1:[5,#B],15:[3,#B],27:[1,#I],29:[2,#B]@1da Vinci workshop program Janeway-7@2Holodeck program featuring a re-creation of Earth Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci in his workshop in Italy around the year 1502. Voyager captain Kathryn Janeway enjoyed the program, as it offered an opportunity for her to escape from the stresses of starship command while getting to know the historical figure who was one of her heroes. (“Scorpion, Parts I and II” [VGR]).
~1:[3,#B],15:[1,#B],54:[1,#B],84:[1,#I],86:[2,#B],111:[1,#B],125:[1,#B],143:[1,#I],162:[1,#I],217:[9,#I],231:[8,#I],240:[15,#I]@1da Vinci, Leonardo@2(John Rhys-Davies). Celebrated painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and scientist from Earth’s Renaissance period. Leonardo da Vinci’s genius, excelling in so many fields, epitomized the Renaissance ideal. He was generally believed to have lived from 1452 to 1519; historians were for centuries unaware that Leonardo was actually a man known as Flint. During his extraordinarily long life, Flint hid his nearly immortal nature by adopting many different identities, including Leonardo da Vinci. (“Requiem for Methuselah” [TOS]). Leonardo was a hero to Voyager captain Kathryn Janeway, who was a scientist by training. In late 2373, Janeway took the opportunity to work with da Vinci through the use of a holodeck re-creation of the master in his workshop as it may have existed in Florence around 1502. (“Scorpion, Parts I and II” [VGR]). The holographic version of da Vinci was stolen from Voyager on stardate 51386 by raider ships in the employ of a pirate named Tau in the Delta Quadrant. Voyager personnel were successful in recovering the holographic da Vinci, as well as several pieces of critical ship’s equipment. In the process, the holographic Leonardo, working with Kathryn Janeway, was successful in building a heavier-than-air flying machine, a remarkable feat that even the original da Vinci had not been able to accomplish. (“Concerning Flight” [VGR]). John Rhys-Davies also played Sallah in the motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Professor Maximillion Arturo in the television show Sliders. Leonardo’s first appearance was in “Scorpion, Part I,” and his last was in “Concerning Flight.”
~1:[1,#B],17:[1,#B],54:[1,#I]@1Daelen@2(Mary Elizabeth McGlynn; Dan Butler). Inhabitant of the Delta Quadrant. Daelen’s genome was stolen by Steth sometime prior to stardate 51762. While in the body of a woman who was Steth’s previous victim, Daelen caught up with his original body when it was occupied by Tom Paris. Paris and Daelen returned to Voyager and were able to compel Steth to return their bodies. (“Vis à Vis” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],8:[1,#B],15:[2,#B],27:[3,#B],63:[2,#B],81:[2,#B],104:[1,#B],116:[2,#B]@1Dahkur Province@2Geographical subdivision of the planet Bajor. Dahkur was the home province of Kira Nerys (“Second Skin” [DS9]), as well as other members of the Shakaar resistance cell. Resistance members utilized the mountainous terrain of Dahkur to hide from the Cardassians during the occupation. In 2371, Dahkur Province became the site of a minor political struggle over the possession of two soil reclamators. (“Shakaar” [DS9]). A Cardassian records office was located in Dahkur during the occupation. Shakaar cell member Trentin Fala worked at the records office, cleaning floors, and serving as an informant ot the resistance. (“The Darkness and the Light” [DS9]).
Addendum: Region of planet Bajor. Dahkur was a farming community. In the mirror universe, the hills of Dahkur were the site of several mining camps. (“Resurrection” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B],25:[2,#B],38:[2,#B],52:[8,#I]@1Daleth@2(Rod Arrants). Vaskan ambassador. Daleth engaged in trade negotiations with Captain Kathryn Janeway in late 2374, just prior to the start of the Great War between the Vaskans and the Kyrians. Daleth’s role in triggering the Great War was the topic of considerable disagreement by later scholars. (“Living Witness” [VGR]). Rod Arrants previously played Rex in “Manhunt” (TNG).
