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2190s

The 2190s decade covers the period from 2190-2199. Years bg:2190те de:2190er fr:22ème siècle#Années 2190 nl:2190s pl:2191-2200 sv:2190-talet

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2180s

The 2180s decade covers the period from 2180-2189. Years Background information According to production materials, the Rhaandarite ensign who served aboard the during its refit was eighty-five years old in the 2270s. That would place his birth during this decade. bg:2180те de:2180er fr:22ème siècle#Années 2180 nl:2180s pl:2181-2190 sv:2180-talet

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2170s

The 2170s decade covers the period from 2170-2179. Years Events In an alternate timeline, Annorax of the Krenim uses temporal technology to remove the Rilnar from existence. As a result, a plague destroys most of the Krenim race. Annorax begins his two-hundred-year attempt to resurrect his people. () In an alternate timeline the planet Gaia is colonized by the crew of the who had been transported through time. The ship crashed on the surface and was unable to send a distress call, as communications through the Bajoran wormhole were not possible at the time. () bg:2170те de:2170er fr:22ème siècle#Années 2170 nl:2170s pl:2171-2180 sv:2170-talet

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2160s

The 2160s decade covers the period from 2160-2169. Years Events The year 2161 marks the birth of the United Federation of Planets. () With the formation of the Federation, a new Starfleet uniform is introduced. () bg:2160те de:2160er es:Década del 2160 fr:22ème siècle#Années 2160 it:Anni 2160 nl:2160s pl:2161-2170 sv:2160-talet

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2150s

The 2150s decade covers the period from 2150-2159. The United Earth Starfleet first began its exploration of deep space in 2151 with the launch of the under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer. Despite Enterprises peaceful intentions, the ship made contact with numerous hostile species, resulting in armed conflict with the Suliban , the Klingon Empire, and most notably the Xindi. The Xindi incident and Enterprises successful resolution of the crisis established United Earth as a prominent interstellar power in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. The planet hosted a conference to begin establishing an interstellar alliance in 2155, paving the way for the creation of the United Federation of Planets in 2161. Years Events Prime universe Earth's first deep space vessel, the Enterprise NX-01 is launched in 2151 under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer. () The P'Jem monastery is destroyed by the Andorians. () An attack on Earth kills approximately seven million people in what will become known as the Xindi incident. The NX-01 is assigned to locate the Xindi in the Delphic Expanse and prevent a second attack that would have destroyed Earth. () The Coalition of Planets is formed in 2155. () The Romulan War is fought between 2156 and 2160. () Humans and the Klingon Empire barely have any face to face contact until 2256. () The Kiley Eldredth and Palion leaders would be in the same room for the last time until 2259. () Mirror universe The is lured into the mirror universe by the Tholians and is subsequently captured by the Terran Empire. (, ) claims the title of Empress of the Terran Empire. () bg:2150те de:2150er es:Década de 2150 fr:22ème siècle#Années 2150 it:Anni 2150 ja:2150年代 nl:2150s pl:2151-2160 sv:2150-talet

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2140s

The 2140s decade covers the period from 2140-2149. Years Events The male population of Paraagan society begin making strides for equal rights. () Phlox and his youngest son Mettus stop speaking to each other as a result of a rift stemming from the son's intolerant views regarding Antarans. () bg:2140те de:2140er fr:22ème siècle#Années 2140 it:Anni 2140 nl:2140s pl:2141-2150 sv:2140-talet

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2130s

The 2130s decade covers the period from 2130-2139. Years Background information According to an early draft of , transparent aluminum was invented in the mid-2130s. bg:2130те de:2130er fr:22ème siècle#Années 2130 it:Anni 2130 nl:2130s pl:2131-2140 sv:2130-talet

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2120s

The 2120s decade covers the period from 2120-2129. Years Events , his buddies, and Melissa Lyles all attend a school dance at Bayshore Elementary. () Soval begins living on Earth. () bg:2120те de:2120er fr:22ème siècle#Années 2120 it:Anni 2120 nl:2120s pl:2121-2130 sv:2120-talet

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2110s

The 2110s decade covers the period from 2110-2119. Years Events Phlox becomes a doctor. () bg:2110те de:2110er fr:22ème siècle#Années 2110 it:Anni 2110 nl:2110s pl:2111-2120 ru:2110-е sv:2110-talet

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2100s

The 2100s decade covers the period from 2100-2109. Years Events A blood feud erupts between the clans Lornak and Tralesta on Acamar III which will not be resolved for two centuries. () bg:2100те de:2100er es:Década del 2100 fr:22ème siècle#Années 2100 it:Anni 2100 nl:2100s pl:2101-2110 ru:2100-е sv:2100-talet (decennium)

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24th century

The 24th century, defined in the calendar of Earth as being from 2301 until 2400, was a period of great conflict and political upheaval between the various races and organizations of the Milky Way Galaxy. In the latter half, the Federation makes contact with several new species and civilizations, including powerful new races such as the , and other lesser races such as: the Ferengi, the Dominion, and the Borg, the latter two of whom attack the Federation on several occasions. The Romulan Star Empire enters a second period of isolation, lasting approximately fifty years, from which they emerge far stronger than ever before. The Borg attempt to assimilate Earth twice, first in 2366 and again in 2373. The latter year also sees the beginning of the Dominion War, which ends in 2375, with several of the major powers of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants joining together to defeat the Dominion. In addition, the Federation makes its first explorations of the Delta and Gamma Quadrants during the latter half of this century. Also, in 2387, the Romulus system is destroyed by a supernova which, due to the actions of Ambassador Spock and Nero, ultimately leads to the creation of an alternate reality. Decades Major events Prime reality After the Tomed Incident with the Romulan Star Empire, the Federation signs the Treaty of Algeron, promising no research into or use of any cloaking devices. (; ) At the Battle of Narendra III, the Federation vessel defends a Klingon colony against Romulan attackers. Regarded as an honorable act, the incident cements the Federation-Klingon alliance. () A subtle attempt by parasitic beings to take full control of Starfleet and to prepare for an all-out invasion of the Federation is discovered and thwarted. () After making first contact with the Borg in 2365, a Borg cube attacks the Federation but is destroyed in Earth orbit after the Battle of Wolf 359. Later that year, Klingon Chancellor K'mpec is killed and succeeded by Gowron. His position is quickly challenged but eventually affirmed in the brief Klingon Civil War against the Romulan-influenced, but ultimately inferior, House of Duras. () The Bajoran Wormhole is discovered, representing a secure link between the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants. () The Federation signs a treaty with the Cardassian Union, establishing a Demilitarized Zone along their shared borders. Several Federation colonists opposed to the treaty, as well as several sympathetic Starfleet officers, organize an armed resistance called the Maquis, carrying out a series of attacks on Cardassian military targets. (; ) The , the Maquis ship Val Jean, and (unbeknownst at the time) the are pulled into the Delta Quadrant by an advanced being known as the . Effectively stranded seventy-five years from Federation space, the Voyager crew, augmented by the Maquis and some Delta Quadrant inhabitants, engage in extensive exploration of the quadrant during the journey home, though Starfleet does not learn of this until 2374. () After the Dominion and the Founders are discovered in the Gamma Quadrant in early 2371, the Federation condemns an attack by the Founder-infiltrated Klingon Empire on the Cardassian Union. A few months later, a Founder-Changeling bombs the Antwerp Conference between the Federation and the Romulans, giving rise to an attempted but failed coup d'état against Federation President Jaresh-Inyo. Near the end of that year, the Federation's and Klingon's old dispute over the Archanis sector escalates, leading to the Klingon's withdrawal from the Khitomer Accords. () After the Founder infiltration of the Klingon Empire is discovered and the Cardassian Union joins the Dominion, the Khitomer Accords are reinstated. In the midst of these events another Borg cube attacks the Federation, but is destroyed near Earth in the Battle of Sector 001. Later that year, the Dominion conquers Deep Space 9, igniting the Dominion War against the Federation-Klingon alliance. (; ) After losing Deep Space 9 to the alliance again, the Dominion conquers Betazed. Later that year, the Romulan Empire turns the tide of the conflict as it declares war against the Dominion. () The Breen Confederacy allies with the Dominion and launches an attack on Starfleet Headquarters on Earth. Shortly after, Gowron is killed and Martok becomes the new Klingon Chancellor. Near the end of that year, with the help of the Cardassian Rebellion, the alliance manages to repel the Dominion forces, finally capturing Cardassia Prime and ending the Dominion War with the Treaty of Bajor. () Voyager returns to Earth. () The Romulan Empire is taken over by Praetor Shinzon as the head of a Reman coup d'état. After a false peace offer to the Federation, Shinzon is killed in his attempt to wipe out all life on Earth with thalaron radiation. Shortly after, the Federation begins talks with the new Romulan government. () Rogue synths launch an attack on Mars, destroying the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards and setting the planet ablaze. () Starfleet abandons plans to aid the evacuation of the Romulus system. The United Federation of Planets places a ban on synthetics. Admiral Jean-Luc Picard resigns his commission in protest. () Romulus is completely destroyed by a nearby supernova. () Jean-Luc Picard is sought out by a young woman named Dahj after her boyfriend is killed. It is revealed that she has a twin sister and they are androids. Zhat Vash agents have been embedded in Starfleet. The Romulan Free State has been researching a . () Alternate reality Yor travels from the Alternate reality to the future of the prime reality. 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2300s

The 2300s decade covers the period from 2300-2309. Years Events Future Federation President Jaresh-Inyo becomes a politician. () Background information The final script for suggests Admiral Connaught Rossa was born during this decade. bg:2300те de:2300er es:Década del 2300 fr:2300s it:Anni 2300 nl:2300s pl:2301-2310 sv:2300-talet (decennium)

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2310s

The 2310s decade covers the period from 2310-2319. Years Events Multiplex pattern buffers are perfected sometime in this decade, putting an end to transporter psychosis. () Jean-Luc Picard wins a for his report about starships. () While in fifth grade, Jean-Luc Picard learns about the achievements of the ancient Bajoran civilization from a reader. () Yvette Picard commits suicide by hanging herself. She is discovered by her son, Jean-Luc. () Background information The final script for suggests Admiral Alynna Nechayev was born during this decade. bg:2310те de:2310er es:Década del 2310 fr:2310s it:Anni 2310 nl:2310s pl:2311-2320 sv:2310-talet

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2320s

The 2320s decade covers the period from 2320-2329. Years Background information The final script for suggests Alexana Devos, who was said to be in her late 30s, was born in the latter part of this decade. bg:2320те de:2320er es:Década del 2320 fr:2320s it:Anni 2320 nl:2320s pl:2321-2330 sv:2320-talet

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2330s

The 2330s decade covers the period from 2330-2339. Years bg:2330те de:2330er es:Década del 2330 fr:2330s it:Anni 2330 nl:2330s pl:2331-2340 sv:2330-talet

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2340s

The 2340s decade covers the period from 2340-2349. Notable events during the 2340s are the destruction of the Omicron Theta colony by the Crystalline Entity and minor diplomatic successes by the Federation-like mediation between the moons of Peliar Zel and in the Klaestron Civil War. Decisive scientific events include the construction of the Soong-type androids Lore and Data as well as the discovery of the Changeling Odo. Years Events Starfleet integrates communicator functions into the standard uniform badge by 2344. (, visual reference) bg:2340те de:2340er es:Década del 2340 fr:2340s it:Anni 2340 nl:2340s pl:2341-2350 sv:2340-talet

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2350s

The 2350s saw the Federation dealing with violence from the Talarians and the Cardassians as well as at least one Tholian attack; the early 2350s also saw the Romulans and the Klingons in combat, leaving the balance of power in the Alpha Quadrant unstable. (, , , ; ; ) Years bg:2350те de:2350er es:Década del 2350 fr:2350s it:Anni 2350 nl:2350s pl:2351-2360 sv:2350-talet

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2360s

The 2360s decade covers the period from 2360-2369. The United Federation of Planets continued with deep space exploration missions throughout the early portions of the decade; however, first contact with the Borg and the re-emergence of the Romulan Star Empire after a fifty-year period of isolation began to show the need for more combat-oriented ships and personnel training. The Borg threat encouraged Starfleet to develop the starship, the Federation's first unofficial warship. (; ) The Romulan Empire made several attempts to destabilize the alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire in this decade. With the onset of the Klingon Civil War in late 2367, the Romulans began providing material support to the House of Duras, a move which would have assured victory for the forces of Duras and ultimately lead to the dissolution of the Federation-Klingon alliance. In the end, the Federation exposed the Romulan connection to the Duras family and the war ended in favor of Chancellor Gowron, leaving the Federation-Klingon alliance intact. () Despite the sharp increase of hostilities in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants throughout the decade, space exploration was still a high priority for the Federation. The Bajoran wormhole was discovered in 2369 and provided a direct link between the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants. Unfortunately, this wormhole led to first contact with the Dominion in 2370, and paved the way for one of the bloodiest conflicts in Federation history. () Years Events Nova Squadron wins the Rigel Cup. The victory celebration is described by Boothby as a near-riot. () The Romulan Empire ends a fifty-year period of isolation and begins taking a more active role in Alpha Quadrant politics. () The Federation makes several first contacts in this decade, the most notable being with the Q Continuum in 2364 and the Borg Collective in 2365. () The Battle of Wolf 359 is fought in 2367, leading to the destruction of thirty-nine starships and the loss of eleven thousand lives. () The Federation and the Cardassian Union sign the Federation-Cardassian Armistice of 2367, putting an end to hostilities during the Federation-Cardassian War. The Federation-Cardassian Treaty was signed in 2370. () The Klingon Empire fights the Klingon Civil War from 2367-2368. Chancellor Gowron's forces are victorious after the House of Duras is exposed accepting assistance from the Romulan Star Empire. The Cardassian Union withdraws from the planet Bajor in 2369, ending the fifty year Occupation of Bajor. At the request of the new Bajoran Provisional Government, the Federation establishes a presence in the Bajoran system. Starfleet and the Bajoran Militia take joint control of Deep Space 9 (formerly Terok Nor). The Bajoran wormhole is discovered a short time later by Commander Benjamin Sisko and Lieutenant Jadzia Dax, opening the door for exploration of the distant Gamma Quadrant. Deep Space 9 is moved from its orbit around Bajor to a point near the wormhole. () A couple of Ferengi attempt to break into Fort Knox on Earth. () Background information The first six seasons of take place in this decade. Additionally, the first season of takes place in 2369, overlapping with The Next Generation. bg:2360те cs:2360-2369 de:2360er es:Década del 2360 fr:2360s it:Anni 2360 nl:2360s pl:2361-2370 sv:2360-talet

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2370s

The 2370s decade covers the period from 2370-2379. In this decade, the United Federation of Planets continued their exploration of the Gamma Quadrant by way of the Bajoran wormhole, discovered in 2369. By the end of 2370, the powers of the Alpha Quadrant had been forced into a cold war with the Dominion, a major political entity in the Gamma Quadrant, that continued until 2373. This cold war degenerated into open hostilities by the end of that year, and continued until 2375. The war turned out to be one of the bloodiest interstellar conflicts in galactic history, leaving the Klingon Empire set back by nearly a decade and over eight hundred million Cardassian civilians slaughtered at the hands of their former Dominion allies during the final battle of the conflict. () Hostilities with the Borg Collective were also a major concern throughout the decade. A second attempt to assimilate Earth in 2373 left Starfleet forces stretched thin for months, a fact that was a source of concern prior to the Dominion's invasion of the Alpha Quadrant later that year. (; ) Additionally, the Federation inadvertently began its first exploration of the Delta Quadrant in 2371, when the was transported there by an entity called the . In addition to collecting a multitude of data on the region that would keep Federation scientists occupied for decades, Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew made more first contacts with alien species since the era of James T. Kirk and the original . On the final leg of their journey, the Voyager crew managed to deal near-catastrophic damage to the Borg; however, it remains unknown if the Borg were able to recover. () Years Events First contact between the Federation and the Dominion occurs in 2370 and results in the destruction of the and a three year cold war between the two powers. ( – ) The Borg make a second attempt to assimilate the Federation in 2373, but are stopped by the crew of the new . () The Dominion War rages for two years between 2373 and 2375, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of millions of people before a decisive Federation Alliance victory. The war devastates the Alpha Quadrant, especially the Cardassian Union. ( – ) The USS Voyager journeys through the unexplored Delta Quadrant between 2371 and 2378. During Voyagers final push to get home, the vessel's crew manages to do massive damage to the Borg Collective and their transwarp network. () The entire Romulan Senate is assassinated by Shinzon in 2379, whose attempt to destroy all life on Earth is thwarted by the crew of the Enterprise-E. Following these events, the Romulans become "interested in talking" with the Federation. () Background information This decade covers a vast majority of the Star Trek canon, as the final season of , the latter six seasons of , the entire run of , the four Next Generation movies, and the final episode of , all take place in the 2370s. bg:2370те de:2370er es:Década del 2370 fr:2370s it:Anni 2370 nl:2370s pl:2371-2380 sv:2370-talet

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2380s

The 2380s decade covers the period from 2380-2389. Years Events The Romulan scout ship Shaenor is assimilated by a . () The Borg ship is shortly thereafter crippled by a submatrix collapse, and is abandoned by the Borg Collective. () A new variant of the Starfleet uniform is introduced. (; ) Alternate timeline events The following event took place in an alternate timeline in which the was destroyed while navigating the quantum slipstream in 2375. () 2380: Starfleet officially abandons the search for Voyager. The following event takes place in an alternate timeline when the USS Voyager did not return to Earth in 2378. () 2381: After she receives fatal injuries on an away mission, Seven of Nine dies on Voyager, in the arms of her husband, Chakotay. The following events took place in an alternate timeline where Captain Benjamin Sisko was temporally displaced. () 2382: Jake Sisko marries Korena. 2389: Benjamin Sisko briefly appears in Jake's house in New Orleans. Background information This decade is covered by Star Trek: Lower Decks, and is the primary setting for the present narrative of Star Trek: Prodigy. is also set in this decade. Notes In , Benjamin Sisko predicted that if the Federation Alliance did not launch an assault against the Dominion in late 2375, they would re-arm themselves and launch an offensive in the early 2380s. The false future seen in was set in the year 2383. Apocrypha 2380: The post- portions of the FPS game Star Trek: Elite Force II take part in this year. The last climactic missions of Star Trek: Legacy take place in 2380 also. Events described in Taking Wing: William T. Riker gets his own ship (the USS Titan); joining his crew are Deanna Troi and later Tuvok. The crew of the Titan plays a crucial role in stabilizing the political situation on Romulus; the Klingon Empire becomes a protector of the Remans. Events described in : With Riker and Troi gone, Captain Jean-Luc Picard makes Worf his new number one. Captain Picard, in an attempt to stop the Borg, becomes Locutus again - Dr. Crusher later is able to restore him. Events described in Before Dishonor: Kathryn Janeway is assimilated by the Borg, made the new Borg Queen and killed after this, according to official record; her ultimate fate remains unknown, it is hinted that she has become a companion of Lady Q. The Borg reach their next step of evolution - instead of assimilating, they now "absorb" whole starships, with the ships becoming part of the absorbing Borg cube and the crew being assimilated. Events described in Star Trek: Destiny: 2381 The Borg have declared war on the Federation and its allies with the goal of eradication over assimilation. By the end of the war, major colonies have destroyed, the core worlds nearly destroyed and more, but the Borg are no more either. They were reunited with an ancient civilization. Events described in Unworthy: Sometime after 2382, Chakotay seeks Icheb's assistance to undertake a vision quest to help a very sick Seven of Nine. Countdown: "Number One" begins on stardate 64333.4, in 2387. Beginning of the path to 2409, events leading up to Star Trek Online. In the game Star Trek: Armada, the USS Premonition is supposedly built in an alternate timeline where the Borg have control of most of the Alpha Quadrant. Due to the Premonitions temporal drive, it went back in time to 2376 to stop the first Borg attack on Starbase 612. It returned to the future after a successful effort in defeating the Borg. (Star Trek: Armada) bg:2380те de:2380er es:Década del 2380 fr:2380s nl:2380s sv:2380-talet

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2390s

The 2390s decade covers the period from 2390-2399. Years Events A new variant of the Starfleet uniform is introduced. () 2395: According to the imager at the Velara Base, this year is when Velara III would have become a class M planet suitable for colonization. However, the project was discontinued with the discovery of the microbrain in 2364. () Because of the ban on synthetics, Thaddeus Troi-Riker is unable to be treated for mendaxic neurosclerosis and passes away. () In 2367, Lwaxana Troi estimates that Kaelon II would be destroyed or sterilized by its dying sun in thirty or forty years. () Alternate timelines Consistent throughout all timelines: Starfleet introduces a new combadge design by 2390, and a new uniform at some point after. The following events took place in an alternate timeline in which the returned to Earth after Voyager crash landed due to faults in a quantum slipstream drive. () 2390: Chakotay, with the assistance of Harry Kim, Tessa Omond, and The Doctor (after being reactivated) changes the timeline so that Voyager doesn't crash on the Class L planet. The following events took place in an alternate timeline in which Benjamin Sisko was displaced out of time. () 2391: Jake Sisko begins to study subspace mechanics and was awarded with a Betar Prize for his Collected Stories. The following events took place in an alternate timeline in which the did not enter the Borg transwarp conduits and return to Earth in 2378. () 2392: The Doctor invents a synaptic transceiver for a neural interface. 2394: Voyager returns to Earth after 23 years in the Delta Quadrant. Chakotay dies in the same year. Episodes (in part) (in part) (in part) Apocrypha The Path to 2409 lists events leading up to Star Trek Online during this time. was initially intended to be set in 2399, but after development of the game was given to Cryptic Studios the setting was moved to 2409. 2393: Bajor gains full Federation membership. 2399: The Khitomer Accords dissolve. (Star Trek Online) de:2390er es:Década del 2390 fr:2390s nl:2390s sv:2390-talet

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USS Destiny

The USS Destiny was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In 2375, the Destiny was under the command of Captain Raymer. In that year, the Destiny was assigned to transport the Dax symbiont from Deep Space 9 to following the death of Dax's previous host, Jadzia. Before reaching Trill, Dax suffered a turn for the worse, necessitating implantation in Ezri Tigan, the only Trill serving aboard the ship. The ship carried at least one medical officer and a ship's counselor, to whom Ezri served as an assistant. () The Destiny subsequently was scheduled to put in for supplies at DS9 and then join the Seventh Fleet in the offensive to retake the Kalandra sector. () Ensign Brinner Finok was a member of the Destinys crew. () Appendices Background information According to the , "Destiny is also of the United States' scientific lab module for the International Space Station." Apocrypha The games Star Trek: Armada and Star Trek: Armada II present this ship as a starship. The Destiny crew appear in the short stories "Second Star to the Right & Straight On 'Til Morning" in The Lives of Dax and "Ninety-Three Hours" in Strange New Worlds III. External link de:USS Destiny es:USS Destiny ja:USSデスティニー nl:USS Destiny Destiny

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Cardassian military

The Cardassian military was associated with the Cardassian Union. It was divided into at least twelve orders and several militias, including Cardassian Militia 41. (; ) History Members of the Cardassian military trained at the Cardassian Military Academy. From the 19th century until 2372, the Cardassian military's authority came from the Cardassian Central Command. When the Central Command was overthrown by the Cardassian dissident movement, Gul Dukat served as the military's liaison to the civilian Detapa Council. () The Cardassian military included the Cardassian Science Ministry. () After the Cardassian Union joined the Dominion, Dukat controlled the Cardassian and Dominion fleets, with Weyoun at his side overseeing his decisions. After the Second Battle of Deep Space 9, Dukat lost his status as leader of the Cardassian people. His successor, Legate Damar, had limited control over the Cardassian military, since Weyoun and the Female Changeling often overrode his military decisions. When Damar decided to rebel against the Dominion oppressors, Legate Broca was appointed leader of Cardassia. Unlike the two previous Cardassian leaders, Broca allowed Weyoun and the Female Changeling to control the Cardassian military at their discretion, simply carrying out their orders. () External links de:Cardassianische Orden es:Guardia Cardassiana ja:カーデシア防衛軍 nl:Cardassian Wacht pl:Straż Kardasjańska Cardassia Military organizations

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Enabran Tain

Enabran Tain was a male Cardassian of the Cardassian Union in the 24th century. He gained notoriety as the leader of the Obsidian Order, of which he maintained tight control. He was married and the father of Elim Garak – a fact he never admitted publicly, though. His son would later recall that Tain never grew tired of repeating to him "I should have killed your mother before you were born. You have always been a weakness I can't afford." () Tain would also discipline his son, who had a strong case of claustrophobia, by locking him in a closet. In contrast to this, Tain spent a day in the country with his son when he was four, their "only day" as Garak would later recall. Garak impressed his father by mounting a riding hound despite falling off numerous times. As he limped home, his father held Garak's hand and would later recall that he was very proud of him that day. () Tain became head of the Obsidian Order in 2348, and held the position for twenty years. Tain trusted no one, with the exception of his housekeeper, Mila. He was known for ruthlessness, and many said that he lacked a heart. Tain was also Garak's immediate superior, whom he trained and molded into a mirror image of himself. Nevertheless, Tain was directly responsible for exiling Garak after being betrayed by him in some way. Tain retired from the Order in 2368 and moved to the Arawath Colony. He was the only head of the Order to live long enough to do so. During this time, in 2370, he was visited by Julian Bashir, who was seeking information on Garak's cranial implant so that it could be removed. Tain claimed to be only helping Bashir so that Garak could live a long, miserable life. () The following year, Tain attempted to stage a comeback by destroying the with a combined fleet of Obsidian Order and Tal Shiar ships. He had the Romulans kill his former inner circle, but Garak survived. When his son and Odo followed a lead that sent them to the location of the combined fleet, Tain had them captured. He offered Garak to fully reintegrate him into the Obsidian Order and the Cardassian Union, the former agent agreed enthusiastically despite the fact that Tain had ordered his execution attempt, and the fleet departed for the Gamma Quadrant. However, his plan was compromised by his Romulan co-conspirator, Colonel , a changeling infiltrator, and the resulting Battle of the Omarion Nebula was a complete failure. The entire combined fleet was destroyed by the Jem'Hadar. Tain was assumed to have perished when his warbird exploded, however he was actually captured by the Dominion and detained at Internment Camp 371. () In 2373, Tain managed to modify the camp barracks' redundant life support system to send a subspace signal to Garak, indicating he was alive. By the time Garak reached him though, he was dying of unspecified heart trouble. On his deathbed, Tain asked Garak to escape, so that he could seek vengeance on the Dominion for what it had done to him. Garak agreed, but only if Tain asked him as his father. Tain died in the presence of Garak and Bashir after acknowledging that Garak was his son, his last words were to Garak, "I was very proud of you – that day." () Damar discovered that Tain was Garak's father in 2375, when Garak and he, with Commander Kira Nerys, sought refuge in Tain's old house. () Appendices Appearances Apocrypha A younger Tain appeared in the Stargazer novel Oblivion, where he is pitted against a young Captain Jean-Luc Picard during Picard's first meeting with Guinan. During this mission, both Picard and Tain are looking for a friend of Picard's who claims to have vital information about a potential threat, but it is eventually revealed that the friend has betrayed Picard and actually has no information. At the end of the novel, Picard and Guinan are transported onto the , leaving Tain to drift through space on an abandoned, badly damaged spaceship until he is recovered. The A Stitch in Time reveals that Mila was Garak's mother and that Tain hid his paternity by having Mila's brother Tolan raise Garak as his son. Later, it was Tain who sponsored Garak's entry into the elite training academy for Obsidian Order recruits. Tain also appears in Keith R.A. DeCandido's Star Trek: The Lost Era novel The Art of the Impossible. In Star Trek Online, the Cardassian dreadnought C.U.V. Tain is named in his honor, and serves as Garak's flagship during the campaigns against the Hur'q. His mirror universe appears in the novel Rise Like Lions, in which is depicted as holding the position of head of the Obsidian Order until his death in 2378. He refers to as his illegitimate son. External links de:Enabran Tain fr:Enabran Tain Cardassians Cardassian government officials Obsidian Order personnel

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USS Aries

The USS Aries (NCC-45167) was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. History In 2365, the captain of the Aries retired, and Starfleet Command chose William T. Riker to replace the captain. At the time, the Aries was in the Vega-Omicron sector, and had recently picked up indications of an intelligent lifeform, but nothing was yet confirmed. Riker was chosen, according to Jean-Luc Picard, "not for your military proficiency, but for your skill as an explorer and as a diplomat." At the time of the offer, the was on a twelve-hour layover at Starbase Montgomery. During its layover, the ship received a civilian tactical advisor, Cmdr. Riker's father Kyle Riker, to brief Riker on the Aries' mission. Riker was later visited by Lieutenant Worf, who requested to join Riker aboard the Aries, if he took the posting. The first officer of the Aries was Commander Flaherty, an officer that Picard highly recommended for the mission to sector Vega-Omicron. Later, when Riker consulted Picard, Picard put the Aries mission in perspective to the Enterprise mission, describing it as "a relatively insignificant ship, in an obscure corner of the galaxy. But it will be your ship." () Ultimately, Riker turned down the position, for what he described as "Motivated self-interest. Right now, the best place for me to be is here." () Later, when Riker told his transporter duplicate, Thomas, about turning down the offer for the Aries, Thomas inquired what their father thought of his decision, Will explained "he couldn't understand why I did it." Thomas could not understand the decision either, stating, "for once he and I agree on something." () In 2367, the Aries was on a deep space exploration mission in Sector 21502. The ship was named on the chart "Starfleet Operations-Sectors 21166-23079" on the Enterprise-D bridge. ( okudagram) Later that year, former Ensign served aboard the Aries. While under the effects of an exotic virus from Tarchannen III, she stole the shuttlepod to return to that planet. () In 2368, the Aries joined Captain Picard's fleet that blockaded the Klingon-Romulan border during the Klingon Civil War. The ship was one of twenty-three assembled for the fleet and was one of the seventeen chosen for the tachyon network. Identified by its name and registry number, the ship's position in the network was monitored from the Enterprise-D. When the network was disrupted by a high-energy burst released by the Romulans, the net was no longer effective in a of ten million kilometers around the . Subsequently, Picard ordered the fleet to proceed to Gamma Eridon at maximum warp, where the fleet would attempt to reestablish the net before the Romulans got there. ( okudagram) In 2369, the Aries was on a deep space exploration mission to Sector 22846. The ship was named on the chart "Starfleet Operations-Sectors 21538-23079" on the Enterprise-D observation lounge. ( okudagram) Later that year, the was on a deep space exploration mission in Sector 21602. The ship was named on the chart "Starfleet Operations - Sectors 21538-23079" that was on display in the ops aboard Relay Station 47. ( okudagram) In 2370, the Aries point of departure was Lilliput IX. The starship arrived at Deep Space 9 on stardate 47568.2. Aries was named on the Deep Space 9 arrival roster. ( okudagram) In 2379, the Aries was assigned to Star Fleet Battle Group Omega, which was to rendezvous with the when it was attempting to escape from Romulan territory and the Reman warbird Scimitar. The starship was named on the Battle Group Omega roster in the Enterprise-E bridge. ( okudagram) Appendices Background information According to the , the Aries was named for the constellation of Aries (Latin for "Ram") and the PanAm moon landing shuttle Aries from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which ferried Dr. Heywood R. Floyd to the Moon. The class and registry were derived from the charts seen in "Brothers" and "Chain of Command, Part I". The registry was seen again in the tachyon detection grid, on the hull of the shuttlepod Cousteau, and in the list of starships from Star Trek: Nemesis. In the script for "The Icarus Factor", the ship was called the Ares. This spelling was altered for the next mention of the ship, in "Redemption II", where the ship was called the Aries. In an internal list of starships, from 26 September 1990, the Aries was identified as a scout ship. In scene cut from in which the Cardassians threatened to invade Minos Korva, the Aries, the Sutherland, and were dispatched to Sector 21527 to assist the Enterprise-D. However, because the ships were three days away, the Enterprise was forced to find an alternative means of preventing the invasion. Apocrypha The Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph listed a Aries with the registry of NCC-602. Many years after the publication of this technical manual, Mike Okuda assigned this registry to the in a starship status display for the movie . External link bg:USS Ариет de:USS Aries es:USS Aries fr:USS Aries (NCC-45167) ja:USSアリーズ Aries

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Broca

Gul Broca was a male Cardassian military officer serving in the 24th century Cardassian Union. He came to power in the 2370s as a Dominion collaborator, during which he was the third and final military leader. In 2375, Broca was a high-ranking Legate. He was picked by Weyoun to succeed Damar as the new leader in 2375 following Damar's defection and founding of the Cardassian Liberation Front. Broca was subsequently promoted to legate. Unlike his strong-willed predecessors, Damar and Dukat, Broca was eager to follow the orders of the Female Changeling and Weyoun almost without question. () After the Cardassian military switched sides due to the destruction of Lakarian City, Broca pleaded with Weyoun and the Female Changeling to let him talk to the rebels to persuade them to remain loyal. Instead, Weyoun and the Female Changeling concurred that it was just as likely for the rebels to convince Broca to defect. Still shouting that he was loyal to the Dominion, Broca and his aides were taken outside Dominion Headquarters by the Jem'Hadar and bayoneted. Ironically, this gave an opportunity for Damar's rebels to penetrate the building and ultimately capture the Female Changeling, as well as kill Weyoun. () External link cs:Broca de:Broca nl:Broca Cardassians Guls Legates Cardassian military personnel Cardassian government officials

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USS Armstrong (24th century)

The USS Armstrong was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. During the brief , the Armstrong and the were ambushed by a Klingon battle group in early 2373 and both ships suffered heavy casualties before escaping to Deep Space 9. () Appendices Background information The Armstrong was "named for Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong." () The identified the Armstrong as a starship, with the registry NCC-57537. Apocrypha According to the first two issues of the Malibu Comics Deep Space Nine comics "" and "Stowaway, Part II", the ship was an scout ship with a registry of NCC-19212 under Captain . Dr. , a renowned Federation xenobiologist was a member of her crew on their most recent mission to the Gamma Quadrant in mid-2369. External links de:USS Armstrong es:USS Armstrong nl:USS Armstrong (24e eeuw) Armstrong

