of the Gill regime. (“Patterns of Force” [TOS]). Skip Homeier also played Dr. Sevrin in “The Way to Eden” (TOS).
~1:[1,#B],17:[1,#I],47:[2,#B]@1Melanie@2(Rachel Robinson). (In an alternate future in which Ben Sisko was believed killed aboard the Defiant in 2372, Melanie was a young, aspiring writer who visited Jake Sisko on the last day of his life. Melanie was a great admirer of Jake Sisko’s writings. SEE: Sisko, Jake.) (“The Visitor” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#BI],5:[1,#I],12:[1,#I],16:[2,#B],22:[1,#B],25:[1,#I],41:[2,#B],48:[2,#I],65:[1,#I],78:[1,#I],88:[1,#B],93:[2,#B],103:[1,#I],106:[11,#I],119:[8,#I],127:[1,#B],128:[1,#BI],129:[41,#I],170:[2,#B],172:[4,#I],179:[12,#I],192:[9,#I],202:[10,#I],213:[3,#I],217:[2,#I]@1Melbourne, U.S.S.@2Federation starship, Excelsior class, Starfleet registry number NCC-62043. The Melbourne was stationed at Starbase 74 in 2364 when the Bynars hijacked the Enterprise -D, but was unable to give chase because of maintenance in progress. (“11001001” [TNG]). Commander William Riker was offered command of the U.S.S. Melbourne in late 2366, but he declined the promotion, preferring to remain executive officer on the Enterprise -D. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part I” [TNG]). Shortly thereafter, the Melbourne was one of 39 Federation starships destroyed by the Borg in the battle of Wolf 359. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part II” [TNG]). The U.S.S. Melbourne takes its name from the Australian city. There were actually two Starships Melbourne used in these episodes. The first was a Nebula -class model, barely glimpsed as a wrecked hulk in the spaceship graveyard from “The Best of Both Worlds, Part II” (TNG). When the scene was redone three years later for “Emissary” (DS9), a decision was made to instead use the more detailed U.S.S. Excelsior model originally built for Star Trek III. Both models were given the same Starfleet registry number, but since the Excelsior version was seen fairly clearly on screen, and the Nebula version was not seen well, we now assume that the Melbourne “really” was an Excelsior -class ship.
~1:[2,#B]@1Meldrar I@2Planet. A penal facility was located on the moon of Meldrar I. (“Necessary Evil” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],9:[2,#B],21:[2,#B],25:[2,#B]@1Meles II@2An inhabited planet located near the Detrian system. Commander Riker suggested it as a port of call for Professor Moriarty and the Countess Barthalomew in 2369. (“Ship in a Bottle” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],8:[1,#B],20:[1,#I]@1Melian@2(Paul Lambert). A musician on planet Aldea. Aldean authorities assigned Melian to tutor Katie, the child of an Enterprise -D crew member. (“When the Bough Breaks” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],5:[1,#B]@1Melina II@2Inhabited planet. Tarmin and his group of telepathic historians visited Melina II prior to mid-2368. (“Violations” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],24:[1,#I],29:[1,#I],72:[2,#B],75:[2,#B],98:[1,#I],132:[8,#I]@1Melkotians@2Telepathic civilization with whom first contact was made in 2268. The Melkotians spurned, by the use of an orbiting warning buoy, the Enterprise's initial contact overtures. When Enterprise Captain Kirk ignored the Melkotian warning, they subjected Kirk and company to an elaborate charade in which images from Kirk’s memory were intended to be the devices of their deaths. The Melkotians’ drama took the form of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral at Tombstone, Arizona, on October 26, 1881, between the Earps and the Clantons, a fight that the Clantons lost. Kirk and members of his Enterprise crew were to fill their shoes, but managed to avoid death in the legendary gun battle. Kirk was later successful in opening diplomatic relations with the reclusive Melkotians. (“Spectre of the Gun” [TOS]). They were also referred to as the Melkots.
~1:[1,#B]@1mellitus@2Creature from planet Alpha Majoris I whose form is gaseous when in motion and becomes solid at rest. (“Wolf in the Fold” [TOS]).
~1:[2,#B],8:[1,#I],12:[2,#B]@1Melnos IV@2Planet where in the past Enterprise -D crew member Neela Daren had led a team of geologists to study the plasma geyser. (“Lessons” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],10:[2,#B],47:[1,#I]@1Melona IV@2Class-M planet that was attacked by the Crystalline Entity in 2368. The planet was, at the time, being readied for colonization by the Federation. The attack stripped the planet of all indigenous life and killed two colonists. The surviving colonists were evacuated by the Enterprise -D, which had been assisting in the colonization project. (“Silicon Avatar” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],5:[1,#B],16:[1,#B]@1Melor Famagal@2Musical selection. Omag, a Ferengi arms merchant, always requested “Melor Famagal” when at Amarie's bar. (“Unification, Part II” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B]@1melorazine@2Sedative, often administered by hypospray. (“Man of the People” [TNG]).