~1:[2,#B]@1Dalmine Sector@2Region of space. A small Talaxian freighter with a crew of 39 was taken by the Borg in the Dalmine Sector. All of the crew was assimilated. (“The Raven” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B]@1Dalvos Prime@2Planet in Federation space. Dalvos Prime was the location of a special psychiatric care center. (“Time’s Orphan” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],13:[1,#I],47:[6,#I],53:[1,#B],62:[2,#B],71:[1,#B],99:[2,#B],122:[2,#B],163:[1,#B],199:[1,#BI],269:[2,#B],277:[2,#B]@1Damar, Glinn@2(Casey Biggs). Cardassian officer. Damar was assigned to the freighter Groumall in 2372, under the command of Gul Dukat. Damar went with Dukat after he commandeered a Klingon bird-of-prey and began a one-ship offensive against the Klingons. (“Return to Grace” [DS9], “Apocalypse Rising” [DS9]). Rank (glinn) is from the script.
Addendum: Cardassian military officer. Glinn Damar was present at Gul Dukat's side when forces of the Cardassian and Dominion fleets recaptured station Deep Space 9 in 2373. (“Call to Arms” [DS9]). Around stardate 51145, Damar discovered a method of using an antigraviton beam to defeat the self-replicating mines that blockaded the Bajoran wormhole. (“Behind the Lines” [DS9]). As Dukat’s aide, Damar became concerned at Dukat’s devotion to his daughter, Tora Ziyal, fearing that she might have loyalties to the Bajorans. Damar killed Ziyal in 2374 after hearing her confession that she had helped to sabotage the station’s weapons systems. (“Sacrifice of Angels” [DS9]). By mid-2374, Damar had been promoted to gul, and he ruled Cardassia in place of Gul Dukat. (“Statistical Probabilities” [DS9]). The pressures of his responsibilities, as well as the untenable situation in which Damar found his people, led him to seek refuge in kanar, an intoxicating beverage. (“Treachery, Faith, and the Great River” [DS9]). Damar soon realized that the Dominion cared nothing for the well-being of the Cardassian people. (“The Changing Face of Evil” [DS9]). He returned to his homeworld to rally his people to fight the Dominion. (“The Dogs of War” [DS9]). Damar was killed by Jem’Hadar forces during the final hours of the Dominion war, ironically fighting alongside former Bajoran terrorist Kira Nerys. (“What You Leave Behind” [DS9]). SEE: Damar, Glinn in main Encyclopedia.
~1:[1,#B],4:[1,#B],15:[1,#I]@1Dammar@2(Kenneth Tigar). Nyrian operative. Dammar was the first to be translocated to the Voyager in the Nyrian attempt to take over the ship on stardate 50912.4. (“Displaced” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],7:[1,#B]@1Dark Time@2Ten-year period in ancient Klingon history between the Second and Third Dynasties. The Dark Time was a period in which the empire was ruled by a council elected by the people. This was the first and only Klingon experiment in democratic government. The Dark Time began when General K’Trelan ended the Second Dynasty by assassinating Emperor Reclaw and the entire Imperial family. (“You Are Cordially Invited” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],28:[1,#B],42:[2,#B],49:[2,#I],71:[1,#B]@1dark-matter nebula@2Interstellar gas or dust cloud that emits or reflects little or no detectable light or other energy. In 2371 trianic energy beings known as the Komar, inhabiting a dark-matter nebula in the Delta Quadrant, unsuccessfully attempted to absorb the bio-neural energy from the crew of the Starship Voyager. (“Cathexis” [VGR]). Neelix once lost a warp nacelle on a ship that he piloted through a dark-matter nebula. (“Threshold” [VGR]).
Addendum: Interstellar dust or gas cloud that has no externally observable internal energy source. In 2374, a Jem’Hadar vessel commandeered by Captain Sisko and his staff was forced to take refuge in a dense dark-matter nebula in Cardassian space. The nebula contained a Class-M world that was not visible from outside the nebula. (“Rocks and Shoals” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B],40:[2,#I],53:[2,#I],56:[4,#I],60:[1,#U],70:[2,#B],75:[2,#B],79:[2,#B],87:[1,#B],109:[1,#B],113:[2,#B],206:[2,#B],284:[2,#B],342:[1,#BI],351:[2,#B],355:[1,#I],359:[3,#U],382:[3,#B],430:[1,#B],554:[3,#B],574:[1,#I],578:[2,#B],612:[3,#U],621:[1,#I],627:[2,#BI],633:[1,#I],638:[1,#B],643:[1,#I],685:[1,#B],718:[2,#B],721:[2,#B],755:[3,#B],767:[1,#I],768:[1,#BI],821:[2,#B],867:[2,#B],873:[1,#B],889:[1,#B],907:[1,#I],931:[1,#I],945:[1,#I],954:[4,#I],958:[3,#U],965:[2,#B],982:[1,#B],998:[1,#I],1080:[2,#B],1127:[1,#B],1175:[4,#U],1206:[1,#B],1213:[2,#B],1234:[1,#I],1247:[1,#B],1287:[1,#I],1291:[2,#B],1398:[1,#B],1420:[1,#I],1425:[2,#B],1472:[1,#B],1497:[4,#B],1528:[1,#B],1584:[2,#B],1629:[3,#I],1649:[1,#B],1655:[2,#B],1729:[1,#I],1742:[2,#B],1755:[4,#I],1759:[2,#U],1781:[7,#B],1805:[2,#B],1822:[1,#B],1836:[2,#B],1899:[25,#I],1927:[18,#I],1945:[1,#B],1956:[1,#B],2058:[1,#B],2067:[1,#B],2088:[3,#B],2091:[4,#I]@1Data@2(Brent Spiner). A humanoid android so sophisticated that he was regarded as a sentient life-form with full civil rights. Data was a Starfleet officer who served as operations manager under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard aboard the Starship Enterprise -D (“Encounter at Farpoint, Part II” [TNG]) and later, aboard the Starship Enterprise -E (Star Trek: First Contact).