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USS Drake

There have been at least two Starfleet vessels to bear the name USS Drake: , a ship lost at Minos in 2364 , a ship in the Dominion War in the late 24th century de:USS Drake es:USS Drake nl:USS Drake

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USS Eagle

The USS Eagle (NCC-956) was a 23rd century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In 2293, the Eagle was assigned a colony resupply mission. The ship was named on a Starship Mission Assignments chart on the bridge. Later that year, the Eagle, along with the and the , was selected for the primary operational phase of the abandoned rescue mission code-named "Operation Retrieve", which would have rescued Captain James Kirk and Doctor Leonard McCoy from Rura Penthe in 2293. According to the plans, the Eagle was to provide protection on the Potemkins port flank as this ship retrieved the two Starfleet officers. () See also NCC-1685 Appendices Background information This starship and registry number were not referenced in dialogue. This vessel appeared in the plans for Operation Retrieve presented by Colonel West. Save for the , the Eagle and five other starships were graphically represented by the silhouette of a movie era refit- vessel. Michael Okuda, the creator of the charts, usually endowed Constitution-class vessels that had not yet been provided with one canonically with numbers either derived from Franz Joseph's reference book Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual (NCC-1719) or Greg Jein's influential "The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship" article (NCC-1685), published in the April 1973 issue 27 of the T-Negative fanzine. In this case though, Okuda deviated from the norm and used a number originating from neither. Okuda has stated years later, "In still other cases, the ships and/or numbers did not come from either source, but were consistent with some fleet status charts I did elsewhere on the in Star Trek VI." Okuda has since then propagated the number throughout his subsequent reference book writings. From this, Okuda's listed the ship as a Constitution-class vessel. The name of the ship had been considered by producer Robert Justman at the start of second season of for inclusion in the definitive list of fourteen ships belonging to the , still referred to as "Starship-class" by them at the time. It was mentioned in the second proposal, but ultimately did not make the cut. His suggestion of 9 August 1967 even made it onto page 64 of the first draft treatment of the script, dated September 30, 1967 for the second season episode , which contained a line having Lieutenant Uhura state, "Star Fleet Command confirms alien attack on the other starships, sir. The enemy was defeated. Starships Essex and Eagle suffered heavy damage, but will make base." The reference though, was dropped from the episode as aired. Justman also annotated on his proposal memo, "I think there would be several other candidates, such as Saratoga and perhaps another English carrier, a French carrier, a Russian carrier and certainly a Japanese carrier." Had his suggestion made the final cut, then the historical British aircraft carrier would have footed the bill. (The Making of Star Trek, pp. 164-165) An unseen element from the Operation Retrieve charts included a list of starships, their registries and their commanders. According to this list, the Eagle was commanded by K. Garretson, named for Katy E. Garretson, who served as second assistant director on The Undiscovered Country. Apocrypha The Andorians: Among the Clans by S. John Ross featured a listing of a Constitution-class USS Eagle with the registry NCC-956 listed in the Star Trek Encyclopedia and the chart seen the Federation President's office in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. In the Andorian language invented by Ross it was known as the USS Atlirith (an Andorian eagle). External links de:USS Eagle fr:USS Eagle (NCC-956) pl:U.S.S. "Eagle" NCC-956 Eagle

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USS Endeavour

There have been five Federation starships to bear the name USS Endeavour: , a late-23rd century starship , a late-24th century starship , a mid-24th century starship , a late-24th century starship , an alternate reality starship de:USS Endeavour es:USS Endeavour ja:USSエンデバー nl:USS Endeavour

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USS Scovill

The USS Scovill (NCC-1598) was a 23rd century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In 2293, the Scovill was assigned an astronomical mission. The ship was named on a Starship Mission Assignments chart on the bridge. () External link de:USS Scovil federation starships

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USS Springfield

The USS Springfield (NCC-1963) was a 23rd century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In 2293, the Springfield was assigned a Neutral Zone patrol mission. The ship was named on a Starship Mission Assignments chart on the bridge. () Appendices Background information This ship was not related to the of starships, which were in service during the 2360s. Springfield was said to be the most common town name in the United States of America, with 37 cities by that name (and many more with variations of that name, such as "Springfield Crossing" or "Springfield Plantation") in over thirty states. It was possible that one of these cities was the origin of this ship's name. According to a ship listing included in the plans, and not seen in the extended cut of the movie, the Springfield was commanded by D. Bayard, and the ship was located in Sector 21835. The ship's captain was named after the sixth movie's art department construction coordinator Richard J. Bayard. Apocrypha While not an official source, Decipher roleplaying game supplements state that this vessel may be a cruiser. External link de:USS Springfield Springfield

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USS Potemkin (NCC-1657)

The USS Potemkin (NCC-1657) was a 23rd century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In 2268, the Potemkin was part of a small task force that participated in a series of war games problems to field test the experimental M-5 multitronic unit, which had been designed by Doctor Richard Daystrom. The M-5 was installed aboard the Potemkins sister ship, the . When the M-5 unit suffered a disastrous malfunction during simulated combat, it caused the Enterprise to attack the other Starfleet ships with full phasers rather than minimum-strength beams that were standard for such situations. At least five hundred people aboard the and the were killed in the initial attack. The Potemkin and the attempted to retreat, but were nonetheless hit numerous times by full phasers from the Enterprise. This resulted in an unspecified number of casualties. Following the crippling of the Excalibur, the Potemkin and the other two remaining ships were ordered to destroy the Enterprise to end the threat. Fortunately, the Enterprise was able to deactivate the M-5 computer before the three-ship battle force attacked. () In 2269, the Potemkin was scheduled to rendezvous with the Enterprise at the Beta Aurigae binary system. The two ships were assigned to conduct gravitational studies of that binary system. The Enterprise, however, was diverted by a distress call from Camus II, causing the mission with the Potemkin to be delayed. () In 2270, the Potemkin was ordered to transfer a shipment of the life-saving medicine, strobolin, from Beta Canopus to the freighter . The Huron was then to transfer the drug to the Enterprise so that it would be received within the three-day time frame needed to cure Spock's choriocytosis infection. () In the next twenty-three years, like her sister ship the Enterprise, the Potemkin was refitted. () In 2293, the Potemkin was assigned a scientific survey mission. The ship was named on a Starship Mission Assignments chart on the bridge. Later that year, in the "Operation Retrieve" command briefing, the Potemkin was depicted as being in the theater of operations. Furthermore, the starship would have been the command ship for the rescue mission, in which it would make an attempt at rescuing James Kirk and Leonard McCoy from the prison planet Rura Penthe. This starship would have been escorted by both the and the . () Appendices Background information The registry number of the Potemkin was not mentioned in any of the TOS episodes – it was later revealed on the Operation Retrieve chart in Star Trek VI. Michael Okuda, the creator of the charts, usually endowed Constitution-class vessels, that had not yet been provided with one canonically, with numbers either derived from Franz Joseph's reference book Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual (NCC-1711) or Greg Jein's influential "The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship" article (NCC-1702), published in the April 1973 issue 27 of the T-Negative fanzine. Oddly though, in this particular case, Okuda deviated from the norm and used a number originating from neither. Okuda has stated years later, "In still other cases, the ships and/or numbers did not come from either source, but were consistent with some fleet status charts I did elsewhere on the in Star Trek VI." Since Okuda has propagated the number throughout his subsequent reference book writings, the Potemkin became the only visually established Original Series Constitution-class vessel, not retconned with one of Jein's conjectural ship registries, when the 2006 remastered version of the series, over which Okuda presided as producer, started its release. The name of the ship had already been established by the producers at the start of second season of , when they composed a list of fourteen ships belonging to the , still referred to as "Starship-class" by them at the time, including the Potemkin. Producer Robert Justman annotated on a memo of an earlier draft of the list, "I think there would be several other candidates, such as Saratoga and perhaps another English carrier, a French carrier, a Russian carrier and certainly a Japanese carrier." (The Making of Star Trek, pp. 164-165) However, at the time of his writing the Russian navy had never operated an aircraft carrier before, so the World War I-era battleship , immortalized by 's 1925 silent movie with the , was chosen instead. Both the historical as well as the fictional Potemkin were named after , a famous 18th century Russian army commander under . () According to a ship listing included on page four of the mission plans, but which was not seen in the extended cut of the movie, the ship was commanded by D.M. Flinn, and the ship was located in Sector 21185. The ship's captain was named after the sixth movie's screen writer Denny Martin Flinn. External link bg:USS Потьомкин (NCC-1657) de:USS Potemkin (NCC-1657) fr:USS Potemkin (NCC-1657) ja:USSポチョムキン(NCC-1657) Potemkin

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Relativity (episode)

Seven of Nine is recruited by a starship from the 29th century to save Voyager from being destroyed in the past. Summary Teaser In 2371, Captain Janeway beams aboard the starship during the final phases of the 's construction at Utopia Planitia. Admiral Patterson, who had been her calculus instructor at Starfleet Academy, is there to greet her with a pop quiz. After Janeway answers all of his questions correctly, Patterson shows her around her new ship. When they reach the bridge, Janeway starts to comment on how it is bigger than she expected. She sits in her chair briefly, then is shown her ready room. There, Janeway brings up her mission, specifically, Tuvok and her desire to bring in Thomas Paris. Back to the bridge, she begins proposing changes to Voyager already and, as she and the admiral start to get into a conversation, an ensign walks away from the helm. The ensign is a completely Human-looking Seven of Nine, avoiding eye contact. Act One Seven of Nine scans the bridge and the observation lounge with a small, sleek tricorder. There, Janeway and Patterson come in, and she quickly hides her tricorder. After a brief chat, they leave, and she continues scanning, then leaves for engineering. There, she encounters Lieutenant Joe Carey, who, being friendly, questions her to get to know her. Her cover story has her not assigned to the ship, but rather Utopia Planitia. She then enters a Jefferies tube and locks it. She starts scanning again. She contacts someone, telling them that she localized the weapon's source. Opening a hatch inside the tube, she sees a strange device inside it. The people she is in contact with tell her to begin a procedure. She attempts to remove it, but cannot because the device is out of phase; she is in the wrong timeline, but her contact says it's still good they know where it is. Meanwhile, Janeway and Patterson overhear Carey finding a malfunction in an EPS relay. Wanting to get her hands dirty, Janeway goes to the Jefferies tube, only to find it locked from the inside. Patterson and Janeway go to another deck to access the tube. Seven of Nine detects them and discontinues her procedure, waiting for beam-out. Aboard another, apparently very advanced starship, the Captain says to pull her out, even when they have trouble locking on to her, saying that if Janeway and Patterson find her, then it will contaminate the timeline. When Janeway and Patterson reach the tube, Janeway only finds a strange chroniton flux of .003 that vanishes. On the advanced ship, Seven approaches the temporal threshold and materializes onto their ship successfully, however, she falls unconscious. One of the officers goes to check on her, but, as he had warned his captain, she is dead. Act Two Since Seven is dead, the Captain orders to recruit her again. The XO, Lieutenant Ducane, orders a new time index in the Delta Quadrant, target: USS Voyager. On a seemingly normal day in 2375, The Doctor is examining Seven of Nine for symptoms of blurry vision and dizziness, which she believes are symptoms of Albright-Salzman syndrome. The Doctor concludes that she in fact has a mild case of sensory aphasia, which he clears up. The Doctor then returns to sickbay, where he begins to find many cases of space sickness, including Janeway. Meanwhile, Paris is walking through the corridors doing a ping pong exercise. He invites Seven to be on his team for a ping pong tournament because his other team member had come down with space sickness. She accepts and Paris continues his exercises. The tournament takes place in the mess hall against Harry Kim and B'Elanna Torres, with Neelix keeping score. Shockingly, just as Paris spikes the ping pong ball, it stops in the middle of the table in mid-air. Seven scans the table and detects a temporal anomaly. Seconds later, the ball shoots back towards Kim and Torres. Neelix jokingly still records it as a point. Tuvok, Janeway, and Seven then find that temporal anomalies are occurring all over the ship and will soon tear the ship apart, so Seven and Torres start looking for the source of the anomalies, while the Captain tells The Doctor about them. He suspected an anomaly, with the large number of cases of space sickness he's seen. Neelix then calls The Doctor to the mess hall because Ensign Mannus is violently ill. Once there, oddly, Neelix greets him as if nothing was wrong. He asks Neelix where the medical emergency is. Neelix says that everything was fine there. At that moment, Mannus falls unconscious. The Doctor diagnoses him with space sickness then revives him. He then starts to put it all together. He checks the time in the mess hall and in sickbay. Sickbay is several minutes ahead of the mess hall. Neelix had not made his call to sickbay yet. Chakotay reports to Janeway, who just had three day old replicated coffee. As it is apparent, the distortions are interfering with food replicators. Janeway then decides to input security measures. As Chakotay explains that turbolifts are malfunctioning and everyone is forced to use the Jefferies tubes, a temporal fracture accelerates his conversation by a few seconds. Meanwhile, Torres and Seven found the source of the anomalies. It was coming from a device in the Jefferies tube that only Seven can see with her ocular implant. They tell the Captain, who is ready to initialize a set of force fields to counteract the anomalies. The plan fails and the hull starts to demolecularize. Just then, two men from the unknown ship beam in, giving off a similar chroniton flux from five years ago, spacedock. The captain orders all hands to abandon ship. As Seven moves to an escape pod, she sees the two men. She tells them to identify themselves. They ignore her and place a device on her which beams the three of them away. Seconds later, Voyager is split apart and explodes with almost everyone on it. Act Three Captain Braxton welcomes Seven to the Federation timeship . They explain to Seven that Voyager has just exploded due to a saboteur putting a force-3 temporal disruptor on the ship. They suggest to Seven that the saboteur transported onto Voyager while Voyagers shields were down in an attack by the Kazon. Seven agrees to help them prevent Voyagers destruction. Ducane begins by testing her on all things about time, such as the Pogo paradox, when the Borg tried to prevent the Federation from ever existing, incidentally creating it. Then, she goes to a holodeck to view the device in its location on Voyager with Braxton. Braxton unexpectedly orders her to avoid contact with Janeway if at all possible, for she has made more temporal violations than anyone in history and sticks her nose where it doesn't belong: hence he calls it the Janeway Factor, due to which he had to fix up three major temporal incursions. He also mentions the timeframe he was stuck in for thirty years. Ducane finally uses a technology to hide her Borg implants and she's ready. In 2372, Voyager is under attack by the Kazon when Seven of Nine beams aboard Voyager. She starts scanning for the weapon immediately. Act Four The crew is focused on the attack when Harry Kim detects a 0.003 chroniton flux. They rule out the Kazon's weapons as the cause, and Janeway recognizes the reading from Voyager in drydock (as she did over 2 years later). She studies it as the battle subsides, the Kazon lead ship having been disabled, and the ship escapes. Janeway remembers the last time she saw the chroniton reading and places a force field around the area. Like her 2375 counterpart, Janeway and Tuvok both go to where Seven is; however, this time the force fields isolate Seven from her 29th century colleagues. Unable to receive instructions, Seven is trapped in the corridor and Janeway finds her. On the timeship, Ducane continues to try to pull her out, but the force field continues to interfere with the transport and communications. Janeway demands she explain who she is, and Seven initially tries to avoid telling Janeway the truth, due to the Temporal Prime Directive, as Braxton listens in. Unfortunately, Tuvok detects Seven's hidden Borg implants so Janeway orders a search for any nearby vessels and is even more concerned. Seven insists there are none and, disregarding the Temporal Prime Directive, gives up and tells Janeway the truth. Seven convinces Janeway to free her to help prevent the destruction of Voyager in 3 years, 6 months and 2 days. In the 29th century aboard the Relativity, a crew member utters the Latin phrase , which literally translates as time flies. Seven and Janeway quickly go to the Jefferies tube where the weapon should be. Janeway, Tuvok, and Seven enter and find a man trying to place the disruptor in the tube. It turns out to be an older Captain Braxton. Act Five The older Braxton quickly arms his device and threatens to activate it unless they lower their phasers. They do so, and then soon the younger Braxton calls in and is extremely surprised to hear who it is. The saboteur Braxton explains that this will complete "our" mission. He had undergone a temporal psychosis, having lost his rank which he blames on Voyager. He tells his "younger" self that once Voyager is obliterated, he will heal. The Braxton on the Relativity is determined to bring his older self into custody, telling Ducane to beam him aboard, but the older Braxton had activated a dispersal node to avoid beaming. Ducane then takes it upon himself to relieve his captain, placing him under arrest for crimes "he is going to commit." Just as Seven of Nine is about to capture the older Braxton, he beams off Voyager. Seven then transports to where Braxton beamed to: back to 2371. Back during Janeway's first tour of Voyager with Admiral Patterson, they walk down a corridor as Seven and Braxton come running through. Seven shoots at Braxton, but misses. Seven starts to suffer from temporal psychosis and starts to drift out of consciousness. Due to Janeway's quick order to bring up force fields, Braxton is contained, but he then beams himself to 2375. Seven calls to be transported there. In the mess hall, the ping pong tournament is occurring. Braxton suddenly runs through and Seven, almost unconscious, walks in and disables Braxton's tricorder, trapping him in 2375. He runs, but she then falls to the ground. The Seven of Nine in this timeline walks up to her counterpart, asking her to explain herself. Seven's counterpart tells the other Seven to stop Braxton because their future depends on it. After Relativity beams the incapacitated Seven away, the other Seven captures Braxton. When Janeway arrives, she realizes that she remembers him from 2372. Relativity beams Braxton away. They then beam Janeway to their ship. Ducane starts to explain to Janeway all that had happened, quickly giving her a headache. He explained that there is a Braxton in their brig and a Braxton on their bridge. They ask Janeway to go back to 2372 to completely fix the timeline. Seven's attempts to remove the device have introduced several noticeable temporal incursions. She instigated a phaser fight at Utopia Planitia, interacted with Janeway's three years younger self and spoke to her younger self during a ping pong tournament in front of 15 crew members. By capturing Braxton before the device is planted these changes will be removed. Seven cannot do it because she might damage herself. Janeway is confused, especially with the second Seven. Ducane assures her that by the end of the day, there will be only one Seven. The Braxtons will soon be reintegrated in time for the trial. The Braxton on the bridge tells Janeway where he will be in that timeline and Janeway is transported to 2372. Janeway is beamed aboard during the Kazon attack on Voyager. She encountered Torres en route, telling her to do what she think is right in Engineering. When she nears the corridor where Braxton will beam in, she hides from her three years younger self. Almost immediately, she finds Braxton beaming aboard. He stumbles over a wounded crewman. At that moment, Janeway walks over to him and captures him. Back on Relativity, Ducane commends Janeway for capturing the last Braxton and making a small incursion of 0.0036. He then is ready to send Seven of Nine and Janeway back to 2375's Voyager, reintegrated with their past selves. He strictly reminds them to remember the Temporal Prime Directive: discuss your experiences with no one. Yet he tells her one thing: Braxton was right that Voyager appears on the Relativitys sensors too often and they should avoid time travel. They then beam back to the 2375 Voyager. Memorable quotes "Tempus fugit." - Ducane, to Braxton "Long time no see." - Braxton, to Ducane when Braxton was beamed back to the Relativity after being apprehended by Seven of Nine in 2375 "So, in a way the Federation owes its existence to the Borg." "You're welcome." - Ducane and Seven of Nine "What is the threshold of the H2 molecule?" "14.7 electron volts" "Third brightest star in Orion?" "Viewed from where?" "Earth." "Gamma Orionis or Bellatrix if you prefer the original Arabic name." "Not bad. Now give me a hug Katie, that's an order." - Admiral Patterson, quizzing Captain Janeway "See you in the 24th century." "I look forward to it. Or should I say backward?" "Don't get started!" - Captain Janeway and Seven of Nine, about returning to Voyager from the 29th century "Thanks to you, we've learned that the temporal disruptor was, and will be concealed here... I gave up trying to keep my tenses straight years ago." - Captain Braxton, to Seven of Nine "... and I ended up stranded in the late 20th century. Have you ever been to that time frame?" "No." "Well, I don't recommend it. After three decades with those post-industrial barbarians, I had to go through extensive rehabilitation before I could return to duty. Avoid contact with Janeway. That's an order." - Captain Braxton, talking to Seven of Nine "We have a saying in our line of work: There's no time like the past." - Captain Braxton, to Seven of Nine "Janeway!" "Have we met?" "Too many times! But you wouldn't remember, they haven't occurred yet." - Braxton and Captain Janeway (2372) "Seven of Nine to Seven of Nine, what's your status?" - Seven of Nine "Wait a minute let me get this straight, I'm going to go back in time to stop Braxton, but you already have him?""And there's a third one in our brig; I arrested him earlier today. But don't worry, they'll all be reintegrated in time for the trial." "And Seven?" "Oh I assure you when this is over there will be only one Seven of Nine" "Alright, let's just get started before my headache gets any worse." - Captain Janeway, and Ducane, regarding the confusing nature of her time travel mission "Needless to say we need to clean up the timeline. Someone must go back to the beginning and prevent the chain of events from ever occurring in the first place." "I can't make another jump without damaging myself." "... I get the feeling I'm about to be drafted." - Ducane, Seven of Nine, and Janeway, aboard the timeship Relativity after capturing Captain Braxton "Is this a part of the tour?" - Captain Janeway, during the tour of USS Voyager back in time while Seven of Nine chases Captain Braxton "Oh captain, Braxton was right about one thing: Voyager shows up on our sensors far too often. Try to avoid time travel." - Ducane" I'm detecting bio-mechanical implants. They have a Borg signature." " Janeway to the bridge, scan the vicinity for Borg ships" " Did you say Borg?" " Do it!" - Tuvok, Janeway, and Chakotay, after finding Seven of Nine's Borg implants "Next time your Human physiology fails you, don't consult the database; just call me." "You are the database-" "-with two legs and a splendid bedside manner." - The Doctor and Seven of Nine"I'm sorry, sir. I'm taking command of this vessel, and I'm relieving you of duty for crimes you're going to commit." - Ducane, to Braxton' Background information Story and script This was the last of five episodes that Nick Sagan, story editor for the series' fifth season, was involved in writing. He previously worked on , , , and . In his capacity as story writer and teleplay co-writer here, Nick Sagan found this to be an enjoyable episode to write. He later reminisced, "I think that might have been the easiest one I worked on, because the goal is simply to have fun. With the others I felt a lot of different loyalties to character this, character that. For some reason that one came together very quickly, and it was such a joy to write because we were just trying to please ourselves." Executive Producer Brannon Braga did a lot of uncredited rewriting on the episode. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55) One aspect of this installment that was changed was its depiction of the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards; the episode's script originally called for only a simple shot of a lone Voyager in drydock at Utopia Planitia. Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz noted, "One ship, one drydock, and that was it." () Cast and characters Not having been a science fiction fan prior to her work on , Seven of Nine actress Jeri Ryan found this time travel episode's script difficult to follow. "It was a challenge just keeping the time frames straight," she admitted. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 28) Jeri Ryan also found it humorously coincidental that, in this outing, her character wears the disguise of a Starfleet uniform, a fact the actress described as "actually very funny." She continued, "I had just done an online chat three or four days before this script came up. As they always do, one of the fans had asked me when we were going to see Seven in a Starfleet uniform, and I said, 'Well, never, because she's not Starfleet, of course.' Then bam, I get a call from wardrobe two days later saying, 'We need you to come in for a fitting because you are in a Starfleet uniform for the next episode." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, pp. 28-29) Although Captain Braxton appeared in Star Trek: Voyager twice before, he is played by a different actor in this episode, with Bruce McGill replacing Allan G. Royal. Production The 29th century phaser that Seven of Nine uses against Braxton is of the same type seen in possession of Henry Starling's assistant Dunbar in the third season episode during the phaser fight outside the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles in 1996. The thrombic modulator is seen again in this episode, having first been seen in when The Doctor didn't know what it was. Another prop reused in this episode is the triangular device that Lieutenant Ducane places on Seven of Nine's arm before transporting her to the . It was used in as a universal translator between one of the Sky Spirits and Chakotay. Even though some minor cosmetic changes were made to the Voyager sets for the fourth season (for example, the trim on the briefing room table as well as the ready room desk was changed from a gray to green), the scenes from this episode that take place prior to show the newer set colors. According to the unauthorized reference book (pp. 312 & 314), the bridge of the Relativity was a redress of the bridge, with interior design elements from the Enterprise-E and Voyager. Visual effects The reasoning why the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards was depicted as more extensive than the script suggested was that the visual effects artists from Foundation Imaging were extremely excited about visualizing the elaborate shots that open this episode. "As fans who were working on the show, we couldn't bear to be this close to seeing the shipyards and not go all the way," reflected Adam Lebowitz. "So, in our own time, we created the entire shipyard and took rough drafts of the shots we had in mind to VFX supervisor Ron Moore and producer Peter Lauritson. Luckily, they were very receptive. It may have only amounted to two shots in the final episode, but they were an absolute labor of love for all of us. The half-constructed ships looked great (thanks to the hard work of Koji Kuramura), and the image of Mars you see in the final sequence is made from a satellite photo of the real Utopia Planitia, courtesy of the folks at NASA. In fact, the whole time we were working on the episode, we thought it was a shame that the people at home would only see this stuff on blurry TV screens, and not in the high-resolution glory we had created them in." () Robert Bonchune and Lee Stringer were others at Foundation Imaging who donated personal time to realize the sequence. The battle scenes between Voyager and the Kazon were stock footage of combat from earlier episodes, in the order of , , and . Continuity This episode features the return of not only Captain Braxton, whose previous appearances were in the two-parter and , but also Lieutenant Joe Carey, who was last seen in Season 1's . However, Carey's scenes here take place before Voyager is lost in the Delta Quadrant. He returns in , but his scenes in that episode also take place in the past. He is not seen again in the present (namely, 2378) until , in which he is killed. Braxton mentions that Janeway and Voyager are involved in three major "temporal events". The first ("30 years trapped in the 20th century") is clearly a reference to while the second ("temporal inversion in the Takara sector") is a more subtle reference to . The third was never described. However, it could be the events of and or the series finale . Seven of Nine travels back in time to Voyager during a Kazon attack, though this specific event does not seem to be from a previous episode featuring the Kazon. Ducane states the stardate target for the temporal transport as 49123.5621. This would place the events as occurring between the second-season episodes and . The conflict with the Kazon was taking place during that time. Braxton claims to remember being stranded in the 20th century in this episode, despite having claimed to Janeway at the conclusion of that he "never experienced that timeline." In scenes set at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, this episode makes several references to the events of . Notably, Janeway and Admiral Patterson discuss the whereabouts of Tuvok (undercover on Chakotay's Maquis ship), enlisting Paris, and going to the Badlands. In this episode Janeway tells Admiral Patterson that she wants to enlist Tom Paris' help because his superior piloting skills can help them get through the Badlands, however in Janeway recruits Paris to lead her to hidden Maquis bases, with her making clear during that episode that she did not expect him to pilot. This episode features the eighth of nine times that Kathryn Janeway's death is depicted over the course of the series. Previous episodes that depict this include , , , , , , and . On this occasion, the version of Janeway that succumbs to death is that of an alternate timeline that ultimately doesn't come to pass, and the cause of death is Voyagers destruction as a result of the temporal distortions. This episode features the fifth and final time that the destruction of Voyager is depicted on the series, previous occasions being , , , and . On this occasion, an alternate timeline version of Voyager is destroyed by temporal distortions. According to the stardates, the 2375 portions of this episode take place at about the same time as , which was originally broadcast two weeks later. This is the first episode to feature the actual Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. The fleet yards were seen previously in a picture in and as a holographic simulation in . The events of Star Trek: First Contact are used as an example for the Pogo paradox. In there are also localized time discrepancies as time running faster or slower in specific locations from inside a room to a vast region in space. Captain Braxton wears a blue uniform indicating that at some point in the future the command division will switch to blue uniforms. Admiral Patterson is shown activating the Doctor's program during Captain Janeway's inspection tour in dry dock, however previous episodes (most notably ) firmly established the Doctor's first activation didn't occur until after Voyager arrived in the Delta Quadrant. Reception Ultimately, Brannon Braga was extremely pleased with this installment. "Relativity' is a time travel romp," he declared. "It's an incredibly fast-paced, mind-bending, fun, time travel story. [The identity of the bomber] will be a real shocker." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55) Nick Sagan was also satisfied with this outing, likewise finding it to be fun. He stated, "I don't think it's an episode that needs to be studied, per se, or ruminated upon, you just go with it like a rollercoaster ride." The book Star Trek 101 (p. 177), by Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block, lists this episode as one of the "Ten Essential Episodes" from Star Trek: Voyager. Among the costumes and props seen in this episode which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay was Jay Karnes' uniform. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.12, This is the final Voyager volume released by CIC Video. Paramount Home Entertainment released the remainder of the series following CIC's dissolution. As part of the VOY Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Guest stars Bruce McGill as Braxton Dakin Matthews as Patterson Jay Karnes as Ducane Co-star Josh Clark as Lieutenant Carey Uncredited co-stars David Keith Anderson as Ashmore Michelle Artigas as Voyager operations officer John Austin as Voyager operations officer Elizabeth Carlisle as Voyager command officer Marvin De Baca as Patrick Gibson Anthony De Longis as Culluh (picture) Brian Donofrio as Voyager sciences officer Cheryl Eckelberry as Relativity bridge officer Andrew English as Voyager operations officer Tarik Ergin as Ayala Keith Estelle as Voyager operations officer Sylvester Foster as Timothy Lang Tom Gianelli as Voyager operations ensign Caroline Gibson as Voyager operations officer Matthew Cannon Hanson as alien Relativity helmsman Linda Harcharic as Voyager command officer Peter Harmyk as Sunny Hawks as Voyager sciences officer Kerry Hoyt as David Kang as Relativity bridge officer Pete Leinbach as Voyager command officer Arthur Murray as Voyager command officer Erin Price as Renlay Sharr Heather Rattray as Voyager operations officer Jerome Robertson as Voyager sciences officer Linda Samsyoa as Relativity bridge officer Richard Sarstedt as William McKenzie Josh Sinyard as Voyager sciences officer Linnea Soohoo as Voyager sciences officer Pablo Soriano as Voyager operations ensign Steve Stella as Voyager command officer Warren Tabata as Voyager operations officer Michele Triviso as Voyager command officer Joan Valentine as Voyager operations officer Stuart Wong as Voyager command officer Unknown actor as Mannus Stand-ins Sue Henley – stand-in for Kate Mulgrew Susan Lewis – stand-in for Roxann Dawson Nicole McAuley – photo double for Jeri Ryan Brita Nowak – stand-in for Jeri Ryan Lemuel Perry – stand-in for Tim Russ and utility stand-in J.R. 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Retirement

Retirement was a period in an individual's life which followed the cessation, partial or complete, of that individual's primary career. In 2152, when the Vulcan ambassador Soval maneuvered to end the mission of , Commander Charles Tucker III stated of him to Doctor Phlox, "They'll probably give the son of a bitch some gaudy medal and then cart him off to wherever they send bitter old Vulcans to retire." () In 2267, despite being a complete invalid, Fleet captain Christopher Pike was still on the Starfleet active duty list because nobody had the heart to retire him. Spock successfully exploited this to use Pike as one of the three required command level officers for his court martial for mutiny. () In 2270, the Federation Starfleet had a policy of mandatory retirement set (for Humans) at age 75. When, in 2270, Commodore Robert April proved that he was still very much capable of commanding a starship at 75, Starfleet reviewed his appeal to have his retirement delayed. () The policy was apparently rescinded by the time of the launch of the , as Leonard McCoy was still a Starfleet admiral at age 137. () One of Grand Nagus Zek's reforms of the Ferengi Alliance was the introduction of retirement benefits for the aged. () Obsidian Order head Enabran Tain retired in 2368. He was the only Cardassian in that position to live long enough to be able to retire. Legate Porania was "speechless" when Tain told him. Although Tain chose to retire to Arawath Colony, he kept "informed" on current events. He came out of retirement to lead a joint Obsidian Order and Tal Shiar attack on the Founders. He had no intention of returning to retired life and wanted to return to his "old job" and his "old life". () Zek had planned to retire in 2369, but decided against it, when Krax proved to be more like a Klingon than a Ferengi. () Alsia had retired by 2370 but did not have enough latinum to live out her retirement the way she wanted to. () Conservator Kovat planned to retire in 2371. He was fearful that if Miles O'Brien's trial did not run as normal Cardassian trials did, it could ruin his record. () Quark often talked about retiring early. After he received a ship, Quark's Treasure, from , Rom suggested he retire, so he could get the bar. () Gaila himself wanted to retire after forty years of selling weapons. He wanted Quark to take his place as Hagath's business partner. () In the Julian Bashir, Secret Agent holoprogram, Bashir enlisted the help of Nigel Dunlap, a retired secret agent, to stop Lady Wantsomore from assassinating the Queen of England. () Morn planned to spend the money his group stole in the Lissepian Mother's Day Heist during his retirement. () Benjamin Sisko planned to retire to his house in Bajor's Kendra Valley. Jake found it "weird" to hear his father talk of retirement. Sisko told him to bring his "grandkids to see me a few times a year". () After Martok told Gowron of the powerful defenses of Sarpedion V, the Chancellor sarcastically told him "you should retire to your bed". () After making Rom the new Grand Nagus, Zek and Ishka retired to Risa. () External link de:Pensionierung Events

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Negative mass

In physics, negative mass is with negative properties. Negative star mass can be created by imploded stars, like the unusual dead star discovered by the in 2269. () A pocket of negative mass was an indication of an alternative parallel universe connected to the mycelial network. In 2256, these pockets were discovered by the . () See also Negative energy External links How can something have a negative mass, and what does that mean? de:Negative Masse Physics

