1:[1,#B],22:[1,#B],26:[1,#B],63:[1,#BI],70:[2,#B],81:[1,#B],105:[4,#B],113:[1,#B],215:[3,#I]@1ultritium@2A powerful chemical explosive, virtually undetectable by transporter scanners. Large amounts of ultritium were found in the robes of the Antedean delegation to the Pacifica conference of 2365. It was subsequently learned that the Antedean delegates had planned to use the explosives to blow up the entire conference. (“Manhunt” [TNG]). Ultritium explosives were used by the crew of the Romulan scoutship Pi to destroy their ship at planet Galorndon Core, inside Federation space, in 2366. (“The Enemy” [TNG]). The Jem’Hadar used ultritium concussion shells for artillery bombardment. (“The Ship” [DS9]).The Dominion had once mined ultritium on an asteroid that was later converted into Dominion internment camp 371. (“In Purgatory’s Shadow” [DS9]).
Addendum: Chemical explosive. During the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, the Bajoran resistance had access to ultritium resin, which they used for terrorist actions, such as an attempt to assassinate Gul Dukat in 2346 at station Terok Nor. (“Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night” [DS9]). Benjamin Sisko’s crew used a bomb containing 90 isotons of enriched ultritium to destroy a ketracel-white storage and distribution facility deep within Cardassian space in early 2374. (“A Time to Stand” [DS9]). Jean-Luc Picard brought ultritium explosives down to the Ba’ku homeworld in 2375 to use in preventing the planet’s inhabitants from being forcibly removed by the Son’a. (Star Trek: Insurrection).
~1:[1,#B],8:[1,#B],49:[1,#B],52:[1,#B]@1umpire@2In the ancient Earth sport of baseball, an umpire was a referee, responsible for interpreting rules as they applied to a specific game. In baseball, touching the umpire is grounds for ejecting a player from the game. Odo served as umpire in the baseball game between the Logicians and the Niners in early 2375, when he had to enforce that rule twice. (“Take Me Out to the Holosuite” [DS9]).
~1:[5,#B],9:[1,#B],55:[2,#I],63:[1,#I],83:[4,#B],115:[2,#B],124:[2,#I],154:[2,#B],160:[5,#I],167:[68,#I]@1Union of Soviet Socialist Republics@2Nation-state on 20th-century Earth, a bold attempt to provide its working people with the economic benefits of a communal society without arbitrary class stratification. Although the experiment proved unsuccessful, the Soviet Union was responsible for Earth’s first voyages into space, including the historic flight of Yuri Gagarin on the Vostok I spacecraft in 1961 and the remarkable Mir orbital station in the 1980s and 1990s. The Soviet Union was often at political and military odds with the United States of America, and the Soviet government expended considerable energy to gather intelligence data on the American republic, even going so far as to construct replicas of American cities where Soviet secret agents could be trained to infiltrate American society. U.S.S. Voyager captain Kathryn Janeway observed that Species 8472 had done much the same thing in 2375 when they created a duplicate of Starfleet Headquarters in the Delta Quadrant. SEE: Terrasphere 8. (“In the Flesh” [VGR]). The dedication plaque for the U.S.S. Tsiolkovsky, seen briefly in “The Naked Now” (TNG), indicated that the ship had been built at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the U.S.S.R. The plaque, made in 1987, failed to anticipate the collapse of the Soviet Union just a few years later, but was intended to commemorate the extraordinary achievements of the Russian people in the exploration of space, as well as the pioneering vision of Russian theoretician Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.
~1:[4,#B],45:[4,#I],90:[1,#B],102:[2,#B],118:[2,#B],121:[1,#B],129:[2,#B],142:[12,#I],206:[4,#I],233:[7,#I],275:[3,#B],283:[1,#B],293:[3,#B],298:[2,#B],311:[1,#B],348:[1,#B],372:[3,#B],387:[40,#I],428:[8,#B],442:[2,#B],489:[1,#B]@1United Federation of Planets@2An intersellar alliance of planetary governments and colonies, united for mutual trade, exploratory, scientific, cultural, diplomatic, and defensive endeavors, founded in 2161. (“The Outcast” [TNG]). In 2373, the Federation comprised more than 150 member planets, spread out across 8,000 light-years. (Star Trek: First Contact). Membership in the Federation was predicated on a number of factors, such as the existence of a unified planetary government. (“Attached” [TNG]). Similarly, under the Federation charter, caste-based discrimination is not permitted on member planets. (“Accession” [DS9]). Federation members include Earth, Vulcan, and numerous other planetary states. The Federation is governed by the Federation Council, composed of representatives from the various member planets, that meet in the city of San Francisco on Earth. The Council itself is led by the Federation president, whose office is in the city of Paris on planet Earth. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, “Homefront” [DS9], and “Paradise Lost” [DS9]). The economic structure within the Federation made very little use of money in the 20th-century sense of the term. By the 24th century, the acquisition of wealth ceased to be the driving force in the lives of the majority of Federation citizens. (“The Neutral Zone” [TNG], Star Trek: First Contact).