Creation. Data was built around 2335 by the reclusive scientist Noonien Soong and his wife, Juliana Soong, at the Omicron Theta colony. Data was actually the fifth positronic android constructed by Soong; the first three were unsuccessful. (“Inheritance” [TNG]). The fourth, the first to become functional, was known as Lore. (“Datalore” [TNG]). SEE: Soong-type android. Lore exhibited dangerous behavior, forced Soong to disassemble him. Soong thereafter pursued the idea of building an android free of emotions. Soong hoped this new android would not exhibit the cruelty shown by Lore. Juliana had wanted Data to have a female form, but Noonien, as before, created Data in his own image. Following his activation, Data was much like a baby, though he was made in the form of a full-grown adult. Data had difficulty learning basic social skills, and “social niceties” had to be built into his programming. SEE: modesty subroutine. In addition, a creative capacity was also programmed into Data by Mrs. Soong, who reasoned that without emotions, the android would need another way to express himself. After this initial period, Data was thought unsuccessful and was deactivated. (“Inheritance” [TNG]). He was programmed with the logs and journals of the Omicron Theta colonists in an effort to help Data function better in human society. (“Datalore” [TNG], “Silicon Avatar” [TNG]). Unfortunately, before Data could be reactivated, the Crystalline Entity attacked the colony, and Soong and his wife, Juliana, were forced to abandon their work. Fearing that when reactivated, Data might behave as Lore did, Juliana made Dr. Soong leave Data at the colony site. (“Inheritance” [TNG]). Data remained in a dormant condition underground, where he was discovered in 2338 by the crew of the Starship Tripoli. Data subsequently joined the Starfleet and eventually became operations manager aboard the Enterprise -D. (“Datalore” [TNG]).
Data and Lore. Upon returning to the Omicron Theta colony site in 2364, Data participated in the discovery and activation of his android brother, Lore. Physically identical to Data, Lore had radically different personality programming, and attempted to commandeer the Enterprise -D before he was beamed into space. (“Datalore” [TNG]). Although Noonien Soong was believed to have died at Omicron Theta, he was discovered to have escaped the colony when, in 2367, he remotely gained control of Data, commanding his creation to visit him in his new secret laboratory. There, Soong attempted to install a new chip in Data’s positronic brain that would have given Data the ability to experience human emotions. Unfortunately, Lore also responded to Soong’s call, and stole the emotion chip from Soong’s lab. Dr. Soong died shortly thereafter. (“Brothers” [TNG]). Data began to experience emotions in 2369 when Lore secretly bombarded Data with signals that triggered negative emotions in his positronic brain. Lore used these negative emotions to guide Data into joining him and the Borg against the Federation. When Data realized that Lore was manipulating him and harming the Borg, he was forced to deactivate Lore. Data kept Soong’s emotion chip, but was reluctant to install it for fear of causing further harm to his friends. (“Descent, Parts I and II” [TNG]).