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Latinum

Latinum was a rare silver-colored liquid metal that was used as currency by the Ferengi Alliance, the Cardassians, and many other worlds. For ease of transaction, latinum was usually suspended within bits of gold as a binding medium to produce gold-pressed latinum. () Smuggling latinum was considered a crime by the Enolians. () Latinum was deeply ingrained in Ferengi culture, and was referenced in several of their Rules of Acquisition, with some dating back to a time prior to the mid-22nd century. () 57th Rule of Acquisition: "Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them." () 75th Rule of Acquisition: "Home is where the heart is but the stars are made of latinum." () 102nd Rule of Acquisition: "Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever." () 229th Rule of Acquisition: "Latinum lasts longer than lust." () 263rd Rule of Acquisition: "Never allow doubt to tarnish your lust for latinum." () During the mid-23rd century, bounty hunters, even from Federation species like the Tellarites, might expect Starfleet ships to pay bounties in latinum, including by depositing it in their accounts. () In 2370, Odo recorded in his security log that of the seriously injured Quark, "The Ferengi holds onto life like it's gold-pressed latinum." () Later that year, Quark warned Martus Mazur, who had just "stole" Rom as an employee, that he should be careful because Rom "shaves the latinum." Rom denied the accusation, before admitting, "Not much." Later, using profits from his club, Martus Mazur provided con artist Alsia with just about 10,000 isiks worth of latinum. () Latinum apparently did not hold a similar monetary value in the mirror universe, as the of that universe had never heard of it. () In Grand Nagus Zek's Prophet-influenced publication, "The Rules of Acquisition: Revised for the Modern Ferengi", created in 2371, it was stated in Rule #24 that "Latinum tarnishes, but family is forever." () According to Quark, in 2374, syrup of squill "is worth its weight in latinum." () Later that year, upon discovering that Morn held an extracted quantity of liquid latinum in his second stomach, Quark concluded that that was why his hair fell out. () According to Jean-Luc Picard, in 2375, the regenerative properties of metaphasic radiation found on would be, to most offlanders, "more valuable than ...gold-pressed latinum." () The biomatter of the Abronians contained high concentrations of latinum, which led to their being targeted by grave robbers. () Value Denominations of gold-pressed latinum, in order of increasing value, included the slip, the strip, the , and the . () A was also a predetermined unit of latinum. () The approximate conversion was: 100 slips = 1 strip () 20 strips = 1 bar () 1 big "bar" = 100,000 Federation credits () In addition, other units of quantity were used to value latinum. Kilograms: Tahna Los gave Lursa and B'Etor thirteen kilograms of latinum in exchange for a canister of bilitrium. () A case: All the latinum in Quark's possession at the time of an evacuation of Deep Space 9 could fit in one case. () Comparative values The following provides comparison on the value of latinum for specific items. Further details of each item may be seen above. Clothing Cadet's uniform – five strips Dress from Garak's Clothiers – seventeen to twenty strips Holosuite programs A Visit with the Pleasure Goddess of Rixx – ten strips Custom holosuite program – one bar Wages Quark's personnel during the Cardassian Occupation – one slip per day Quark's dabo girls on DS9 – fourteen strips per pay Morica Bilby – five to thirty bars a week Profits Quark – five bars a day Janel Tigan – more than a thousand bars a day Life savings Nog – five bars Rom – seventeen bars, three strips, and five slips, as of 2373; also the amount he bid for Quark's remains. () Quark – one hundred bricks and six hundred bars Latinum items Bucket : Quark suggested that Odo could have had a latinum-plated bucket in which to regenerate. () Divine Treasury : Quark stated that the Divine Treasury was made of pure latinum. () Earring : Maihar'du gave Kira Nerys a latinum Bajoran earring as a gift from Grand Nagus Zek. () Hair brooch : Lwaxana Troi's latinum hair brooch was stolen while she was on Deep Space 9 in 2369. () Inscription pens: Quark was selling renewal scroll inscription pens during the Bajoran Gratitude Festival. The pens were latinum-plated. () Tooth sharpener: Quark had to use wooden chewsticks while Rom used a latinum tooth sharpener when they were children. () Waste extraction fixtures: According to Nog, the waste extraction fixtures in the Nagal Residence were plated with latinum. Quark suggested that, if made Grand Nagus, he would (rather indulgently) have replaced them with solid latinum fixtures. () See also Latinum dance Latinum stairway Appendices Background information Gold-pressed latinum was first introduced in "Past Prologue" by Peter Allan Fields. () In "Past Prologue", the value of latinum was defined by its weight, then "bars" were the unit of choice throughout DS9 Season 1. "Strips" were first referenced in "The Homecoming", and slowly came into popular use during the latter half of DS9 Season 2. "Slips" were first referenced in DS9 Season 3 in "Family Business", and the same year, "bricks" were first referenced in the VOY Season 1 episode "Learning Curve". Also in "Past Prologue", both B'Etor and Odo once referred to it simply as "gold", while in "Q-Less", Vash referred to it once as "gold latinum", while Quark (in his excitement) referred to it as "gold-press latinum". Some viewers have suggested that latinum could not be replicated, given that if it could be replicated it would be worthless. (The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Apocrypha Star Trek: Armada II depicts the natural form of latinum occurring in sparse nebulae in a form that can be harvested. The Federation used it for trade, while the Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire, and Cardassian Union also use latinum for research. 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Orb

Orbs, also known as Orbs of the Prophets or Tears of the Prophets, were mysterious artifacts that originated from non-corporeal entities known as the Prophets, who resided inside the Celestial Temple, otherwise known as the Bajoran wormhole. Overview The Orbs were central to the Bajoran religion. They appeared as hourglass-shaped energy fields; the Orbs defied conventional scientific analysis. They produced temporary but intense metaphorical hallucinations on people in the immediate vicinity, which seemed to be a form of direct or indirect communication with the so-called Prophets. () Each orb had a unique property, like the Orb of Prophecy and Change, the Orb of Wisdom, or the Orb of Time. The Orb of Time could also enable time travel. () As tangible objects offering communication with their gods, the Orbs were greatly treasured by the Bajoran people. The Orbs were contained inside ornate, jeweled Orb arks tended by s, safeguarded inside monasteries and shrines. A force field also protected the Orb inside its vessel. () Officially, contact with an Orb required the special permission of the Vedek Assembly, although this was a rarely followed formality. () Orb experiences often provided some form of personal insight or divination into the future, and many were recorded in the form of ancient Bajoran prophecies. After an encounter with an Orb, individuals sometimes experienced continued visions known as Orb shadows. Bajorans believed that Orb shadows resulted when individuals ignored what their Orb experience had told them. () These experiences, however, were only allowed to individuals whom the Prophets permitted to experience these visions. () History In all, nine orbs were said to exist, and they appeared in the skies over the past ten thousand years; at least five were discovered in the Denorios Belt. According to Bajoran legend, they had been sent by the Prophets to provide guidance and wisdom. Eight of the Orbs were thought by Benjamin Sisko to be "in some Cardassian laboratory, being turned upside down and inside out." Even Gul Dukat thought the Cardassians had all the Orbs in their possession. () As of mid-2369, one of the nine was kept on Bajor by the vedeks: the Orb of Prophecy and Change, also described as the third orb. () It was also known as the "Orb of Prophecy" or "Orb of Change". (, ) Possession of this Orb dated back as far as the 7th century BC (); occasionally, it was kept at the shrine aboard Deep Space 9. () Later in 2369, Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien learned of an Orb fragment on Bajor that was set as a jewel in a bracelet. This bracelet was kept in Faren Kag's village on Bajor, where it was wielded by the . The Sirah used this bracelet to create a creature called the Dal'Rok and focus the collective energy of the villagers to defeat it. () In early 2371, the Bajorans were in negotiations with the Cardassians to have the Orbs returned to Bajor. () Later in 2371, Ferengi Grand Nagus Zek acquired the Orb of Wisdom from one of his contacts on Cardassia III. () In 2373, the Cardassian government contacted Benjamin Sisko and offered to return the Orb of Time to the Bajorans. Though a number of fake Orbs, in general, had cropped up over the years prior, this Orb taken from Cardassia Prime proven genuine. () By 2374, this Orb was kept at the Temple of Iponu, on Bajor. () At some point (presumably prior to the onset of the Dominion War), the Cardassians also returned the Orb of Contemplation to Bajor. () By mid-2374, knowledge of these Orbs had reached the mirror universe, where such things were not a part of the Bajoran culture. During this time, a scheme was put forth to have and Intendant steal the Orb of Change and return it to their in hopes of uniting the Bajorans in their war against the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. This attempt ultimately failed. () By late 2374, the Orb of Contemplation was kept at the shrine aboard DS9 during the Gratitude Festival. Shortly afterwards, the Orb was attacked by Dukat while under the possession of the Pah-wraiths which entered the Celestial Temple through the Orb. All of the Orbs then went dark leading to widespread panic among the Bajorans, who believed that their gods had forsaken them. () Three months later, in early 2375, a previously unknown tenth orb was discovered, the Orb of the Emissary. This Orb was discovered by Benjamin Sisko below a sand-covered plain on the planet . His discovery led to the restoration of all the other Orbs that had gone dark. () Known Orb of Contemplation Orb of Prophecy and Change Orb of the Emissary Orb of Time Orb of Wisdom Appendices Appearances Background information In regard to why Bajorans didn't consult the Prophets more frequently, Ronald D. Moore commented, "We assume that not everyone has access to the Orbs whenever they have a question about their relationships (Shakaar was the First Minister after all, and rank hath its privileges) and also that the messages from the Orbs are often murky or confusing and may not always provide the clearest answers in matters of the heart." Moore had also said that it is a "distinct possibility" that the Prophets have also sent Orbs to other races in the Gamma Quadrant. In ultimately unused dialogue from the second draft script of , exposure to Bajoran Orbs was established as causing elevated levels of psilosynine. Apocrypha In the Pocket DS9 book trilogy Millennium, the Pah-wraiths built three Orbs of their own, known as the "Red Orbs of Jalbador". When these three Orbs were brought together, they opened a second Celestial Temple. However, after the Defiant travelled into the future when it went into warp around the new wormhole, a complex temporal event led to the crew managing to go back in time and disrupt the events that led to the opening of the second temple without actually changing their own experiences. In the Deep Space Nine Relaunch Avatar, Book One, the Orb of Memory was found aboard a derelict Cardassian freighter in the Badlands. This Orb demonstrated the ability, when left open, to make all those aboard the freighter uncontrollably contemplate past events, to the point at which they completely lost track of their mission. When in close proximity, it also allowed Elias Vaughn to experience the memories of the dead crew of the freighter and see a vision of Benjamin Sisko. Later, in Lesser Evil, the Orbs of Destiny, Souls, Truth, and Unity were returned to the Bajoran people by a joint effort between the Cardassian Oralian Way (a religious movement) and Vedek Yevir Linjarin. All nine Orbs were later moved to Ashalla, the capital city on Bajor, in . In the miniseries Star Trek: The Q Conflict, when the four crews are charged by Q with the challenge of attracting the attention of the Prophets so that they take part in Q's current contest against Trelane, the Organians and the Metrons, Kira (currently part of Captain Kathryn Janeway's crew as part of the contestants 'trading crews') attempts to commune with an Orb to make contact with the Prophets for her 'team'. In Star Trek Online, two more Orbs surface. Players running missions on the Cardassian Front are tasked with reclaiming one, known as the "Orb of Possibilities", from the True Way. Upon returning it to Bajor, however, the Prophets inform the player that "what has been returned does not belong," and that it in fact is from the mirror universe; the player is tasked with travelling through a rift in the Badlands to the mirror universe and then taking it to the mirror Bajor. For a limited time, upon completing "The 2800" feature episode series, the player could receive a shard of the Orb, known as the Shard of Possibilities. The second, the Orb of Peace, was found by Kai Opaka, on a moon in the Gamma Quadrant where she had been marooned since 2369 (), and was able to fulfill her goal of ending the conflict between the Ennis and Nol-Ennis trapped there with her. External links de:Drehkörper nl:Orb pl:Łzy Proroków Bajor Religious items

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Operations

Operations or Ops may refer to: Operations division, a Starfleet division that includes engineers, security, and tactical officers Operations officer, a senior position aboard Starfleet ships Operations center, (aka Ops) the command center of a starbase, space station, or outpost, such as Deep Space 9 Operations station, a console station aboard the bridge of starships Mission operations station, a bridge station aboard starships An ops report, a type of report Starfleet Operations, a division of Starfleet located in San Francisco Chief of Starfleet Operations, a high ranking official in Starfleet Chief of operations, the head of the operations center on a starbase or space station Strategic operations officer, Worf's position on Deep Space 9 Tricorder operations manual, a guide on the use of the tricorder Division of Planetary Operations, an office based in Lisbon on Earth Real world Starfleet Operations Manual, a role-playing game supplement published by Decipher de:OPS

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Spectral type

The term spectral type in astronomy referred to the stellar magnitude of a star based on its temperature and color. Among the spectral types were the O-type star, F-type star, and G-type star. The sun in the Sigma Draconis system was classified with a spectral type of Gamma 9. () Appendices Background information The traditional scientific classification scheme, called the Harvard system, from hottest to coolest stars is: O-type star (blue in color) – Mintaka A, Idran B and C B-type star (blue white to deep blue white) – Rigel A-type star (white to blue white) – Idran A, Vega, Sirius A F-type star (yellow white to white) – Orellius Minor, Canopus, Procyon A G-type star (yellow to yellowish white) – Calindra, Hemikek, Sol K-type star (orange) – Alpha Centauri B, Aldebaran, 40 Eridani A M-type star (orange red) – Proxima Centauri, Betelgeuse, 40 Eridani C It is unknown to which of those spectral types a "Gamma 9" could belong to; it is possibly a subtype of the G-type star, like a G1 star. External links de:Spektralklasse fr:Type spectral ja:スペクトル型 nl:Spectrale klasse Astronomical classifications

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Bob Wesley

Bob Wesley was a former 23rd century Starfleet command officer, and later a governor of the planet Mantilles. He had one daughter, named Katie, and he was an old friend of James T. Kirk. In 2268, Commodore Wesley commanded the and was assigned command of the battle group in the disastrous M-5 war games problems. During that tactical exercise, the M-5 computer installed aboard the malfunctioned and inflicted heavy damage and loss of life to the battle group, including fifty-three dead on board the Lexington alone. Following the destruction of the , the Enterprise was deemed out-of-control, and Wesley requested permission to destroy her with his remaining battle force in order to end the threat that the rogue ship posed. His request was approved. However, fortunately, the Enterprise was able to deactivate the M-5 computer and drop her shields. For his part, although communication with the drifting ship was impossible at that point, Wesley successfully gambled that Kirk had gotten the situation under control and held his fire to confirm that conjecture. () Wesley retired from Starfleet to become governor of Mantilles, the most remote inhabited planet in the Federation. (By that time, he had also changed his hair color from gray to brown.) The planet was threatened by a cosmic cloud in 2269, but Governor Wesley remained calm and prevented panic from spreading on the planet. He evacuated 5,000 children from Mantilles, in an attempt to spare their lives. Their ships were later recalled, following the diversion of the cosmic cloud. () Appendices Background information Commodore Wesley was portrayed by actor Barry Russo in ; in his appearance, he was voiced by James Doohan. The first draft of "The Ultimate Computer" script described Wesley as being "a flight officer, slightly older than Kirk." Alan Dean Foster's novelization of "One of Our Planets Is Missing" (in Star Trek Log 1) also refers to Robert Wesley as "only slightly older than Kirk." In a memo from D.C. Fontana to Gene Roddenberry, dated , reviewing errors she observed in the aired episode, she pointed out that "Governor Wesley of the planet Mantilles is incorrectly shown garbed in Star Fleet Uniform (and the wrong color uniform at that!) when he should have been dressed in civilian clothes." Commodore Wesley was only called "Bob" on-screen; use of his full given name "Robert" appears in Star Trek Log 1 and the Star Trek Encyclopedia. The name "Robert Wesley" was originally the pen name Gene Roddenberry used when getting his start as a professional writer, while still an officer of the LAPD. () Apocrypha Wesley's personnel file, written by Michael Okuda and included with the Star Trek: Starship Creator video game, describes the following details: Wesley was born in Limerick, Ireland in 2216. He had a wife, Fiona, and three sons, Robert Jr., Bruce, and Roger, all of whom lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His interests included team sports, water skiing, xenozoology, and jazz piano. Wesley graduated from the Starfleet Academy class of 2238, and had since earned fourteen citations for bravery, 2238-50; the Grankite Order of Tactics (Class of Excellence), 2242; Preantares Ribbon of Commendation, 2243; Karagite Order of Heroism, 2247; Palm Leaf of Lyceus, 2251; Silver Palm With Cluster, 2254; Medal of Valor, 2258. Wesley's previous assignments included: 2238-41: USS Glasgow, under the command of Captain Hart, where he served as junior tactical officer. 2241-45: USS Sulaco, under the command of Captain Hicks, where he served as chief tactical officer. Participated in the Battle of Donatu V in 2242, and later was promoted to lieutenant commander and second officer following the loss of several crewmembers during the battle. 2245-50: , under the command of Captain Robert April, where he served as first officer. 2251-62: Promoted to captain of the USS Beowulf. 2263-68: Promoted to commodore and given the command of the . 2268: Transferred to command of the USS Lexington for war-games exercise. Wesley also appeared in the anthology Seven Deadly Sins as the captain of the USS Lexington which crossed the Romulan Neutral Zone in order to rescue a derelict Federation ship. His mirror universe counterpart appeared in the novel The Sorrows of Empire. External links de:Robert Wesley fr:Robert Wesley Humans Starfleet personnel (23rd century) Starfleet command personnel Starfleet flag officers Governors

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Novels

Through a licensing process similar to those granted to create collectibles, comics, and games, Paramount Pictures has granted the rights to market Star Trek stories and books of various sorts through a number of different publishers, beginning in with a series based on . With the success of the and , a licensing office associated with the productions took stricter control of the franchise's image. Writers of Star Trek publications were discouraged from creating depictions that varied from the style and details of the franchise, as seen in filmed productions. Previous novels of the 1960s, 70s, and early 80s tend to vary from canon more than later series. Since most novels are produced by editors and writers not affiliated with franchise production staff, filmed productions generally regard the events and situations in most novelizations as completely apocryphal. It should be noted that certain publications written by creators of Star Treks various series are sometimes referenced in later episodes of those series. Somewhat paradoxically, the novels themselves remain apocryphal in such cases while whatever information was mentioned on-screen becomes canon. See also: Undeveloped Star Trek publications Star Trek television tie-in series Star Trek books and novelizations by Bantam Books Star Trek books and supplements by Ballantine/Random House Star Trek books and comics by Whitman Publishing Mission to Horatius (later reprinted by Pocket Books) Star Trek books, novelizations and supplements by Pocket Books and Gallery Books Original Series novels and books Next Generation novels and books Deep Space Nine novels and books Voyager novels and books Enterprise novels and books Discovery novels and books Picard novels and books Books by Pocket imprint Archway Books: Star Trek Which Way Books The Monsters of Star Trek Strange & Amazing Facts About Star Trek Original ongoing series Star Trek: New Frontier Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers Star Trek: Stargazer Star Trek: Klingon Empire (Previously Star Trek: IKS Gorkon) Star Trek: Titan Star Trek: Vanguard Star Trek: Seekers Star Trek: Prometheus (in German) Crossover series and anthologies Star Trek: Invasion! Star Trek: Day of Honor Star Trek: The Captain's Table Tales from the Captain's Table Star Trek: The Dominion War Tales of the Dominion War Star Trek: The Next Generation - Double Helix Star Trek: The Badlands Star Trek: Enterprise Logs Star Trek: Dark Passions Star Trek: Section 31 Star Trek: Gateways Star Trek: The Amazing Stories Star Trek: The Brave and the Bold Star Trek: The Lost Era Star Trek: Mirror Universe Star Trek: Myriad Universes Star Trek: Destiny Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins Star Trek: Typhon Pact Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations Star Trek: The Fall Star Trek: Coda Other adventures Legends of the Ferengi (DS9) Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth (VOY) New Worlds, New Civilizations The Klingon Hamlet The Needs of the Many Young adult series Star Trek: The Original Series - Starfleet Academy Star Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Young Adult Star Trek: Voyager - Starfleet Academy Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Omnibus collections Star Trek: Invasion! Star Trek: Odyssey Star Trek: Day of Honor Star Trek: The Captain's Table Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Millennium Starfleet: Year One Star Trek: Double Helix Signature Editions: Pantheon The Q Continuum Worlds in Collision Imzadi Forever Duty, Honor, Redemption The Hand of Kahless Sand and Stars Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Twist of Faith Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - These Haunted Seas Reference works Adventures in Time and Space External links Star Trek Book Guide - database of book releases Psi Phi Book Database - full book list and details on recent and forthcoming releases. Star Trek Books Board cs:Romány de:Star-Trek-Romane fr:Romans nl:Boeken pl:Lista Książek

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Leslie

Mister Leslie was a male Human who served as a Starfleet officer during the mid-23rd century. He served aboard the between 2265 and 2268 under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, during his five-year mission beginning during the mid-2260s. Starfleet service A versatile crew member who was assigned primarily to the operations division as an engineer or a security officer, Leslie served in several departments as needed. He was aboard the Enterprise when the starship first crossed the galactic barrier on stardate 1312.4, and became a lieutenant on stardate 2126.1. () During breaks from duty, Leslie socialized with his shipmates in the recreation room of the Enterprise or in a bar. (; ) The lieutenant once risked facing a charge of mutiny on stardate 3417.3. He abandoned his post after becoming temporarily infected by the Omicron spores and lined up near the transporter room to join the colonists of Omicron Ceti III. When Kirk told him to return to his station, Leslie disobeyed the captain's order. () On stardate 3619.2, Leslie was violently attacked by a dikironium cloud creature during a planetary survey of Argus X. With all the red blood corpuscles drained from his body, Doctor Leonard McCoy declared him deceased in an autopsy report. Leslie was later revived and returned to duty by stardate 3620.7, and continued to serve aboard the Enterprise until stardate 5630.7. () Duty officer When the alien Trelane appeared on the bridge of the Enterprise and abducted eight members of the bridge crew, Leslie sat in the command chair as the ship orbited the planet Gothos on stardate 2126.1. Upon safe escape from captivity, Kirk and the seven officers resumed their posts to warp the vessel away from the rogue planet. () After a fire was ignited aboard the Enterprise and caused damage to main engineering on stardate 3088.7, Leslie served as the duty officer as Kirk pursued the scientist Lazarus to an uncharted iron-silica planet in order to retrieve the ship's stolen dilithium crystals. When Kirk returned to the bridge, Leslie discharged the ship's phasers and destroyed Lazarus' spaceship. This sealed the negative magnetic corridor, forever trapping Lazarus with his antimatter counterpart and saving both universes from mutual annihilation. () Engineer Leslie was often assigned to the engineering station on the bridge, next to the turbolift doors. During a star mapping mission that lead to the initially tense first contact with the First Federation starship Fesarius on stardate 1514.0, Leslie observed Kirk relieving Lieutenant Dave Bailey from duty when the navigator suffered an emotional breakdown. As the countdown ticked away on Balok's threat to destroy the Enterprise, Leslie talked with Lieutenant Brent and Bobby while Kirk appealed to Commander Spock for solutions. With the captain's corbomite bluff successful in stopping the threat, a pilot vessel emerged from the Fesarius and used its tractor beam to drag the Enterprise. Leslie monitored the engine temperature readings as the Enterprise overheated its impulse engines to pull free. () When Doctor Simon Van Gelder escaped from the Tantalus Penal Colony and became a stowaway during a routine cargo exchange on stardate 2715.1, Leslie listened to the security alerts as the escaped inmate assaulted Enterprise crew members near the transporter room. He witnessed Spock subduing Van Gelder with a Vulcan nerve pinch moments later, after the inmate barged his way onto the bridge, demanding asylum with a phaser in hand. () On stardate 2821.7, Leslie monitored the engineering controls as the Enterprise searched for the missing shuttlecraft near the quasar-like Murasaki 312. Later assisting Lieutenant Galloway in the transporter room, he beamed in the Galileo survivors before the shuttlecraft incinerated around the planet Taurus II. () With Kirk believing that the attack on the Cestus III Federation outpost on stardate 3045.6 was a prelude to a Gorn invasion, the Enterprise chased a fleeing Gorn starship past an uncharted star system. Leslie reacted with concern when Kirk ordered the ship to jump to warp 8 to catch the fleeing vessel, after Spock and Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott had both warned the captain that a sustained warp 7 speed would damage the ship's engines. The lieutenant watched the main viewscreen helplessly as the powerful Metrons seized Kirk and forced him to fight the Gorn captain on the surface of an unknown world. He sprang to his feet when Kirk returned suddenly and safely to the bridge. () When the Enterprise headed to Starbase 9 for resupply on stardate 3113.2, the ship encountered an uncharted black star and used all its warp power to escape from the star's gravitational pull. The resulting accidental breakaway caused the vessel to travel back in time to the year 1969 on planet Earth. With the ship operating solely on impulse power, Leslie repaired the engineering station for the return trip back to the year 2267. () During the planned time travel mission to Earth in the year 1968, Leslie performed a sensor scan as the Enterprise intercepted a powerful transporter beam carrying Gary Seven and a cat, originating from a hidden planet located one thousand light years away. The enigmatic Gary Seven used a servo to escape confinement in the brig and render the lieutenant unconscious in the transporter room in order to beam down to a secret office in New York City. () Leslie belonged to a select group of Enterprise officers who dined at a banquet that was organized by Lieutenant Marla McGivers on stardate 3141.9 for revived 20th century Augment leader Khan Noonien Singh. He was rendered unconscious after Khan cut off the life support system to the bridge and hijacked the Enterprise. A weakened Kirk listed the bridge crew for commendations before passing out. Leslie, however, was not included on the list. Before Kirk retook the Enterprise, Leslie was taken prisoner and forced to watch the captain's torture on the conference room viewscreen. () When Spock became infected by a flying parasite during the mission to the Deneva colony on stardate 3287.2., Kirk confined the first officer to sickbay and quarantined the planet. Spock escaped from his confinement and entered the transporter room, encountering Leslie and Scott, who were both working on the transporter. Determined to beam down to Deneva, Spock shoved Scott and subdued Leslie with a Vulcan nerve pinch. Scott detained Spock with a phaser until Kirk arrived. Rubbing his shoulder after regaining consciousness, Leslie watched as the captain allowed Spock to beam down to collect a neural parasite specimen for study. () With the Enterprise orbiting the planet Gamma Hydra IV on stardate 3478.2 and Kirk suffering from the effects of advanced aging due to radiation exposure, Leslie observed Commodore Stocker assume command of the ship and plot a shortcut to Starbase 10 through the Romulan Neutral Zone. Ambushed by an attacking Romulan Bird-of-Prey squadron, Kirk recovered and retook command to warp the vessel safely out of the Neutral Zone. () Leslie saw the wrecked, drifting on the main viewscreen when the Enterprise entered star system L-374 on stardate 4202.9. He witnessed Commodore Matt Decker invoking Starfleet General Order 104 to displace Spock from command duty and take control of the Enterprise in order to launch an attack on an automated, self-propelled "planet killer". () After Starbase 6 had lost contact with on stardate 4307.1, the Enterprise was ordered to investigate the lost all-Vulcan starship in the Gamma 7A star system in Sector 39J. As the Enterprise traveled through a giant space amoeba, Leslie succumbed to the effects of the amoeba's negative energy field and fainted on the bridge. He received immediate medical treatment and resumed his duties as Kirk searched for a solution to destroy the space amoeba. () On stardate 4372.5, the Enterprise was assigned a secret diplomatic mission to facilitate the peace marriage of Elaan, the Dohlman of Elas, to the ruler of Troyius. When the ship was under attack by a Klingon battle cruiser in the Tellun star system near the Federation-Klingon border, Leslie gave up his seat at the engineering station to Elaan as she entered the bridge. He continued to monitor the engineering readings throughout the skirmish until he was relieved by Scott. () When explorers from the Kelvan Empire lured the Enterprise with a false distress call to their colony and hijacked the ship on stardate 4657.5, Leslie's voluntary muscles were neutralized by Hanar after the Kelvan intruder appeared on the bridge and activated the paralysis field on his belt buckle. Before Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Scott regained control of the Enterprise, Leslie was reduced temporarily by the Kelvans into a small dehydrated porous cuboctahedron solid. () Helm officer With the crew exposed to a virus during the mission to the planet Psi 2000 on stardate 1704.2, Leslie took over the helm after an infected Sulu abandoned his post. He struggled to stabilize the ship's decaying orbit before a sword-wielding Sulu returned to the bridge and was subdued by Spock. Kirk later relieved him from duty when Leslie became infected with the virus. () Leslie was at the helm when the Enterprise was in orbit of Planet Q. Later, around stardate 2819.8. he warped the vessel out of planetary orbit of Benecia when Leonore Karidian was institutionalized for her mental insanity at a medical facility at the Benecia Colony. () Leslie switched from his post at the engineering station to the helm when Kirk placed Lieutenant DeSalle in command of the Enterprise and beamed down with Spock and McCoy to the planet Pyris VII on stardate 3018.2. He maintained orbit as the Ornithoid explorers and Korob subjected the starship to extreme heat and enclosed it with a surrounding force field. () With the entire crew feeling tired and weary, Leslie was at the helm when Sulu conducted a survey of the Shore Leave Planet with McCoy on stardate 3025.3. He was allowed to join a shore party after Kirk assessed the dangers and authorized a shore leave for the crew. () Medical assistant Leslie served as an assistant in sickbay at least twice. He treated Spock's injuries after the M-113 creature infiltrated the Enterprise and assaulted the first officer on stardate 1513.8. () When Kirk ordered Spock to report to sickbay for a medical examination on stardate 3372.7, Leslie assisted the chief medical officer in conducting the physical that revealed Spock was suffering from the Vulcan neurochemical effects of pon farr. () Navigator Leslie sat at the navigation console when the Enterprise was en route to the Malurian star system on stardate 3541.9, investigating a distress call and facing a barrage of attacks by the interstellar space probe Nomad. After the probe ceased fire, it was beamed aboard the starship. Leslie carried Scott's body to sickbay after Nomad attacked the chief engineer on the bridge, but was not present to witness Scott's revival. () Science technician On stardate 1672.1, Leslie was a technician of a survey team on Alfa 177. Exposed to the rapidly freezing conditions of the planet surface, he was left stranded after a malfunction rendered the transporter unusable. He suffered frostbite and was given immediate medical treatment when the transporter was repaired. () The lieutenant sat at the science station when Spock took command of the Enterprise after Kirk, Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, and Ensign Pavel Chekov were kidnapped by the Providers on stardate 3211.7. Leslie monitored the sensor readings as the starship headed for Triskelion in search of the three missing Starfleet officers. () Security officer When Kirk decided to maroon Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell on the planet Delta Vega on stardate 1313.1, Leslie took the tranquilized lieutenant commander to a holding cell inside a lithium cracking station. He guarded the brig before Mitchell unleashed his psionic powers to escape confinement. () Leslie joined the second landing party on Beta III on stardate 3156.2, when the Enterprise was sent to investigate the fate of the , a Federation starship that disappeared mysteriously one hundred years earlier. He fired his phaser on an attacking mob, stunning them as the landing party struggled to flee. Before Kirk neutralized an ancient computer that was built by the philosopher Landru to control the society of Beta III, Leslie was absorbed temporarily into the Body of Landru. () On stardate 3196.1, Leslie was assigned to Lieutenant Commander Giotto's security team in the hunt for the Horta, an elusive silicon-based lifeform that terrorized the miners of Janus VI. While Kirk, Spock, and McCoy struggled to save the life of the wounded Horta, he suffered head injuries after an angry group of miners overpowered a security perimeter. () The lieutenant was sent to Deep Space Station K-7 on a security assignment on stardate 4523.3. Soon after leaving the bar, he rushed back to end a brawl that had erupted between a small group of Klingons and Enterprise officers. While guarding the quadrotriticale storage compartment, he witnessed an avalanche of poisoned tribbles falling on Kirk's head, almost burying the captain. Leslie later apprehended Cyrano Jones for questioning when the intergalactic trader was suspected of being a Klingon spy, and assisted Kirk in uncovering Arne Darvin as a surgically-altered Klingon operative who had infiltrated the Federation's Undersecretary in Charge of Agricultural Affairs. (; ) On stardate 4729.4, Leslie was on the bridge when the Enterprise approached Starbase 6, and later walked past the transporter room (in a command uniform) when Commodore Robert Wesley was beamed aboard. He was later selected as one of the complement of twenty who remained aboard when the ship who participated in the M-5 drill. After the M-5 multitronic unit began malfunctioning and the drills turned deadly and Doctor Richard Daystrom suffered a nervous breakdown on the bridge, Leslie escorted the renowned scientist to sickbay as Kirk struggled to deactivate the computer. () When the Enterprise encountered the powerful alien Sargon and reached the uninhabited planet Arret on stardate 4768.3, Leslie was assigned to the security detail of the landing party. Sargon used his powers to prevent him from beaming down, allowing only Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Lieutenant Commander Ann Mulhall to arrive beneath the planet surface. () Later that year, he was exposed to a virus when he beamed down to the planet Omega IV and held custody of Captain Ronald Tracey of the , charged by Kirk for violating the Prime Directive. () Responding to a distress call from the Starnes Exploration Party on stardate 5029.5, the Enterprise arrived to rescue the surviving orphans of the Federation outpost on the planet Triacus. Leslie was assigned to watch over Tommy Starnes, the oldest of the surviving children and the son of the exploration party's leader. After the children summoned a noncorporeal being known as the Friendly Angel, they exerted mind control over the crew and forced the ship on a heading for Marcos XII. Kirk tried to regain control of the Enterprise, approaching Leslie who was stationed by the turbolift doors. The lieutenant was unable to comply with Kirk's orders to remove Sulu from the bridge after Starnes turned the captain's words into incomprehensible gibberish. () On stardate 5630.8, he was present in the corridor with a female yeoman when Kirk addressed "all ship's personnel", informing them that "clearance plans now in effect," and to "clear passageways immediately," as the recently arrived Medusan Ambassador Kollos was being escorting to his quarters. Later, when the love-spurned Doctor Larry Marvick attempted to kill the ambassador and became insane, he fled the ambassador's room, Kirk led Leslie and Roger Lemli to the ambassador's quarters where they discovered the assassination plot. () Memorable quotes "Get back to your stations." "I'm sorry, sir. We're all transporting down to join the colonists." "I said get back to your station." "No, sir." "This is mutiny, mister." "Yes, sir. It is." - Kirk and Leslie, as an infected Leslie stands in a line headed for the transporter room () Appendices Appearances (TOS Season 1) (TOS Season 2) (TOS Season 3) (stock footage) Background information Leslie was played by Eddie Paskey, a regular extra who served as a set stand-in throughout the course of the original Star Trek series. He was often seen in the background wearing a red Starfleet duty uniform while operating the engineering station on the Enterprise bridge or serving as a security officer. Paskey's character did not have a set identity at the start of the series. The script for the pilot episode, , referred to him as both a "crewman" and a "guard". McCoy called him "Connors" in and Spock referred to him as "Rand" in . By the end of , Kirk addressed him as "Mister Leslie" three times and continued calling him "Leslie" in subsequent episodes. According to Paskey's , his character was named after William Shatner's eldest daughter, Leslie Shatner. Paskey had few speaking opportunities throughout the series. The first time he spoke occurred in "The Naked Time", when his character replied to Kirk's orders on the bridge. The other times he was heard speaking occurred in "The Conscience of the King", , and . The only screen credits that he received were in "The Alternative Factor", when he was credited as "Lesley", and in "This Side of Paradise", when he was listed simply as "Crewman". While the work was steady, the rigors of filming a television series had many setbacks for the actor. Paskey's suffered a back injury while filming a scene in the first season episode "Operation -- Annihilate!", where Spock applied the Vulcan nerve pinch on Leslie. He also experienced severe headaches which were aggravated by the stage lighting on the set. By the beginning of the third season, Paskey felt that he could no longer handle the job's activities. Leslie's last filmed appearance was in the third season episode "Is There in Truth No Beauty?", when Paskey retired from the series. Red shirt As an atypical redshirt, Leslie has the distinction of being known as the first Star Trek recurring character to be resurrected from the dead without explanation. After being attacked by the cloud creature in "Obsession", he was listed as one of the two unnamed and deceased officers in Kirk's log entry who was pronounced dead by McCoy. Later in the same episode, Paskey nonetheless appeared twice – first walking past Kirk's quarters in a red operations division uniform and then again walking by sickbay in a gold command division uniform. According to Paskey, a scene in the script for "Obsession" that had all three victims of the landing party attacked by the creature would have them coming back to life later in sickbay due to a miracle potion. He mentioned that this scene was never filmed. Director Ralph Senensky confirmed that he did not film it. Paskey continued to appear in subsequent episodes and his character was called "Leslie" by Kirk in , , , and . Of course, Leslie was not the last to achieve such a fate, with another rather prominent case being the vaporization of Lt. Galloway in "The Omega Glory", who later returned in . While in most cases multiple actors were recast as new characters following their first character's demise, this was not always apparently so, even as numerous other nameless characters also often returned unfazed in the episodes following their subsequent deaths. Service rank Leslie was never addressed by his Starfleet service rank. Kirk simply called him "Mister Leslie". Until he sat in the captain's chair in , Leslie's uniform did not display any rank insignia. With three exceptions after this point, the uniform regularly showed a full lieutenant stripe. During the attack by the cloud creature in "Obsession", the rank stripe was inexplicably missing. It was also absent in "Spock's Brain" and "Is There in Truth No Beauty?", Paskey's last two filmed episodes on the series. Apocrypha According to the Who's Who in Star Trek 1, Leslie grew up on Earth near the Starfleet Impulse Engine Testing Grounds in El Paso, Texas, where he developed an interest in engineering. He went to Starfleet Academy in San Francisco and met Kirk in judo competitions. In the Present Tense, he developed a friendship with Sulu on the Enterprise soon after the events of . The novel Yesterday's Son mentioned that he achieved the rank of lieutenant commander and served as the chief engineer aboard the near the end of Kirk's five-year mission. Shortly after the events of , as depicted in the novel The Darkness Drops Again, he was transferred back to the Enterprise and served as the security chief under Captain Spock. In Who's Who in Star Trek, he returned to the USS Lexington around the time of . The novel The Fire and the Rose mentioned that he attended Kirk's memorial service at Starfleet Academy in 2293 during the events of . In the novel One Constant Star, he joined the with the rank of commander in 2308 and became Captain Sulu's first officer. There are inconsistencies regarding Leslie's first name. According to Who's Who in Star Trek, his first name was Frank. In the novels The Fire and the Rose, A Choice of Catastrophes and One Constant Star, it was Ryan. The other novels state that it was Ed – an apparent tribute to Eddie Paskey, the actor who portrayed him on the original series. The alternate reality-set novel The Assassination Game depicts that reality's Leslie supplying with an excuse for being late. When Kirk thanks him, Leslie says Kirk can repay him by giving him a spot on the ship he'll command. According to Leslie, "they'd be crazy not to" (give Kirk a command). 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Events By starship or station Robert April leaves the as its commander for an appointment as Federation ambassador-at-large. () After serving as first officer under Captain April, Christopher Pike receives a promotion to captain and assumes command of the Enterprise. () Other events James T. Kirk is introduced to Gary Mitchell. Years later, they became friends when cadet Mitchell attended Lieutenant Kirk's philosophy class at Starfleet Academy. () Spock enters Starfleet Academy, instead of enrolling at the Vulcan Science Academy, against Sarek's wishes. () Sarek becomes estranged from his son for the next eighteen years. () Alternate reality Lucille Harewood is born on Earth. () Notes According to the , April had ended his five-year mission aboard the this year. This would later be confirmed by on a viewscreen. External link de:2250 es:2250 fr:2250 nl:2250 sv:2250 Alternate reality timeline

