1:[1,#B],24:[1,#I],67:[1,#I],71:[2,#B],115:[1,#I],125:[2,#B],137:[1,#B],146:[2,#B],171:[1,#I],200:[1,#B],203:[1,#I],215:[1,#B],240:[1,#I],269:[3,#B],275:[1,#I],282:[1,#B],287:[1,#I],301:[2,#B],322:[1,#I],339:[2,#B],368:[2,#BI],372:[2,#B],379:[3,#B],444:[1,#B],497:[3,#B],546:[3,#B],549:[8,#I],559:[24,#I],583:[1,#BI]@1Q@2(John DeLancie). An immensely powerful extradimensional entity. While possessing near-godlike powers, Q also exhibits a child-like petulance and sense of playfulness. 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 7,000 light years beyond Federation space to System J-25, where first contact was made with the powerful and dangerous Borg. (“Q Who?” [TNG]).
Q was banished from the Q Continuum and stripped of his powers in 2366 for having spread chaos through the universe. Q sought refuge in human form on board the Enterprise -D, claiming that Jean-Luc Picard was the nearest thing he had to a friend. Unfortunately, Q had made many enemies in this universe, and one of these, the Calamarain, attacked the Enterprise -D, attempting to exact revenge on Q. Quick action by Commander Data saved Q from the attack. Truly surprised by Data's selfless action to save him, Q stole a shuttlecraft in an attempt to save the Enterprise -D crew from further hostile action. This altruistic act was enough to persuade the Continuum to return his powers. (“Deja Q” [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. 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). Many fans have speculated that Q may be related to Trelane.
~1:[2,#B],7:[1,#B],57:[2,#B]@1Q Continuum@2Extradimensional domain in which Q and others of his kind exist. (“Encounter at Farpoint, Parts I and II” [TNG]). Q was briefly banished from the continuum in 2366, until another Q entered our existence, offering to restore his powers. (“Deja Q” [TNG]). Those in charge of the continuum commanded Q to instruct and evaluate Amanda Rogers to see if she could ignore her powers and live among humans. If she could not or if she refused to accompany Q back to the Continuum, she was to be destroyed. The Continuum felt a moral obligation not to allow members of their kind to live with inferior beings and still use their awesome powers. (“True-Q” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#BI],3:[1,#B],7:[1,#B],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, this ship 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:[2,#B],6:[2,#B]@1Q, Planet@2Home of scientist Thomas Leighton at the time of his death in 2266. (“The Conscience of the King” [TOS]).
~1:[1,#B],8:[2,#B],55:[21,#I],78:[9,#I]@1Q2@2(Corbin Bernsen). A member of the Q Continuum, Q2 was responsible for the removal of Q's powers in 2366 when Q was found guilty of spreading chaos in the universe. He continued to observe Q following his banishment, and later restored Q's powers after he committed an act of self-sacrifice. (“Deja Q” [TNG]). Q2 only identified himself as another member of the Q Continuum. The name is from the script for the convenience of Star Trek's production personnel, but was never used in the episode.
~1:[1,#BI]@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,#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], 32: [2, #i], 38: [1, #b], 46: [1, #i]@1QE-2@2Also known as the Queen Elizabeth II. Luxury 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,#B],17:[1,#B],18:[6,#I]@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).
~1:[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,#BI],3:[1,#BI],4:[1,#B],11:[1,#I],16:[2,#B],29:[3,#B]@1Qu'Vat@2Klingon Vor'cha -class attack cruiser that 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:[3,#B],28:[2,#I]@1Quadra Sigma III@2Location of a Federation mining colony that suffered a serious explosion in 2364, resulting in significant casualties among the 504 colonists at the colony. Starship Enterprise -D rendered aid shortly after the accident in 2364. (“Hide and Q” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],16:[1,#B],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],93:[2,#B],104:[2,#B],106:[9,#I],117:[6,#I],125:[60,#I],191:[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. 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]@1Quadros-1 probe@2Deep-space scientific probe launched to the Gamma Quadrant in the 22nd century. Among the findings returned by the craft was the discovery of a trinary star system called Irdan in the Gamma Quadrant. (“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.
~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],12:[1,#B]@1Qualor II@2Federation class-M world. A surplus depot operated by the Zakdorn race for Starfleet was located in orbit of Qualor II. (“Unification, Part I” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],17:[1,#I],43:[53,#I]@1quantum filament@2An elongated subatomic object, hundreds of meters long, 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],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:[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 capable of halting all nuclear reaction within a star. (“Captain's Holiday” [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.