Efforts to understand humanity. Data’s attempts to understand human nature once included an effort to learn about the concept of humor, which he studied with the assistance of Guinan and a holodeck-created comedian. (“The Outrageous Okona” [TNG]). SEE: Comic, The. Data even tried a beard once, to the considerable amusement of his shipmates. (“The Schizoid Man” [TNG]). Aboard the Enterprise -D, Data shared his living quarters with a cat that he named Spot. Data tried to provide for Spot’s well-being, but found it difficult to predict the cat’s preferences in food. (“Data’s Day” [TNG]). One of Data’s more challenging efforts to experience humanity was his attempt to pursue a romantic relationship with Enterprise -D Security Officer Jenna D’Sora in late 2367. Although D’Sora was attracted to Data, he was unable to return the affection, at least in a manner that she wanted. (“In Theory” [TNG]). Data began to experience dreams in 2369 as a result of an accidental plasma shock received during an experiment. It was later learned that the shock had triggered a program designed for this purpose by Soong, who had hoped the program would be activated when Data reached a certain level of development. Data’s initial dreams were of Soong as a blacksmith, incongruously forging the wings of a bird, which Data believed represented himself. (“Birthright, Part I” [TNG]). SEE: painting. Those dreams turned to nightmares while under the influence of interphasic organisms in 2370. (“Phantasms” [TNG]). Later that year, following the Enterprise -D’s discovery of the D’Arsay archive, Data’s own personality became completely submerged by a series of personas, enacting the mythology of a long-dead civilization. Following the experience, Captain Picard commented that even if Data never become human, he had transcended the human condition by becoming an entire civilization. (“Masks” [TNG]). SEE: Masaka. One of Data’s most noteworthy efforts in his quest for humanity was his construction of an android daughter in 2366. Data employed a new submicron matrix transfer technology to allow his own neural pathways to be duplicated in another positronic brain, which he used as the basis for his child. His daughter, whom he named Lal (“beloved” in Earth’s Hindi language), developed at a remarkable rate and showed evidence of growth potential beyond that of her father, even experiencing emotions. Lal died after having lived little more than two weeks, when she experienced a serious failure in her positronic brain. (“The Offspring” [TNG]). In 2371, Data finally decided to install the emotion chip that Dr. Soong had created for him. Although Data had initial difficulty coping with the resulting flood of emotions—a problem made worse when the chip became fused into his neural net—the chip represented a significant step in his quest to become more human. (Star Trek Generations). By 2373 Data was able to turn his emotion chip on and off at will. During the Borg invasion of that year, the Borg queen used Data’s quest to become human against him. She had organic components integrated onto his body, allowing him to experience tactile sensations, in an effort to seduce him to the Borg collective. Her efforts were remarkably successful, and Data later reported being tempted by her offer for 0.68 seconds. Data nevertheless destroyed the Borg queen and the collective by exposing them to highly toxic plasma coolant. His efforts not only saved the Enterprise -E and his shipmates, but blocked a time-traveling Borg effort to prevent Zefram Cochrane, in the year 2063, from making his historic first warp flight. (Star Trek: First Contact).
Android rights. The question of Data’s sentience, and more specifically whether Data was entitled to civil rights as a citizen under the Constitution of the United Federation of Planets, was addressed in a number of important legal decisions. The first, in 2341, was rendered by a Starfleet Academy entrance committee that permitted Data to enter the academy and serve as a member of Starfleet. Several years later, the question was more definitively addressed when Judge Advocate General Phillipa Louvois ruled that Data was indeed a sentient being and therefore entitled to civil rights, including the right to resign from Starfleet if he so chose. As of stardate 42527, Data had been decorated by Starfleet Command for gallantry and had received the Medal of Honor with clusters, the Legion of Honor, and the Star Cross. (“The Measure of a Man” [TNG]). Data first appeared in “Encounter at Farpoint” (TNG). Many fans have noticed similarities between Data and the character, Questor, from Gene Roddenberry’s 1974 television movie/pilot The Questor Tapes, which featured Robert Foxworth as a humanoid android who searched for his creator while seeking to be human.
Addendum: Starfleet officer, the first artificial life-form to serve in the Starfleet. An android, Data did not breathe, and he could function underwater for extended periods of time. He was even able to alter his buoyancy so that he could walk underwater or float on the surface. His legs were 87.2 centimeters in length. Data’s programming included a fail-safe that caused his ethical and moral subroutines to take over in the event that his cognitive functions were damaged. The fail-safe was designed to protect him against anyone who might try to take advantage of him in the event of severe memory loss. In 2375, Data served on a Federation sociology team, observing the Ba’ku homeworld, where he befriended a Ba’ku child named Artim. While there, he accidentally discovered a Son’a plot to conquer the Ba’ku planet. Data was fond of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. (Star Trek: Insurrection).
