1:[2,#B],8:[2,#B],18:[1,#B],21:[2,#B]@1Q child@2(Donahue twins) Member of the Q Continuum who was born in 2373, the child of Q and a Q female. The child was the offspring of the first-ever mating of two Q. (“The Q and the Grey” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],8:[2,#B],39:[3,#B]@1Q colonel@2(Harve Presnell). Member of the Q Continuum who took the form of a Confederate colonel from Earth’s Civil War period. He was a leader in the forces of the status quo, and his faction opposed the Q freedom faction during the Continuum’s civil war in 2373. (“The Q and the Grey” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],8:[2,#B],16:[1,#B],70:[26,#I]@1Q female@2(Suzie Plakson). Member of the Q Continuum. This individual had a relationship with Q for some four billion years, culminating in 2373 with their conceiving a child together, the first child ever born in the Continuum through sexual means. Both parents, who had known each other for some four billion years, hoped their child would bring peace to the troubled Continuum. (“The Q and the Grey” [VGR]). Q’s mate was played by Suzie Plakson, who previously portrayed Dr. Selar in “The Schizoid Man” (TNG) and K’Ehleyr in “The Emissary” (TNG) and “Reunion” (TNG).
~1:[3,#B],7:[2,#B],14:[1,#B],26:[1,#B]@1Q freedom faction@2Faction within the Q Continuum that followed the teachings of Quinn, who advocated freedom and individual thought. The freedom faction, of which Q was a member, clashed with the forces of the status quo, culminating in a great civil war in the Continuum in 2373. (“The Q and the Grey” [VGR]).
~1:[1,#BI],8:[1,#B],9:[1,#I]@1q’lava@2A watery fruit enjoyed by the Vorta. Q’lavas were a personal favorite of Kilana. (“The Ship” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#BI],3:[1,#B],7:[1,#B],11:[1,#I],14:[2,#I],18:[2,#B],27:[1,#I],35:[1,#I],48:[1,#B],50:[1,#I],76:[1,#I],78:[11,#I]@1Q’Maire@2A Talarian warship, commanded by Endar. In 2367, the Q’Maire intercepted the U.S.S. Enterprise -D in Sector 21947, near a disabled Talarian observation craft. The Q’Maire, along with two sister warships, surrounded the Enterprise -D in the hopes of forcing the release of Endar’s adoptive son, Jono. The Q’Maire was equipped with limited weaponry, including neutral particle weapons, X-ray lasers, and Merculite rockets, and was thus not a serious tactical threat. (“Suddenly Human” [TNG]). The Q’Maire miniature was designed by Rick Sternbach and built by Tony Meininger.
~1:[1,#BI],4:[1,#I],15:[2,#B],18:[1,#I]@1q’parol@2Dinner casserole. Q’parol was a difficult and time-consuming food to make. In 2373, Keiko O’Brien made q’parol for her husband’s surprise birthday party. (“The Assignment” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],8:[2,#B]@1Q, Planet@2Federation world. Home of scientist Thomas Leighton at the time of his death in 2266. (“The Conscience of the King” [TOS]).
~1:[1,#B],84:[1,#B],89:[1,#I],132:[1,#I],136:[2,#B],180:[1,#I],191:[2,#B],203:[1,#B],212:[2,#B],236:[1,#I],265:[1,#B],268:[1,#I],280:[1,#B],305:[1,#I],334:[3,#B],340:[1,#I],347:[1,#B],352:[1,#I],366:[2,#B],387:[1,#I],404:[2,#B],433:[2,#BI],437:[2,#B],444:[3,#B],509:[1,#B],562:[3,#B],611:[3,#B],617:[2,#B],642:[1,#B],711:[2,#I],730:[1,#B],771:[3,#B],836:[1,#BI],838:[2,#B],843:[2,#B],846:[2,#B],854:[8,#I],864:[18,#I],887:[25,#I],914:[16,#I],934:[10,#I],944:[1,#BI]@1Q@2(John DeLancie). An immensely powerful extradimensional entity. While possessing near-godlike powers, Q also exhibits a childlike petulance and sense of playfulness. (“Encounter at Farpoint, Parts I and II” [TNG]). Q was a free spirit in the Q Continuum who rebelled against the stagnation that had grown there over the past ten millennia. Q’s irrepressive nature made him something of an outcast in the Continuum, but his freedom of thought inspired another member of the Continuum who would one day be known as Quinn. (“Death Wish” [VGR]). The Enterprise -D made first contact with Q in 2364, when Q detained the ship, enacting a courtroom drama in which Q accused the ship’s crew of being “grievously savage.” (“Encounter at Farpoint, Parts I and II” [TNG]).