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Events Starfleet retires the last starship. () Notes In the original Star Trek: The Original Series series the timeline for placed the events of the eugenics wars 200 years before the present during the 20th century (1992-1996). 200 years after 1996 is 2196, placing TOS at the end 22nd century originally. This dating was also shared in , which was set some 15 years after TOS (or approximately 2211). Later timelines shifted The Original Series and Star Trek II to the 23rd century (2267 and 2285). Future sources seem to split the dates of the Eugenics Wars along the 1990s dates and also in the 21st century, utilizing the 200 years before date. The 200 years before date was mistakenly utilized in (suggesting the wars took place in 2173) when it should have been 300 or 400 years before depending on if the reference was intended to be in the 20th or 21st century (there was talk at the time to move the Eugenics Wars into the 21st century): Menosky: "I heard they were going to point blank, have a statement that said the Eugenics Wars occurred in the 21st century. That was the rumour that was floating through the building. I think that people would have hit the roof if they would have done that, so maybe they just decided to leave it up in nebulous hyperspace. The point is, if they would have gone that route, then you would have had to come up with some theory about how history got screwed up. The records got destroyed, or something messed up the original dates." External link de:2196 fr:2196 nl:2196 sv:2196

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Bradbury class

The Bradbury-class was a class of Federation transport ships developed during the latter half of the 24th century. During the 2360s, the was still undergoing warp drive performance tests and serving as a transport to Earth from Betazed in late 2366. ( production art) Ships commissioned (NX-72307) Appendices Background information The Bradbury-class was first named in the chart Starfleet Operations - Sectors 21166-23079 in "Brothers". According to the the Bradbury was named for s-f/fantasy writer, Ray Bradbury, a friend of the late Gene Roddenberry. Apocrypha A ship description was mentioned in the supplements to the Last Unicorn Games role-playing games, which refer to this vessel as being a 335-meter-long heavy frigate in service from 2362, with ten decks, and describes it as being similar to the unfilmed prototype designed during pre-production of . External link de:Bradbury-Klasse fr:Classe Bradbury Federation starship classes

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Nebula class

The Nebula-class was a type of Federation starship that was in service in Starfleet during the second half of the 24th century. History Construction of the Nebula-class was spearheaded under the authority of the Yoyodyne Division, and ranged in construction dates from as early as 2363 to as late as 2367. Vessels including the , the , and the were constructed at this time at both the 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards (the first two ships) and the San Francisco Fleet Yards. (; , dedication plaques) The mission profile of the Nebula-class varied from performing various scientific and exploratory roles to conducting patrol and transport duties. (; set artwork; ) The Nebula-class was present in several major Federation engagements against the Borg, including the Battle of Wolf 359 and the Battle of Sector 001. (; ) They were also present in numerous Dominion War battles, including the Second Battle of Chin'toka and Battle of Cardassia. () A Nebula-class starship, the , was one of three ships sent to transport the crew of the off Veridian III after the saucer section crash landed due to a battle with a Klingon vessel. (). The Nebula-class was still in Starfleet service by 2378. () Technical data Design The Nebula-class shared a similar design lineage with its larger counterpart, notably its primary and secondary hulls and warp nacelles. (, etc.) The Nebula-class was composed of two hull sections; the saucer-shaped primary hull mounted atop the secondary hull, with two warp nacelles mounted on either side of the secondary hull, directly below the primary hull. (, etc.) Atop the primary hull was a superstructure which could support a variety of modules, such as the inclusion of a triangular platform, fitted with torpedo launchers, an oval platform, or additional warp nacelles. () By 2375, the Nebula-class was reconfigured slightly to include more of a Galaxy-class style secondary hull and deflector dish. () By 2369, the Nebula-class served among historic model designs used in the classroom aboard Deep Space 9. () Defensive systems The Nebula-class was equipped with "a huge arsenal", at least according to Cardassian Gul Macet, which included multiple phaser banks and torpedo launchers. The Nebula-class had a maximum effective weapons range slightly below 300,000 kilometers. () The typical offensive arsenal of the Nebula-class included a torpedo launcher located on the secondary hull above the deflector dish, and on some variants, a torpedo launcher located on the superstructure located above the primary hull. (; ) Phaser positions included the forward-most part of the primary hull, and on the secondary hull, below the deflector dish. (; ) While considered more than a match for a Cardassian supply ship, the Nebula-class was also capable of successfully withstanding a direct hit from a Cardassian warship, as a result of an unshielded attack. () They were, however, unable to single-handedly withstand an assault from a wing of Cardassian destroyers. () Some Nebula-class starships, including the Phoenix, used a "high-energy sensor sweep" that cycled every 5.5 minutes. Between each of those cycles, a "window" of a fiftieth of a second would open, requiring the ship's shields to be realigned. () Propulsion systems The propulsion systems for the Nebula-class were constructed under the authority of Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems. ( dedication plaque) The engines of a Nebula-class needed to operate with a mixture above ninety percent in order to successfully leave orbit of a planet. Additionally, the starboard power coupling was located adjacent to decks ten through twelve. In 2368, the maximum warp for the class was warp 9.3. () By 2370, the theoretical maximum speed for the warp drive of Nebula-class starships, including the , was warp 9.5. When fine-tuned, the warp drive could be pushed to warp 9.6. () By 2374, the was able to pursue and catch the , that was traveling at warp 9.9. () In an alternate timeline, the Nebula-class was described as being "a lot faster" than a runabout. () Auxiliary craft Nebula-class starships were equipped with a variety of auxiliary craft, including the Type 6 and Type 7 shuttlecraft, as well as the smaller Type 15 shuttlepod, and other large shuttlecraft. (; ) Interior design Bridge Other interiors Ships commissioned Named (NCC-62048) (NCC-70915) (NCC-60597) (NCC-60205) (NCC-70352) (NCC-30405) (NCC-61827) (NCC-61826) (NCC-65420) (NCC-71201) (NCC-72015) Unnamed Unnamed Nebula-class starships Uncertain (NCC-71805) Appendices Appearances In addition to the episode-specific appearances below, the Nebula-class, in the form of the , began appearing in every title sequence of from to . It also made several appearances as a desktop model in , and . : (display graphic) Background information The Nebula-class was referred to by name for the first time in the chart seen on the main bridge in . (This chart was seen again, with modifications, in and in several episodes afterwards, in the observation lounge of the Enterprise-D.) Nebula-class was referred to on the dedication plaques for the Phoenix ("The Wounded"), the Sutherland ("Redemption II"), and the Prometheus ("Second Sight"). Nebula-class was referred to by name in "The Wounded" and "Non Sequitur". It was additionally referred to by name in the script notes for "Redemption II". Studio models See main article: Nebula-class model Technical Manual The following specifications and defenses come from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual (p. 152): Production Base: ASDB Integration Facility, Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, Mars Type: Explorer Accommodation: 750 officers and crew; 130 visiting personnel; 9,800 personal evacuation limit Power Plant: One 1,500 plus Cochrane warp core feeding two nacelles; one impulse system Dimensions: Length, 442.23 meters; beam, 318.11 meters; height: 130.43 meters Mass: 3,309,000 metric tons Performance: Warp 9.6 for 12 hours (STD); warp 9.9 for 12 hours (UPRTD) Armament: Eight type-10 phaser emitters; two photon torpedo launchers Apocrypha A cross section and overview of the ship is given in issue 154 of , particularly focusing on the . The cross section shows that the ship is capable of saucer separation, has eight type-X phaser arrays and three photon torpedo launchers, and a mass of 3,309,000 metric tons. One inconsistency among the graphics has the registry number "NCC-60000" on the nacelle pylon. All artwork used was provided by Tim Earls. In the video games Star Trek: Armada and Star Trek: Armada II, the Nebula-class is depicted as a "science ship"; that is, it has four special weapons where other ship classes have just one. The special weapons allow the Nebula-class to disrupt enemy shields, destroy incoming torpedoes, temporarily duplicate an allied ship, or send an engineering team to an allied ship or station to repair its systems. In the video game Star Trek: Bridge Commander, there are four Nebula-class vessels. Three of these, the , , and , appear to be made specifically for the game and do not appear anywhere in Star Trek canon. The fourth Nebula-class vessel featured in the game is actually a canon ship, the USS Prometheus (NCC-71201), though it is the only one that doesn't play an important role in the game. In Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth of the Federation the Nebula-class is the strike cruiser of the Federation, a short range combat vessel mostly intended for planetary bombardment. In Star Trek Online, the Nebula-class is an "advanced research science vessel" available to players ranked Commander or higher, that can create tachyon detection fields and grids which boost stealth detection and sensor abilities. External links cs:Třída Nebula de:Nebula-Klasse es:Clase Nebula ja:ネビュラ級 nl:Nebula klasse Federation starship classes

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USS Buran (NCC-57580)

The USS Buran (NCC-57580) was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In 2366, the Buran fought the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359. It was destroyed, along with thirty-eight other starships. () The wreck was later among the vessels found at the Surplus Depot Z15 located in orbit of Qualor II. () Appendices Background information The name of this ship was derived from Ed Miarecki, the creator of the design study and filming model of the Buran. The registry came from the studio model. The Buran was classified as a Challenger-class starship in an internal list of starships, dated September 26, 1990. This information about the ship later appeared in the . According to the , "the Buran was a "kit bashed" study model barely glimpsed among the wreckage of the "graveyard" scene in the episode. The ship was named for the , which was in turn named for the Russian word for "snowstorm"." As with the other kit-bashes for "The Best of Both Worlds", the USS Buran was a one-time use only model and slated to be discarded, but was saved from the dumpster by Visual Effects Coordinator Gary Hutzel, who took the model into his care. External link bg:USS Буран de:USS Buran fr:USS Buran (NCC-57580) ja:USSブラン nl:USS Buran Federation starships

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USS Chekov

The USS Chekov (NCC-57302) was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In late 2366, the USS Chekov was one of forty starships mobilized at Wolf 359 to intercept a Borg cube en route to Sector 001. The Chekov engaged the Borg at the subsequent battle where it was destroyed, along with the rest of the fleet. () The wreck was later among the vessels found at the Surplus Depot Z15 located in orbit of Qualor II. () Appendices Background information The name and registry came from the studio model. The Chekov was classified as a Springfield-class starship in an internal list of starships, dated September 26, 1990. This information about the ship later appeared in the . The Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 471) stated the ship was "named for the noted Russian space explorer." The ship's name was an homage to the original series character Pavel Chekov. This starship (named Chekhov, after the , in the episode script) was originally to be mentioned by name in dialogue in "The Best of Both Worlds", but the writers ultimately felt that the debris field that remained of Humanity's apparent last stand was no place for such a "cute" reference, and the was dubbed in during post-production to replace it. The name of this ship was derived from Ed Miarecki, the creator of the design study and filming model of the Chekov. Its registry, according to the model featured at , was NCC-57302. The Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 327), on the other hand, listed the registry as NCC-53702, which could be a typographical error as it appeared to differ from the studio model used for the visual effects of the battlefield. Photographs of this model were part of Michael Okuda's art department slide show given at conventions throughout the 1990s. External link bg:USS Чеков de:USS Chekov fr:USS Chekov (NCC-57302) ja:USSチェコフ Federation starships Memory Alpha articles named from supplementary resources

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USS Firebrand

The USS Firebrand (NCC-68723) was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In 2367, with thirty-eight other starships, this vessel was in the Federation fleet at the Battle of Wolf 359. The Firebrand was lost in the conflict. () External link bg:USS Файърбранд de:USS Firebrand fr:USS Firebrand (NCC-68723) ja:USSファイアブランド nl:USS Firebrand Firebrand

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USS Kyushu

The USS Kyushu (NCC-65491) was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. This frigate fought the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2366, and was destroyed along with thirty-eight other starships. It was among the ships identified in the wreckage by Commander Shelby. () Appendices Background Information The name and registry came from the studio model. The Kyushu was classified as a New Orleans-class frigate in an internal list of starships, dated September 26, 1990. This information about the ship later appeared in the . In addition, the Encyclopedia stated that "the Kyushu was named for one of the four main , where a Japanese orbital launch facility was located." The Kyushu was also referenced in a line in that was later cut which stated that the Kyushu, , and had been deployed by Admiral J.P. Hanson. According to the script, the ship's name was pronounced as "kee-OOSH-ooh". For this unrealized depiction of the battle, according to DS9's visual effects supervisor Robert Legato, "I made sure that all of the debris had the correct names on it, the names of the ships that were mentioned in 'The Best of Both Worlds', the starships Tolstoy, Kyushu, Melbourne, and Saratoga were among those described as lost in the battle, so the episodes would tie together." () Apocrypha The Kyushu was also mentioned in the video game Star Trek: Borg as the monitored the battle of Wolf 359. External link bg:USS Кюшу de:USS Kyushu es:USS Kyushu fr:USS Kyushu (NCC-65491) ja:USSキュウシュウ nl:USS Kyushu Federation starships Deleted and unused material in background

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USS Liberator

The USS Liberator (NCC-67016) was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. The Liberator fought the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367. It was destroyed, along with thirty-eight other starships. The shuttlecraft Kotoi was detached from this vessel, and destroyed also. () External link de:USS Liberator fr:USS Liberator (NCC-67016) ja:USSリベレーター Liberator

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USS Gage

According to the script of the first season episode , the USS Gage was a ship present at the Battle of Wolf 359. However, the ship never made it on screen. In the cut scene, Benjamin Sisko informed his captain that the USS Gage, , and had been deployed by Admiral Hanson. The listed this vessel as an starship, with the registry number NCC-11672. Furthermore, it was stated in the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 290), the Gage was one of the 39 Federation ships destroyed at the battle of Wolf 359. External link nl:USS Gage Unused production material

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USS Princeton

The USS Princeton (NCC-59804) was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In 2366, Princeton saw action and was destroyed along with thirty-eight other starships at the Battle of Wolf 359. () The wreck was later among the vessels found at the Surplus Depot Z15 located in orbit of Qualor II. () Appendices Background information The studio model of the Princeton was created for its appearance in "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II." The name and registry came from the studio model. An image of said model appeared in the special features of the TNG Season 4 DVD. The Princeton and its class name were included in an internal production list of starships, dated . The corresponding information later appeared in the , where, additionally, the ship's registry was given as NCC-58904. StarTrek.com identified the model that was labeled as USS Princeton as the , mentioned in dialogue, and identified the reused saucer model wreck as the Niagara-class USS Princeton. External link de:USS Princeton es:USS Princeton fr:USS Princeton (NCC-59804) ja:USSプリンストン nl:USS Princeton Federation starships Memory Alpha articles named from supplementary resources

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USS Roosevelt

The USS Roosevelt was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In 2366, Roosevelt saw action against the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359. During the battle with the Borg, some of the ship's crew were assimilated, including science officer Dr. Riley Frazier. () External link de:USS Roosevelt es:USS Roosevelt fr:USS Roosevelt ja:USSルーズベルト nl:USS Roosevelt Roosevelt

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USS Tolstoy

The USS Tolstoy was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. The Tolstoy fought the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367. It was destroyed, along with thirty-eight other starships. When the arrived to the site of the battle, the wreckage of the Tolstoy was seen by Commander Shelby and the bridge crew on the viewscreen. () Appendices Background information The Tolstoy was classified as an starship with the registry NCC-62095 in an internal list of starships, dated September 26, 1990. According to this list, the ship was not represented by a model. This information about the ship later appeared in the . According to this source, the USS Tolstoy was "named for the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who wrote ". StarTrek.com identified the model that was labeled as as the Tolstoy, and identified the reused saucer model wreck as the USS Princeton. Originally, however, the ship that became the Tolstoy was scripted as the "USS Chekhov". A filming model with the name was in fact seen on screen. A last minute post-production change resulted in Chekov being replaced with Tolstoy in the dialogue, as to avoid a reference to the original series character Pavel Chekov, deemed too "cute" for the moment in . The Tolstoys designation as "Rigel-class" was a later invention by Michael Okuda for an internal list of starships. At the time of filming of the episode the class designation was not in use as he remembered, "Rigel: I don't think we ever came up with a ship design specifically tied to that name." The depiction of the battle in "Emissary" was originally filmed as a much more elaborate scene than it became. DS9's visual effects supervisor Robert Legato assigned the Tolstoy name to a starship wreck, that was removed from the aired version of the scene. He recalled in : "I made sure that all of the debris had the correct names on it, the names of the ships that were mentioned in 'The Best of Both Worlds', the starships Tolstoy, Kyushu, Melbourne, and Saratoga were among those described as lost in the battle, so the episodes would tie together." Apocrypha According to the Star Trek: New Frontier short story, "Performance Appraisal" in No Limits, Captain took command of the Tolstoy in 2366. The Price of Freedom sourcebook described the Tolstoy as a heavy scout with a crew of 65. It had six decks and was 215 meters in length. The ship had a maximum speed of warp factor 9.2. The ship was armed with type VII phaser emitters, and two torpedo launchers with a normal load-out of 75 photon torpedoes. External links de:USS Tolstoy fr:USS Tolstoy ja:USSトルストイ nl:USS Tolstoy Tolstoy, USS

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USS Yamaguchi

The USS Yamaguchi (NCC-26510) was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. In 2366, the Yamaguchi participated in the battle against the Borg at Wolf 359 in the fleet of forty Federation starships. She engaged the attacking Borg cube, alongside the , while the cube had the in a tractor beam. () External link bg:USS Ямагучи cs:USS Yamaguchi de:USS Yamaguchi es:USS Yamaguchi fr:USS Yamaguchi (NCC-26510) ja:USSヤマグチ nl:USS Yamaguchi Yamaguchi

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Events By starship Captain James T. Kirk assumes command of the for an historic five-year mission of exploration. He is seen off on his first mission as commander of the starship by his brother Sam and his family. His father is also proud to see him off. Prior to assuming command, Kirk's emotional structure is tested by the Robbiani dermal-optic test. (; ; ) The Enterprise becomes one of the first Earth ships to reach the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, where they encounter the galactic barrier. Gary Mitchell and Elizabeth Dehner are among the Enterprise officers who die in the line of duty. () At a Christmas party held in the Enterprise science lab, Captain Kirk meets Dr. Helen Noel. She later recalls him "dropping in" on the party, during a mission to the rehabilitation colony on Tantalus V. () Other events The Klingons and the Federation sign a peace treaty which they honor over the next three years. () A bottle from this year's vintage of Dom Pérignon will be used in the christening of the in 2293. () Ingraham B is attacked by flying parasites. () Carter Winston dies on the planet Vendor. () The Borg "swarm through" the El-Aurian system, invading and destroying the El-Aurian homeworld. The survivors flee and are scattered over the entire galaxy, with some reaching Earth twenty-eight years later. (; ) A new uniform is introduced for Starfleet personnel, though the previous style continues to be used for years. These new uniforms remain in service until the early 2270s. (; ; ) Captain Christopher Pike is promoted to the rank of fleet captain. () April Wade is born. () Nancy Crater is killed by planet M-113's last surviving native. () Appendices Episodes Notes According to the Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 52), an Earth colony was founded on Cestus III. In , Kang stated that the Klingons and the Federation have been at peace for three years; this is likely referencing the Treaty of Organia from , which took place in 2267, rather than the year 2265. According to the script for , David Marcus was born in this year. However, in the script for – commonly conjectured to be set in 2285 – David was described as being in his mid-twenties. In the alternate reality, this is the year 's five-year mission was supposed to end. (; ) External link de:2265 fr:2265 nl:2265 sv:2265

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Events By starship The undergoes a refit both on the outside and the inside design some time after 2265. () Dr. Leonard McCoy replaces Dr. Mark Piper as ship's surgeon and chief medical officer aboard the USS Enterprise, some time after 2265. (; ) Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu transfers from staff physicist to helm officer aboard the USS Enterprise. () Lieutenant Nyota Uhura becomes chief communications officer and Janice Rand becomes the captain's yeoman on the USS Enterprise. Dave Bailey is promoted to lieutenant and chief navigator despite some concerns about his lack of experience. () The UFP makes first contact with the First Federation after an encounter with Balok, commander of the flagship Fesarius. As an intercultural exchange, Dave Bailey transfers to serve on the vessel. () Due to a transporter malfunction, Captain James T. Kirk is temporarily split into a positive and a negative half. () On board the USS Enterprise, Dr. McCoy, in his quarters, kills the last M-113 creature as it tries to kill Kirk. The M-113 creature had already killed four Enterprise crewmen. () A Romulan ship crosses into Federation space and destroys several Federation Outpost Stations, ending over a century of Romulan isolation. This incident comes to be known as the Neutral Zone Incursion. () In an alternative timeline, where Enterprise is captained by Captain Christopher Pike, this resulted in open warfare between Federation and Romulans. () The USS Enterprise charts the L-370 system. () Dr. McCoy spills acid in sickbay, an event which also apparently happens on the mirror universe at some point prior to 2267. () Antares The Antares is destroyed, with all hands on board perishing, when Charles Evans with psionic powers makes a baffle plate on the shield of the ship's energy pile "go away". () Other events Six months before the Neutral Zone Incursion, an accident aboard a class J starship releases delta radiation, killing several Starfleet cadets and severely injuring Fleet Captain Christopher Pike, confining him to a wheelchair. (; ) The planet Psi 2000 disintegrates naturally. () Famed archeologist Roger Korby is found alive on the planet Exo III, where he discovered remains of ancient technology. However, it turns out Korby is actually an of his former self. He perishes along with the other androids on the surface. () Dr. Simon Van Gelder is assigned to the Tantalus Penal Colony as associate director, serving on Tristan Adams' staff. () Kodos the Executioner is discovered to still be alive, despite having been thought dead since 2246. While under surveillance by Kirk, Kodos is accidentally killed by his daughter Lenore before formal charges can be brought against him for crimes committed on Tarsus IV. () A transport from Ingraham B to Deneva carries the deadly flying parasite that caused mass insanity on Ingraham B in 2265. () The inhabitants of Acamar III establish peace after generations of wars. An exception are the Gatherers, who continue to be violent for a century. () The Redjac entity, incarnated as "Beratis", kills several women on Rigel IV. () The colonists of Janus VI create a detailed series of charts for the twenty-two levels of the mine. These charts later prove useful in the search for the Horta in 2267. () Notes This is the second year of Captain Kirk's first five-year mission. () According to Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 54), Earth Two becomes a protectorate of the Federation. Appendices Episodes } External link de:2266 es:2266 fr:2266 nl:2266 sv:2266

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Gravimetrics

In physics, gravimetrics is the science concerning the measurements of gravity. In particular, it focuses on variations in gravity fields and the graviton subatomic particle. At least 1,000 years prior to the 22nd century, a race of transdimensional beings constructed a series of massive spheres, each one of which generated massive amounts of gravimetric energy. Powerful spatial anomalies existed wherever the gravimetric waves intersected, constituting an area of space known as the Delphic Expanse. () On an NX class vessel, the energy output must be confined between three hundred and three hundred and twelve millicochranes to prevent fusion of the dilithium matrix while restarting a warp reactor, unless the ship is within two parsecs of a class C gravimetric field. () In 2293, the encountered severe gravimetric distortions from the Nexus. () In 2370, Jadzia Dax asked Arjin to set up the gravimetric microprobe to calibrate the energy profile of a protouniverse. () In 2371, Jadzia Dax discovered unusual gravimetric distortions in the Trialus system in the Gamma Quadrant, shortly before the planet Meridian appeared for the first time in sixty years. () Later that year, Captain Kathryn Janeway noted that the gravimetric flux density was over 2,000% when the encountered a type 4 quantum singularity. () In an alternate timeline, Captain Nog warned Jake Sisko while trying to rescue Benjamin Sisko that the Bajoran wormhole was going to kick out a gravimetric wave like it did when it was undergoing a subspace inversion that nearly destroyed the in 2372. () In 2373, Quark had Odo keep an eye on two Yridians whom Quark suspected were cheating at dabo in his bar. Quark's suspicions turned out to be correct, as the two Yridians were using a miniature gravimetric scanner to predict where the ball would land on the dabo wheel. () Later that year, Voyager discovered a passage through Borg space and nicknamed it the "Northwest Passage". It was filled with intense gravimetric distortions, caused by numerous quantum singularities from Species 8472 bio-ships. () In 2374, Voyager used a gravimetric torpedo to destroy a chamber full of Omega molecules, which would destroy subspace and render warp travel impossible. () In 2375, a Class 2 shuttle piloted by Tom Paris was damaged by a proto-nebula while Paris, B'Elanna Torres, The Doctor, and Seven of Nine were investigating it. Gravimetric shear caught the shuttle and damaged its engines. () Later that year, Voyager itself was caught in a gravimetric shear caused by a subspace sinkhole and was unable to establish a warp field. () In 2376, Ensign Harry Kim detected level 9 gravimetric distortions while he was in command of Voyager during the night shift. It was later revealed that the distortions were caused by a graviton ellipse. () Later that year, Voyager was caught up in a gravimetric gradient while investigating an unusual planet in the Delta Quadrant, which pulled Voyager into its orbit that the ship could not break out of. () External link ja:重力測定 nl:Gravimetrica Physics

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Events Leonard McCoy heads a mass-inoculation program on the planet Dramia II. After his force leaves, a massive plague strikes the planet, killing most of its people. The Dramens hold him responsible and nineteen years later he is arrested, with Federation approval, and put on trial for the outbreak. () Leland conducts a mission to Deneva that unfortunately involves the wrong ambassador. () Notes According to the , Christopher Pike begins his first five-year mission aboard the this year. External link de:2251 fr:2251 nl:2251 sv:2251

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Events Charles Evans is the sole survivor of his ship's crash landing on the planet Thasus. () James T. Kirk begins a five-year officer training program at Starfleet Academy. In his first year at the Academy, he develops a romantic relationship with Ruth and is tormented by an older cadet named Finnegan. () Kirk befriends Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Finney, an instructor at Starfleet Academy. () June 9th – May Ahearn dies. () External link de:2252 fr:2252 nl:2252 sv:2252