~1:[2,#B],3:[9,#I],12:[1,#BI],13:[32,#I],47:[4,#I],52:[18,#I],71:[10,#I],82:[1,#I],88:[1,#I]@1Dauntless, U.S.S.@2Simulation of a Federation starship; a fraud fabricated by Arturis in 2374. Arturis had modified his own spacecraft to appear to be an experimental starship equipped with an innovative quantum slipstream drive system. Arturis had hoped to fool the crew of the Starship Voyager into believing that the Dauntless had been sent by Starfleet Command as a rescue ship. The ship was assimilated by the Borg after Voyager captain Janeway saw through the ruse. (“Hope and Fear” [VGR]). The Dauntless's fake registry number was NX-01A.
~1:[2,#B],9:[2,#B],14:[2,#B],19:[2,#B],43:[2,#B],49:[2,#B],77:[1,#B]@1Davis, Bobby@2(Robert Duncan McNeill). Persona imposed upon Thomas Paris while under Hirogen neural interface control in the French Resistance holodeck program in late 2374. Davis was an officer with the American military, a lieutenant in the Fifth Armored Infantry of the Allied Forces in the war against Nazi Germany during Earth’s 20th century. Davis visited the town of Sainte Claire prior to the war, where he fell in love with a beautiful French girl named Brigette. (“The Killing Game, Parts I and II” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],11:[1,#B],58:[2,#B],63:[1,#B],109:[2,#U],111:[2,#B],122:[2,#U],124:[2,#B],131:[2,#U],133:[2,#B],138:[2,#U],140:[2,#B],146:[3,#B],159:[2,#U],161:[2,#B],179:[2,#U],181:[2,#B],209:[2,#U],211:[2,#B],223:[2,#U],225:[2,#B],238:[1,#B],272:[1,#B],330:[2,#B]@1Dax (symbiont)@2Trill parasitic life-form. As is normal for the Trill joined species, Dax lived in symbiosis with a succession of humanoid hosts. Each joined pair of the Dax symbiont and a host was a new individual, each sharing knowledge and memories from earlier joinings. Over a two hundred year period, the Dax symbiont served as a field docent to numerous Trill initiates, becoming somewhat notorious for recommending the rejection of 57 host candidates from the program. (“Playing God” [DS9]). Hosts of the Dax symbiont have been a father more than once. (“Explorers” [DS9]). As of 2371, Dax had been joined seven times prior to Jadzia. (“Meridian” [DS9]). First host: Lela Dax, the first woman to serve on the Trill council. Second host: Tobin Dax, a shy, scientifically knowledgeable man. Third host: Emony Dax, a professional gymnast. Fourth host: Audrid Dax, a member of the Trill Symbiosis Commission, and mother of at least two children; died in 2284. Fifth host: Torias Dax was joined for less than a year before he suffered a fatal shuttle accident in 2285. Sixth host: Joran Dax was an unbalanced individual who was joined for only six months before committing a murder. All records of Joran’s existence were suppressed by the Symbiosis Commission. Seventh host: Curzon Dax, a noted diplomat and friend to Benjamin Sisko. Died 2367. Eighth host: Jadzia Dax, science officer at station Deep Space 9. (“Equilibrium” [DS9], “Facets” [DS9]).
Addendum: The Dax symbiont was born in 2018. Dax was married six times as of 2374, twice as a groom, and three times as a bride. The first five ceremonies were conducted according to Trill custom, while the last was a Klingon wedding held at Deep Space 9. (“You Are Cordially Invited” [DS9]). Dax has had nine children, five as a mother and four as a father. (“Time’s Orphan” [DS9]). The Jadzia host died in 2374 (“Tears of the Prophets” [DS9]) and the symbiont was subsequently transplanted to a new host, becoming Ezri Dax. (“Image in the Sand” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],7:[2,#B],10:[2,#B],17:[3,#B],64:[4,#I],106:[1,#B],111:[2,#B]@1Dax, Audrid@2Fourth host to the Dax (symbiont), succeeding Emony Dax. Audrid was head of the Trill Symbiosis Commission, as well as a loving mother to at least two children. Died in 2284. (“Facets” [DS9]). Audrid had a daughter named Neema. At age six, Neema spent two weeks in the hospital with Rugalan fever. During her stay, Audrid read all seventeen volumes of Down the River Light to Neema, even though the child was unconscious at the time. Fifteen years later Audrid and her daughter were not on speaking terms and would not be for another eight years. (“Nor the Battle to the Strong” [DS9]).
