1:[1,#B],38:[1,#B],42:[1,#I],43:[2,#BI],54:[2,#B],58:[1,#I],61:[2,#B],64:[1,#B],74:[1,#I],75:[1,#BI],81:[2,#B],85:[22,#I],108:[7,#I]@1Bolians@2Civilization of humanoids native to planet Bolarus IX (“Allegiance” [TNG]) and distinguished by a light blue skin and a bifurcated ridge running down the center of the face. Their blood is blue. (“The Adversary” [DS9]). Captain Rixx, commander of the Starship Thomas Paine, was a Bolian (“Conspiracy” [TNG]), as was Starfleet cadet Mitena Haro (“Allegiance” [TNG]), Enterprise -D barber Mr. Mot, Ambassador Vadosia (“The Forsaken” [DS9]), and the tactical officer aboard the Starship Saratoga, destroyed in the battle of Wolf 359 (“Emissary” [DS9]). Bolians were named for director Cliff Bole, who directed “Conspiracy” (TNG), the first episode in which these aliens were seen. The unnamed Saratoga tactical officer was played by Stephen Davies.
~1: [1, #b], 125: [3, #i], 145: [1, #i], 182: [3, #b], 220: [2, #bi], 268: [1, #i], 271: [2, #b], 296: [3, #b], 353: [2, #i], 475: [1, #i], 482: [1, #b], 485: [1, #i], 496: [1, #i], 578: [1, #b], 719: [1, #b], 740: [1, #i], 767: [1, #i], 778: [42, #i]@1Borg@2An immensely powerful civilization of enhanced humanoids from the Delta Quadrant of the galaxy. The Borg implant themselves with cybernetic devices, giving them great technological and combat capabilities. Different Borgs are equipped with different hardware for specific tasks. Each Borg is tied into a sophisticated subspace communications network, forming the Borg collective, a shared consciousness in which the idea of the individual is a meaningless concept. The Borg exhibit a high degree of intelligence and adaptability in their tactics. Most means of defense or offense against them were found to work only once, almost immediately after which the Borg developed a countermeasure. (“Q Who?” [TNG]). The Borg were responsible for the near-extinction of the El-Aurian people in the late 23rd century. SEE: Guinan. (Star Trek: Generations). The first known contact between the Borg and the Federation was in 2365, when Q transported the Enterprise -D out of Federation space into the flight path of a Borg vessel heading toward Alpha Quadrant. (“Q Who?” [TNG]). Following this first contact, Starfleet began advance planning for a potential Borg offensive against the Federation. Lieutenant Commander Shelby was placed in charge of this project to develop a defense strategy. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part I” [TNG]). One of the weapons systems developed to help meet the Borg threat was the new U.S.S. Defiant, a heavily-armed starship prototype. (“The Search, Part I” [DS9]).
The anticipated Borg attack came in late 2366, when a Borg vessel entered Federation space, heading for Earth. Starfleet tactical planners had expected at least several more months before the Borg arrival, and thus were caught unprepared. Enterprise -D captain Jean-Luc Picard was captured by the Borg at the beginning of this offensive. He was assimilated into the Borg collective consciousness and became known as Locutus of Borg, providing crucial guidance to the Borg in their attack. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part I” [TNG]).
Starfleet massed an armada of some 40 starships in hopes of stopping the Borg ship at Wolf 359, but the fleet was decimated with the loss of 39 ships and 11,000 lives (“The Drumhead” [TNG]), including the U.S.S. Saratoga. (“Emissary” [DS9]). As Locutus, Picard explained that the Borg purpose was to improve the quality of life in the galaxy by providing other life-forms the benefit of being part of the Borg collective. Following the rescue of Picard from the Borg ship, a last-ditch effort to implant a destructive computer command into the Borg collective consciousness was successful in destroying the Borg ship in Earth orbit. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part II” [TNG]).