On his second visit to the Enterprise -D, Q offered William Riker a gift of Q-like supernatural powers, although it was not clear if this was a further attempt to study the human species or merely another exercise in provoking humans to respond for his amusement. (“Hide and Q” [TNG]).
Q later transported the Enterprise -D some seven thousand light years beyond Federation space to System J-25, where first contact was made with the powerful and dangerous Borg. (“Q Who?” [TNG]).
Q interrupted a symposium of the Federation Archaeology Council held aboard the Enterprise -D in 2367. He cast Picard, Vash, and members of the Enterprise -D crew into an elaborate fantasy based on the old Earth legends of Robin Hood. Q later vanished, taking Vash with him as his new partner in crime. (“QPid” [TNG]). He returned to the Enterprise -D in 2369 to instruct and evaluate Amanda Rogers, whose biological parents were members of the Q Continuum who took human form. (“True-Q” [TNG]).
After a period of time exploring the Gamma Quadrant, Vash left Q, and returned to Alpha Quadrant aboard the Starfleet runabout U.S.S. Ganges through the Bajoran wormhole. Q followed Vash to station Deep Space 9 in an attempt to convince her to return, but she once again rebuffed him. He amused himself with the crew of the station, provoking Benjamin Sisko into a 19th-century-style fistfight, and was shocked when Sisko knocked him to the floor. (“Q-Less” [DS9]).
Later that year, Q once again visited Captain Picard, following a disastrous away mission on which Picard was ambushed by Lenarians. In what Q claimed was the afterlife, Q offered Picard the opportunity to see what his life would have been like had he not made some of the rash choices of his youth. In particular, Picard was given the opportunity to relive the three-day period leading up to his injury at the Bonestell Recreation Facility in 2327. Using the knowledge of what was to come, Picard was able to avoid the fight that cost him his heart. However, Picard discovered that it was partly the brashness of his youth that had made him the man that he was. (“Tapestry” [TNG]). SEE: Batanides, Marta; Nausicaans.
In 2370, the Q Continuum once again decided to test humanity. They devised a paradox, whereby Picard would be responsible for the destruction of mankind by creating an anti-time phenomenon. Q himself added the wrinkle of having Picard shift among three time periods, with awareness of what was happening in each. After Picard succeeded in solving the paradox, Q informed him that it had been a test. The Q Continuum had wanted to learn if Picard had the ability to expand his mind and explore the unknown possibilities of existence. (“All Good Things…” [TNG]).
Q encountered the Starship Voyager in 2372, when he was tasked with returning a member of the Q Continuum later known as Quinn back into custody. Ironically, when Quinn later affirmed his desire to assert his individuality by committing suicide, Q helped him, much to the dismay of the Continuum. (“Death Wish” [VGR]). Q, inspired by Quinn’s death, became a member of the Q freedom faction, advocating freedom of individual thought in the tradition-bound Q Continuum. In 2373, when friction with the freedom faction escalated into a great civil war, Q conceived a child with a female Q, in hopes that their child would bring peace to the Continuum. Q chose his female counterpart in the Continuum as the mother for his child only after considering a Klingon targ, the Romulan empress, and Voyager Captain Kathryn Janeway. SEE: Q female. (“The Q and the Grey” [VGR]).
Q was named by Gene Roddenberry for English Star Trek fan Janet Quarton. Q’s first appearance was in “Encounter at Farpoint, Part I” (TNG), the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and he also appeared in “All Good Things” (TNG), the final television episode of that series.. In that epiosde, Q became the first character in Star Trek ever to use the word “trek” in dialog, although Zefram Cochrane later used the word in Star Trek: First Contact. Many fans have speculated that Q may be related to Trelane.