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Comics

Through a licensing process similar to those granted to create collectibles, novels, and games, Paramount Pictures has granted the rights to market Star Trek merchandise of various sorts through a number of different production and design companies, beginning in with a series based on . With the success of the and , the licensing office associated with the productions took stricter control of the franchise's image. Designers of Star Trek publications were discouraged from creating depictions that varied from the style and details of the franchise, as seen in filmed productions. Previous comics of the 1960s, '70s and early '80s tend to vary from canon more than later series. Since the comics are produced by artists and writers not affiliated with franchise production staff, filmed productions disregard events and situations in them as completely apocryphal. The Star Trek universe has been displayed in comic book form in many ways throughout its existence. Gold Key Comics, a subsidiary of Western Publishing, which had put out the first original Star Trek novel, Mission to Horatius, first published Star Trek stories, starting in 1967 with a story entitled "K-G, Planet of Death." This company, which was known for publishing comics based on licenses from TV shows and movie properties, produced 61 Star Trek comic books from 1967 to 1979, which focused on all-original adventures of The Original Series crew of the starship . Since then, many other companies have published different series of Star Trek comic books, including Marvel and DC at multiple intervals. Many are simply adaptations of episodes and movies, while others are brand-new stories involving existing Trek characters, and still others have introduced completely new characters and settings. One of the best examples of the latter is Marvel Comics' series Star Trek: Early Voyages, which featured adventures of Captain Pike's crew on the original Enterprise before Captain Kirk took command. Canonicity of Star Trek comics While many comic book runs of the Star Trek universe have provided interesting story arcs and situations that would be difficult to show on television, all stories are considered to be non-canon. In , in an interview with Trekmovie.com, producer and writer Roberto Orci, pressed by the editor Anthony Pascale to declare that all of the recent Star Trek comics which he had overseen (such as Star Trek: Countdown) were canon until contradicted by onscreen sources, indicated that he agreed with that proposal. , although he would later step back from that view, saying "[I] have said a million times that we cant determine what is canon. [On] this day, [I] said something else. 'consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Gold Key (1967-1979) Gold Key Comics published 61 issues from to . The comics focused on the during James T. Kirk's first five-year mission. A 62nd issue was written and partially illustrated, but was only published in 2020, when Eaglemoss published it in the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection. Those were reprinted several times: Golden Press: "Star Trek: The Enterprise Logs" (4 volumes – -); in addition to reprints, these volumes also contained four original tales that did not appear in the 61 issues. Checker Books: "Star Trek: The Key Collection" (6 volumes – -) World Distributors Limited: Star Trek Annuals (UK /) Gold Key: Dynabrite #11357 (reprinted issues 33 and 41) Gold Key: Dynabrite #11358 (reprinted issues 36 and 44) Gold Key: Dan Curtis Give-Aways #2 (reprinted excerpt of issue 14) Gold Key: Dan Curtis Give-Aways #6 (reprinted excerpt of issue 13) Star Trek View-Master (reprinted issue 1) Mighty TV Comic #1292-1352 (reprinted issue #1 [#1292-1303]; #4 [#1304-1316]; #5 [1317-1329]; #6 [#1330-1345]; and first half of #7 [#1346-1352]) TV Comic #1353-1381 (reprinted second half of issue #7 [#1353-1358]; #8 [#1359-1371]; and #9 in abridged format [#1372-1381]) Star Trek Hardcover Annuals (reprinted issues #1-3 [1969]; #4-6 [1970]; #7-9 [1972]; #11-13 [1973]; #14-16 [1974]; #17, 21 & 24 [1975]; #27 & 30 [1976]; #10 & 34 [1977]; #38-39 [1978]; #36 & 40 [1979]; #54-56 [1980]; #59 & 61 [1983]; #27 & 40 [1986]) Star Trek Special (reprinted issues #47-48) Star Trek Television Picture Story Book (reprinted issues #1 & 10) Star Trek Comic Album (reprinted issues #2-3) Star Trek Comic Album (reprinted issues #7-9) Star Trek Picture Book (reprinted issue #6, issued as premium gift at Total gas stations in 1975) Star Trek Mighty Midget (insert in Mighty TV Comic #1293, reprinted half of issue #26) Star Trek Winter Special (reprinted #2-3) British strips (1969-1973) Concurrent with the Gold Key strips, a based on Star Trek was released in the United Kingdom. Published in the pages of Joe 90: Top Secret, TV21, and Valiant, these strips appeared as two- and three-page spreads in magazines printing Star Trek and other adventure-based titles. 256 issues were published over the course of five years, with additional stories running in one Joe 90 annual, three TV21 annuals, a Valiant Super Special, two TV Comic annuals, and an issue of Radio Times magazine. Peter Pan Records (1975-1979) From 1975 through 1979, Peter Pan Records (and Power Records, a division thereof) released eleven stories. Six of these stories were accompanied by comic books, and some of the stories reference the continuity of both and . Peter Pan Records released the stories on a total of 23 record sets, some featuring one story, others featuring as many as six on one release. Marvel Comics v1 (1979-1982) Marvel Comics took over the franchise in 1979 and published a series of comics based on the crew of the USS Enterprise in the 2270s after the events of . () (-) McDonald's (1979) To celebrate the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, McDonald's released its first-ever set of Happy Meal Boxes, featuring comic strips adapting scenes from the film, on six separate boxes. Additional strips were included in special Star Trek Communicator toys included with the Happy Meals. Newspaper comic strip (1979-1983) Around the same time as Marvel Comics was publishing its comic books, a based on Star Trek appeared. Like the Marvel publications it, too, told of the adventures of the USS Enterprise after the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It lasted four years and consisted of twenty story arcs. DC Comics v1 (1984-1988) DC Comics published a series of comics based on TOS, the movies, and TNG. : 56 monthly issues, (/) Major arcs "The Mirror Universe Saga" (Issues #9-16, 1984); "Who Killed Captain Kirk?" (Issues #48-55, 1988) Who's Who in Star Trek: two issues () : Six issue mini-series () DC Comics v2 (1989-1995) After stopping the publication in , DC Comics renewed the license in , publishing comics based on TOS (2260s-2280s) and TNG. : 80 issues, , three specials (/) "Tests of Courage" (issues #35-40) "Debt of Honor" (graphic novel) "" (graphic novel) Star Trek: The Modala Imperative (four issues, 1991) : 80 issues, six annuals, (/) "The Star Lost" (issues #20-24) Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ill Wind (four issue mini-series) Star Trek: The Next Generation - Shadowheart (four issue mini-series) Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Modala Imperative (four issues, 1991) The Landmark Crossover (mini-series, with Malibu Comics) Malibu Comics (1993-1995) Concurrent with DC's license for TOS and TNG comics, Malibu Comics acquired the rights to publish comics. , two annuals The Landmark Crossover (four issue mini-series, with DC Comics) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Hearts and Minds (four issue mini-series) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Maquis: Soldier of Peace (three issue mini-series) Several one-shots: "", "Worf Special", "Lightstorm", "Special", "Blood & Honor", "The Rules of Diplomacy", "Hostage Situation" Malibu had also apparently obtained rights to produce Voyager comics, but stopped comic production (due to a buyout from Marvel) before any issues were released. Marvel Comics v2 (1995-1998) Done under the imprint "Marvel Presents Paramount Comics", Marvel had rights to produce comics based on all the existing Star Trek properties at the time. Star Trek: Untold Voyages: five monthly issues (based on TOS in the 2270s) : ten monthly issues (based on TOS and TNG) : fifteen monthly issues : fifteen monthly issues and "Splashdown" (four issue mini-series) Star Trek: Early Voyages: seventeen monthly issues based on Pike's era : nineteen monthly issues Several one-shots : "Star Trek: Operation Assimilation", Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror: "Fragile Glass", "", Star Trek - X-Men: "Star TreX", Star Trek - X-Men: "Second Contact", "", and Star Trek: Telepathy War: "Reality's End". WildStorm Comics (1999-2001) DC Comics, through their WildStorm Comics imprint, obtained rights to the Star Trek comics for the third (and to date, final) time. Again published as "Paramount Comics", WildStorm limited their releases to single issues and limited series. : "All of Me" "Enter the Wolves" : Star Trek: The Next Generation - Perchance to Dream (four issue mini-series) "Embrace the Wolf" Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Killing Shadows (four issue mini-series) "The Gorn Crisis" "Forgiveness" : Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - N-Vector (four issue mini-series) : "False Colors" "" "Avalon Rising" Star Trek: Voyager - Planet Killer (three issue mini-series) New Frontier: "Double Time" "Star Trek: Special" Star Trek: Divided We Fall (four issue TNG/DS9 crossover) Tokyopop (2006-2009) Tokyopop published Star Trek: The Manga and Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Manga. The first volume of this series, titled "Shinsei Shinsei", was a collection of five Star Trek stories published in August and September. The stories are based in the TOS-era. A second TOS-based five-story volume, "Kakan ni Shinkou", was released in with a third following mid-. The TNG-era series was released in . Volume 1: "Shinsei Shinsei" Volume 2: "Kakan ni Shinkou" Volume 3: "Uchu" Volume 1: "Boukenshin" IDW Publishing (2007-current) IDW Publishing – publishers of comics based on the CSI, Doctor Who, and 24 TV series – reached a deal with CBS/Paramount to release new Star Trek comics. IDW initially limited their releases to mini-series until the ongoing series based on the 2009 film. The first book, a six-issue mini-series based on The Next Generation, was released in . A second, a TOS-era Klingon-based five-issue mini followed in , with a "Star Trek: Year Four" miniseries following in and an "Alien Spotlight" miniseries starting in . : Star Trek: Klingons - Blood Will Tell Star Trek: Year Four Star Trek: Year Four - The Enterprise Experiment Star Trek: Assignment: Earth Star Trek: Romulans - The Hollow Crown Star Trek: Romulans - Schism Star Trek: Crew Star Trek: Mission's End Star Trek: Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge Star Trek: Khan - Ruling in Hell Star Trek: Infestation (crossover with other IDW titles) Star Trek - Legion of Super-Heroes (crossover with DC Comics) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (photonovel) Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever Star Trek - Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive (crossover with Planet of the Apes) Star Trek: New Visions (photonovels) Star Trek: Year Five Star Trek: Hell's Mirror : Star Trek vs. Transformers (crossover with Transformers) : Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Space Between Star Trek: The Next Generation - Intelligence Gathering Star Trek: The Last Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ghosts Star Trek: The Next Generation - Doctor Who: Assimilation² (crossover with Doctor Who) Star Trek: The Next Generation - Hive Star Trek: Deviations Star Trek: The Next Generation - Mirror Broken Star Trek: The Next Generation - Through the Mirror Star Trek: The Next Generation - Terra Incognita Star Trek: The Next Generation - IDW 20/20 Star Trek: Sky's the Limit Star Trek: The Mirror War DS9: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Fool's Gold Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Too Long a Sacrifice VOY: Star Trek: Voyager - Mirrors and Smoke Star Trek: Voyager - Seven's Reckoning DIS: Star Trek: Discovery - The Light of Kahless Star Trek: Discovery Annual 2018 Star Trek: Discovery - Succession Star Trek: Discovery - Captain Saru Star Trek: Discovery - Aftermath Star Trek: Discovery - Adventures in the 32nd Century PIC: Star Trek: Picard - Countdown Star Trek: Picard - Stargazer LD: Star Trek: Lower Decks () tie-ins: Star Trek: Countdown Star Trek: Spock: Reflections Star Trek: Nero Star Trek: The Official Motion Picture Adaptation Star Trek: Ongoing Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness Star Trek: Khan Star Trek: Boldly Go Star Trek - Green Lantern: The Spectrum War (crossover with DC Comics) Star Trek: Manifest Destiny Star Trek - Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds (crossover with DC Comics) Various time periods: Star Trek: New Frontier - Turnaround Star Trek: Alien Spotlight (volumes I and II) Star Trek: Mirror Images Star Trek: Captain's Log Star Trek Special: Flesh and Stone Star Trek: Waypoint Star Trek: Waypoint Special Star Trek: Waypoint Special 2019 Star Trek: The Q Conflict Star Trek: Spotlight Star Trek #400 Star Trek: Resurgence Star Trek Collected editions: Star Trek Archives Star Trek Omnibus Star Trek Classics Wired magazine (2009) The September 2009 issue of Wired magazine, issue 17.05, contained an online mini comic tied in with the first J.J. Abrams Star Trek film. The comic is available online. When Worlds Collide: Spock Confronts the Ultimate Challenge See also Star Trek: The Complete Comic Book Collection Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection External links - Star Trek Comics and Graphic Novels index de:Star-Trek-Comics es:Comics fr:Comics sv:Serietidningar

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Events April Humanity unofficially makes first contact with the Klingon Empire when Klaang crash-lands in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. () Earth Starfleet launches , its first starship to use the warp five engine, opening up a new age of exploration for Earth. Enterprise also begins Humanity's involvement in the Temporal Cold War with the first encounter with the . () May Enterprise NX-01 makes contact with Sluggo, whom they relocate to another planet after it has difficulty adjusting to the environment on the ship. () June Enterprise NX-01 ran along a protostar a week before the incident at P'Jem. () – Humanity makes first contact with the Andorians; the Andorian Imperial Guard finally corroborates the existence of a Vulcan surveillance listening post at P'Jem. () August The crew of Enterprise prevent the crew of the initiating hostilities between the Nausicaans and Earth Cargo Service freighters. () October The Andorians destroy the facility on P'Jem, though they give sufficient warning for personnel present to evacuate first. () The Paraagan colony on Paraagan II was visited by outsiders. The foreman of the colony would later inform T'Pol of this fact during the 's visit to the planet six months later. () December Enterprise has an encounter with the Ferengi, though the name of the species is not discovered until 2364. (; ) Other Earth first contacts this year include the Akaalis, the Axanar, the Coridanites, the Eska, the Kantare, the Malurians, the Menk, the Valakians, and the Xyrillians. (, , ) Earth reestablishes contact with the lost Terra Nova colony. () T'Pol confides in Commander Charles Tucker III that she had been arranged to be married, a situation that was causing her some concern. () Archer's Comet is discovered by the crew of the Enterprise NX-01 and named after the ship's captain, Jonathan Archer. () Hernandez begins to move away from an explorer's mindset. () experiences what is believed to be the first inter-species pregnancy involving a Human. () Travis Mayweather and Gannet meet each for the last time before the Coalition of Planets talks on Earth in 2155. () Episodes April (in part) May June (approx.) (approx.) July August September October November December External link bg:2151 cs:2151 de:2151 es:2151 fr:2151 it:2151 ja:2151年 nl:2151 sv:2151

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Events By starship or station Stardate 40052: The dilithium crystal chamber that will be used on the Enterprise is designed on outpost Seran T-1. It is installed on the Enterprise at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. () Construction of the Enterprise at Utopia Planitia is completed. Commander Quinteros, who supervised the construction, would later accept a post at Starbase 74. () Stardate 40125.5: The Enterprise is launched from the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. ( dedication plaque; commemorative plaque) Stardate 40759.5: The Enterprise is commissioned at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, Mars. ( dedication plaque) The Enterprise begins its shakedown mission out of spacedock, before returning to dock at Earth Station McKinley. () Prior to formally taking command of the starship, Captain Jean-Luc Picard picks his senior staff, including Geordi La Forge, Natasha Yar, and William T. Riker. He decides on Riker as first officer based on an incident on the . () Jean-Luc Picard assumes command of the Enterprise. ( commemorative plaque) The Olympia, under the command of Captain Lisa Cusak, leaves the Alpha Quadrant on an eight year exploration of the Beta Quadrant. () Stardate 40250.5: The Phoenix is commissioned at the 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards. ( dedication plaque) Terok Nor Natima Lang, an agent of the Cardassian Communication Service, becomes romantically involved with the bartender Quark, who is selling food illegally to the Bajorans. He in turn uses her personal access codes to steal money from the Cardassian government. () Stardate 40291.7: The K.E. Tsiolkovsky – an Federation science vessel – is commissioned at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR. ( dedication plaque) Eight months before her destruction in 2364, this ship is assigned to study the collapse of a red supergiant star into a white dwarf. () Other events On Velara III, drilling operations begin at tapping the water in the subsurface layer. () Admiral Norah Satie begins a four-year period of being stationed at planets and starbase as she works on the cause of preserving the Federation. () On Tyrus VII, Dr. Farallon begins work on the project. () George Primmin becomes a security officer. () Gul Darhe'el dies in his sleep due to a coleibric hemorrhage. () Guls Dukat and Hadar attend a reception at the Bajoran Center for Science to view Odo and his abilities. The Changeling performs the Cardassian "neck trick" to wide acclaim. () Vaatrik marries Pallra. () In his search for the Albino, Dahar master Kang discovers one of the Albino's discarded wives on Dayos IV. Kang fed and clothed her and later told her the story of his murdered son and his quest. Although he suspected that she knew the location, she said nothing. () Greta Vanderweg begins her Starfleet service. () Births Paul Menegay is born. () Artim is born on the Ba'ku planet. () Notes According to , a Terellian cargo freighter crash landed on a Class M planet on stardate 40812. () Starfleet makes their last great intelligence find until the discovery of a crashed Jem'Hadar ship on Torga IV in 2373. () Appendices Apocrypha According to the non-canon video game Star Trek: Starship Creator, B.G. Robinson was promoted to lieutenant junior grade in this year. External link de:2363 es:2363 fr:2363 nl:2363 sv:2363 pl:2363 rok

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Twilight (episode)

The effect of a Delphic Expanse anomaly leaves Archer unable to form any new long-term memories. Twelve years later, he wakes up one morning and is stunned to learn the outcome of the Human-Xindi conflict, including the loss of Earth, and the near-annihilation of the Human race. Summary Teaser Jonathan Archer wakes in his quarters in the midst of battle. He rushes to the bridge, demanding to know what's happening. T'Pol, dressed in a command division Starfleet uniform, orders security to take him back to his quarters. Hoshi interrupts both of them, and everyone stares at the viewscreen as the Xindi weapon emerges from a subspace vortex and fires on Earth. The weapon's powerful energy beam boils the oceans, and the surface begins to splinter. As the bridge crew look on in horror, the molten Earth breaks apart and finally explodes. Act One Archer wakes in a small house and is puzzled to find himself with visible grey hair, cut in a Vulcan-like style. Emerging into the house he finds T'Pol, who now has far longer hair and addresses him by his first name. Archer is puzzled, as T'Pol insists that he sit down for breakfast, promising the full story. She asks him what the last thing he remembers is, and he replies that they were leaving the command center. T'Pol reveals it has been twelve years since then… Twelve years earlier, Archer and T'Pol are discussing the upcoming showing of Rosemary's Baby on movie night. Suddenly the ship rocks as it is hit by anomalies. A powerful one hits and runs through the corridor where Archer and T'Pol are. They try to escape but are caught by the wave, and although they escape serious injury T'Pol is trapped by debris. As another wave is about to hit, Archer tries to free T'Pol despite her urging him to leave. Although he is successful and she escapes, Archer is struck by the full force of the anomaly and is left unconscious. Archer wakes up in sickbay under Phlox's care. Although Archer believes only an hour or so has passed, Phlox reveals he's been there for three days. He explains that the anomaly has infected Archer's hippocampus with interspatial parasites that have left him with , preventing him from forming any long-term memories since the incident. Phlox promises to do everything he can to find a cure. As a result of his profound disability, Archer was relieved of his command and replaced by T'Pol, who accepted a field commission as a captain in Starfleet. Archer attempts to contribute in some way, but finds that any suggestion he makes is one he'd already put forward. T'Pol feels deeply indebted towards Archer, since he saved her from the anomaly and if he hadn't she would have been the one afflicted with the parasites. After the change in command, Enterprise was unable to find the Xindi weapon. When Enterprise drew close to the weapon in 2154, it came under attack by Xindi-Reptilians. Many crewmembers, including Travis Mayweather, died in the assault. The ship also suffered severe damage limiting it to warp 1.7, mainly due to a ramming maneuver T'Pol used to defeat the Reptilians. By the time Enterprise reached the system where it was being constructed, the weapon had already been launched. After destroying Earth, the Xindi continued searching the galaxy, determined to hunt down and kill all Humans. Almost all of Humanity was ruthlessly wiped out. Archer leaves the house, crying, after he hears the bad news. Act Two T'Pol explains to Archer that Enterprise, Intrepid, and another two Starfleet starships led a convoy of around 6,000 surviving Humans to Ceti Alpha V. On this remote world, a secret, desolate refugee camp was built to house the remnants of Human society. Enterprise, under the command of Charles Tucker, was stationed in orbit with the remaining Starfleet vessels. Archer retired to the civilian community on the surface. T'Pol was visited by Soval, who offered her the chance to return to service with the Vulcans in order to ensure her safety from the Xindi. T'Pol refuses, criticizing the Vulcan High Command's policy of holding back Earth's warp program and denying humans the technological advances that could have saved them. Enterprise was the only convoy to reach Ceti Alpha V safely, the others being destroyed by the Xindi, at which point T'Pol resigned her Starfleet commission and chose to remain at the refugee camp to care for Archer. For over nine years, this last outpost of Humanity had survived by remaining hidden from the Xindi. Concluding her story, T'Pol says, "At this point you often wonder if you are the victim of some elaborate deception." Archer admits that the thought did cross his mind. T'Pol makes certain Archer believes her by reminding him about Margaret Mullin, a woman he once asked to marry him. Archer asks how T'Pol could know so intimate a detail, and she explains that their relationship has "evolved." Shortly after T'Pol explains all this, Phlox arrives from Denobula, also looking a little older. He is ready to try out a revolutionary new treatment for Archer's condition, which he has been developing for nearly a decade. Many of Phlox's colleagues in the medical community were convinced that nothing short of a subspace implosion would destroy the parasites (a treatment which, of course, would also kill the patient). Phlox persevered and developed an alternative but energy-intensive treatment which can target and destroy the parasites without any harm to Archer. With T'Pol, they return to Enterprise, where the warp core will provide the energy necessary for the treatment. Act Three Archer receives a hero's welcome aboard his old ship, reuniting with Captain Tucker, Reed and Sato. After the first phase of treatment, Phlox and T'Pol examine records of Archer's brain scans from twelve years ago and realize that the parasites they have eliminated in the present have apparently disappeared from the past as well. If Phlox were to successfully complete the treatment and eliminate all the parasites, then it would be as if the parasites had never existed. This would effectively change history, and Archer would never have suffered from memory loss. Perhaps with Archer in command, Enterprise would have stopped the Xindi weapon, Earth would not have been destroyed, and Humanity would not have been nearly wiped out. Unfortunately, Archer's treatment is cut short when Enterprise detects a small vessel piloted by Yerdrin Lek, a Yridian spy, near Ceti Alpha. Lek admits to Tucker and Reed that he was paid to keep tabs on Phlox and report if he ever left Denobula, allowing the Xindi to find the last outpost of humanity, and that they will be now on their way to annihilate the last of the surviving Humans. With Enterprises power needed for battle, T'Pol and Phlox cannot complete Archer's treatment. Hoshi reports to Captain Tucker that six Xindi ships are entering the system. Act Four The battle begins. At first Enterprise and the other Earth vessels manage to ambush and disable two enemy ships, but ultimately Humanity's last stand does not go well – the Intrepid loses its port nacelle and is forced to withdraw, and Enterprises bridge is destroyed, literally torn from the rest of the ship, killing the bridge officers. As Xindi-Reptilian soldiers board the now-adrift starship and start gunning down the crew, Archer, T'Pol and Phlox decide that removing the parasites is the only way they can save humanity now. They manage to reach engineering only to find the equipment needed for the treatment has been damaged. Archer recalls that Phlox said a subspace implosion would destroy the parasites. Desperate and with nothing to lose, Archer, T'Pol, and Phlox feverishly work at the warp core to trigger an implosion. With Xindi soldiers firing around them, Phlox and T'Pol are killed. Archer is also shot, but with his last breath, he manages to push the final lever which initiates the subspace implosion, destroying Enterprise and the parasites... Archer wakes up in sickbay, not long after he saved T'Pol from the spatial anomaly. Phlox reports that he only suffered a mild concussion, but requests to keep him overnight for observation. T'Pol thanks Archer for saving her from the anomaly despite the risk of a serious injury, and gives him Rosemary's Baby on a PADD since he'll no longer be able to make movie night. After she (at Archer's request) turns down the lights and gives him a extra pillow, Archer jokes she'd make a good nurse. Memorable quotes "You'll enjoy it. Rosemary's Baby. It'll scare the hell out of you." - Archer explains to T'Pol what will be playing on movie night "In the corridor, when the anomaly hit, I urged you to leave me behind – if you had, it's likely Id be the one suffering from this… condition." "Fortunately, I don't take orders from you." "Captain… I never expressed my gratitude for what you did." "I suppose there's not much point in thanking me… a few hours from now, I won't remember." - T'Pol and an infected Archer "We've taken nine prisoners, but the brig was only designed for two. I'm not sure what to do with the others." "Blow 'em out the airlock!" "Put them in crew quarters under heavy guard." - Reed, Tucker, and T'Pol discussing what to do with their Xindi prisoners "For now, the best I can give you is warp 1.7!" "We're not going to get very far at that speed." - Tucker and Reed, as Reed responds to the status of the engines "This planet is barely Minshara-class. Maybe we should've picked one with a little more blue and green on it." - Tucker, commenting on the desolate state of the planet below "Our relationship has evolved over the years." "Exactly how far has it evolved?" - T'Pol explains to Archer how close they have become in twelve years "Did everyone get their own ship while I was gone?" - Archer, after learning that Tucker and Reed, as well as T'Pol, had been promoted to captain in his absence "It couldn't have been easy for you, telling me the same story over and over again for twelve years." "I don't always tell it in detail." "I hope I've told you this before, but… I'm very grateful for everything you've done for me." - Archer and T'Pol, discussing her role as his caretaker "Your engineers won't let us continue the captain's treatment!" "Those were my orders – look, I'd do anything to help the captain, but we've got bigger problems at the moment." "This may be the only solution to your problems, captain." "Destroying these parasites is most likely the key to saving Humanity – and Earth." - Phlox, Tucker, and T'Pol, after the effects of the treatment has been discovered "This image was taken a few minutes ago. You can see the region where I eradicated the first cluster of parasites? It's gone in this image as well…This scan was taken over twelve years ago. The cluster has disappeared from all the scans I've taken over the last twelve years – it's as though it never existed at all." "By destroying the organisms in the present, we appeared to have neutralized them in the past." "We know they're from another spatial domain. Apparently they also exist outside of time – if we can eliminate all of the parasites, it's possible the captain's infection will never have occurred!" - Phlox and T'Pol, explaining their fateful discovery to Captain Tucker "If the Xindi are on the way, there's very little we can do to stop them." "Well we can't just run up the white flag." - T'Pol and Tucker, after he denies her request "Our shields are holding. Nice to know they work in combat." "Remind me to send a thank you note to General Shran." - Reed and Tucker, discussing Enterprises deflector shields, previously untested in battle (Horrified) "The bridge is gone…" (Realizing there's no one to stop her from treating Archer) "T'Pol to Phlox… meet us in engineering. We're going to finish the procedure." "We don't have time to worry about parasites right now." "That's not necessarily true." - Archer and T'Pol "I'm sorry , Captain – the chamber's been damaged." (Archer initially looks up in horror, before remembering that there was another way) "Didn't you say we could destroy the parasites with a subspace implosion?" "Yes, but that would…" "Can we create one?" "We would have to overload three plasma injectors – that would send a feedback pulse through the reactor." "You'll destroy the ship!" "At this point, it won't make much of a difference!" - Phlox, Archer and T'Pol "You two, get to a shuttlepod. They're only after Humans – if this doesn't work out, you'll still have a chance…(the Vulcan and Denobulan exchange a quick glance, and T'Pol walks up to the warp core to render assistance)… That's an order!" "With all due respect, you were relieved of command." - Archer, and T'Pol "You could've been seriously injured – I told you to leave me behind." "Fortunately, I don't take orders from you." - T'Pol and an uninfected Archer, in the restored timeline "You know… you'd make a wonderful nurse." - Archer to T'Pol, after she got him an extra pillow Background information Story and script According to Mike Sussman, this story was originally pitched as an episode for , with Kathryn Janeway as the afflicted captain, and Chakotay as her caretaker. Sussman commented, "It was my attempt at writing a love story for those two, but I couldn't sell the Voyager producers on the idea. It turned out to work better as an Archer and T'Pol story anyway, with the background of the Xindi war upping the stakes." A "Time-line" page in the front of the script explains that the "episode takes place in four different time periods." They are: "The Present" (October, 2153); the "Very Near Future" (April, 2154, approximately six months in the future); the "Near Future" (a year and a half in the future, or mid-2155); and "The Future" (twelve years in the future, 2165). The slugline of each scene in the script includes the specified time period, "EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE - VERY NEAR FUTURE (OPTICAL)," for example. Responding to criticisms of the use of the "reset button" at the end of the episode, Sussman commented, "I wanted Archer and/or T'Pol to take away something from that experience, too – but to me it would have been a cheat to do that. Archer doesn't get 'thrown back in time' when the parasites are destroyed; we as the writers simply decided to cut back to that point of departure where his life had changed. So why would he have remembered future events from an alternate reality that (a) are in an alternate reality and (b) haven't happened yet? That show was set 20 years in the future; say in the real Star Trek universe, Archer is now the first president of the Federation and he's married to T'Pol – we could have just cut back to that and said, 'OK, it's 20 years later, still' we haven't changed the time, but we're back in the proper timeline. Well, that would have been bizarre." In selecting Ceti Alpha V as a setting for this episode, Mike Sussman was influenced by the film . The choice of this planet as the location of the last Human colony was something of a "cruel joke" on the part of Sussman. Even if the Human survivors managed to escape detection by the Xindi, their planet will be made uninhabitable in a little over a hundred years when Ceti Alpha VI explodes, as explained in The Wrath of Khan. (Information provided by Mike Sussman) Enterprise shepherding a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" to a new home after the destruction of Earth was an homage by writer Mike Sussman to . Sussman had read a bootlegged copy of the pilot script for the re-imagined series prior to writing "Twilight". (Information provided by Mike Sussman) Although not acknowledged in dialogue, Hoshi sports lieutenant's bars on her uniform in the future. She's also carrying a book to give to Archer. In a line deleted from an earlier version of the script, she hands Archer the hardcover and says, "The Vonnegut collection you asked for." When Archer reacts, puzzled, she adds, "I know you don’t remember asking for it... but trust me, you did." Archer responds, "Look forward to reading it... twenty or thirty times." The reference was an homage to the author of , another story with a time-jumping protagonist, much like Archer in this episode. Captain Archer's condition may have been inspired by the real-life story of Henry Molaison. In 1953, in an attempt to cure him of epilepsy, Mr. Molaison had two thirds of his hippocampi, parahippocampal cortices, entorhinal cortices, piriform cortices, and amygdalae removed. From that point on, Molaison (or "H. M.", as he soon became known in medical texts) became unable to commit new facts to long-term memory. For each subsequent day, until his death in 2008, people had to explain to him, like T'Pol does for Archer in this episode, what date it was and what had happened since 1953, including having to break to him the death of his parents. The long-term study of Molaison's case revolutionized the understanding of the organization of Human memory and formed the basis of what we know today on the subject. The final draft script for "Twilight", revisions of which were submitted on and , gave the Yridian spy the name of "Yerdrin Lek". Earlier drafts called him "Yedrin Koss", but this was changed because there were already two Star Trek characters with similar names: host Yedrin Dax and T'Pol's husband Koss. Promotional materials for the episode used the earlier, incorrect name, which became widely disseminated. It is worth noting the character's name is never mentioned in the episode as aired. The effect shot of the Intrepid losing its nacelle was not originally scripted. Originally, a line of dialogue was meant to deliver this information; however, the effect was deemed to carry a greater impact to the audience, so it was included in the final edit of this installment. Captain Tucker's comment about Enterprises shields, "I think we’re going to find out how much of a beating these new shields can take," was written as a deliberate homage to a line of dialogue from . In that episode, Benjamin Sisko comments about the , "Looks like we're going to find out just how much of a pounding this ship can take." ("Twilight" audio commentary, ENT Season 3 Blu-ray special features) Production Computer monitors aboard the alternate-timeline Enterprise sport a red, yellow and green color scheme (rather than red, yellow and blue), similar to the computer panels used during the 23rd century, as seen in . A scene with an aged Porthos (twelve years older) was shot for the future sequences, but didn't make it into the final show. In the "present" scenes, a scene was cut at movie night where Archer told T'Pol about Porthos being stressed, and that he might benefit from neuropressure. Archer's grey hair is actually a trimmed version of one of the early test wigs for Soval. The actors embraced this, theorizing that, after many years of living together on the planet, T'Pol was now cutting Archer's hair, hence the slightly Vulcan style. (Information provided by Mike Sussman). In an interview with Star Trek.com during filming, Scott Bakula told the site, "We just started an episode today that's potentially the best script we've had and the best show to date, called "Twilight." Continuity The Earth colony is established on Ceti Alpha V, first mentioned in as the planet on which Captain James T. Kirk of the exiles genetic superman Khan Noonien Singh in the prime timeline. An Earth convoy destroyed in the Mutara system is mentioned by Soval, a reference to the site of the climactic battle between Kirk and Khan, depicted in . The final battle establishes that Enterprise had received tactical upgrades, including defensive shields, from "General" Shran, who, in the prime universe, played an invaluable role in saving Earth from the Xindi in and . The object Archer uses to fatally stab a Reptilian soldier is a miniature replica of the Zefram Cochrane statue described by Geordi La Forge in . The visual effects team were apparently confused by the time-jumping narrative, as the appearance of Enterprise changes inexplicably at times in the episode. About thirteen minutes into the installment, or "six months in the future" (April, 2154, according to the script), T'Pol rams the ship into a Xindi vessel, severely damaging the starboard nacelle. Chronologically, the next scene in the narrative is the opening sequence, when Enterprise arrives at Earth and sees the planet destroyed by the Xindi superweapon. In this scene, the starboard nacelle and its Bussard collector is undamaged. The next time Enterprise appears in the timeline, 17 minutes into the episode, the ship is escorting a convoy of Earth vessels to safety. Here, the starboard nacelle appears heavily damaged again, exactly as it appeared after T'Pol rammed the ship. The nacelle is apparently repaired "for good" during the year it takes Enterprise and its convoy to travel to the Ceti Alpha system, as explained by T'Pol to Archer. The episode offers no indication as to how the crippled Enterprise, reduced to warp 1.7 speed, was able to reach Earth to witness its destruction by the Xindi weapon. had previously established that it took Enterprise seven weeks at warp 5 just to reach the border of the Delphic Expanse. Writer Mike Sussman revealed that his original intent was to indicate that Enterprise traversed the distance via Xindi subspace vortex, which would have been visible outside Archer's window in the opening scene. This idea was dropped largely for budgetary reasons; and also to avoid confusing the audience with a visual effect that had yet to be designed or established. In the unaltered prime timeline, Enterprise returned to Earth and stopped the Xindi weapon by "hitching a ride" inside a Xindi-Aquatic cruiser, which used a subspace vortex to make the journey in time. (ENT: Zero Hour) Reception "Twilight" proved to be one of the most popular episodes of the series with critics and viewers. The installment was chosen as the "#1 Fan Favorite Episode" in a Viewers' Choice poll conducted by UPN during Enterprises final season. It was re-broadcast on 8 April 2005 in that context. The Washington Post noted that "Twilight" was Enterprise's "highest rated episode" in their analysis of ratings from the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) in 2014. The guidebook Star Trek 101 by Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block lists this episode as one of the "Ten Essential Episodes" from Star Trek: Enterprise (p. 260). Readers of Star Trek Magazine selected "Twilight" as one of the "Top Five" episodes of the series ("Who's on Top?," Issue No. 124, 17 November 2005). Critic Stephanie Lucianovic at , aka "Keckler," said that the episode will "get your Heart of Khan pumping with righteous Trekkie excitement," adding that the producers have "come up with something amazing that is completely, unabashedly, and unreservedly worthy of high praise." She gave the episode a grade of "A+," while her site's readers graded it "A." Reviewer James Michael Kozak on Ain't It Cool News, aka "Hercules Strong," said that the storyline "cribs shamelessly" from a number of episodes in the Star Trek franchise, including , , , and , but that "this [episode] remained just different enough for me to kind of love it." He added that the episode presented the viewer "a very real sense of what is at stake in this bizarre conflict with the Xindi" for the first time, and that he was "moved" by the evolution of T'Pol's relationship with Archer. Kozak gave the episode four out of five stars. "Mike Sussman's script for 'Twilight' is an intriguing piece of work," writes Matthew Kresal at WarpedFactor.com. He adds, "It's also a turning point for Enterprise as a whole and was the first sign of what the series might be capable of. On its own it stands out as one of Star Trek's best alternate timeline episodes and rightfully so." Jamahl Epsicokhan at Jammer's Reviews wrote that the episode had "many familiar elements, but [is] a very solid episode nonetheless." Epsicokhan awarded it three-and-a-half out of four stars, saying the installment "ups the action quotient to literally apocalyptic levels. All the while, it conveys an intimate character story that works in its own right. The Little Character Drama merges with the Big Action Spectacle and it all somehow holds together and seems justified and compelling." Writer Darren Mooney at The M0vie Blog.com says that "'Twilight' is a surprisingly affecting love story, one that uses a science-fiction premise to capture a very human situation." He added that, "[Mike] Sussman is a writer with a very clear fascination and engagement with continuity and consistency... ['Twilight'] is a beautiful and thoughtful piece of Star Trek, an absolute triumph." Blogger J.P. Halt at his website Random Musings rated the episode 10/10, writing, "Mike Sussman, who is arguably the show's best writer, has crafted a very smart script." Halt added: "Overall, this is probably the best 'reset button' episode the Trek franchise ever crafted. It's one of of a very small handful of outstanding Enterprise episodes, and a contender for the series' best." "Ex Deus" at TrekWeb gave the episode 9.5 out of 10 stars, saying "Scott Bakula gives one of his best performances as Archer." DVD releases As part of the ENT Season 3 DVD As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Alternate Realities Links and references Guest Stars Gary Graham as Soval Brett Rickaby as Yerdrin Lek Co-Star Richard Anthony Crenna as Guard Uncredited Co-Stars Joey Anaya as Xindi-Reptilian soldier David Keith Anderson as operations crewman Breezy as Porthos Dominic Calandra as command lieutenant Keith Campbell as command crewman Jacob Chambers as Xindi-Reptilian soldier Jason Collins as R. Ryan Mark Correy as Alex Ian Eyre as Xindi-Reptilian soldier Duncan K. Fraser as Walsh Peter Godoy as command crewman Scott Hill as Hutchison John Jurgens as Xindi-Reptilian soldier Ricky Lomax as W. Woods Aouri Makhlouf as sciences crewman Marti Matulis as Xindi-Reptilian soldier Gil Rosales as operations crewman Justin Sundquist as operations crewman Ator Tamras as A. Tamras Chris Torres as B. Moreno Mark Wagner as operations crewman Stunt Doubles Vince Deadrick, Jr. as Stunt double for Scott Bakula Stunt double for John Billingsley Boni Yanagisawa as stunt double for Jolene Blalock References Air Group Ten; Alpha Centauri; alternate timeline; anomaly; anterograde amnesia; antimatter inducer; antiproton beam; blue; boarding party; boatswain's whistle; buyer; ; Ceti Alpha system; Ceti Alpha V; Ceti Alpha V settlement; chromosphere; classroom; close orbit; Command Council; concussion; convoy; corridor; Delphic Expanse; Denobula; distress call; duranium; Earth; feedback pulse; field commission; flight school; ; garbage scow; general; green; hell; high warp; hippocampus; hour; information dealer; intermediary; interspatial flux; interspatial parasite; Jupiter Station; leader; long-term memory; Martian colonies (Mars); millicochrane; Minshara class; microcellular scan; movie night; ; Mutara sector; Mutara system; nacelle; neurosurgeon; phase cannon; plasma injector; plasma torch; quantum theorist; radiolytic signature; ; reserve power; Rosemary's Baby; Rigelian flamegem; senior officer; sentry probe; shields; ; starboard; subspace buoy; subspace implosion; supply locker; tissue damage; transporter; turbolift; Vega colony; Vulcan; ; Vulcan database; Vulcan High Command; warp coil; white flag; Westgate Avenue; Yridians; Zefram Cochrane's statue Starship references Andorian cruiser (one); (two); (two); Denobulan shuttle; ; Intrepid; ; J class (two); ; Rigellian scoutship (two); "Warp Deltas" (two); Xindi-Insectoid starship; Xindi-Reptilian warship; Y class (two); Yridian vessel Unreferenced material Jack Archer External links cs:Twilight de:Dämmerung es:Twilight fr:Twilight (épisode) ja:ENT:留められない記憶 nl:Twilight ENT episodes