By 2368, at least two more Borg vessels were found to have reached Federation territory when a crashed Borg scout ship was discovered on the surface of a moon in the Argolis Cluster. One surviving Borg, designated Third of Five, was rescued from the crash by Enterprise -D crew personnel. This Borg, named Hugh by the Enterprise -D crew, was nursed back to health. During Hugh's convalescence, Enterprise -D personnel developed what they termed an invasive program, which, when introduced into the Borg collective consciousness, was designed to cause a fatal overload in the entire collective. In the process, Hugh befriended Geordi La Forge, a friendship that provided an argument that this invasive program, effectively a weapon of mass murder, should not be used. Hugh was then returned to the Argolis crash site, where he was rescued by another Borg scout ship. (“I, Borg” [TNG]). Following the return of Hugh, Hugh's new sense of individuality began to permeate a portion of the collective. The results were dramatic: Deprived of their group identity, individual Borg were unable to function as a unit. The unexpected arrival of the android, Lore, changed this. Lore appointed himself the leader of the Borg, and promised them he would provide them with the means to become completely artificial life-forms, free of dependence on organic bodies. (“Descent, Parts I and II” [TNG]).
In 2369, Lore led the Borg in launching a major new offensive against the Federation. Utilizing transwarp conduits, they entered Federation space in a ship of an unfamiliar design and attacked a Federation outpost at Ohniaka III. During this offensive, the Borg attacked with uncharacteristic anger, later found to be due to Lore's influence. The offensive was halted when Lore was dismantled by his brother, Data. (“Descent, Parts I and II” [TNG]).
(In an alternate quantum reality visited by Worf in 2370, the crew of the Enterprise -D did not recover Captain Picard from the Borg. In yet another reality, the Borg had taken over most of the Federation, with a heavily damaged Enterprise -D being one of the few ships remaining. [“Parallels” (TNG)]).
Writer Maurice Hurley derived the name Borg from the term cyborg (cybernetic organism) ,although it seems unlikely that a race living on the other side of the galaxy would know of the term. The Borg were first seen in “Q Who” (TNG).
~1:[2,#BI],5:[1,#BI],6:[1,#B],13:[2,#B],16:[1,#I],30:[2,#B],46:[1,#I],65:[3,#B],87:[1,#I],99:[1,#I],108:[1,#B],113:[2,#B],119:[1,#I],127:[3,#B],147:[1,#I],160:[1,#B],170:[26,#I],197:[2,#I],201:[6,#I]@1Bozeman, U.S.S.@2Federation starship, Soyuz class, Starfleet registry NCC-1941, commanded by Captain Morgan Bateman. The Bozeman was three weeks out of its home starbase when it disappeared near the Typhon Expanse in 2278, where it remained until 2368. During those 90 years, those aboard the Bozeman experienced the passage of only a brief period of time. Unknown to them, they were in a recursive temporal causality loop, so they experienced that same brief period over and over, ad infinitum, until the loop was disrupted by the Enterprise -D, with which it nearly collided. (“Cause and Effect” [TNG]). The Bozeman was subsequently recertified for Starfleet service. During the anti-time occurrence created by the Q Continuum, Admiral Nakamura deployed the Bozeman, along with 15 other starships, to the Romulan Neutral Zone to investigate a Romulan military buildup on their side of the zone. (“All Good Things…” [TNG]). The Bozeman was required to make a minor course correction in 2371 after the Amargosa star's destruction altered gravitational forces in an entire sector. (Star Trek: Generations). Named for the city of Bozeman, Montana, hometown of episode writer Brannon Braga. The registry number was an homage to Steven Spielberg's movie 1941, for which Star Trek model maker Greg Jein provided miniatures.
~1:[1,#B],7:[2,#B],12:[1,#I],46:[2,#BI],65:[3,#B],93:[3,#I]@1Breen@2Civilization with outposts near the Black Cluster investigated by the Enterprise -D in 2368. The Breen utilized cloaking technology and their ships were armed with disruptor-type weapons. The Breen, politically nonaligned, were considered but dismissed as a possible explanation for the destruction of the S.S. Vico in the Black Cluster. (“Hero Worship” [TNG]). In 2370, a Breen pilot participated in the palio on Deep Space 3. (“Interface” [TNG]). The Breen were not empathically detectable by Betazoids. (“The Loss” [TNG]). The Breen were one of the races who used type-3 disruptor weapons. (Star Trek: Generations).
~1:[1,#B],80:[3,#B],102:[1,#B],123:[3,#B]@1Cardassia@2Homeworld of the Cardassian Union, (“The Wounded” [TNG]) the planet is also referred to as Cardassia Prime. (“Tribunal” [DS9]). Cardassia is a planet poor in natural resources, but in ancient times was home to a splendid civilization whose legendary ruins are still considered some of the most remarkable in the galaxy. Most of the archaeological treasures were plundered by starving Cardassians, as well as by the Cardassian military, which sought funds for their war against the Federation. SEE: First Hebitian civilization. (“Chain of Command, Part II” [TNG]). Cardassia was believed to have been visited some 800 years ago by ancient Bajoran explorers. Until recently, Cardassian scholars scoffed at such theories, but in 2371, Cardassian archaeologists reported finding wreckage of an ancient Bajoran solar-sail vessel on Cardassia. (“Explorers” [DS9]).