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~1:[2,#B],37:[2,#B],49:[2,#B]@1quarantine seal@2Also called a medical quarantine field. Forcefield 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:[1,#B]@1quaratum@2Chemical compound used in Starfleet emergency thruster packs. Quaratum is normally quite stable, but becomes explosive when exposed to radiation exceeding 350 rads. (“Disaster” [TNG]).
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~1:[1,#B],19:[1,#I],38:[1,#I]@1quasars@2Mysterious quasi-stellar objects believed to generate enormous amounts of energy from relatively small amounts of mass. The Enterprise, in 2267, had standing orders to investigate all quasars and quasar-like objects whenever they might be encountered. (“The Galileo Seven” [TOS]).
~1:[2,#B],27:[1,#I],28:[1,#BI],61:[1,#I],78:[1,#I]@1quasi-energy microbes@2Life-forms found within a plasma streamer between a binary star pair in the Igo Sector. These life-forms, first encountered by the crew of the Starship Yosemite in 2369, existed in a state between matter and energy, and were able to live in the matter stream of a transporter beam. Several of these microbes were accidentally brought aboard the Yosemite, where they nearly caused the destruction of that ship. Following the detection of these life-forms by Enterprise -D personnel, the microbes were removed from both ships' transporter systems and returned to the plasma streamer that was their home. (“Realm of Fear” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],27:[1,#I],41:[2,#B]@1quasimolecular flux@2Molecular states in which constitutent atoms are altered from their normal composition and energy state. A portion of metal in the bulkhead of the Enterprise -D cargo bay was altered to a state of quasimolecular flux by the Solanagen-based aliens. (“Schisms” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],7:[1,#B],10:[1,#B],16:[2,#B]@1quatloo@2Monetary unit used by the Providers of planet Triskelion for betting on competition between drill thralls. (“The Gamesters of Triskelion” [TOS]).
~1:[2,#B],9:[1,#I],26:[2,#B],48:[1,#I]@1Quazulu VIII@2Planet that twelve students from the Enterprise -D visited on a field trip in 2364, just prior to that ship's visit to planet Angel One. At Quazulu, several of the students were infected with an airborne virus that later threatened the health of hundreds of Enterprise -D personnel by causing respiratory distress. (“Angel One” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],10:[6,#I],17:[3,#B]@1Qui'Tu@2In Klingon mythology, the source of all creation. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier). SEE: Sha Ka Ree.
~1:[1,#B],22:[3,#B]@1Quin'lat@2Ancient city on the Klingon Homeworld. Klingon history tells of a great storm that struck the city centuries ago while Kahless the Unforgettable was there. One man went outside to face the storm, to “stand before the wind and make it respect [him].” The man was killed. As Kahless would later say, “The wind does not respect a fool.” (“Rightful Heir” [TNG]).
~1:[3,#B],36:[2,#B],41:[1,#I],81:[2,#B]@1Quinn, Admiral Gregory@2(Ward Costello). Starfleet officer who played a crucial role in uncovering the attempted takeover of Starfleet Command in 2364. As part of his effort to uncover the situation, Quinn ordered Inspector General Dexter Remmick to investigate the Enterprise -D for possible infestation. (“Coming of Age” [TNG]). None was discovered at the time, although Quinn himself later became a victim of the alien infestation when his mind was overtaken by the unknown alien intelligence that attempted to infiltrate Starfleet Headquarters in 2364. (“Conspiracy” [TNG]).
~1:[3,#B],10:[2,#B],26:[2,#I],31:[4,#B],45:[1,#I],55:[1,#BI],56:[4,#B],60:[6,#I],66:[2,#BI],68:[16,#I]@1Quinteros, Commander Orfil@2(Gene Dynarski). Starfleet officer assigned to Starbase 74 in 2364, Quinteros had previously been in charge of the team that assembled the Starship Enterprise -D at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards on Mars. Quinteros also oversaw computer systems upgrades to the Enterprise -D at Starbase 74 in 2364. (“11001001” [TNG]). SEE: Galaxy Class Starship Development Project. Actor Gene Dynarski also played miner Ben Childress in “Mudd's Women” (TOS) and an aide to Ambassador Hodin in “The Mark of Gideon” (TOS).