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USS Yellowstone

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Yesterday's Enterprise (episode)

While investigating a temporal rift, the Enterprise encounters a ghost from its own past – the USS Enterprise-C, which travels twenty two years into the future and changes the course of history. With the flow of history changed, Tasha Yar still lives and the Federation is losing a decades-long war with the Klingon Empire. Summary Teaser Worf is sitting alone in Ten Forward when Guinan comes over to his table and hands him a glass and asks him to try the drink. Worf tries it and is extremely surprised to find that he loves the drink. Guinan tells Worf it's an Earth drink, prune juice, which Worf refers to as "a warrior's drink" after taking a sip. Guinan notes that Worf always drinks alone and suggests that he seek out some companionship. However, Worf says he would need a Klingon woman for companionship as he considers Earth females to be too fragile. He then laughs loudly when Guinan tells him there are women aboard who might find him tame, a thought he considers impossible. When Guinan playfully calls him a coward for saying he'll never know when she says he should find out, Worf says he was merely concerned for the safety of his fellow crewmates. Just then, a strange phenomenon appears outside Ten Forward's windows and Worf is called to the bridge. Guinan stands up and looks toward the phenomenon and simply utters "No." Arriving on the bridge, Worf is told that the has encountered what appears to be a strange temporal rift in space. Investigating, the crew are unable to confirm exactly what and precisely where the phenomenon is. Worf reports a change in sensor readings. Captain Picard turns his back on Worf and asks Data for more information, who begins to check the sensors. As a starship emerges from the rift, the bridge of the Enterprise changes. It now appears much darker and the crew's uniforms have more of a militaristic flair to them. No one present seems aware of the changes. Picard turns to the tactical station and asks if the ship that emerged is an enemy vessel. However Worf is gone, and Natasha Yar stands in his place. Troi has also disappeared. Down in a much more brightly lit Ten Forward, as Guinan clears a table, everyone is in uniform and all are armed. She straightens up and senses something isn't right, that everything has changed. As the starship clears the rift, Yar confirms it as a Federation starship and tries to access the ship's registry. Commander Riker notes the crew must have had a rough ride. Yar reads the ship's registry as NCC-1701-C, which causes Picard and Riker to turn toward her in astonishment as Yar finishes reading the name of the ship… . Act One "Military log, combat date 43625.2. While investigating an unusual radiation anomaly, the Enterprise has encountered what could almost be called a ghost from its own past – the Enterprise-C, the immediate predecessor to this battleship." On the altered bridge of the Enterprise, Data reports that the sensors confirm that the other ship's hull and engine components are of the Enterprise-C's time period. When Wesley Crusher mentions that the Enterprise-C was destroyed with all hands more than twenty years previous, Data corrects him, saying that the ship was presumed destroyed near Narendra III, a Klingon outpost. Captain Picard wonders if the ship was adrift for all the years it's been missing or perhaps traveled through time. Data says that if time travel does turn out to be the proper theory then the phenomenon they have encountered is a temporal rift, such as a Kerr loop in space which is most certainly unstable and capable of collapsing at any time. Yar then reports that she is able to scan the interior of the ship and she reports heavy damage but she does detect sporadic life signs. Riker calls sickbay to prepare emergency teams and orders the transporter rooms to standby, but Picard belays Riker's orders, reminding him that if the other ship has indeed traveled through time then they could be dealing with variables that might alter the flow of their history. At that moment, Yar tells Picard that the Enterprise-C is sending out an audio distress call, and Picard orders it put on speakers. "This is Captain Garrett of the starship Enterprise to any Federation ship. We have been attacked by Romulan warships and require immediate assistance. We've lost warp drive, life support is failing." Riker mentions that there was no record of Romulans ever attacking the Enterprise-C and then Yar reports the voice message has terminated and they are now receiving only an automated signal from the vessel. Picard then orders a channel opened and tells the Enterprise-C that he is "Captain Picard of the Federation… of a Federation starship" and tells Garrett to stand by for emergency teams. He then tells Riker to assess the situation and attend to their wounded and above all, avoid all discussions of where and when they are. Riker says he will and takes Yar with him for the away team. Just then, Crusher tells Picard that Starfleet monitor stations are detecting Klingon ships in the area and on their way, and Picard orders Wesley Crusher to put the ship on battle alert, condition yellow. Meanwhile, the Enterprise-C is in bad shape. The away team beams aboard the bridge and Dr. Crusher reports the rest of the bridge crew are dead and that the captain is seriously injured. Finding the captain nearly unconscious in her command chair, Crusher and Riker tell Garrett they are from a Federation ship and that they are here to assist. When Dr. Crusher tells Riker she must take Garrett back to Enterprise, Garrett demands an explanation, but Riker simply tells her they are from a Federation ship that answered their distress signal and that they will answer all questions, but for now they must get her to sickbay. With that, Garrett relents and allows Crusher to transport themselves back directly to sickbay. At the same time, chief engineer Geordi La Forge tells Riker the ship is in pretty bad shape. Riker tells him if they can't stabilize life support they will have to evacuate the ship; La Forge says he can do it, but he'll have to go to engineering, so he calls a damage control party to engineering. Then Yar and Riker notice some rustling underneath some debris. They pull the debris off and discover another survivor, Lt. Richard Castillo, the ship's helmsman. Picard arrives back on the bridge in time for a report from the away team. Riker reports back that they've stabilized life support and that La Forge is working on repairing the main power couplings. He also tells Picard that there are 125 survivors aboard the Enterprise-C. When Picard asks for recommendations, Riker says that he'd hate to have to lose the ship, as Starfleet could certainly use another vessel, even if it is old. While Picard agrees, he also cautions Riker that they can't stay in the area too long. Picard allows Riker nine hours to get the Enterprise-C underway to Starbase 105. If they are unable to do so, then the survivors will be evacuated and the ship will be destroyed. At that moment, Guinan enters the bridge. Seemingly disoriented, she walks up to Picard. When Picard notices her, she says she needs to speak to Picard, claiming: "This is not the way it's supposed to be." Act Two In the observation lounge, Picard questions Guinan's perceptions. She tells him that things don't feel "right" to her, such as the bridge, the crew's uniforms, their attitudes. Picard counters that the bridge is just as it has always been, and asks what else has changed. Families, Guinan says. There should be children on the Enterprise. Astounded, Picard reminds her that the Federation is at war. Guinan responds that it is not, or at least is not supposed to be. She tells Picard that Enterprise isn't a ship of war, but of peace. And the only way to restore things is to send the displaced Enterprise-C back to its own time. Picard arrives in sickbay to meet Captain Garrett, who has just undergone surgery. Garrett asks where they came from, but Picard deflects her question with wanting to know how her ship ended up here. Garrett tells Picard that they were responding to a distress signal from the Klingon outpost on Narendra III and asks if Picard heard it, but he says they didn't. Garrett comments she's never seen a sickbay like the one she's in, not even on a starbase, nor has she ever seen their uniforms before. She asks what ship she's on. Crusher urges Garrett to be still and relax, but she insists on finding out what ship she is on. Picard tells her that she is aboard the Enterprise 1701-D, a revelation that stuns Garrett. Picard tells her they have traveled twenty-two years into the future. Garrett wants to know if the crew has been informed and Picard says they haven't. Garrett says she should inform them and Picard hesitantly offers to do so. When Garrett inquires as to why, Picard explains his concern that if they return with future knowledge, it could upset the timeline even more than their current position has done. Garrett says that they barely escaped with their lives. Picard tells Garrett that history never recorded their last stand against the Romulans. Garrett says they responded to a distress call from Narendra III and engaged the Romulan forces attacking the outpost, but that there were four s against the lone Enterprise. Picard tells her that the outpost was destroyed, and laments that if a Federation starship could have rescued a Klingon outpost, it just might have averted twenty years of war. Back aboard the Enterprise-C, Castillo struggles with the news that he is twenty-two years out of time, as Lt. Yar works to bring the weapons systems up to spec, and attempts to rationalize the situation. Castillo wonders about his family and laments that they're probably dead, but Tasha tells him that that's not necessarily true. She then tells Castillo that he might not like the future as the war has been very long. She tells him that the Federation has lost more than half of Starfleet to the Klingons. Castillo remarks that negotiations for a peace treaty were well underway when the Enterprise left on her mission. Yar says there have been a lot of changes. Castillo suggests she fill him in on them. Back on the Enterprise-D, Data tells Picard that the anomaly is likely symmetrical. Picard asks Data about what would happen if the Enterprise-C were to return through the rift. Data tells him that she would emerge in the midst of battle, at almost the exact instant she left. Picard asks if there's any chance of the ship surviving and Data says there isn't. Picard realizes then that sending the Enterprise-C and her crew back would be a death sentence. Act Three Having returned to the Enterprise, Yar tells Castillo that it was the first battleship built by the Federation and that Enterprise can transport as many as six thousand troops at once. Yar says she was lucky to get the Enterprise and Castillo says he was too, referring of course, to the Enterprise-C. They arrive at sickbay and brief Captain Garrett on the Enterprise-C's current tactical state. When Garrett tells Castillo to concentrate on the ship's weapon systems, Yar tells her that there are Klingon battleships in the area. With that news, Garrett sits up, asks Castillo why she wasn't informed, and then tells an intervening Beverly Crusher that she must resume her duties; when Crusher protests that Garrett needs another 24 hours of rest, Garrett tells Crusher that twenty-four hours might as well be twenty-four years. Guinan once again comes to Picard in the conference lounge, now transformed into a strategic operations center. Picard asks if she has any more information, but Guinan doesn't. Without more information, without proof, Picard can't let them return. Guinan states he must. With barely restrained anger and slamming his fist on the table, Picard tells her the Enterprise-C crew would die moments after returning. Guinan tells Picard that she wishes she had more information but she doesn't. She only has a very strong feeling that this is wrong. Picard then asks who decides which timeline is the right one? Guinan says she does. That isn't good enough for Picard. He will not allow one hundred and twenty-five people to sacrifice their lives on her "feeling." Forty billion people have already been lost in this war, Guinan snaps back, a war that isn't and shouldn't be happening. She repeats that the only way to save those billions is to sacrifice that small group of people. But there is no guarantee of success, and everything Picard is tells him that the idea is wrong, dangerous, and futile. Guinan tells Picard that in all the years he's known her, she's never forced herself on anyone, or to take a stand based on whimsical triviality. Guinan tells Picard that she's told him what he must do and Picard only has his trust in her to base his decision on. Guinan then returns to Ten Forward, where she runs into Yar and Castillo, discussing improvements to the deflector system, how her Enterprise could now probably last twice as long in a firefight than the Enterprise-C. Guinan feels extreme uneasiness at Yar's very presence as she moves towards the bar. There is a brief, awkward conversation between the two in regards to Yar ordering their food rations for the meal. Yar tells Castillo that is the first time she's ever seen Guinan like that. While Guinan goes to prepare their food, Yar and Castillo's conversation continues, with Castillo's head spinning a little due to the tactics that Tasha explained, which were more than what he learned at the Academy. Yar tells him he'll need it. Then the conversation heads toward more personal territory. Tasha asks what she should call him, now that they've decided they're probably past referring to each other by rank. Yar tells Castillo to call her Tasha and Castillo says everyone except his mother, who calls him Richard, calls him Castillo. But when Yar tries calling him Castillo, he decides he'd rather she call him Richard. Just then, their conversation is interrupted by a call from Picard, ordering all senior officers to his ready room. Heading out, Yar and Guinan share another uncomfortable glance. Picard briefs the senior officers on his decision. Crusher is astounded that Picard is going to send them back based solely on Guinan's intuition. Riker says there's no way the Enterprise-C can save Narendra III. Yar then tells Picard that Captain Garrett reported four Romulan warbirds, leaving the Enterprise-C severely outmanned and outgunned. La Forge then presents the possibility of re-arming the Enterprise-C with modern weapons, but Picard vetoes it, saying if they do that they'll alter the past. Riker asks if that isn't what they're talking about but Picard says they're talking about restoring the past. La Forge wonders how Guinan would know history has been altered if she's been altered along with everyone else. Data suspects that possibly her species has a perception which goes beyond linear time. Picard says there's much about her people they don't understand but fundamentally she is correct as a ship from the past has traveled through time and there is no way for them to know what effect that might have on the present and that they may never know but Picard has decided the consequences are too great to ignore. When Picard dismisses them, Riker begins to offer his opinion, although Picard anticipates him, telling Riker that he's not seeking their consent and that this was merely a briefing. Riker respectfully tells Picard he's asking 125 people to die a meaningless death. Data disagrees that it would absolutely be meaningless, pointing out that since the Klingons regard honor above all else, that if the crew of Enterprise-C died fighting for the survival of a Klingon outpost, it would be considered a meaningful act of honor by the Klingon Empire. Picard notes that their deaths might prevent the entire war, noting if Enterprise-C returns to the battle and its mission is a success, it will irrevocably change history, creating a new future for all of them. Having considered all the alternatives, Picard decides to go with Guinan's recommendation and this time, rather emphatically dismisses everyone. Preoccupied by a comment made by La Forge and Crusher about whether they'll even be alive in an alternate timeline as they depart the ready room, Yar joins Data in the bridge's fore turbolift. Yar comments that she's worried about what will happen to Castillo; Data points out that if history is restored, they will have no memory of these events, which disturbs Yar even more. As the crew of the Enterprise-C continue repairs, Garrett and Picard discuss possibilities for the ship either staying or returning, and the probability of Guinan's accuracy. Garrett gently asks if Picard trusts Guinan's judgement. Picard answers that he learned long ago to trust his old friend's wisdom. He offers to arrange for Guinan and Captain Garrett to speak in person, an offer she declines. Garrett knows there is no chance for survival, and suggests the Enterprise-D return with them, and Picard says he can't. Garrett accepts this, saying Picard doesn't belong in her time any more than she belongs in Picard's. She then tells Picard how many of the Enterprise-C's crew want to return, some for not wanting to be without their loved ones and some because they don't like the idea of sneaking out in the middle of a fight. But Garrett has told her crew that the Federation needs another ship against the Klingons and they need to get used to the idea. Picard then tells her if she goes back it could be much more helpful. He then lowers his voice and reveals a disturbing fact to Garrett: the war is going very badly for the Federation, much worse than is generally known. According to Picard, Starfleet Command believes that defeat is inevitable and within six months, they may have no choice but to surrender. Garrett asks if this was caused by their presence. Picard says that one starship can make no impact in the present… but twenty-two years ago, one ship could have stopped the war before it even started. Garrett tells Castillo to inform the crew they will return to their own time. She promises Picard that the Romulans will get a good fight, and that history will remember their actions. Picard tells Garrett he knows they will. As Picard beams back to the Enterprise-D, Yar and Castillo say their goodbyes but they are interrupted by an attack from a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, on a scouting mission. Yar mans the tactical station quickly and prepares to fight the Klingons. Garrett contacts the Enterprise-D and asks if Picard made it safely back and Riker acknowledges that he did. Despite fire from the Enterprise-D, the Bird-of-Prey scores some crucial hits on the Enterprise-C, causing a panel near Garrett to explode in sparks, sending her to the ground. As the Bird-of-Prey disappears under cloak, Picard hails Garrett and asks for a damage report but there is no response. After a second hail, Yar contacts Picard and reports that Captain Garrett is dead (having been killed by a piece of shrapnel embedding itself in her head). Act Four In the Strategic Operations Center, Castillo enters and tells Picard he is prepared to lead the Enterprise back himself. Riker, though, is skeptical, as Castillo is the last surviving senior officer, having limited support from ops, no tactical, and reduced staff in engineering. Castillo interrupts Riker and tells Picard he has good people who wish to do their jobs. Riker believes history didn't mean for the Enterprise-C to enter this battle without Captain Garrett and while Castillo can't speak to that extent, he knows he can get the job done. Just then, Data contacts Picard and informs him that likely due to the battle with the Klingons, the temporal rift is destabilizing. Tasha says they can't remain there as their coordinates have likely been transmitted to the Klingon Command. Castillo says then that he intends to return unless Picard orders him otherwise. He then tells Picard that he can have his ship ready in a few hours, that they sustained only moderate damage. With that information, Picard gives his assent and tells Castillo that they will provide cover. Yar takes Castillo to the transporter room where they bid each other farewell again and then after joking about how they seem to have all the time one can afford to have, share a tender kiss, and then Castillo beams back to the Enterprise-C. From there, Yar goes to Ten Forward to confront Guinan about her fate in the other timeline. Guinan says she doesn't have alternate biographies of the crew, but Yar says there's something to the way Guinan looks at her recently and that they've known each other too long for these secrets. Guinan finally reveals that she feels like they weren't meant to know each other at all. Guinan then tells Yar that she's supposed to be dead and while she doesn't know how she died, she does know it was an empty death, that Yar was without reason or purpose. Yar meets Picard in his ready room and asks for a transfer to the Enterprise-C, which is in need of a tactical officer. Picard asks why and she says they need one, but Picard says they need her here. Yar then tells him she's not supposed to be there and that she's supposed to be dead. Picard allows Tasha to sit and is also disturbed that Guinan felt it necessary to give Yar that information, but Yar responds that she wanted to know. Picard tells Yar she doesn't belong on Enterprise-C. Tasha agrees, she says that Captain Garrett belongs there but she's dead. She then says there may be some logic in her request, which Picard angrily disagrees with, saying that, after he calms his voice, "There's no logic in this at all! Whether they succeed or not, the Enterprise-C will be destroyed." Yar says that with someone skilled at tactical they might be able to make the difference in the conflict. It may only be seconds or minutes, but that could be the time it takes to change history. Yar says she didn't like the thought of dying for no real reason and that, knowing the risks that come with being a Starfleet officer, if she is to die being one, she wants that death to count for something. Picard considers for a moment, and then simply and quietly, grants Yar permission to go. She stands, thanks Picard, and leaves the Enterprise-D for the last time. Aboard the Enterprise-C, Castillo is making final preparations for departure, placing crewmembers at ops and conn, just as Tasha reports for duty at tactical. Incredulous, Castillo wants to know what she's doing and she tells Castillo about how Captain Picard approved her transfer request. Castillo tells Yar they're going back through the rift, into battle and not coming back. Yar says that's why she came. Quietly, Castillo then tells her he doesn't want her aboard, but Yar dares him to find someone in his crew better suited than her to do the job. Castillo knows she is right and welcomes Yar aboard the Enterprise-C. Starting to step away from her, he orders her to take her station. Yar does so as Castillo moves over and sits in the captain's chair… Act Five "Military log, supplemental. Lieutenant Tasha Yar has transferred to the Enterprise-C, where she has taken over tactical duties. Meanwhile, our long-range scanners have picked up Klingon battle cruisers on an intercept course." Wesley reports three battle cruisers are en route to intercept the two Enterprises. Picard notes how the Klingons don't even bother to cloak themselves. Riker is surprised at their audacity, after the pasting they apparently gave the Klingons during a recent battle at Archer IV. Picard nods, and then addresses the crew through the ship's intercom: "Attention all hands. As you know, we could outrun the Klingon vessels. But we must protect the Enterprise-C until she enters the temporal rift. And we must succeed! Let's make sure history never forgets… the name… Enterprise. Picard out." The battle begins as the Klingon ships focus all of their firepower on the Enterprise-D, whose shields hold. Riker, manning the tactical station, reports photon torpedoes ready and Picard orders them fired using dispersal pattern Sierra. Data reports one enemy ship was hit with moderate shield damage. Another volley from the Klingons causes minor damage to the Enterprises secondary hull. As Picard orders a course change, Wesley reports one of the enemy ships is breaking off to attack the Enterprise-C. Picard tells Wesley to keep them within two hundred kilometers of the Enterprise-C, and Wesley turns course to intercept that Klingon ship, with Riker returning fire after the Klingons attack the Enterprise-C. La Forge reports from engineering that a starboard power coupling is down and antimatter containment fields suffered damage. Wesley reports the Klingon warships are flanking the ship in an attempt to draw them away from the Enterprise-C. Picard then orders continuous fire of all phaser banks. As the Enterprise begins to fire continuous phaser blasts against the Klingons, a focused attack breaks through the shields of one of the ships, destroying it in seconds; but this is only a small victory, however, as the remaining ships knock out the main sensor array and cause critical damage to the warp core. The shields collapse, and the containment field is failing. As La Forge works to shut down the warp core, plasma coolant leaks out of the core manifold and the warp core builds to overload, with La Forge unable to stop it; there are two minutes until a warp core breach. Data reports on Picard's request that Enterprise-C is now fifty-two seconds from the rift. With his ship facing destruction, Picard orders all remaining power to defensive systems. Data reports power couplings have been severed in the main phaser banks and he cannot bypass. The Enterprise is hit again and Riker is killed when part of the tactical console explodes. The Klingons signal, demanding that the Enterprise surrender to them. "That will be the day" Picard sneers and leaps over the tactical rail, trying to fire the phasers himself. After several tries, the phasers fire on one of the Klingon ships, who respond by continuously firing on the Enterprise. Picard continues trying to fire as the bridge becomes engulfed in flames. The Klingon ships relentlessly batter away at the Enterprise-D. As the ship is mere seconds away from being destroyed, the Enterprise-C makes it back through the rift. The timeline is restored and Picard stands on the bridge in the exact spot he was before the timeline diverged. He asks for a report. Worf reports that his sensor readings fluctuated and what appeared to be a ship has now vanished. Data reports the anomaly is closing in on itself. Picard then orders a class 1 probe left behind to monitor the rift's final closure. He then orders Wesley to set course for Archer IV. Just then, Guinan calls up and asks if everything is all right. Picard and Riker are surprised to hear her on the intercom. He then tells Guinan everything is fine and asks if there's anything wrong. In Ten Forward, Guinan says no, that nothing's wrong and she's sorry to have bothered them. She then smiles, and goes to a table and sits opposite from La Forge and asks… "Geordi, tell me about… Tasha Yar." Memorable quotes "A warrior's drink!" - Worf, upon sampling prune juice for the first time "Are you saying it is and yet it isn't there?" - Riker, on Data's analysis of the temporal anomaly "NCC-1701… C. USS… Enterprise." - Yar, in the alternate timeline "Families. There should be children on this ship." "What? Children on the Enterprise? Guinan, we're at war!" "No we're not! At least we're not… supposed to be. This is not a ship of war. This is a ship of peace." - Picard and Guinan, in the alternate timeline, discussing about how changed seems to be the ship "Is there any possibility she could survive?" "None, sir." "Then sending them back… would be a death sentence." - Picard and Data, talking in the alternate timeline about the Enterprise-C's hopeless chance of defeating the Romulans "Who is to say that this history is any less proper than the other?" "I suppose I am." "Not good enough, damn it! Not good enough! I will not ask them to die!" "Forty billion people have already died! This war's not supposed to be happening! You've got to send those people back to correct this!" "And what is to guarantee that if they go back they will succeed? Every instinct is telling me this is wrong, it is dangerous, it is futile!" "We've known each other a long time. You have never known me to impose myself on anyone or take a stance based on trivial or whimsical perceptions. This timeline must not be allowed to continue. Now, I've told you what you must do. You have only your trust in me to help you decide to do it." - Picard and Guinan, in the alternate timeline "To be honest with you, Picard, a significant number of my crew members have expressed a desire to return even knowing the odds. Some because they can't bear to live without their loved ones, some because they don't like the idea of slipping out in the middle of a fight." - Garrett, in the alternate timeline "The war is going very badly for the Federation, far worse than is generally known. Starfleet Command believes that defeat is inevitable. Within six months, we may have no choice but to surrender." "Are you saying all this may be a result of our arrival here?" "One more ship will make no difference in the here and now, but twenty-two years ago, one ship could have stopped this war before it started." - Picard and Garrett, in the alternate timeline "Mr. Castillo." "Yes, Captain?" "Inform the crew we're going back." "Yes, Captain." "The Romulans will get a good fight. We'll make it one for the history books." "I know you will, Captain." - Garrett, Castillo, and Picard, in the alternate timeline, after Picard reveals the assistance of the Enterprise-C at Narendra III could prevent the war "But there's something more when you look at me, isn't there? I can see it in your eyes, Guinan. We've known each other too long." "We weren't meant to know each other at all. At least, that's what I sense when I look at you. Tasha, you're not supposed to be here." - Yar and Guinan, in the alternate timeline "[…] at least with someone at tactical, they will have a chance to defend themselves well. It may be a matter of seconds or minutes, but those could be the minutes that change history. Guinan says I died a senseless death in the other time line. I didn't like the sound of that, captain. I've always known the risks that come with a Starfleet uniform. If I'm to die in one, I'd like my death to count for something." - Yar, to Picard in the alternate timeline "Attention all hands. As you know, we could outrun the Klingon vessels. But we must protect the Enterprise-C until she enters the temporal rift. And we must succeed! Let's make sure that history never forgets… the name… Enterprise. Picard out." - Picard, in the alternate timeline before the final battle with the Klingon cruisers "Federation ship Enterprise, surrender and prepare to be boarded." "That will be the day." - Klingon captain and Picard, in the alternate timeline, before the Enterprise-C enters the rift "Geordi, tell me about… Tasha Yar." - Guinan, the last line of the episode Background information Production history Writer's third draft spec script by Trent Christopher Ganino (to be named either "Yesterday's Enterprise" or "NCC-1701-C"): (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 18) Spec script received and logged in: (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 19 & 26) Spec script read by Co-Producer Richard Manning: 24 May 1989 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 19) Script submission analysis by Andrew Davis: (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 26) Spec script recommended in memo from Michael Piller: (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 33) Piller requests deal memo to purchase story from "Yesterday's Enterprise" spec script: 26 September 1989 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 34) One-page pitch memo from Michael Piller (referring to story as "Old Enterprise"): (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 35; ) Plot details suggested in one-page memo from David Livingston (referring to story as "Old Enterprise"): 9 October 1989 First draft story outline by Trent Christopher Ganino and Eric A. Stillwell: 10 October 1989 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 39 & 45) Treatment distributed to TNG writing staff: 13 October 1989 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 45) Second draft story outline by Trent Christopher Ganino and Eric A. Stillwell: 29 October 1989 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 47 & 53) Trent Christopher Ganino and Eric A. Stillwell receive payment, in checks, for their story: (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 59) Third draft story outline by Ronald D. Moore: (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 54-55) Start of work on first draft script, by TNG writing staff, with each participant assigned a separate act: 23 November 1989 – 26 November 1989 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 65) Beat sheet, by Ron Moore, and combining of acts of first draft script: 27 November 1989 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 61 & 65) Partial first draft script, enabling preproduction to start: 30 November 1989 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 65) Memo of script notes from Eric A. Stillwell, and "Technical Commentary" memo from Michael Okuda and Rick Sternbach: (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 66) Completion of first draft script, and preproduction meeting: 4 December 1989 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 71) Piller recommends this episode, amongst others, in a memo to John Wentworth, president of Paramount's Network Television Publicity department: (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 91) Final draft script: 8 December 1989 Principal photography: 11 December 1989 to 19 December 1989 (7 days) (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 71, 73, 77) Notice of Tentative Writing Credits memo from Eric A. Stillwell to Helen Phillips in Paramount's Business Affairs department: 21 December 1989 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 79) Notice of Tentative Writing Credits officially issued by Paramount: (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 80) Writers Guild of America objects to Trent Christopher Ganino and Eric A. Stillwell receiving "Story by" credit: 8 January 1990 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 80) Stillwell calls WGA about repercussions: 9 January 1990 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 81) Numerous phone calls, including between Piller and Business Affairs, as well as between Stillwell and WGA: 10 January 1990 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 81) Paramount arranges for Stillwell and Ganino to receive "From a Story by" credit, but refuses to issue them a revised contract: 11 January 1990 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 81) Stillwell receives phone call from Business Affairs about Paramount's decision: 12 January 1990 (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 81) Premiere airdate: Piller recommends this episode but favors in a memo to Rick Berman and Gene Roddenberry: (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 91-92) This episode is mentioned approvingly by David Livingston in one-page memo to Berman: Replying to Piller in a memo of his own, Rick Berman favors this episode over "The Offspring": (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 92) First UK airdate: Story development The original idea for "Yesterday's Enterprise" was generated by Trent Christopher Ganino and submitted to Paramount on , as a spec script submitted through the open submissions policy introduced by Michael Piller in that year. The document was logged in on , and was read by Richard Manning on 24 May 1989. (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 18 & 19) This original version featured the appearance of an Enterprise from the past in the TNG time period, and Picard having to face the resultant dilemma of whether to return the ship and its crew to their indigenous time period. In this version, the ship did not cause any changes in the future. Picard was forced to decide whether or not to reveal the crew's fate before sending them back. At this point, the captain of the past Enterprise was Richard Garrett, whose last name derived from a pizzeria in Ganino's hometown, San Jose. (; The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 26-27) At the same time, following a conversation with Denise Crosby at a convention, Eric Stillwell developed a story (along with Ganino) that would allow Tasha Yar to return to the series after a two-year absence. In this pitch, drawing from classic Star Trek episodes , and – among others – a Vulcan science team would inadvertently cause the death of Surak, the founder of Vulcan philosophy, when a trip through the Guardian of Forever into 's ancient past goes wrong. As a result, the Vulcan people would never become the logical race that is known in the Star Trek universe. Instead, a Vulcan race more akin to the Romulan Star Empire would be engaged in war against the other powers of the galaxy, including the remnants of the Federation. As part of this alteration, Tasha Yar would be present among the crew of the Enterprise-D. Ultimately, Ambassador Sarek, who was on board the Enterprise to greet the returning science team, would sacrifice himself by returning to the past and taking the place of Surak, thus restoring the correct timeline. (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 23, 29-32) Stillwell commented, "We thought it would be really cool that someone from the future would replace someone in the past, and I always thought it was funny that their names were so similar anyway." () Although not used here, a similar theme went on to feature in the third season episodes and , wherein Benjamin Sisko replaces historical figure Gabriel Bell. When Stillwell pitched this idea to Michael Piller, Piller suggested combining it with Ganino's "Yesterday's Enterprise" story – which had also developed a Tasha Yar element by this point, largely on the suggestion of Piller, who had also wanted to find a way of bringing the character back – with Ganino and Stillwell retaining joint story credit. The Vulcans were replaced by the Klingons, and the Sarek/Surak plotline replaced with the idea that Yar would fill an absence on board Enterprise-C after the death of a female Captain Garrett. The finished storyline treatment was largely as broadcast, with the exception of Guinan's presence in the episode (in the completed pitch, an alien probe provided the crucial information about the timeline alteration). Some other minor plot points were lost between story and teleplay, including a Yar/Data subplot that was dropped, as Piller felt it was not the right arc for Yar's character. (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 34-46) Production on the episode was originally scheduled for January 1990 following the Christmas hiatus; however, with the introduction of Guinan into the episode, the filming schedule needed to be moved up in order to accommodate both Crosby and Whoopi Goldberg. As a result, the pitched storyline needed to be turned into a teleplay over the Thanksgiving weekend of 1989, prior to filming commencing on December 11. Four members of the writing staff – Ira Steven Behr, Ronald D. Moore, Hans Beimler and Richard Manning – divided the episode amongst themselves in order to get it completed on time. In particular, Moore was responsible for the Yar-Castillo romance. Behr noted that although the writers were unhappy about the timescale pressure and having to work over a holiday, they enjoyed the chance to write an episode far darker than had been done in the past, with a great deal more tension – something many of the staff had felt was lacking in the series. Michael Piller added a final polish to the script, but agreed to be omitted from the credit to meet Writer's Guild rules which allowed only four names. ("Flashback: Yesterday's Enterprise", Star Trek Magazine issue 122; The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 53-54, 65) Given the unusually rushed nature of the script, the writing staff were skeptical that the episode would work. Stillwell recalled, "Most of the writers were not very happy with the script. They thought it was going to be horrible, because they don't like having to write [something] and make it work in three days." (; Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission hardcover ed., p. 116) Eric Stillwell later released a book detailing the creation and production of the episode – The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise. Production Ron Moore noted, "We brought Denise back to kill off Tasha Yar a second time. It was a great opportunity to send the character off in a big heroic sacrifice because nobody was really happy with the way she left the series in the first season. Nobody on the show really liked it, the fans didn't like it, I'm not sure even she really liked it. So 'Yesterday's Enterprise' was a chance to kill her right." (Chronicles from the Final Frontier, TNG Season 4 DVD special features) Time and budgetary constraints put an end to the much more gruesome climactic battle sequence that was originally envisaged in the script. The only death to survive to the broadcast episode is Riker's – others that were written but unfilmed included the decapitation of Wesley Crusher and the electrocution of Data. () The transition effect seen as the timeline changed in the beginning of the episode was unscripted and only added in post-production. Originally, the change was accomplished merely by a cut, but it was felt that this was too confusing. However, due to the late nature of the change, the post-production staff neglected to add a corresponding transition effect as the timeline was reset at the end of the episode. (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 192) According to art department illustrator Rick Sternbach, the fatal shrapnel embedded into Captain Garrett's head was a wing from a model kit from the series . This was not the first time this particular model kit provided services for a Star Trek production; The same kit, in two different scales, provided parts for the production of both (the desktop model as well as the full-fledged filming model) studio models of the . Both Christopher McDonald and Tricia O'Neil were Star Trek fans before appearing in this episode. () This was the second episode directed by David Carson. The first was . Carson would later direct , which, coincidentally also introduced a past starship Enterprise (in that case the ), featured the Enterprise-D battling and destroying a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, but suffering a coolant leak and a warp core breach in the process, and also featured the death of James T. Kirk. This is the last episode of the series to feature all nine of its original regular cast members. Denise Crosby and Wil Wheaton both appeared in subsequent Star Trek episodes and films, but never the same ones. Denise Crosby cited this as her favorite TNG episode, commenting, "It was a fantastic script and it really took me by surprise and I didn't see it coming!" (SFX, issue 136, p. 028) The shooting script indicated that the voice heard over the com demanding the crew's surrender could be "possibly Worf" however in the episode the demand ended up being made by an unknown Klingon. This episode is the only on-screen depiction of an encounter between two different starships named Enterprise. Alterations Sets The sets and atmosphere of the Enterprise-D were given significant alterations to reflect the more warlike nature of the starship: The bridge was heavily redressed: The mid-level, covering the command deck and the ramp access to Tactical, was raised up to the same level as the "horseshoe" console – access to Conn and Ops was by a series of steps directly in front of the command position. The chairs at the command deck were removed, and replaced with a single command chair for Picard (to give his alter ego a sense of authority) and is mounted on a larger strut. As a result, Will Riker joined Tasha Yar at Tactical. The command deck would be raised again, albeit with all three command chairs intact (and not quite to the level of the horseshoe), for . The equipment lockers at either side of the set were replaced with additional displays, with two freestanding consoles located at the forward edges of the raised mid-level. Two similar consoles (as well as side stations) were introduced for Generations as well. A mesh grille was added to the underside of the tactical console. The set's ambient lighting was significantly reduced; the overhead lighting changed from a bright white to a dull blue. Ten Forward's back wall, usually adorned by a stylized sculpture, was replaced by a functional gray bulkhead, with the Enterprise registry details prominently displayed. Here, the ambient lighting was reversed from the change made to the bridge, being made significantly brighter. Picard's ready room received similar lighting treatment to the bridge. In addition, the accoutrements that were normally present – the Enterprise painting, the couch, the works of Shakespeare, the NCC-7100 model, and Livingston – were all removed, and replaced with status displays and tactical maps. The conference room set was cut in two to serve as two apparently different rooms – where Guinan confronts Picard for a second time, and where Castillo meets Picard, Riker, and Yar at the top of Act Four. Smaller versions of the conference room table were created, the Enterprise models removed, and a large tactical display added – in the first instance, at the "front" end of the set; in the second, along the back wall opposite the conference room windows. Main Engineering was also significantly darkened for its brief appearance towards the end of the episode, the lighting dominated by the warp core. The ambient noise aboard the ship was increased; consoles and displays were made much more audible, the usually unheard engines were made into a dull roar, intraship communications were general announcements, rather than direct hails person-to-person, and the door "swoosh" was made more audible and more reminiscent of the sound effect used in . The darker atmosphere and metallic phaser belts are reminiscent of . In contrast to captain's logs and stardates, the alternate timeline Picard records a military log using "combat dates." However, an okudagram on Picard's desk, seen shortly before Yar enters to ask for a transfer to the Enterprise-C, shows "Captain's log: Captain J-L Picard." Red and yellow alert were not used, instead "battle alert" was used, followed by a "condition" which was either yellow or red. As opposed to the leisurely state of the Enterprises corridors in the normal timeline, those in the alternate timeline were consistently crowded and full of jostling personnel, many running from place to place. Costumes The standard Starfleet uniform was also made more functional and military in design: the officers' uniform was changed to a band collar, instead of the the usual wishbone collar of the ordinary design, and a black "cuff" was added to the end of the sleeves. The junior officers' uniform was largely unchanged. All personnel wore a stylized , with the Starfleet delta at the clasp, designed to carry a type 2 phaser prominently on the left hip. The officers' version omitted the double strap across the right shoulder and around the left flank. The uniforms used by the crew of the Enterprise-C were those employed by the original series movies, sans the collared undershirts and the Starfleet insignia belts. This version of the uniform would be reused with Jack Crusher in . The insignia pins now doubled as combadges, and the type 2 phaser from and was used as the standard sidearm. One of the silver belt harnesses was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Music Composer Dennis McCarthy cited the score for this episode as his favorite score. Much of the score was performed by a contemporary orchestra with electronics sparingly used to speak for the time vortex. ("Dennis McCarthy – Music for the Stars", ) Continuity "Yesterday's Enterprise" marks the return of Denise Crosby as Tasha Yar to TNG after Yar's death in (Crosby's last episode filmed was , which aired before "Skin of Evil"). The events of the episode allowed her to return as Sela, in the and episodes (as well as later in ). Tricia O'Neil returned to TNG as the Klingon Kurak in . She also guest-starred in as the Cardassian Obsidian Order operative Korinas in . That episode was also written by Ronald D. Moore. Picard addresses Riker as "commander" in the alternate timeline, instead of the usual "Number One", revealing Picard and Riker to be on less friendly terms with one another than in the main timeline. Ronald D. Moore remarked, "This was just another nuance we threw in to show the differences between "our" reality and the darker alternate reality." Elsewhere, Moore commented, "[I]t was a lot of fun to… see Picard biting Riker's head off." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 192) Yar tells Castillo that she has been serving on the Enterprise for four years, implying that in the alternate universe the Enterprise-D has been in service longer than its counterpart by at least a year. She also tells him that the Enterprise was the first warship. Castillo mentions that Federation had been negotiating a peace treaty with the Klingon Empire at the time of the Narendra III attack, though later established that a peace treaty had been established over fifty years earlier. When Yar is telling Castillo the specifications of the Galaxy-class starships, the loudspeaker in the background is calling for a "Lieutenant Barrett". This is a reference to Majel Barrett, voice of the computer and the actress who portrayed Lwaxana Troi. () Also, in the scene where Picard and Garrett meet in sickbay, a call for Dr. Selar can be heard. The beginning of the episode, during the normal timeline, saw the introduction of Worf to prune juice, which became his drink of choice. The German synchronization mistakenly translated it to Johannisbeersaft – currant juice. Later on in the series and on DS9 the correct word Pflaumensaft is used. This episode is one of only a very few where Guinan is seen on the bridge. At the end of the episode when Geordi La Forge is talking to Guinan, La Forge is still in the alternate uniform. The Enterprise-C personnel wear a late variant of the s introduced in with the belt and the undershirt removed and the Starfleet Insignia badge modified into a Combadge. Reception The original airing of "Yesterday's Enterprise" earned ratings of 13.1 million viewers – the third highest of the series. ("Flashback: Yesterday's Enterprise", Star Trek Magazine issue 122) Rick Berman cites this episode along with as one of his favorites. (TNG Season 3 DVD) Michael Piller remarked, "That was a classic episode. I never met Denise Crosby in person, but I am sure an admirer. She did a great job for us. That's just about as neat a show as we could do. It was as entertaining and unique a time travel show as you'll ever see. I don't know that there was a better episode third season. Hell, Picard sends 500 [sic] people back to their death on the word of the bartender. Come on, that's hard. I was very happy with it and, frankly, I give the credit to the director and the cast and the people who post-produced it. The script was not one of the best scripts we wrote that season. Conceptually, it was marvelous, coming out of the heads of some people here… There are little holes in the episode that we couldn't fix. It was such a complicated and fascinating premise, but it was ultimately the character material that really made everybody proud." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 192) Jonathan Frakes admitted, "To this day I do not understand 'Yesterday's Enterprise'. I do not know what the fuck happened in that episode. I'm still trying to understand it – but I liked the look." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 192) Roberto Orci cited this episode as a primary inspiration for the screenplay of . Director David Carson cites this episode as one of his favorite episodes. Due to time pressure he also took part in the concept meetings for this episode. () A mission report for this episode by Will Murray was published in . TV Guide ranked this as the seventh best Star Trek episode for their celebration of the franchise's 30th anniversary. (TV Guide August 24, 1996 issue) Awards and honors This episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series and was also nominated for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) (Dennis McCarthy). The episode was voted the most popular episode of the series on six separate occasions – by readers in 1993 and by a viewer poll in 1994, and was voted as the most popular episode of all-time by UK Trek fans in 1996. The US publication TV Guide listed it as one of its top five all-time Trek classics in 1996 and again in 2002. Entertainment Weekly also ranked it as the #1 episode on their list of "The Top 10 Episodes" to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode was featured in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewers Choice Marathon in , at #3 in the countdown. The book Star Trek 101 (p. 72), by Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block, lists this episode as one of the "Ten Essential Episodes" from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Apocrypha Diane Duane used this episode, along with The Mirror Universe Saga, as a guide in describing the ISS Enterprise-D in her novel Dark Mirror. The novel Q-Squared establishes that in the military timeline from this episode, Deanna Troi's absence from the Enterprise was due to the Betazoids being wiped out by the Klingons. The novel also features another variation of the military universe where the Enterprise only discovered the Enterprise-C after the entire crew had already perished – life support having failed and the crew dying over a day before the Enterprise-D arrived in the area – and so Picard simply orders the ship's destruction. This timeline subsequently becomes caught up in the latest scheme of Trelane to merge three timelines together, the final temporal amalgamation resulting in Trelane manipulating the minds of Picard and Riker in the military timeline to escalate their desire for violence to attack other versions of the crew. As the crisis concludes, Picard and Riker are dead and an alternate version of Data has become trapped in this timeline (the other Data being a "human-oid" of a positronic brain in an organic body). The novel Engines of Destiny establishes that, because Guinan left an echo of herself inside the Nexus, she has a perception into various timelines and universes giving an explanation as to how she knew the timeline had been altered in this episode and the repercussions of the events in this episode seen later in . A very similar, if not almost identical, timeline appeared in the novel , in which the Enterprise-E had still been built, but where the Klingons had completely destroyed the Federation. Picard was the only known Human left after his entire crew had been killed, and he was chained to the bottom of his command chair as a sort of trophy of war for General Worf, the commander of this ship. During the third anniversary of Star Trek Online, a new mission, "Temporal Ambassador", saw the Enterprise-C emerge in the year 2409 instead of 2344. The alternate timeline had continued, with the Federation losing the war but the Klingons in turn being conquered by the Dominion and the Tholian Assembly. The Enterprise was captured by the Tholians and its crew brought to a mining facility as slave laborers. With the player's help and the assistance of a future timeship, they managed to break captivity and return to 2344. Video and DVD releases Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 32, catalog number VHR 2552, As part of the UK video collection Star Trek: The Next Generation - 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition under the "Ensemble Cast" section, As part of the UK video collection Star Trek - Greatest Battles: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 3.5, catalog number VHR 4748, As part of the TNG Season 3 DVD collection As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Time Travel and Star Trek: Fan Collective - Alternate Realities DVD collections As part of The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation DVD collection As part of the TNG Season 3 Blu-ray collection Links and references Starring Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker Also starring LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher Guest Stars Denise Crosby as Natasha Yar Christopher McDonald as Richard Castillo Tricia O'Neil as Rachel Garrett And Special Guest Star Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan Uncredited Co-Stars Arratia as Alfonse Pacelli Rachen Assapiomonwait as Majel Barrett as Computer Voice Joe Bauman as Garvey Karen Baxter as Enterprise-D operations ensign James G. Becker as Youngblood Michael Braveheart as Martinez Kelly Burris as Fredericks Debbie David as Russell Carrie Crain as Ten Forward waitress B.J. Davis as Enterprise-D operations officer Michele Gerren as Enterprise-D science officer Eben Ham as Enterprise-D operations ensign Mark Lentry as Enterprise-D science officer Debbie Marsh as Enterprise-D command officer James McElroy as Enterprise-D command officer Lorine Mendell as Diana Giddings Keith Rayve as Enterprise-D command officer John Rice as Enterprise-D science officer Richard Sarstedt as Enterprise-D command officer Guy Vardaman as Darien Wallace Unknown performers as Command division officer Command division officer Command division officer Command division officer Command division officer Enterprise-C crewmember (voice) Female command division officer Female com officer (voice) Female operations division officer Female operations division officer Female science division officer Female science division officer Hoy Klingon officer (voice) Male com officer (voice) Operations division ensign Operations division officer Parker Science division officer Science division officer Science division officer Science division officer Security officer Six command division officers Three dead Enterprise-C bridge crew Four Enterprise-C bridge crew Three wounded Enterprise-C crew Ten Forward waiter Transporter officer (voice) Vulcan command division officer Stunt doubles Donna Garrett as stunt double for Tricia O'Neil Dan Koko as stunt double for Jonathan Frakes Stand-ins James G. Becker – stand-in for Jonathan Frakes Jeffrey Deacon – stand-in for Patrick Stewart Nora Leonhardt – stand-in for Marina Sirtis Tim McCormack – stand-in for Brent Spiner Lorine Mendell – stand-in for Gates McFadden Guy Vardaman – stand-in for Wil Wheaton References 2344; 2346; 2362; "a rough ride"; aft; "all hands"; alternate timeline; ; analysis; antimatter containment; antimatter containment field; Archer IV; area; arrival; assault; attack; audio; automated distress signal; auxiliary fusion generator; away team; Barrett; battle alert; Battle of Narendra III; battleship; billion; biography; ; bridge crew; briefing; bypass; Castillo's family; Castillo's mother; catalyst; casualty; Cetacean Ops; children; choice; class one sensor probe; choice; cloak; combat information center; communications; companionship; condition yellow; containment field generator three; coolant leak; coordinates; course; coward; crew; cruiser; damage; damage control team; damage report; day; death; death sentence; deck; defensive system; deflector shield technology; destination; design; discussion; "dismissed"; dispersal pattern; distress call; distress signal; Earth; efficiency; effect; ; El-Aurian; electrolyte; electrolyte report; emergency team; emitter; engine core; era; evacuation; evasive maneuvers; event; event horizon; eye; facial expression; family; Federation; Federation-Klingon War (alternate timeline); feeling; firefight; fleet formation briefing; food replicator; fracture; ; ghost; gravimetric fluctuation; hailing frequency; heat dissipation rate; here and now; history; history book; home; honor; hour; hull; hull bearing strut; ; hypothesis; idea; information; instinct; intention; intercept course; internal injuries; intuition; job; joke; ; ; Kerr loop; kilometer; kiss; Klingons; Klingon Bird-of-Prey (Klingon battle cruisers, Klingon scout); Klingon Empire; knowledge; liaison; life sign; light; linear time; logic; long range scanner; lunch; main phaser bank; main power coupling; main shuttlebay; main war room; mission; mister; monitor station; month; name; Narendra III; navigational sensor array; navigational subsystem; NCC; "now hear this"; Null-G ward; object; odds; opinion; Ops; order; outpost; pathology; patient; peace treaty; percent; perception; permission; phaser bank; phenomenon; photon bank; photon launcher; photon torpedo; power system; probability; prune juice; radiation anomaly; radiation pattern; ration; reactor core; reason; record; red alert; registry; repairs; result; risk; Romulans; Romulan warbird (2340s); Romulan warbirds, Unnamed; room; salute; secondary hull; sector containing Narendra III; Selar; senior officer; sensor; shields; ship of peace; ship of war; space; space frame; specification; staff; "standby"; starbase; Starbase 105; starboard; starboard power coupling; Starfleet; Starfleet Academy; Starfleet Command; Starfleet uniform; "stat"; statistics; success; superstring material; surrender; ; survivor; symmetrical; Tactical; temporal rift; "that will be the day"; thing; Thomas; thousand; time; time displacement; time period; timeline; TKL rations; torpedo bay; torpedo launcher; transfer; transporter room; triage team 2; tricordrazine; troop; trust; variable; voice message; warp core breach; warp drive; warp field nacelle; ; warrior; warship; ; weapon system; wisdom; "with all due respect"; wormhole; year Library computer references Tactical situation monitor: Alfin-Bernado; Alpha Ataru; Alpha Carinae; Alpha Shiro; Altair III; Andor; ; Babel; Beta Reilley; Beta Simmons; ; Chess-Wilson; Delta Vega; Denkia; ; Eminiar; Foster-D'Angelo; Gamma Hydra; Ganino; Genovese's Star; Iczerone Stimson; Janus VI; McKnight's Planet; Memory Delta; Memory Gamma; Murasaki 312; Omicron Ceti; Rigel; Sigma Nesterowitz; ; Theta Bowles; Theta Mees; Tsugh Khaidnn Unreferenced material accelerator coil; Archduke Ferdinand; Bel-Zon; engine control processor; ; Station Salem Four External links de:Die alte Enterprise es:Yesterday's Enterprise fr:Yesterday's Enterprise (épisode) ja:亡霊戦艦エンタープライズ“C”（エピソード） nl:Yesterday's Enterprise pl:Yesterday's Enterprise TNG episodes