~1:[1,#BI],3:[1,#B]@1qa’vak@2Traditional Klingon game involving a half-meter hoop and a spear. The hoop is rolled between various stakes planted into the ground, and the object is to throw the spear through the center of the hoop. Upon successfully scoring in this manner, it is traditional to shout “ka’la!” The game is intended to hone skill necessary for the traditional Klingon hunt. (“Birthright, Part II [TNG]).
~1:[3,#BI],10:[1,#BI],14:[3,#B]@1Qab jIH nagil@2Klingon ritual challenge used during the Sonchi ceremony during the Rite of Succession. It translates, “Face me if you dare.” (“Reunion” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],6:[1,#B],28:[3,#B],34:[1,#B],46:[1,#I]@1Qam-Chee@2Ancient village on the Klingon homeworld. Fifteen hundred years ago, Qam-Chee was the site of a great battle that provided the backdrop for the courtship of Kahless the Unforgettable and the Lady Lukara that is considered the greatest romance in Klingon history. (“Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#BI],11:[7,#I]@1Qapla’@2Klingon word meaning “success.” Often used as a farewell. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, “Sins of the Father” [TNG], et al.).
~1:[1,#BI],6:[3,#I],26:[2,#B],33:[2,#I],47:[1,#I]@1QE-2@2Also known as the Queen Elizabeth II; luxury seafaring passenger ship that sailed Earth’s Atlantic Ocean during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Ralph Offenhouse, dissatisfied with services aboard the Starship Enterprise -D, suggested that Captain Picard could use a few lessons from the QE-2. (“The Neutral Zone” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#BI]@1QiVon@2Klingon word for knee. (“Blood Oath” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B],9:[2,#B],18:[6,#I],25:[2,#B]@1Qo’noS@2(Pronounced “kronos”). The capital planet of the Klingon Empire, almost invariably referred to as the homeworld. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country). SEE: Klingon Homeworld.
~1:[1,#B],6:[1,#B],9:[2,#B],15:[11,#I]@1Qol@2(Michael Snyder). Assistant to Ferengi trade emissary Par Lenor. (“The Perfect Mate” [TNG]). Michael Snyder also played Morta in “Rascals” (TNG) and Dax in Star Trek VI.
~1:[1,#B],5:[3,#B]@1Q’orat@2Member of the Klingon High Council in 2368. (“Redemption, Part II” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#BI],4:[1,#BI],5:[1,#B],9:[1,#I],13:[1,#I],18:[2,#B],31:[3,#B]@1Qu’Vat, I.K.S.@2Klingon Vor’cha -class attack cruiser. The Qu’Vat rendezvoused with the Enterprise -D in 2369, carrying Governor Torak on an investigation into the death of a Starfleet officer at Relay Station 47. (“Aquiel” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],3:[1,#B]@1quad@2SEE: kiloquad.
~1:[3,#B],25:[2,#I]@1Quadra Sigma III@2Planet. Location of a Federation mining colony that suffered a serious explosion in 2364, resulting in significant casualties amongst the colonists. Starship Enterprise -D rendered aid shortly after the accident in 2364. (“Hide and Q” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],16:[1,#B],21:[1,#I],29:[5,#I],36:[18,#I]@1Quadrant 904@2An area of space completely devoid of stars where the artificially created planet Gothos was discovered by the Enterprise in 2267. (“The Squire of Gothos” [TOS]). The episode was produced before Star Trek's current system of quadrants and sectors was devised, and it is therefore inconsistent with terminology of later episodes.
~1:[1,#B],56:[2,#B],65:[3,#B],82:[2,#B],99:[2,#B],110:[2,#B],112:[9,#I],123:[6,#I],131:[60,#I],197:[6,#I]@1quadrant@2In interstellar mapping, a quadrant is one-fourth of the Milky Way Galaxy. The galaxy is divided into four quadrants, each forming a 90-degree pie wedge as seen from above or below the galaxy’s plane. The four quadrants are labeled Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Gamma. The United Federation of Planets is mostly located in the Alpha Quadrant, although parts spill over into Beta. Station Deep Space 9 is located in Alpha Quadrant. The Klingon and Romulan Empires are located in the Beta Quadrant, although they spill over into Alpha. The Borg homeworld is believed to be in the Delta Quadrant, while the Bajoran wormhole has one terminus in the Gamma Quadrant.Quadrants and sectors have been used inconsistently in the various Star Trek episodes and films. During the original Star Trek series, the term quadrant was used rather freely, as was the term sector. At times, quadrant seemed to refer to a fourth of the entire galaxy, while at others it seemed to be a portion of a smaller region. It was not until “The Price” (TNG) that the current system of Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Gamma quadrants was firmly established. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country adhered to this system, as well.