~1: [1, #b], 64: [2, #i], 92: [2, #bi], 194: [3, #b], 290: [1, #i], 755: [39, #i]@1Cardassians@2Humanoid race that has been involved in a bitter, extended conflict with the United Federation of Planets. An uneasy truce between the two adversaries was finally reached in 2366. During the negotiations, Ambassador Spock publicly disagreed with his father, Ambassador Sarek, on the treaty. (“Unification, Part I” [TNG]).
The following year, the treaty was violated by Starfleet captain Benjamin Maxwell, commanding the Starship Phoenix. Although Maxwell's actions were illegal, Starfleet authorities believed his suspicions of illicit Cardassian military activity were correct. Captain Picard recalled that while in command of the U.S.S. Stargazer in 2355, he had fled from a Cardassian warship, barely escaping with his ship and crew intact. (“The Wounded” [TNG]). In the past, the Cardassians were a peaceful and spiritual people. But because their planet was resource-poor, starvation and disease were rampant, and people died by the millions. With the rise of the military to power, new territories and technology were acquired by violence, at the cost of millions of lives sacrificed to the war effort. (“Chain of Command, Part II” [TNG]).
In 2367, a historic peace treaty established a fragile armistice between the Federation and the Cardassian Union. Starfleet captain Edward Jellico was partially credited for the negotiations. Among other things, the treaty provided that captives of either government would be allowed to see a representative from a neutral planet following their incarceration. (“Chain of Command, Part II” [TNG]).
The Cardassians annexed planet Bajor around 2328, and over the next several decades systematically stripped the planet of resources, and forced most Bajorans to resettle on other worlds. (“Ensign Ro” [TNG]).
In 2369, it was believed that Cardassia was developing a metagenic weapon and planning to use it in conjunction with an incursion into Federation space. Enterprise -D captain Jean-Luc Picard, along with Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher and Security Officer Worf, were sent covertly into Cardassian space to investigate. The reports were found to be a ruse, designed to lure Captain Picard into Cardassian captivity. (“Chain of Command, Part I & II” [TNG]). Also in 2369, the Bajoran resistance movement had forced the Cardassians from Bajor after years of terrorist activity. In their retreat, they abandoned Terok Nor, an old Cardassian mining station orbiting Bajor. SEE: Deep Space 9. This proved to be a major mis-step for the Cardassians, as the station became of major strategic, scientific, and commercial value when the Bajoran wormhole was discovered shortly thereafter. (“Emissary, Parts I and II” [DS9]). Many Cardassian war orphans were left behind on planet Bajor when the occupation ended. In Cardassian society, orphans are shunned and not acknowledged by the populace. (“Cardassians” [DS9]).
The Cardassian withdrawal included an agreement to release all Bajoran political prisoners, per Supreme Directive 2645, although some prisoners remained at the Hutet labor camp on Cardassia IV for nearly a year. SEE: Li Nalas. (“The Homecoming” [DS9]). In 2371, the Cardassian government, represented by Legate Turrel, concluded a historic peace treaty with Bajoran leader Kai Winn. (“Life Support” [DS9]).
In Cardassian society, the criminal justice system served to enforce cultural norms, while reassuring the public with the comforting notion that good did triumph over evil. Accordingly, no criminal was brought to trial until authorities had already found the defendant guilty. (“Maquis, Part II” [DS9]). Trials were broadcast for viewing by the public, serving as a dramatic demonstration of the futility of violating Cardassian society's norms. In Cardassian justice, a defendant could not present evidence until the trail was underway, in other words, until after a verdict of guilty had been rendered. Further such defendants were required to testify against themselves. Cardassian citizens were required to have one of their molars extracted at age ten so that they could be kept on file by the Cardassian bureau of identification. (“Tribunal” [DS9]). SEE: archon; conservator; nestor.