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Millennium (omnibus)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Millennium is a Pocket DS9 omnibus – collecting the three books in the Millennium series – written by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in . Summary From the book jacket As Benjamin Sisko picked his way over the wreckage that was his new command, a thousand questions, countless problems, dire reports, and the soon-to-be-familiar harangue of the Bajoran Liaison officer clamored for his attention. From the shadows, a monk stepped out and greeted him. With all that had happened, it is no small wonder that Sisko took that greeting and relegated it to the back of his mind. Six years have passed. Despite the recent retaking of Deep Space 9, it seems that the Federation is losing the Dominion War. As commander of a front-line post, Sisko focuses on the war effort, paying little attention to the latest rumor. "The fabled lost Orbs of the Prophets have been recovered. Legend holds that these orbs are the key to unlocking a second wormhole – a second Celestial Temple." In war, sometimes the little things you don't notice are your undoing. Now Benjamin Sisko, a man of science and a Starfleet officer – and also the Emissary – is swept up in the ultimate war of good versus evil. Every decision he makes draws him, his family, and his crew into the abyss. Faced with the possibility that he alone must decide the fate of life in the galaxy, Captain Sisko must unlock the truth behind the fabled Orbs of the Prophets or the future, the past, and even the present will wink out of existence! Contents See the separate volumes for individual summaries. The Fall of Terok Nor The War of the Prophets Inferno Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Millennium Timeline (compiled by Allyn Gibson). Characters Benjamin Sisko Jean-Luc Picard Jadzia Dax Kira Nerys Quark Odo Julian Bashir Miles O'Brien Nog Worf Jake Sisko Deanna Troi Geordi La Forge Vash William T. Riker Thomas Riker Weyoun Dukat Benny Russell Martok William Ross Kathryn Janeway Seven of Nine Vic Fontaine Winn Adami cs:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Millennium (soubor) Millennium

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Humanoid

As generally understood by the , a humanoid was an intelligent, bilaterally symmetrical, bipedal lifeform. Such a lifeform would be characterized by an upright posture, two arms, two legs, hands, feet, one thorax, a neck, and a head containing the brain. They were generally mammalian and originated on class M planets. It was common for them to have two to four es. Among the many humanoid species known throughout the Milky Way Galaxy were Andorians, Bajorans, Betazoids, Bolians, Cardassians, Hirogen, Humans, Klingons, Romulans, and Vulcans. Ancient origins Despite the vast distances separating their homeworlds, many humanoid species have been found to share a remarkable commonality in form and genetic coding. These similarities were believed to be evidence of a common ancestry, an ancient humanoid species, who lived in our galaxy's distant past some four billion years ago. To preserve their heritage, this species apparently seeded the primordial oceans of many potentially hospitable planets with encoded DNA fragments. The genetic information incorporated into the earliest lifeforms on those planets and through pre-programmed mutations caused by a genetic template, directed evolution toward a physical development similar to their own. Because of this controlled mutation mechanism, most habitable planets in the galaxy evolved with many physically similar species (for example fish, trees, dogs, insects), and on many of those worlds with at least one sentient species with a humanoid configuration. Most of these humanoids were even interfertile with each other. Anatomically, a significant percentage of those lifeforms were outwardly indistinguishable from Humans, right down to such morphological minutiae as the same racial phenotypes, hair distribution patterns, fingernails, and cartilaginous folds of the nose and ears. The reason they were so astonishingly similar to the Human race was because the "Human form" represents the basic way that evolution most likely takes for the dominant mammalian race on an average class M planet under the influence of the genetic codes and the other humanoid races (for example Klingons, Cardassians, Vulcans) developed under very specific and usually unique environmental conditions. Humanoid progenitors In one of the most remarkable scientific detective stories in history, archaeologist of Earth uncovered the similarities between certain DNA sequences in lifeforms from widely separated planets. He discovered that these DNA sequences were a puzzle deliberately left behind by these ancient progenitors. The DNA sequences, when assembled by protein-link compatibilities, formed an ingenious computer program, a message of peace and goodwill to their progeny. This message, assembled in 2369 in an unprecedented example of interstellar cooperation, was a confirmation that many humanoid species in this galaxy are indeed members of the same family, despite their significant differences. () The humanoid form was further distributed by species such as the Preservers, a super-race which passed through the galaxy rescuing primitive cultures in danger of extinction, and seeding them on other worlds where they could be allowed to grow and thrive. In addition, when the non-corporeal lifeform Sargon was encountered by the crew of the in 2268, he implied that some humanoid races, such as the Vulcans, were the product of ancient colonization by his race before they lost their physical forms. () Taxonomy of humanoids The Xindi did not apply the term in the same way as many of the other social groups in the Milky Way Galaxy. For them, "humanoid" was a word that only applied to the Xindi-Primates, despite the fact that the Arboreals and the Reptilians also generally met the criteria. () Starfleet developed a classification system for humanoids which included at least five variations including class 3 humanoids, such as the Vidiians, and class 5 humanoids, such as the Vhnori. Insectoid Mammalian Ornithoid Proto-humanoid Proto-Vulcan humanoid See also Humanoid species Anatomy Interspecies reproduction Non-humanoid Ancient humanoids Background information The TNG Season 1 Writers'/Directors' Guide states that "Humanoid in our series means a life form which is similar to humans. (Two legs, arms, head, etc.) In the past, we have met humanoid aliens, such as Klingons, Vulcans and Romulans." External link de:Humanoid es:Humanoide fr:Humanoïde it:Umanoide ja:ヒューマノイド nl:Humanoïde Lifeform classifications

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Andoria

Andoria or Andor was an inhabited moon orbiting a ringed gas giant of the Andorian system. Andoria was the homeworld of the Andorians and the Aenar, and was an important world to the United Federation of Planets. During the Dominion War, Andoria's strategic importance was on par with worlds like Earth, Berengaria VII, and . () Location Andoria orbited the star , and was located in the Alpha Quadrant. () Andoria was located in a neighboring system to . Regulus, which was relative to both planets, laid just outside Andorian sensor range. () The planet Weytahn, located on the frontier between the Vulcan and Andorian systems was located "a dozen light years" from Earth. () The Andorian Empire occupied space between Babel and Tellar Prime. () During the 24th century, Andoria was located near to the Cardassian border. () Following the Dominion invasion and conquering of Betazed, they were in a position to threaten Vulcan, Andor, Tellar, and Alpha Centauri. () In 2259, the location of Andoria was labeled on a stellar cartography chart that was seen on the 's ready room viewscreen. Andoria's symbol had a blue color, indicating it's affiliation with the . () In 2293, the location of Andor in the Milky Way Galaxy was labeled in the star chart The Explored Galaxy, which was on display in Captain James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the . (, okudagram) An array of subspace relay stations linked it to Rigel. (, okudagram) In 2366, in an alternate timeline, during the , the location of Andor was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in the ready room aboard the . (, okudagram) In 2367, the location of Andor was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in Captain Benjamin Maxwell's ready room on the . (, okudagram) In 2399, the location of Andoria was labeled on a Federation star chart that was in Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy's office at Starfleet Headquarters. This planet was in or near to Federation space. () In 3189, the location of Andoria was denoted on a holographic star chart of the galaxy at Federation Headquarters. This planet was in Emerald Chain territory. () In 3190, the location of Andoria was labeled on a star chart used by Commander Paul Stamets for tracking the movement of the Dark Matter Anomaly (DMA) through the galaxy. () After the crew of the Discovery convinced Species 10-C to stop using the DMA due to the harm it was causing the galaxy, Andoria entered into talks with the Federation to rejoin. () History See also: Andorian history and Federation history There was contact between the Andorians and the Aenar in the distant past, but eventually communication ceased and the two races came to remember the other only in myths and stories. It was not until around 2104 that contact was re-established between them. () The was the first ice-cutter to circumnavigate Andoria. () Tensions between Andoria and were high at least until 2151. () Following the agreement of a cease fire on Weytahn in 2152, talks were continued on Andoria, where it was hoped that more than "just talk" would be accomplished. () Prior to entering the Delphic Expanse in 2153, Talas suggested to Shran that they should head back to Andoria while they were still able. () In 2154, the Vulcan High Command planned to attack Andoria. () Later that year, the crew of set course for Andoria to return the crew of the destroyed warship Kumari home for medical attention. () Andoria took part in talks to form a Coalition of Planets in 2155 and became a founding member of the United Federation of Planets in 2161. (, ). The moons of Andoria were among multiple locations that could be experienced in a 2256 demonstration of the possibilities of spore drive; that year, Captain pointed out to Michael Burnham that, while journeying on the mycelial network, a traveler might blink and, before they knew it, they were visiting the moons of Andoria. () In a commercial for Tribbles cereal, Andoria was shown on a computer screen of a food synthesizer in the mess hall of the . It was listed along with other locations such as Earth, , Izar, Cestus, Tellar, Rigel VI, and Rigel X. (, credit cookie) In the 24th century, Andor was the location of the Andorian Agricultural Ministry as well as a Federation embassy. () Sometime before 2363, Lisa Cusak, as a junior officer, was assigned as an attaché to the Federation embassy on Andor. She met an Andorian civilian who worked at the Andorian Agricultural Ministry. The two ended up dating for six years. () In 2364, Federation starships and were ordered to recertify the Andor/Rigel link of subspace relay stations. (, okudagram) In 2373, Kai Winn rhetorically asked Captain Benjamin Sisko if the Federation would be willing to sacrifice Andor, Vulcan, Berengaria, or even Earth to protect Bajor from the Dominion, if necessary. () In 2374, one of numerous suggestions that Worf offered up for his honeymoon with Jadzia was a mountain climbing expedition on Andor. () Following the war, in 2375, viewscreens on Deep Space 9's Promenade and Replimat advertised speedy trips to "scenic Andor" on the latest warp ships. () In 2383, the moon is depicted in a holodeck program accessed by the crew of the USS Protostar; Kathryn Janeway (hologram) refers to the simulation as "Holodeck Program Andoria Four" and states that it is a classic. () In a possible 3186 experienced by Gabrielle Burnham, Andoria was one of the worlds where all life had been eradicated using antimatter detonations, apparently by Control. Traveling back to 2257, she communicated her memories to Spock, who later shared them with Michael Burnham. () Mirror universe In the mirror universe, Andor was a dominion of the Terran Empire by 2256, when Terran emperor held the title Regina Andor. She later offered Eling a position as governor of Andor. () Alternate timeline In an alternate timeline created by Q, Andoria was conquered by the Confederation of Earth. In the aftermath of this conquest, members of the indigenous population rose up in resistance and started the Andorian Rebellion. This was an ongoing conflict in 2401. In that year, a Romulan rebel proclaimed that one of the bombs which destroyed a building in Okinawa was for this planet. () Climate and geography Andoria was an ice world, with a Human-breathable oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere. A specially designated Andor Environment Ward was located at Starbase 515 in 2365. () According to Thylek Shran, "when a Guardsman dies far from home, [their] companions carry part of [them] back to the ice of Andoria." () Only during rare heatwaves would the temperature on Andoria rise above freezing, and even then only for a few weeks at a time. In the northern wastes, a temperature reading of -28° was not uncommon during mid-summer. () Andorian cities were underground and took their energy from geothermal activity. The cities were connected to each other by thousands of kilometers of tunnels. () A mountain climbing expedition on Andor caught Worf's attention in 2374, when he was considering ideas for his honeymoon with Jadzia Dax. () Points of interest Aenar compound Andorian Academy Laikan Military Academy Northern Wastes Wall of Heroes Flora and fauna Andorian amoeba Andorian bull Andorian redbat Andorian tuber root Ice-bore Zabathu Appendices Background information "an-DOOR" was the pronunciation for this planet's name from the script pronunciation guide for "In the Cards". A newspaper article (It's Federation Day!) in the Picard family album, created for , suggests that a "Sarahd of Andor" was the Andorian representative present at the forming of the Federation in 2161, though the clipping was not seen on screen and is not considered canon. In , one of Roy Ritterhouse's drawings is called "Honey Moon on Andoras". This may be an in-joke reference to Andoria. According to the script of , there were two Andorian moons. However, this was later changed to two Teneebian moons for the filming of the episode. In the final draft script of (dated ), Andoria was referred to as having once been visited by Travis Mayweather and his family aboard their ship. However, this reference was later changed to Lavinius (by or on , when a revised final draft of the script was issued), and the scene was ultimately deleted. While Star Trek: Enterprise portrayed Andoria as a moon, mentions "the moons of Andoria" in , which appears to establish that Andoria had its own system of moons. Moons around moons are currently believed to be theoretically possible, but not stable, due to tidal forces causing them to de-orbit. Lorca may have alternatively been referring to other moons within the Andorian system. In the never-produced animated series Star Trek: Final Frontier, set during the 2460s, Andoria was destroyed by the Romulans. Depiction on Enterprise The episode finally established the often spoke of Andorian homeworld as a moon, orbiting a gas giant. This was devised by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens as an attempt to help explain the contradiction of why it was sometimes called Andor and sometimes it was called Andoria, the gas giant being Andor and the moon Andoria. (ENT Season 4 DVD special features; Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, issue 37, p. 14) While a shot of the planet seen in "The Aenar" thus appears to depict Andoria as a moon of the much larger planet close by, this is never explicitly stated in the episode. This would, however, seem to contradict Worf's claim in "Change of Heart" that Andor has mountains. Alternately, Michael and Denise Okuda have suggested that Andor and Andoria are the same, with Andor being the preferred name on . (, text commentary, ENT Season 1 DVD special feature) The Last Unicorn Games and Samuel John Ross used information about Andoria, a frozen world first published in Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, for the work The Andorians: Among the Clans. Having been reading this publication, Mike Sussman was inspired by the book's cover while working on . He later stated, "I remember saying to Manny Coto, who was our season 4 showrunner, 'What do you think of this as a look for the Andorian homeworld?" (Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, issue 37, p. 15) Mike Sussman's suggestion addressed a need to save expenses, as caverns built for an ENT Vulcan trilogy, which had recently wrapped production, could be reused as the Andorian ice caves, simply repainted white. The fact that the sets could be redressed in such a way was one motive for pursuing the idea. Remembering Manny Coto's response to the plan, Sussman relayed, "He said, 'Great, because we can paint our Vulcan sets white and now it's ice!' and that's what we did." (Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, issue 37, p. 15) In the final draft script of "The Aenar", Andoria was described as "an icy, M-Class world" with "a stark yet stunning arctic landscape, lit by brilliant sunlight with a slightly bluish hue." The planet was also referred to as having "a driving, howling wind." Andoria was shown using various methods. "Herman Zimmerman and his team at the art department made wonderful ice cave sets," said Visual Effects Producer Dan Curry. "For the exteriors we used a combination of matte paintings." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 37, No. 2, p. 40) A particular set that was used as Andoria could be paid for over a longer stretch of time than the Star Trek TV series usually allowed. "We, you know, were able to build a huge set of Andoria," Manny Coto recalled. "And because we played that set over various episodes, we were able to amortize the building of the set and get bigger production value." ("Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise, Part Two: Memorable Voyages", ENT Season 4 Blu-ray special features) Reference material The identifies the gas giant as Andor. Both StarTrek.com and the Star Trek Encyclopedia state that "Andor" was a name which was used interchangeably with Andoria for the Andorian homeworld. The former source does not name the gas giant. According to Star Trek: Star Charts, Andor was the capital city of Andoria, which was a class M planet. According to Star Trek: Star Charts (pp. 36 & 52; "United Federation of Planets I"), Andor was the eighth planet in the Andoria (Procyon, or Alpha Canis Minoris) system. Its moon Andoria was depicted as an Earth-like planet. The classified Andoria as a class M moon. According to Star Trek: Star Charts (pp. 19, 36, 52 & 60), Andoria was a class M planet located in the Procyon binary star system. This system consisted of an orbited by an , with Andoria identified as the eighth planet. It was the capital of the Andorian Empire, and a founding member of the United Federation of Planets in 2161. The capital of Andoria was Andor, and 38.2 billion people lived on Andoria. Andorians became warp-capable in 1154 AD. Andoria was located in the Andorian Sector, also known as Sector 006. This sector was the sixth explored by Earth ships. In his final voyage in 2120, Zefram Cochrane visited Andoria. According to Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, []"), "Andor" was an alternative name for Andoria (as was "Procyon VIIIA") but was also a Class J gas giant, of which Andoria was a moon. According to the more recent Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, []"), Andoria was the first moon in Andor's system. The gas giant Andor was the eighth planet in the Andoria (Procyon) system. The depiction of Andoria was closer to its appearance in "The Aenar". According to Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, []"), Andoria (Andor, or Procyon VIIIA) was a moon of Andor. It was the capital of the Andorian Empire, and a founding member of the UFP in 2161. The capital of Andoria was Laikan. The primary species were Andorian and Aenar. In the late 24th century, there were 1.8 billion Andorians and 4.1 million Aenar living on this moon. Andoria became warp-capable in 1154 AD. In his final voyage in 2120, Zefram Cochrane visited Andoria. In the episode , there was a map of the Alpha and Beta Quadrant with Federation space divided into sectors. One of these sectors, named the Andorian sector, was located in the Beta Quadrant. As there were no marked locations within this sector, it can't be said with certainty that the Andorian system, including this planet, were located in this sector. However, it was a possibility. Apocrypha According to the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual and The Worlds of the Federation, Andor was the eighth planet in the Epsilon Indi system. It was called "Fesoan" by its natives. In the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual and in Star Trek Maps, Andor was referred to as the Andorian homeworld. According to the RPG sourcebook Planets of the UFP, Andor was the fifth planet orbiting the star Kuy'va. The Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual and Star Trek Maps (p. 23) place Andoria in the Epsilon Indi system, identifying it as one of the founding worlds of the Federation. In the Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novella Paradigm, Thirishar ch'Thane and Prynn Tenmei note the differences between the names "Andor" and "Andoria". While Tenmei grew up thinking of ch'Thane's homeworld as "Andoria", ch'Thane grew up knowing it as "Andor". Conversely, ch'Thane grew up thinking of Tenmei's homeworld as "Terra", only to discover that Terrans call it "Earth". In the Lost Souls, much of Andor was devastated by the Borg in 2381. The following year, Andor seceded from the Federation in Paths of Disharmony, although it was later readmitted as a result of the events of Star Trek: The Fall. External link bg:Андория ca:Andòria cs:Andoria de:Andoria es:Andoria fr:Andoria it:Andoria ja:アンドリア ja:アンドア nl:Andoria pl:Andoria pt:Andória Homeworlds Moons Deleted and unused material in background