Although the Federation and its Starfleet have done an extraordinary job of maintaining a generally peaceful climate in this part of the galaxy (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), the Federation and its member planets have been involved in a number of armed conflicts over the years. Notable among these are the tensions with the Klingon Empire that lasted almost a century until the Organian Peace Treaty of 2267, and later the Khitomer conference of 2293. Still unresolved are conflicts with the Romulan Star Empire and the Tholian Assembly. The Federation was involved in a protracted, bitter war with the Cardassians that dated back to the 2350s. An uneasy peace treaty with the Cardassian Union was reached in 2366. (“The Wounded” [TNG]). Conflict with the Cardassians continued at lower levels for years. One particular hot spot was Bajor, after the end of Cardassian occupation of the planet in 2369, when the Federation took over operation of the old Cardassian mining station Deep Space 9 in the Bajoran system near the newly discovered stable wormhole. (“Emissary” [DS9]). There is no definitive list of members in the Federation, since the shows’ writers need the freedom to invent new members as specific stories require. The 150-member figure was deliberately chosen to approximate the members in Earth’s present United Nations. SEE: Constitution of the United Federation of Planets.
Addendum: Interstellar alliance located mostly in the Alpha Quadrant of the galaxy. The late 24th century was a time of great adversity for the Federation. After having survived assaults by the Borg, the Federation allied itself with other Alpha Quadrant powers to defend itself in a costly, brutal war against an invasion by the Dominion of the Gamma Quadrant. (“What You Leave Behind” [DS9]).
~1:[4,#B],54:[32,#I],86:[3,#BI],89:[2,#I],91:[1,#B],95:[1,#B],122:[2,#B],144:[12,#B]@1United States of America@2Nation-state on planet Earth, founded in 1776, that world’s first large-scale experiment in representational democratic government. The United States was responsible for many of Earth’s early achievements in space exploration. The United States’ flag of 2033 had 52 stars, a number that was maintained until 2079. (“The Royale” [TNG]). It is not known if the United States ceased to exist in 2079 or if a 53rd state was added then. That year does appear to coincide with the end of the World War III nuclear holocaust.
Addendum: Republic on planet Earth, founded in 1776. The American nation was a major participant in the planet’s brutal second world war during the 20th century, providing military strength to the Allied Forces in such operations as the liberation of France from Nazi Germany. (“The Killing Game, Parts I and II” [VGR]). SEE: Allied Forces; Apollo 11; French Resistance; Kennedy, John F.; World War II.
~1:[2,#B],46:[1,#B],62:[1,#I],75:[1,#B],79:[1,#B],156:[2,#I],178:[35,#I],213:[1,#B],244:[1,#B],253:[2,#I]@1universal translator@2Device used to provide real-time two-way translation of spoken languages. It operated by sensing and comparing brain-wave frequencies, then selecting comparable concepts to use as a basis for translation. Kirk used a handheld universal translator to communicate with the life-form known as the Companion in 2267. (“Metamorphosis” TOS]). A software version of the universal translator was programmed into the Enterprise -D’s main computer. This enabled real-time communications with such life-forms as the nanites. (“Evolution” [TNG]). The combadges worn by Starfleet personnel in the latter half of the 24th century incorporated miniature universal translators. (“The 37’s” [VGR]). Even smaller versions of the universal translator could be inserted into the outer ear, providing unobtrusive operation. Such devices could, however, be disrupted by exposure to beta radiation. (“Little Green Men” [DS9]). The universal translator generally requires an adequate sample of a language in order to establish a translation matrix. (“Sanctuary” [DS9]). The universal translator aboard the U.S.S. Voyager had great difficulty in translating the language used by a mysterious civilization called the Swarm in 2373. (“The Swarm” [VGR]). Actually, we figured that Paramount somehow managed to install universal translators in everyone’s television receivers, which could also explain why so many of the galaxy’s life-forms seem to be speaking English and other Earth languages.
Addendum: Sophisticated computer device capable of real-time conversion of a given language into nearly any other language. The universal translator was incapable, however, of translating a spoken language that employed sound triaxilation, used by a cytoplasmic species encountered by the Starship Voyager in 2375. (“Nothing Human” [VGR]).
~1:[1,#B],3:[1,#B],6:[1,#B]@1upturned@2The Vori and the Kradin people believed that after they died their spirits would descend to the afterlife, which they called the gloried Wayafter, but only if their bodies were lying face down. The greatest desecration to the Vori or Kradin dead was to “upturn” the body, so that the deceased could not go to the Wayafter. During their extended war, the Vori and the Kradin accused each other of dishonoring each other’s dead in this fashion. (“Nemesis” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B]@1Ural Mountains@2Spectacular geological feature in Russia on Earth. When Worf was a boy, his father used to take him and his brother Nikolai on camping trips in the Ural Mountains. (“Change of Heart” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B],14:[1,#B]@1Uri’lash@2(Sylvain Cecile). Tall humanoid who acted as a traditional Hupyrian servant to Brunt during the brief time in 2374 when Brunt was acting grand nagus of Ferenginar. (“Profit and Lace” [DS9]).