Addendum: Fourth host to the Dax symbiont. Audrid loved to take walks in the woods. (“Shadows and Symbols” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],6:[1,#B],10:[2,#B],14:[2,#B],30:[1,#B],40:[1,#B],43:[2,#B],87:[1,#B],91:[2,#B],116:[12,#I],138:[2,#B],152:[3,#B],177:[1,#B],243:[2,#B],304:[2,#B],341:[2,#B],350:[1,#B],487:[3,#B],505:[1,#BI],510:[2,#B],540:[1,#BI],574:[1,#B],582:[1,#B],589:[1,#BI],608:[18,#I],626:[1,#B],630:[2,#B]@1Dax, Curzon@2(Frank Owen Smith). Trill host to the Dax (symbiont) prior to Jadzia Dax. (“Emissary” [DS9]). Curzon Dax was a noted diplomat. In 2289, some years before the Khitomer accords, Curzon Dax walked out on a speech by Kang at the Korvat colony, angering Kang, but opening the door for understanding. Dax eventually won the respect of his Klingon colleagues and was deeply honored when Kang named his firstborn son for Dax, and made Dax the child’s godfather. When the boy was murdered by the Albino, Dax swore a blood oath to avenge the death. Although Curzon Dax did not live to fulfill the promise, Jadzia Dax did so in 2370. (“Blood Oath” [DS9]). (One might suspect that Curzon participated in the Khitomer talks seen in Star Trek VI.)
Dax served as a Federation mediator on Klaestron IV during that planet’s civil war in the 2330s. He became friends with General Ardelon Tandro and his family while stationed on the planet. Unknown to Tandro, Dax was also engaged in a love affair with Tandro’s wife, Enina. Thirty years later, when Jadzia Dax was accused of Tandro’s murder, Enina testified that at the time of her husband’s death, Curzon Dax was in her bed. (“Dax” [DS9]). Curzon was usually not punctual. He was even late for his 100th birthday party. Curzon Dax was once thrown out of the infamous Barros Inn for setting fire to the place. (“Rejoined” [DS9]).
Curzon Dax and Benjamin Sisko were good friends when Sisko was an ensign, a friendship that they maintained for nearly two decades. (“Emissary” [DS9]). Curzon first met Ben Sisko at the Palios Station. They served together aboard the U.S.S. Livingston. (“Invasive Procedures” [DS9]). Curzon Dax knew Benjamin Sisko from before Jake’s birth. (“Explorers” [DS9]). He also was friends with Starfleet officer turned Maquis sympathizer, Calvin Hudson. (“The Maquis, Part I” [DS9]). Curzon used to assign Ben Sisko to guide VIP guests while under his command so the Trill wouldn’t have to deal with them. (“The Forsaken” [DS9]).
Curzon acted as Jadzia’s field docent and recommended she be dropped from the initiate program, noting that he felt she lacked a sense of purpose. She did not realize until years later that Curzon’s harsh evaluation had spurred her to re-examine her purpose so that she eventually did win the opportunity for joining. Despite his early opinion of Jadzia, Curzon did not object when, at the end of Curzon’s life, Jadzia asked to become the next host of the Dax symbiont. (“Playing God” [DS9]). In 2371, Jadzia learned that the true reason for Curzon’s recommendation was that he had fallen in love with Jadzia during the young woman’s initiate program. Unable to deal with these inappropriate feelings, and unwilling to admit them to Jadzia, Curzon recommended that she be dropped from the program. Curzon would later admit to feeling so guilty about his actions that he nearly retired from the Trill Symbiosis Commission. Four years after Curzon’s death, Curzon’s personality reluctantly admitted his feelings toward Jadzia through her zhian’tara ceremony. (“Facets” [DS9]).
When Dax (symbiont) became Jadzia, Sisko was fond of calling her “old man,” despite the fact that Dax’s new host was a young woman. (“Emissary” [DS9]). Curzon had learned to play tongo, and was fond of the game, a fondness that Jadzia retained. (“Rules of Acquisition” [DS9]).
Curzon Dax died in 2367. (“Dax” [DS9]). At the time of his death, he had been on planet Risa, making love with a beautiful woman named Arandis, who termed the experience “death by jamaharon.” (“Let He Who Is Without Sin…” [DS9]). The Dax symbiont was subsequently implanted into Jadzia Dax. (“Emissary” [DS9]). Curzon Dax, as played by Frank Owen Smith, was seen briefly in a flashback scene in “Emissary” (DS9).
Addendum: Host to the Dax symbiont prior to Jadzia. Curzon Dax went on to negotiate the Khitomer Accords. Curzon never married. (“You Are Cordially Invited” [DS9]).
