1:[1,#B],22:[2,#BI]@1Winchester@2Brand name for a rifle used on 19th-century Earth. Deanna Troi's holodeck character, Durango, carried a Winchester in the program Ancient West. (“A Fistful of Datas” [TNG]).
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~1:[2,#B],10:[1,#B]@1Wise Ones@2Race of beings also known as the Preservers. (“The Paradise Syndrome” [TOS]).
~1:[1,#B],7:[1,#B],30:[1,#B],36:[3,#B]@1Woban@2(Jordan Lund). Leader of the Navot village on planet Bajor. Woban came to Deep Space 9 in 2369 to negotiate a land dispute with representatives of the rival Paqu nation. (“The Storyteller” [DS9]). See: Glyrhond; Varis Sul.
~1:[2,#B],8:[1,#B],10:[1,#BI],22:[3,#B],30:[22,#I]@1Woden Sector@2Region of space where the Talarian warship Q'Maire was located when it responded to a distress call from a Talarian observation craft in 2367. (“Suddenly Human” [TNG]). The sector was named as an homage to the ship of the same name that was destroyed in “The Ultimate Computer” (TOS).
~1:[1,#BI],13:[1,#I],18:[1,#B],33:[1,#I],35:[5,#I],43:[5,#I]@1Woden@2Old-style ore freighter that was automated and carried no crew. The Woden was destroyed by the M-5 mutitronic unit in 2268 when that experimental computer malfunctioned seriously. (“The Ultimate Computer” [TOS]). The Woden was a re-use of the S.S. Botany Bay model from “Space Seed” (TOS).
~1:[2,#B]@1Wogneer creatures@2Life-forms that lived in the Ordek Nebula. Captain Picard played a part in protecting them. (“Allegiance” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],30:[4,#B],59:[1,#I],60:[3,#BI],64:[1,#BI],73:[6,#I],80:[46,#I],126:[2,#BI],128:[1,#I],129:[2,#BI],131:[7,#I],139:[21,#I]@1Wolf 359@2The site of a terrible battle in which some 40 Federation starships tried in vain to prevent a Borg invasion of Earth in early 2367. Commanded by Admiral J. P. Hanson, the Starfleet armada was decimated by the Borg ship, resulting in the loss of 39 ships and 11,000 lives. Among the vessels lost were the Starships Tolstoy, Kyushu, Melbourne, and Saratoga. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part II” [TNG]). Casualty figures from “The Drumhead” (TNG). Saratoga established in “Emissary” (DS9). The aftermath of the battle of Wolf 359 was shown in “The Best of Both Worlds, Part II” (TNG), but three years after that episode was made, “Emissary” (DS9) had a dramatic flashback that showed some of the battle itself, in which Ben Sisko's wife, Jennifer Sisko, was killed in the destruction of the Saratoga. Wolf 359 is a real star. Located 7.8 light-years away in the constellation Leo, it is the fourth-closest star to Earth.
~1:[1,#B],12:[1,#B],15:[2,#B],48:[2,#B],50:[15,#I],65:[1,#BI]@1Woman@2(Marnie Mosiman). A member of the interpretive chorus of mediator Riva from planet Ramatis III. Each member of the chorus represented a different part of Riva's personality. Woman represented harmony, wisdom, and the balance that bound together passion and intellect. (“Loud as a Whisper” [TNG]). SEE: Scholar/Artist; Warrior/Adonis. Actor Marnie Mosiman is in real life the wife of John DeLancie, better known as Q.
~1:[1,#B],9:[1,#B]@1wompat@2Animal often kept as a pet by Cardassian children. (“Chain of Command, Part II” [TNG]).
~1:[2,#B],6:[2,#B],11:[1,#B]@1Woo, Dr.@2Professor at the Daystrom Institute. Benjamin Sisko told Vash that Professor Woo was especially eager for her to return to the institute to speak on her travels through the Gamma Quadrant. (“Q-Less” [DS9]).
~1: [2, #b], 30: [9, #i], 42: [18, #i], 61: [3, #i], 64: [1, #bi], 65: [3, #i], 68: [1, #bi]@1Worf, Colonel@2(Michael Dorn). Klingon official who unsuccessfully defended Kirk and McCoy in 2293 when the two Starfleet officers were placed on trial for the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country). Publicity materials for Star Trek VI (and the evidence of the character name and the actor) suggest that Colonel Worf was the grandfather of Enterprise -D security officer Worf, and father of Mogh.
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~1:[2,#B],41:[19,#I]@1Work Bee@2Small one-person extravehicular craft used for orbital construction and similar work. The Work Bee employed a modular design and could be equipped with robotic waldoes or it could be used as a control cab for a cargo sled. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture). The Work Bee was designed by Andrew Probert. The model was built at Magicam.
~1:[2,#B],43:[2,#B],47:[2,#B],55:[2,#B]@1World Series@2 Championship baseball games formerly played each year on Earth. The World Series was an event meriting planetary interest, but gradually declined in popularity until 2042, when only 300 spectators attended the last game of the final World Series, won by Buck Bokai of the London Kings. (“If Wishes Were Horses” [DS9]). SEE: Newson, Eddie.
~1:[3,#B]@1World War III@2A nuclear war that devastated much of Earth during the mid-21st century. Some 37 million people died in the conflict. (“Bread and Circuses” [TOS]). In the post-atomic horror after this conflict (around 2079), much of Earth reverted to a barbaric state, and legal systems were adopted that ended many individual rights including the right to legal counsel. (“Encounter at Farpoint, Part I” [TNG]) Earth was still recovering from World War III in the early 22nd century. One philosopher of the time was Liam Dieghan, founder of the Neo-Transcendentalist movement. Dieghan advocated a return to a simpler life, one more in harmony with nature. (“Up the Long Ladder” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],30:[6,#B],36:[2,#BI]@1wormhole@2A subspace bridge (or tunnel) between two points in “normal” time and space. Most wormholes are extremely unstable and their endpoints fluctuate widely across time and space. SEE: Bajoran wormhole; Barzan wormhole; quantum fluctuations; Trieste, U.S.S.
~1:[1,#B],8:[1,#B],25:[1,#B],29:[2,#B],46:[1,#B]@1Wrenn@2(Raye Birke). Commander of the last Tarellian vessel carrying survivors of the Tarellian plague. Wrenn was attempting to land his ship on planet Haven when the physician Wyatt Miller joined his people in an effort to seek a cure for their disease. Father to Ariana. (“Haven” [TNG]).
~1:[3,#B],4:[1,#I],7:[1,#B],12:[2,#B]@1Wrigley's Pleasure Planet@2Enterprise crew member Darnell saw the last surviving M-113 creature in the form of a woman he had left behind on that planet. (“The Man Trap” [TOS]).
~1:[2,#B]@1written languages@2Click on SHOW RESOURCE at left to view written languages resource data.
~1:[1,#B],4:[1,#B],8:[2,#B],15:[1,#I]@1Wu@2(Lloyd Kino). Kohm inhabitant of planet Omega IV. At the time of the Enterprise visit to Omega IV in 2268, Wu was 462 years old. Wu's ancestors had survived a terrible biological war and their descendants inherited powerful antibodies that protected against disease, prolonging life. (“The Omega Glory” [TOS]).