In Cardassian culture, advanced age is a sign of power and dignity. (“Distant Voices” [DS9]). Cardassians men and women exhibit overt irritability toward each other as an overture to a sexual relationship. (“Destiny” [DS9]). Family is very important to the Cardassians with some households being multi-generational. Intense mind-training programs are given to their children as early as four years of age perhaps contributing to the famous Cardassian photographic memories. (“The Maquis, Part I” [DS9]).
(In one of the quantum realities visited by Worf in 2370, the Cardassians tampered with the Argus Array, using it to spy upon Federation facilities. In yet another, the Cardassians had reached some degree of rapprochement, as evidenced by the Cardassian Conn officer found in this universe. [“Parallels” (TNG)]). The Cardassians first appeared in “The Wounded” (TNG), although the back story established in that episode suggests that hostilities with them go back to at least the 2350s. The Cardassians recurred in several episodes and became major adversaries in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
~1:[1,#B],11:[1,#B],17:[1,#I],36:[5,#B],41:[1,#I],54:[2,#B],60:[1,#B]@1cardiostimulator@2Medical instrument. Dr. McCoy used a cardiostimulator when Ambassador Sarek suffered cardiac arrest aboard the Enterprise in 2267. The cardiostimulator revived the ambassador, allowing McCoy to continue lifesaving surgery. (“Journey to Babel” [TOS]). SEE: benjisidrine; cryogenic open-heart procedure; T-negative. Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram used a cardiostimulator to revive Commander Chakotay after his bio-neural energy was displaced by the Komar on stardate 48734. (“Cathexis” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],17:[1,#B],94:[1,#B],106:[3,#B],112:[28,#I],142:[26,#I],171:[12,#I],185:[25,#I]@1Cestus III@2Planet. Location of a Federation outpost destroyed by a reptilian civilization known as the Gorn in 2267. The Federation had at the time been unaware that Cestus III was in space the Gorn considered to be their own territory, and that the Gorn had been protecting their own sovereignty. Unfortunately, the Gorn attack on the Federation outpost left only a single survivor. (“Arena” [TOS]). Misunderstandings with the Gorn were eventually resolved, and the planet was colonized by Federation settlers. In mid-2371, the colonists on Cestus III formed a league of six baseball teams. Two of the teams were the Cestus Comets and the Pike City Pioneers. (“Family Business” [DS9]). The location for Cestus III as well as for the Metrons' planetoid was Vasquez Rocks, near Los Angeles, which was used for various television and feature productions. Other Star Trek episodes filmed there include “Shore Leave” (TOS), “The Alternative Factor” (TOS), “Friday's Child” (TOS), “Who Watches the Watchers?” (TNG), “The Homecoming” (DS9), and one shot in Star Trek IV. The Cestus III outpost was actually a fort constructed for the feature The Alamo produced in the 1930s. The fort was demolished in the late 1960s because it was thought to be a hazardous structure in danger of collapse.
~1:[1,#B],33:[1,#BI],40:[1,#B],54:[1,#B],70:[1,#B]@1changeling@2Ancient Earth legend of a fairy child that was left in place of a stolen human baby. The changeling took the identity of the human child. Kirk compared the space probe Nomad to a changeling. (“The Changeling” [TOS]). Croden used the term, in a different context, as a nickname for the shape-shifting Odo. (“Vortex” [DS9]). The term “changeling” was originally a derogatory name given to the shape-shifters by solids. (“The Search, Part II” [DS9]).
~1: [2, #b], 36: [1, #i], 73: [6, #i]@1Chekote, Admiral@2(Bruce Gray). Starfleet official attached to Starbase 227. Chekote gave William Riker permission to delay a previously scheduled mission and investigate Captain Picard's apparent death at planet Dessica II in 2370, placing the Enterprise -D on detached duty for this investigation. (“Gambit, Part I” [TNG]). Chekote ordered the evacuation of station Deep Space 9 in 2370, despite evidence that the Circle's activities were backed by the Cardassians. (“The Circle” [DS9]). Apparently no relation to Chakotay, from Star Trek: Voyager.