~1:[1,#B],8:[2,#B]@1quadroline@2An emergency drug used on planet Malcor III. (“First Contact” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],9:[2,#B],44:[1,#B],64:[2,#B]@1Quadros-1 probe@2Deep-space instrumented probe launched to the Gamma Quadrant in the 22nd century, one of the first scientific expeditions into that distant part of the galaxy. Among the findings returned by the craft was the discovery of a trinary star system called Idran in the Gamma Quadrant. Humans would not venture as far as the Quadros-1 probe until the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole in the 24th century. (“Emissary” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B],35:[2,#B],59:[4,#B],80:[5,#B]@1quadrotriticale@2Genetically engineered grain developed on Earth from a four-lobed hybrid of wheat and rye. The parent strain, triticale, was discovered in 20th-century Canada. Quadrotriticale was the only Earth grain that would grow on Sherman’s Planet, and was thus critical to the Federation’s plan in 2267 to develop that world. A large quantity of quadrotriticale was stored on Deep Space Station K-7 for that project, but it was poisoned by a Klingon agent. (“The Trouble with Tribbles” [TOS]). SEE: Darvin, Arne; Jones, Cyrano; tribbles. Quark owned some quadrotriticale futures, but they became worthless in 2373. (“Business As Usual” [DS9]).
~1:[3,#B],23:[3,#B],63:[1,#I]@1Quaice, Dr. Dalen@2(Bill Erwin). Starfleet physician and native of planet Kenda II. Dr. Quaice had been a friend and mentor to Dr. Beverly Crusher, who did her internship with Quaice in 2352 on planet Delos IV. Following the death of his wife, Patricia, Dr. Quaice resigned his position at Starbase 133 and returned to his home on Kenda II aboard the Enterprise -D. Quaice had served on Starbase 133 for six years. (“Remember Me” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],5:[3,#B]@1Quaice, Patricia@2Wife of Dr. Dalen Quaice. Upon Patricia’s death in 2367, Dalen left Starbase 133 and returned to his home planet, Kenda II. (“Remember Me” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],14:[1,#B]@1Qualor II@2Class-M world under Federation jurisdiction. A surplus depot operated by the Zakdorn people for Starfleet was located in orbit of Qualor II. (“Unification, Part I” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B]@1quantometer probe@2Scientific instrument used to measure energy usage. (“Playing God” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B]@1quantum chemistry@2Course taught in the fourth year of the Starfleet Academy curriculum. (“The Cloud” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],19:[1,#I],45:[53,#I]@1quantum filament@2An elongated subatomic object, hundreds of meters long, highly energetic, but possessing almost no mass. The Enterprise -D struck two quantum filaments in early 2368, resulting in the death of several crew members and severe damage to the ship itself. (“Disaster” [TNG]). An early draft of “Disaster” had the ship colliding with an asteroid, but the writers, sensitive to scientific concerns that an asteroid would not cause the damage described in the script, “invented” the quantum filament. We have little idea what a quantum filament is, but we do know it’s not a cosmic string.
~1:[2,#B],14:[2,#B],76:[1,#I],95:[1,#I]@1quantum fissure@2Fixed point in the space-time continuum, essentially a keyhole into other quantum realities. Returning from shore leave by shuttlecraft in 2370, Worf encountered a quantum fissure. When the shuttle intersected the fissure, its warp engines caused a break in the barriers between realities and allowed Worf to pass from one quantum reality to the next. When the fissure was discovered and was in the process of being analyzed, a power surge aboard the Enterprise -D caused the fissure to destablize and allowed other realities to intrude into Worf’s current location. Some 285,000 Enterprise -Ds, each representing a different quantum reality, were observed coming through the fissure. (“Parallels” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],7:[3,#B],25:[1,#B]@1quantum fluctuations@2Phenomenon postulated by physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking. Quantum fluctuations were thought to be links between multiple universes. Hawking referred to them as wormholes. (“Descent, Part I” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],24:[2,#B],33:[2,#B]@1quantum flux@2State of dimensional instability, or continual change. Objects in a state of quantum flux are unable to remain stable in one quantum reality. In 2370, following an encounter with a quantum fissure, Worf was thrown into a state of quantum flux, and began shifting from one quantum reality to the next, until the flux could be detected and repaired. (“Parallels” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],14:[1,#B],26:[2,#B]@1quantum matrix@2Energy pattern present in life-forms and objects. Fluctuations in the planet Meridian's quantum matrix, caused by its sun, triggered dimensional shifts. In 2371, Jadzia Dax used the transporter to try to match her quantum matrix to that of Meridian so that she, too, would shift to Meridian’s other dimension. The attempt failed. (“Meridian” [DS9]).