~1:[3,#B],16:[2,#B],25:[1,#I],44:[1,#I],62:[1,#I]@1Meltasion asteroid belt@2An asteroid belt orbiting the star Gamelan, inside the orbit of planet Gamelan V. The presence of the belt complicated the Enterprise -D’s efforts to dispose of an ancient vessel that was causing radiation contamination of the Gamelan atmosphere. The Enterprise -D was forced to tow the contaminated barge through the Meltasion belt, exposing the crew of the Enterprise -D to a near-lethal amount of radiation. (“Final Mission” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B]@1Memad@2Former enemy of Enabran Tain. In 2373, Garak intimated that he was responsible for Memad’s death. (“In Purgatory’s Shadow” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],46:[1,#B],53:[4,#B]@1Memory Alpha@2Planetoid on which is located a massive library containing all scientific and cultural information from each planet in the United Federation of Planets. Just prior to the completion of Memory Alpha in 2269, the planetoid was attacked by the noncorporeal survivors of planet Zetar. (“The Lights of Zetar” [TOS]). SEE: Romaine, Lieutenant Mira; Zetarians.
~1:[2,#B],4:[1,#B]@1memory engrams@2SEE: engrams.
~1:[2,#B],21:[1,#I],36:[1,#B],114:[2,#B],117:[1,#B]@1memory virus@2Parasitic organism that thrived on the peptides generated by its host’s brain. The virus, discovered in 2373 by Voyager scientists, was able to evade the body’s immune system by disguising itself as an engram. The parasite would create a false memory for its host that was so traumatic that the host’s mind would repress it. The memory virus would live, in person after person, hiding in a part of the brain that the unconscious mind would want to avoid at all costs. When it sensed the death of its host, the virus would leave to find another. Thoron radiation was lethal to the memory virus. Victims of the memory virus included Dmitri Valtane and Tuvok. (“Flashback” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],14:[3,#B],22:[1,#B],40:[2,#B]@1Mempa sector@2Located in Klingon territory. Site of several key battles during the Klingon civil war of 2367-2368. Forces loyal to Gowron suffered a major defeat in the Mempa system during the conflict. (“Redemption, Parts I and II” [TNG]). General Martok fought at Mempa. (“Apocalypse Rising” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],11:[1,#BI],15:[1,#I],18:[1,#I],42:[2,#B],61:[2,#B],71:[10,#I]@1Mendak, Admiral@2(Alan Scarfe). Romulan officer who commanded the warbird Devoras. Mendak and the Devoras met the Enterprise -D inside the Romulan Neutral Zone in 2367. The rendezvous was slated to be the beginning of negotiations between the Federation, represented by Ambassador T’Pel, and the Romulans. However, Mendak’s true purpose was to enable T’Pel, in reality a Romulan operative named Subcommander Selok, to escape into Romulan hands. (“Data’s Day” [TNG]). Alan Scarfe also played Tokath in “Birthright, Part II” (TNG).
~1:[2,#B],9:[2,#B]@1Mendakan pox@2Humanoid disease characterized by skin mottling. Harry Kim had a case of Mendakan pox in 2358. (“Favorite Son” [VGR]).
~1:[3,#B]@1Mendel, Gregor Johann@2Nineteenth-century Earth scientist (1822-1884) who postulated the basic principles of genetic heredity and suggested the existence of genes. (“Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” [TOS]).
~1:[1,#B],11:[2,#BI],21:[2,#B],33:[2,#BI]@1Mendez@2Starfleet officer who was a crew member on the U.S.S. Victory, and who participated in a mission to planet Tarchannen III in 2362. In 2367, Mendez stole a shuttle from the U.S.S. Aries and fled to planet Tarchannen III, where it is believed her body was transformed into a reptilian life-form native to that planet. (“Identity Crisis” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],14:[1,#B],50:[1,#I],82:[1,#B],107:[15,#I],124:[2,#I]@1Mendon, Ensign@2(John Putch). A Starfleet officer and a native of the planet Benzar. As is a characteristic of his people, Mendon had bluish-green skin and breathed with the assistance of a respiration device. Mendon was something of an overachiever by human standards, causing some initial friction with the Enterprise -D crew when he served aboard that ship as part of an officer exchange program in 2365, but he soon adapted to Starfleet social norms. Wesley Crusher once mistook Mendon for Mordock, another Benzite, but Mendon explained that they were both from the same geostructure, and therefore looked alike to non-Benzites. (“A Matter of Honor” [TNG]). John Putch also played Mordock in “Coming of Age” (TNG) and a journalist aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise -B in Star Trek Generations.
~1:[1,#B]@1Mendora@2A mythical devil figure to the inhabitants of the Berussian Cluster. (“Devil’s Due” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],14:[2,#B]@1Mendoza, Dr.@2(Castulo Guerra). Federation representative in the negotiations for rights to the Barzan wormhole in 2366. Dr. Mendoza was poisoned by members of the Ferengi delegation, and Commander Riker was forced to take his place at the negotiation table. (“The Price” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],6:[1,#B],30:[2,#B]@1Mendrossen, Ki@2(William Denis). Ambassador Sarek's chief-of-staff during the Legaran conference of 2366, Sarek’s final diplomatic mission. A middle-aged human male, Mendrossen was aware that Sarek suffered from debilitating Bendii Syndrome, but sought to protect the ambassador so that he could complete that last mission with honor. (“Sarek” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],6:[1,#I],23:[3,#B],55:[1,#I]@1Menegay, Paul@2Son of an Enterprise -D crew member. In 2370, at the age of seven, Paul was the winner of the Captain Picard Day contest. His winning entry was a bust of the Captain’s head, a work of art that Commander William Riker described as “the orange one with the lumpy skin.” (“The Pegasus” [TNG]).