~1: [3, #b], 10: [2, #i], 48: [6, #i], 77: [3, #b], 97: [2, #b], 130: [1, #b], 132: [2, #b], 148: [1, #i], 206: [1, #i], 215: [5, #i], 225: [2, #bi], 231: [3, #b], 238: [1, #i], 241: [1, #bi], 246: [2, #b], 249: [1, #b], 250: [7, #i], 268: [1, #i], 269: [1, #bi], 270: [1, #b], 273: [6, #i], 281: [39, #i], 322: [9, #i], 334: [6, #i]@1Chekov, Pavel A.@2(Walter Koenig). Navigator on the original Starship Enterprise under the command of Captain James Kirk. Born in 2245 (“Who Mourns for Adonais?” [TOS]), Chekov held the rank of ensign during his first mission aboard the ship. (“Catspaw” [TOS]). His Starfleet serial number was 656-5827B. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home). Pavel Andreievich Chekov was an only child, although he once imagined he had a brother named Piotr while under the influence of the Beta XII-A entity. (“Day of the Dove” [TOS]). While at Starfleet Academy, Chekov became involved with a young woman named Irina Galliulin, but the relationship did not last because Galliulin was uncomfortable with the structured way of life required by Starfleet. Years later, the two met again when Galliulin sought the mythical planet Eden with Dr. Sevrin. (“The Way to Eden” [TOS]). In 2267, Chekov was the only member of an Enterprise landing party to Gamma Hydra IV who was not affected with an aging disease. During the mission, Chekov became startled at the sight of a dead colonist. The surge of adrenaline protected him from radiation sickness that caused the aging process. (“The Deadly Years” [TOS]). Chekov was promoted to lieutenant and assigned as security chief aboard the Enterprise following the conclusion of Kirk's first five-year mission. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture). Chekov later served aboard the U.S.S. Reliant as first officer under Captain Clark Terrell, before returning to the Enterprise after the Reliant was destroyed at the Mutara Nebula by Khan. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). Chekov was an honored guest during the maiden voyage of the U.S.S. Enterprise -B in 2294. (Star Trek: Generations). Chekov joined the Star Trek cast in “Catspaw” (TOS) at the beginning of the second season, although Khan claimed to have remembered him from “Space Seed” (TOS), filmed before the character was created. Walter Koenig's wife, actor Judy Levitt, played several roles in the Star Trek movies. These included a doctor at Mercy Hospital in Star Trek IV, and a Starfleet Command officer in Star Trek VI.
~1:[2,#B],20:[2,#B],23:[2,#B],55:[3,#B],68:[1,#I],69:[1,#BI],76:[3,#B],100:[2,#B]@1chroniton particles@2Subatomic particles that transmit temporal quanta. Chroniton particles were generated as a waste product by an experimental interphase generator-based Romulan cloaking device. Damage to the cloaking device would cause it to emit the particles. (“The Next Phase” [TNG]). Chroniton particles are normally emitted in small quantities through the normal operation of a Romulan cloaking devices. In 2371, chroniton particles accumulated in the hull of the Starship Defiant and became lodged in the ship's ablative armor matrix. This accumulation caused a transporter beam to be deflected almost 350 years into Earth's past. (“Past Tense, Part I” [DS9]). SEE: quantum singularity.
~1:[2,#B],38:[1,#I],41:[41,#I],84:[5,#I]@1class-M planet@2Designation for small, rocky terrestrial worlds with oxygen-nitrogen atmospheres. A Class-M planet generally has nucleogenic particles in its atmosphere; lack of nucleogenic particles would result in an absence of precipitation and surface water. (“Caretaker” [VGR]). The Star Trek format calls for most stories to involve missions to Class-M planets, since showing non-Earthlike planets would be far more costly. While this is probably unrealistic from a scientific point of view, it is a key reason for making the production of Star Trek practical on a television budget.
~1:[3,#B],25:[1,#B],47:[7,#I],56:[2,#B],91:[6,#I],114:[45,#I]@1cloaking device, Klingon@2The Klingons apparently obtained basic cloaking technology from the Romulans around 2268, when an alliance existed between the Klingons and the Romulans. Many Klingon ships, including their birds-of-prey (apparently also based on Romulan technology, judging from the name), were equipped with cloaking devices. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock). An experimental Klingon bird-of-prey was developed, circa 2293, which had the ability to fire torpedoes while still cloaked. This would have provided a significant tactical advantage, had means not been developed to detect a ship so equipped. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country). Cloaking devices on old D-12 -class birds-of-prey were equipped with defective plasma coils, rendering the ship vulnerable. (Star Trek: Generations). We assume that cloaking devices are continually being improved, as are the sensor systems used to detect them. For this reason, any advance in either cloaking or sensing technologies seems to provide only a brief advantage until the other side catches up.