~1:[3,#B],8:[2,#BI],16:[2,#B]@1quantum phase inhibitor@2Also known as the Tox Uthat, a device invented by 27th-century scientist Kal Dano that was capable of halting all nuclear reaction within a star. (“Captain’s Holiday” [TNG]).
~1: [2, #b], 48: [2, #b], 73: [36, #i]@1quantum reality@2One of an infinite number of possible universes or realities that exist side by side along the space-time continuum. Every occurrence and outcome that could exist does exist in a different quantum reality, realities that become increasingly divergent. In 2370, following an exposure to a quantum fissure, Worf experienced several such quantum realities, until his “shifting” could be corrected and he could be returned to his original reality. (“Parallels” [TNG]). This idea of multiple realities is based on Dr. Richard Feynman’s theory of “sum over histories,” where a particle would not have a single history or path in space-time, but would instead follow every possible path.
~1:[3,#B],8:[1,#B]@1quantum resonance oscillator@2Component of a Federation transporter module. (“Maneuvers” [VGR])
~1:[2,#B],16:[2,#B]@1quantum signature@2A unique characteristic that marks all matter in the universe for a given quantum reality. All matter in each universe resonates at a specific frequency at the quantum level. That signature is constant and cannot be changed by any known process. In 2370, an alternate Commander Data was able to determine that Worf’s quantum signature was not native to the reality he was currently inhabiting. This discovery led to the solution for Worf’s “shifting” through realities. (“Parallels” [TNG]).
~1:[3,#B],32:[2,#B],59:[2,#I],64:[22,#I]@1quantum singularity life-form@2Intelligent species from another time-space continuum whose young are incubated in a natural black hole. In 2369, these life-forms attempted to use the artificial quantum singularity of a Romulan warbird as a nest. When they discovered their mistake, they attempted to extract their embryos from the Romulan ship, endangering the warbird as well as the Starship Enterprise -D. (“Timescape” [TNG]). Neither this species, the domain in which they existed, nor any of the individuals seen in the episode were given formal names.
~1:[2,#B],50:[1,#B],67:[2,#BI],82:[2,#B],129:[1,#B],144:[1,#I],159:[2,#B],182:[3,#B]@1quantum singularity@2Celestial phenomenon caused by the collapse of a neutron star, resulting in an object so dense that not neither space-normal matter nor light can escape its gravity. In 2371 a microscopic singularity passed through the Sol System and exploded. The energy emitted by the singularity shifted the chroniton particles into a state of polarization. This caused a subspace bubble to be created around the Starship Defiant that was in Earth orbit at the time. (“Past Tense, Part I” [DS9]). Romulan warbirds employed a forced quantum singularity as a power source. (“Timescape” [TNG]). In 2371, temporal displacement waves from a cloaked Romulan ship’s quantum singularity interacted with delta-series radioisotopes in Chief Miles O’Brien’s body, causing O’Brien to shift through time. The warbird’s quantum singularity also gave off tetryon emissions that allowed station personnel to track the ship. (“Visionary” [DS9]). In 2371, the Voyager encountered a type-4 quantum singularity in the Delta Quadrant and became trapped within its event horizon. They were able to free themselves by enlarging a crack in the event horizon and passing through it. (“Parallax” [VGR]). SEE: black hole; dekyon.
~1:[2,#B],18:[2,#BI],25:[2,#B],29:[1,#B],38:[2,#I],67:[2,#BI],87:[1,#B],99:[1,#I],108:[2,#B],110:[4,#I],135:[1,#B]@1quantum torpedo@2Advanced weaponry developed by Starfleet in the late 2360s. Quantum torpedoes were installed on the U.S.S. Defiant. (“Defiant” [DS9]). While at the Founders’ homeworld in 2372, Garak attempted to override the launch controls for the Starship Defiant’s quantum torpedoes. Garak was attempting to destroy the planet’s surface in order to kill all the Founders. (“Broken Link” [DS9]). In 2372, the weapons systems of the U.S.S. Lakota were upgraded, including a loadout of quantum torpedoes. (“Paradise Lost” [DS9]). The Cardassian guided tactical missile known as Dreadnought was equipped with quantum torpedoes. (“Dreadnought” [VGR]). The crew of the Enterprise -E used quantum torpedoes to destroy a time-traveling Borg sphere. (Star Trek: First Contact). In 2373, in order to convince Michael Eddington to give himself up, Benjamin Sisko fired quantum torpedoes containing 50 kilograms of trilithium resin into the atmosphere of planet Solosos III, a Maquis colony. This rendered the planet uninhabitable for a period of 50 years. (“For the Uniform” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],18:[1,#B],27:[2,#B],32:[2,#B]@1quarantine pods@2Specialized medical equipment. In 2370, shipments of quarantine pods, along with other supplies, lead the Maquis to believe that the Cardassian colonists in the Demilitarized Zone were developing a biogenic weapon. (“Preemptive Strike” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],38:[2,#B],50:[2,#B]@1quarantine seal@2Also called a medical quarantine field. Force field used to isolate potentially hazardous biological specimens in sickbay and other laboratory facilities aboard starships. (“Home Soil” [TNG]). A medical quarantine field was used to isolate young Willie Potts when he contracted a deadly and contagious parasite from a cove palm fruit in 2367. (“Brothers” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],29:[2,#BI],47:[4,#B]@1quarantine transmitter@2Standard equipment on Federation starships. These radio beacons are capable of transmitting automated warning messages should a ship become dangerously contaminated. The quarantine transmitter on the U.S.S. Lantree was activated after the ship’s entire crew was killed from exposure to deadly antibodies from the Darwin Genetic Research Station. (“Unnatural Selection” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],7:[2,#B],14:[3,#B],20:[1,#B]@1Quark (mirror)@2(Armin Shimerman). In the mirror universe, proprietor of the bar at Terok Nor (mirror). Quark illegally helped Terran slaves find passage off the station. Unfortunately, his activities were discovered, and he was executed in 2370. (“Crossover” [DS9]). After this Quark was killed, the mirror Rom inherited the bar at Terok Nor. When Rom was killed a year later, Nog became the owner. (“Shattered Mirror” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#BI],6:[1,#B],10:[1,#B],23:[1,#B],38:[1,#I],43:[1,#B],49:[1,#B],61:[1,#B],63:[1,#B],108:[1,#B],120:[1,#B],129:[2,#B],166:[2,#B],169:[2,#B],201:[2,#I],230:[14,#I]@1Quark’s Treasure@2Small starship of Ferengi design owned by Quark in 2372. The ship had been given to Quark by his cousin Gaila in payment of an old business debt. Quark’s first (and only) trip aboard the Treasure was a flight to Earth, ostensibly to transport his nephew, Nog, to Starfleet Academy, but actually to smuggle a quantity of illegal kemacite to Orion. Although the ship appeared to be in good operating condition, sabotage was later suspected when the ship’s command sequencer malfunctioned. As a result, the ship’s warp drive accelerated out of control, eventually causing Quark and his family to crash on Earth in 1947. SEE: UFO. The ship and crew were captured by the American military near Roswell, New Mexico, and later held for interrogation at Hangar 18 at Wright Field. The discovery of an extraterrestrial spacecraft caused ripples of concern through the highest levels of the American government. Quark and his crew were later able to escape, with assistance from Earth natives Faith Garland and Jeff Carlson. Rom was able to devise a means to use the kemacite to establish an inversion wave that allowed the ship and its crew to return to the 24th century. Unfortunately, Quark’s Treasure was seriously damaged in the return flight, and Quark was forced to sell it for passage back to Deep Space 9. (“Little Green Men” [DS9]). Quark’s Treasure was a re-use of the Ferengi shuttle model first seen in “The Price” (TNG).