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Games

Through a licensing process similar to the publishing licenses granted to create comics, novels, and collectibles, Paramount Pictures has granted the rights to market Star Trek games of various sorts through a number of different production and design companies. Originally, some games were based on the publishing license begun for Franz Joseph's designs in the 1970s. With the transition of ownership when the franchise became the property of Paramount, and the later success of the Star Trek movies and , a licensing office associated with the productions took stricter control of the franchise's image. Designers of Star Trek merchandise were discouraged from creating spinoffs and depictions that varied from the style and details of the franchise as seen in filmed productions. One of the oldest games, Star Fleet Battles, was allowed to continue as a licensee, but without "Star Trek" in its name. This game was forbidden to mention the in relation to Captain James T. Kirk, Spock, or any of the televised characters; however, it was granted rights to use all situations and vessels described in Franz Joseph's Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual and certain TAS and TOS episodes (including the Kzinti). Games are produced by artists and designers not affiliated with franchise production staff, and filmed productions usually disregard events and situations in them as apocryphal, although some designs and references have been added in every one of the various Star Trek series and spinoffs. Board and video games based on Star Trek are not exclusively licensed; several different companies have released many different types of games. Actors who exclusively played roles in these productions are listed in the articles for the games themselves. Tabletop wargames, roleplaying games, and collectible card games Heritage Models Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier FASA Star Trek: The Role Playing Game Last Unicorn Games Star Trek: Red Alert! (Diskwars/Component-style game) Decipher Star Trek Customizable Card Game Modiphius Entertainment Amarillo Design Bureau and (formerly) Task Force Games The Star Fleet Universe series of games Federation Commander Star Fleet Battles Star Fleet Battle Force Star Fleet Missions SkyBox International Star Trek: The Card Game Tsukuda Hobby Star Trek: The Invasion of Klingon Empire Enterprise: Role Play Game In Star Trek Non-RPG board, card, and VCR/DVD games -based and movie era-based games Space Checkers by Pacific Game Company by Ideal by Hasbro by Milton Bradley Star Trek: Starfleet Game by McDonald's The Star Trek Make-A-Game Book by Wanderer Books by Palitoy Star Trek Edition Trivia Game by Golden Press Star Trek Limited Edition Monopoly by USAopoly Star Trek: The Final Frontier by Toys & Games Limited Star Trek: The Game by Classic Games FASA "Micro-Adventures" Star Trek: Starship Duel I Star Trek: Starship Duel II Star Trek: Struggle for the Throne Franklin Mint Star Trek Commemorative Chess Set (standard chess game) Star Trek Commemorative Checker Set (standard checkers game) Star Trek Tridimensional Chess Set Star Trek UNO by Mattel West End Games Star Trek: The Adventure Game Star Trek: The Enterprise4 Encounter Star Trek III - Three Solitaire Games In One! Trivial Pursuit - Star Trek Edition VCR Game by Telstar Video Entertainment Fundex Star Trek Scrabble Star Trek Collector's Edition UNO All About Trivia: Star Trek Mayfair Games Star Trek Catan Bandai Star Trek Deck Building Game--The Original Series Premiere Edition Looney Labs Star Trek Fluxx -based games Decipher How to Host a Mystery - Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Klingon Challenge Star Trek: The Next Generation - Borg Q-Uest (unreleased) Star Trek: The Next Generation Collector's Edition Monopoly by USAopoly Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Final Frontier by Canada Games Star Trek: The Next Generation - Game of the Galaxies by Cardinal Games Star Trek: The Next Generation - Romulan Challenge by MMG Ltd. Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Game by Classic Games by BMI Holdings Ltd. Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Board Game by Component Game Systems Franklin Mint Star Trek: The Next Generation Commemorative Chess Set (standard chess game) Star Trek: The Next Generation Commemorative Checker Set (standard checker game) Star Trek: The Next Generation Tridimensional Chess Set Terrace by Terrace Games Star Trek: The Next Generation Chess Game (standard chess game; several producers) Son'a Ambush by Last Unicorn Games Bandai Star Trek Deck Building Game – The Next Generation: Premiere Edition Star Trek Deck Building Game – The Next Generation: The Next Phase Looney Labs Star Trek: The Next Generation Fluxx -based games Component Game Systems Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Board Game Looney Labs Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Fluxx -based games Looney Labs Star Trek: Voyager Fluxx -based games Looney Labs Star Trek Fluxx: Archer Expansion Star Trek Fluxx: Porthos Expansion Franchise-based games The games listed in this section combine elements from several of the series and movies. Mattel Star Trek Trivia Game Star Trek Scene It? (co-produced with Screenlife) Mayfair Games Star Trek: Five Year Mission USAopoly Star Trek "Continuum Edition" Monopoly Star Trek "Klingon Edition" Monopoly WizKids Star Trek: Fleet Captains Star Trek Heroclix: Tactics Star Trek: Attack Wing Star Trek: Frontiers Star Trek: Alliance Looney Labs Star Trek Fluxx Bridge Expansion Star Trek Chrono-Trek alternate reality-based games Star Trek: Expeditions by WizKids Electronic tabletop and hand-held games Bandai Pair Match Coleco Star Trek: The Electronic Game Star Trek II Video Game Watch Konami Star Trek: 25th Anniversary LCD Video Game Star Trek LCD Video Game Mego Star Trek Super Phaser II Target Game Star Trek Phaser Battle Game Star Trek Telescreen Console Micro Games of America (MGA) Star Trek: First Contact Portable Arcade Game Milton Bradley Star Trek: Phaser Strike for the Mattel/Radica Star Trek Edition 20Q Tiger Electronics Star Trek: The Next Generation LCD Video Game 2-XL Robot Star Trek: The Next Generation - Blinded by the Light MORE TO BE ADDED Home video games {| class="grey sortable" border=1 ! 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Special Edition| | 2012 | Original Series|- | Star Trek Alien Domain: Incursion| | 2018 | Voyager|- |} Compilation packs Star Trek Action Pack Star Trek Collection Star Trek Commander's Edition Star Trek: Deep Space Nine PC Pack Star Trek Emissary Gift Set Star Trek: Federation Compilation Star Trek: Federation Gift Pak Gamefest: Star Trek Classics Star Trek Gift Set The Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection Star Trek: Starfleet Gift Pak Arcade games Pinball games Star Trek, 1979 version Star Trek, 1991 version Video games Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator Star Trek: Borg Contact Star Trek: Voyager - The Arcade Game VR games Star Trek: Dark Remnant Wireless mobile games Star Trek: Adversaries Star Trek: First Duty Star Trek: Legends Star Trek: Prime Directive (unreleased) Star Trek: Rivals Star Trek: The Birds of Prey Star Trek: The Cold Enemy Star Trek: The Mobile Game Star Trek Timelines Star Trek Trexels Slot machines Screensavers Star Trek: The Screen Saver Star Trek: The Next Generation Screen Saver External links – Star Trek'' Collectable Card Games guide de:Star-Trek-Spiele fr:Jeux nl:Spellen pl:Gry sv:Spel

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Columbia

Columbia (NX-02) was the second United Earth starship that was in service to Starfleet in the latter half of the 22nd century. Columbia was the second ship outfitted with a warp five engine. History Development and launch In the year 2151, Columbia was one of three NX-class starships still on the drawing boards, intended for deep space, long-range exploration. () Starfleet Captain A.G. Robinson considered himself a likely candidate to be assigned command of the NX-02, having previously been passed up for captain of the first NX-class ship, , in favor of Captain Jonathan Archer. Robinson, however, later died in a climbing accident on Mount McKinley in of 2153. () At the time of an initial Xindi attack on Earth, later that same year, the ship was still under construction (and unnamed), but was scheduled to be completed and launched by mid-2154. A tour of Columbia was taken by Captain Archer and Admiral Forrest shortly before Enterprise began a mission to find the Xindi, in the Delphic Expanse, and prevent them from destroying Earth. () At one point during that mission, in early 2154, Lieutenant Malcolm Reed initially suggested that an NX-class starship encountered by Enterprise might be Columbia, only for Reed and the rest of Enterprises senior staff to then discover that the ship in question wasn't Columbia but was actually an alternate version of Enterprise. () Several months before launch, Columbias commanding officer, Captain Hernandez, invited Captain Archer aboard to view construction efforts and to enlist his aid in crew selection. Archer suggested she consider a MACO as tactical officer, and also suggested modifications to the ship, including a larger arsenal with which to defend the ship. Captain Hernandez rejected the idea of a MACO on the bridge, while Captain Archer was discomforted by her somewhat positive attitude towards exploration and inexperience as a military commander when compared to his own experiences. () In November of 2154, Columbia was stuck in dry dock with engine trouble, delaying its launch and rendering it unable to assist Enterprise during a hunt for a Romulan drone ship. () Columbia was still understaffed prior to its launch. Captain Hernandez had twice offered Commander Charles Tucker III, chief engineer aboard Enterprise, a position aboard Columbia, which he had rejected. Following the Babel Crisis, however, Tucker finally accepted Hernandez's offer and requested a transfer to Columbia to help fulfill that ship's need for experienced officers. () One of the first changes Captain Hernandez advised Tucker to make was to switch his uniform so its mission patch represented Columbia, not Enterprise. () Tucker's hard driving work ethic prompted two crew members to unsuccessfully request transfer off the engineering team. Captain Hernandez refused these transfer requests stating that the engineering team was already short staffed. While Tucker said he may have "knocked some heads together" the ship would soon be warping out of dry dock. Commander Tucker was successful in repairing Columbias engine problems, and the vessel was able to be launched on November 30th, 2154. () Early mission Soon after the launch of Columbia, the ship was called into service to assist Enterprise after that vessel had been sabotaged by Klingon forces. The two craft engaged in hazardous close-quarter maneuvering at warp 5.2, allowing Tucker to be transferred over to fix the problem. Columbia also assisted in recovering Doctor Phlox from Qu'Vat Colony, engaging in battle with several Klingon vessels. () Following the resolution of that crisis, Tucker transferred back to Enterprise and resumed his duties. () Technical information Compared to NX-class prototype , Columbia possessed advanced polarized hull plating that was improved twelve percent above initial designs. () Additionally, the hull featured a larger, more rectangular navigational deflector, and a subtle blue tint (compared to Enterprises slight red coloration). (, et al.) Columbia also featured ventral and dorsal photonic torpedo launchers as well as pulsed phase cannons (a relatively new technology, at that time). Other improvements included improved computer interface technology and a modified bridge interior, utilizing stations that were tied directly into the primary EPS junction. () Compared to the bridge of Enterprise, Columbias bridge featured several structural additions, such as four vertical bars of light behind the captain's chair and a computer monitor mounted on vertical metal tubes next to the helm. Computer consoles aboard Columbia were also different from those aboard Enterprise, in that they included a red, yellow and green color scheme instead of red, yellow and blue. Between Captain Archer's visit aboard the ship in 2154 and November of that year, the captain's chair as well as several cosmetic details on Columbias bridge changed, mirroring alterations aboard Enterprise. () Spaceframe and major structural elements of the NX-02, however, were generally identical to that of her predecessor. () Personnel Command crew Commanding officer Captain Hernandez (2154–) Chief engineer Commander Charles Tucker III (2154) Appendices Appearances References Background information Translated, the Latin text on the Columbia assignment patch ("Audentes Fortuna Juvat") reads, "Fortune favors the bold." In the final draft script of but not in the final version of that episode, Commander Tucker reckoned, "Won't be too long before the next warp five ship comes along, sets a new record..." At a point when the ship was not yet named, Star Trek fan Anthony Davis of Brentwood, Tennessee, suggested to Rick Berman that the craft be named Columbia, in honor of the crew of a space shuttle which bore the same name. () The selection of this starship's name, mirroring the fact that the second space shuttle was named Columbia, followed on from the ship's NX-class predecessor having been named after space shuttle prototype . The starship Columbia was given its name, by the creators of , as a tribute to the crew of the Space Shuttle . ("Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise, Part Two: Memorable Voyages", ENT Season 4 Blu-ray special features; ) This shuttle and its crew were lost when the craft disintegrated, while attempting re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on . Like Star Trek: Enterprises Columbia assignment patch, the real STS-107 mission insignia featured seven background stars. Stars often represent the number of crew members on NASA mission insignia. Columbia was first mentioned in and seen under construction in second season finale . However, neither of those appearances referred to the ship by its name. The has an image of a dedication plaque for Columbia NX-02, which is similar to the plaque for Enterprise NX-01, but is blue, includes the ship's assignment patch in color, and uses the term starship instead of spacecraft for the registry number. The CG model for Columbia was a modified version of the NX-01. Columbia was originally to have appeared in an alternate timeline in ENT Season 3 installment , though the parts it played in the episode were eventually rewritten for the Intrepid instead. ("Twilight" audio commentary, ENT Season 3 Blu-ray special features) As it turned out, Columbia was not mentioned by name until , almost a full season after its initial appearance in "The Expanse". Columbia was the first starship to be established as having a female commanding officer since the end of , with the commanded by Captain Kathryn Janeway. In an ultimately excised scene extension from the final draft script of , Archer asked Hernandez how soon Columbias launch would be and Hernandez replied, "A few months... I hope. Forrest pushed back the launch date twice... we’ve had trouble with the intercooler matrix." After Archer suggested he might be able to help, Hernandez offered him a guided tour of the ship. There was more than one link between Star Trek: Enterprises Columbia and NASA. "NASA heard that [...] the show was naming the second [NX-class starship] Columbia," recalled Garfield Reeves-Stevens, "and we got feelers that the astronauts currently onboard space station wanted to record a little 'Godspeed to Columbia,' and, uh, just, it'd be a little fifteen-second thing that we could throw at the beginning of the episode." However, the supportive message was never recorded, because it was too much trouble to go through all the studio approval proceedings and because the corporation Paramount lacked enthusiasm for the idea, which clued the ENT writing staff into the fact that the series was about to be cancelled. ("Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise, Part Two: Memorable Voyages", ENT Season 4 Blu-ray special features) Columbia was originally to have featured in an ultimately unused story, featuring Colonel Green and written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens for the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise. ( audio commentary, ENT Season 4 Blu-ray special features) Columbia was also to have appeared (exterior only) in ultimately aborted film Star Trek: The Beginning, set in 2159. As portrayed in the first draft script of that film, the ship was undergoing a refit in the San Francisco Fleet Yards Drydock (a facility in orbit of Earth) when a photonic torpedo fired by a landed a direct hit to Columbias bridge deck, one of the initial attacks in the Earth-Romulan War. The ship was later referred to as having been "severely damaged". Apocrypha According to the non-canon Star Trek: Ships of the Line book, Columbia disappeared near Tau Ceti. Her fate remained unknown until it was discovered that she somehow crashed on a desert planet in the Gamma Quadrant, and remained there for two centuries. This is depicted in the image "Resting Place" by Pierre Drolet. The series Star Trek: Destiny is based upon the events surrounding the mysterious destruction of Columbia and the ship's final resting place shown in Ships of the Line, where she was discovered, intact, several days following the events of , by Benjamin Sisko and the crew of the . In the same novels, Columbia also featured heavily in the creation of the Borg Collective. Alternatively, in the "Captain's Pleasure", the second issue of IDW miniseries Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Space Between, it is established in dialogue that Columbia survived intact (perhaps at a museum) at least until the year 2296. In that year, a was stolen from it, and was discovered crashed at an archaeological ruins site by Jean-Luc Picard in 2368. In the reference book Federation: The First 150 Years, the Columbia is mentioned as being destroyed during the Romulan War. The ship was trying to defend Starbase One, as well as buy time for the third Warp 5 starship, NX-03 Challenger to send a message to Starfleet Command. Captain Hernandez was killed along with all hands. External link de:Columbia es:Columbia (NX-02) fr:Columbia (NX-02) ja:コロンビア(NX-02) nl:Columbia (NX-02) Columbia (NX-02)

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Maymora class

The Maymora-class was a type of Vulcan starship. Jonathan Archer boarded the Maymora-class Yarahla a few years before 2151. Archer later mentioned this ship class to the Vulcan Captain Vanik during dinner at the captain's mess. () External link de:Maymora-Klasse nl:Maymora klasse Vulcan starship classes

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The Bonding (episode)

Worf decides to take into his House the child of a slain subordinate, but the child is having trouble accepting his mother's death, especially when she mysteriously reappears. Summary Teaser The encounters a planet that appears to be uninhabited. Captain Picard sends an away team to investigate, led by Worf. Picard learns from Data that the planet was once inhabited by a race called the s, but due to a destructive war, every last person on the planet was annihilated; the civilization seems to have killed itself off. Suddenly an accident befalls the away team; one of the members, Enterprise archaeologist Lieutenant Marla Aster, is killed when an unexploded mine detonates in a ceremonial chamber. She is pronounced dead by Doctor Beverly Crusher upon arrival at the ship. Act One Picard and Worf feel understandably very disturbed by this senseless death. The captain learns from Counselor Troi that the deceased crew member is survived only by a twelve-year old son, Jeremy. The son is now an orphan, as his father died when the boy was a child. His only living relatives are an aunt and uncle living on Earth. Worf offers to go with the captain to tell Jeremy since he was the away team's leader. Picard says it is unnecessary, but does send another away team to the surface, headed by Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge, to conduct a detailed investigation into what happened. On the bridge, Wesley Crusher tells Commander Riker that he understands what Jeremy will be going through since his father also died in the line of duty while under Picard's command. Accompanied by Counselor Troi – expressing to her his disapproval of the policy allowing families on board precisely because situations like this on the turbolift ride – the captain reaches the classrooms and he breaks the news to the boy, who takes it bravely, but muses that he is completely alone now. Picard gently places his hand atop Jeremy's and reminds the young boy that on the starship Enterprise no one is ever alone. Act Two Data finds Riker drinking at a table in Ten Forward and asks why Humans often ask how well one knows the deceased. Riker explains by using Lieutenant Yar's death. Data says he feels more loss when talking about Yar, and Riker says that is exactly how Humans feel when knowing someone close as opposed to someone one does not know well. Data muses why one should feel the same sense of loss when dealing with other people's death. Riker says that if that were true, Human history would be a lot less bloody. La Forge calls Riker just then to tell him he has returned from the planet and brought along a souvenir. In Picard's ready room, La Forge reports that five more explosive devices, left over from the Koinonian Wars, were found by the away team. However, unlike the one that killed Aster, these ones had recently been pulled up from the ground and defused despite there being no signs of any life on the planet. Worf still feels very unsettled with the situation, understandably as he was also orphaned by parents who died in the line of duty. He feels awful for the senseless death of the crew member and frustrated that there is no enemy he can fight/kill to avenge her. While speaking to Troi in the Enterprises computer access room, he has the idea of protecting the boy through a Klingon ritual that will bond the two together for life. Although Troi advises against showing too much affection to him so soon after his mother's death, Worf introduces himself to Jeremy. Meanwhile, Dr. Crusher has called Wesley to her office so that he can talk to Jeremy about the loss of a parent. Dr. Crusher reasons that having someone not that much older to talk to would help Jeremy. Wesley is uncomfortable to discuss this but Dr. Crusher reminds him that unlike them, Jeremy has no one else to fall back on for support. Wesley tells her he will think about talking to Jeremy and then asks his mother if she ever thinks about his dad. He says sometimes he can't remember what he looked like and then there are days like this one where he can remember every detail of the day, down to the last hug and Picard's eyes when he had to break the news. Dr. Crusher embraces her son as they both become emotional remembering Jack Crusher. On the bridge, Data reports an odd energy buildup on the planet's surface. The energy expands upwards from the planet, touching the ship. Soon afterward, Jeremy is alone in his quarters watching old videos of his parents on a PADD, when his mother appears to him, solid and seemingly real. Act Three Marla explains to Jeremy that the crew "made a mistake" and that she is not actually dead. Then she tells him that they will live on the planet, in a home, just like on Earth. She promises that everything is alright. At that moment, Worf enters to check up on Jeremy, and summons Picard and a security team to deal with the situation. The energy form posing as Marla Aster leads Jeremy to the transporter room where she wants Chief O'Brien to beam them to the surface. Picard and Troi catch up with them. The entity explains that she wants to take Jeremy to the planet, where they will live a happy life. Picard and Troi attempt to reason with her, but she is adamant. Picard informs her that she cannot take Jeremy with her as the boy is his responsibility. They take Jeremy from the transporter room by force, and the entity vanishes. Act Four Troi comforts Jeremy as best she can, taking him back to his quarters, but the entity isn't gone for long, returning and transforming Jeremy's quarters into a facsimile of his house on Earth and even recreating his pet cat, Patches. She repeats her desire to return to the planet with Jeremy. Troi explains to Picard that the entity doesn't understand why there is such resistance from the crew. It only wishes to make Jeremy happy. To thwart her efforts, La Forge remodulates the shields to block the energy from the planet; she and the recreation of the house again disappear. With a surge of power from the planet, the energy being enters the ship again, takes down a few security officers, and transforms Jeremy's quarters once more. Act Five La Forge gives the command to shut down all power to the transporters because even though the entities can come and go, Jeremy is flesh and blood and must use a transporter to leave the ship. Picard talks to the entity, trying to establish its motives. It explains that there were once two races of Koinonians – one of energy, one of matter. The physical beings living on the planet engaged in a massive civil war while the energy beings refused to intervene/interfere. After the physical Koinonians destroyed themselves, the energy beings felt a terrible guilt that they might have been able to avert the tragedy if they had acted. They vowed never to let the conflict hurt another person, and feel responsible for the accident that killed Jeremy's mother. Therefore, they offer to raise him on the planet, and cannot comprehend why the Enterprise officers refuse to let them take him. Picard summons Worf and also Wesley to help better explain his position – that Humans must learn to deal with loss in their own way, and that they become stronger people overall because of it. He and Troi argue with the entity: how would he live on the planet with no friends, no career, no family, no significant other? Wesley explains that when his father died, he hated Picard for a time because he survived the mission that killed Jack Crusher, but he has since got over his anger. Hearing this, Jeremy is able to express his anger at Worf, but quickly understands that he is really just angry that his mother is gone and it was not actually Worf's fault. Worf tells Jeremy how his own parents were killed at Khitomer, and he was raised by Humans – then makes his offer to perform the R'uustai ritual with Jeremy, a ceremony that would make him a member of Worf's House. The energy being, seeing that Jeremy will be well looked after, leaves the ship. Later, Worf and Jeremy go through the R'uustai ritual in Worf's quarters, uniting their houses and making them brothers. Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), 2366 Memorable quotes "Away team is aboard, Captain. One dead on arrival." - Beverly Crusher, announcing the death of Marla Aster "How do you get used to it… telling them?" "You hope you never do." - Wesley, clearly affected by the death, and Riker "He is an orphan; I am an orphan. He will understand." - Worf, telling Troi he intends to perform the R'uustai ceremony with Jeremy Aster "I've always believed that having children on a starship is a very… questionable policy. Serving on a starship means… accepting certain risks, certain dangers… Did Jeremy Aster make that choice?" "Death and loss are an integral part of life everywhere – leaving him on Earth would not have protected him." "No… but the Earth isn't likely to be ordered to the Neutral Zone, or to repel a Romulan attack. It was my command which sent his mother to her death – she understood her mission and my duty… Will he?" - Picard and Troi, on the turbolift talking about how to break the news to Jeremy "I'm all alone now." "Jeremy, on the starship Enterprise, no one is alone… No one." - Jeremy Aster and Picard "Let's just hope it doesn't blow us to kingdom come while it's figuring out how to blow us to kingdom come." - La Forge "How well did you know Lt. Aster?" "We spent some time together. Not very well. How well did you know her?" "Why do you ask?" "Well you just asked me." "But why do you ask the question? Since her death, I have been asked several times to define how well I knew Lt. Aster. And I heard you ask Wesley on the bridge how well he knew Jeremy. Does the question of familiarity have some bearing on death?" "Do you remember how we all felt when Tasha died?" "I do not sense the same feelings of absence I associate with Lt. Yar. Although, I cannot say precisely why." "Just Human nature, Data." "Human nature, sir?" "We feel a loss more intensely when it's a friend." "But should not the feelings run just as deep, regardless of who has died?" "Maybe they should, Data. Maybe if we felt any loss as keenly as we felt the death of one close to us, Human history would be a lot less bloody." - Data and Riker, talking about the death of people close to them and not close "Do you ever think about him, Mom?" "Your father? Sure, I do." "Sometimes, I can't even remember what his face looks like. Scares me." "It happens to all of us, Wes. Sometimes… I can't get his face out of my mind." - Wesley and Beverly, talking about their memories of Jack Crusher "I cannot seek revenge against an enemy who has turned to dust centuries ago. Her death was senseless. The last victim of a forgotten war." - Worf "SoS jIH batlh SoH." "What does that mean?" "It honors the memory of our mothers. We have bonded and our families are stronger." "SoS jIH batlh SoH." - Worf and Jeremy Aster, performing the R'uustai ceremony and becoming brothers Background information Production history First draft script: Third revised final draft script: 23 August 1989 Premiere airdate: Michael Piller recommends this episode, among others, in a memo to John Wentworth, president of Paramount's Network Television Publicity department: (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 91) Mentioned approvingly in a one-page memo from Piller to TNG writing staff: 11 December 1989 First UK airdate: Story and production This episode introduced Ronald D. Moore to the Star Trek writing fold, something he would be part of for ten years across three incarnations of Trek. Moore recalled, "I had been in LA for about three years, and I was doing an odd series of jobs – I was a messenger, I was an animal hospital receptionist… I did all kinds of things. Then I started dating this girl, and she had a connection to Star Trek: The Next Generation because she had helped work on the pilot, and she knew that I was a big fan of the original series. I had, like, books and posters and stuff in my apartment – I was a big fan of the old show. Next Gen was in its second season at that point, and she said, "You know, I could get you a tour of the sets." And I thought, "Oh, my god! I'd love to see the sets! It would be amazing!" It took, like, four weeks to set it up, and in the interim I just sorta decided to take a shot, and I sat down and wrote an episode. And I brought it with me. The guy who was giving the set tour, I conned him into reading it, and he turned out to be one of Gene Roddenberry's assistants. He really liked it, and he gave it to my first agent. She submitted it through the front door to the show, and it went into the slush pile. And it sat in the slush pile for about seven months. When the third season began, a new executive producer came on board – Michael Piller – and he went through the slush pile, and found it and bought it and produced it, and asked me to do a second one." Piller recalled, "I came in without any shows to shoot. There were no stories and no scripts in the works, which is the greatest nightmare you can imagine. There's nothing to fall back on and the appetite of any weekly show is voracious, because as soon as you've got a script done you have to have another one right behind it and it continues that way. I went through every scrap of paper to see what was here from past administrations that I could develop. The first thing that came to my attention, the first thing I saw that had any value, was a speculative script that had been sitting around called 'The Bonding.' It appealed to me enormously. It needed a little work and hadn't tied the alien story in the other story quite right." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 187) The script went through a substantial rewrite by Melinda Snodgrass and Piller, and was according to Moore, "greatly improved in the process". He noted, ""The Bonding" was completely out of my hands after I sold the script." The biggest change to his script was that when Jeremy first learns his mother had been killed, he recreates her on the holodeck. Moore stated, "The thing I was playing with is what are the dangers of the holodeck. A kid goes in and recreates his dead mother. What do you do in that situation? They felt that they didn't want to do another holodeck show at that point, that it moved the focus away from the aliens. What sparked the idea was that we have this shipload of a thousand people, and this time they've brought their families. It never seems the series has dealt head-on with some of the question a family ship would inevitably bring up. I wanted to write a story about what happens when someone's mother dies, and what happens to that kid and our family on board the ship. That process naturally led to Worf, because he's an orphan as well." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 187) According to Piller, this change was at the behest of Gene Roddenberry, who objected that children in the twenty-fourth century would have a greater acceptance of death. It was Piller who suggested the alien involvement to fit the story into Roddenberry's vision. (Star Trek: The Next Generation 365, p. 125; Fade In: The Making of Star Trek Insurrection) Moore attended one day of shooting of the episode, where he met Patrick Stewart for the first time. Moore recalled, "He was very gracious and friendly when he learned that I had written the episode and then asked me if I was writing another. I had just gotten the assignment for 'Defector' and so I briefly told him the idea. He nodded his head, seemed intrigued, then said, 'Just remember one thing… the Captain doesn't do enough screwing or shooting in this series.' And then he turned and walked away. Now, THAT is the Captain of the Enterprise, if you ask me." Music Composer Dennis McCarthy recalled, "I had a difficult time conveying the sense of loss the child was feeling while simultaneously not losing sight of the threat of the alien entity. I had to juxtapose one over the other without losing sight of either during the whole score. It's melodic with a lot of sadness, but there's always that underlying threat, the potential danger." () Sets and props A model of a vessel (refit configuration) is on display in the Aster's quarters aboard the Enterprise-D. The bird sculpture seen in Marla Aster's home can also be seen in the reception area at Arkaria Base in the sixth season episode , in the conference room of the Maquis in the seventh season episode , and in Annorax ready room aboard the Krenim weapon ship in the fourth season episode . This episode features the second and final usage of the Enterprise computer access room, which debuted four episodes earlier in . Deleted scenes Several scenes were filmed but later cut from the episode during editing. These scenes came to light in when Star Trek collector Cyril "Patchou" Paciullo (owning several more The Next Generation episodes work prints) uploaded the contents of an early work print VHS tape of the episode to the internet. Act 1, Scene 6 – Portions of the sickbay sequence involving Worf and Crusher. Act 1, Scene 12 – A scene of Picard and Troi visiting Jeremy Aster in his shipboard classroom. Features guest actor Raymond D. Turner as Aster's teacher. Act 2, Scene 16 – A long scene between Troi and Aster, regarding the boy's feelings towards his mother's death. Features Troi's description of her own experience losing her father as a child. Act 2, Scene 18 – Troi cornering Worf in a corridor to discuss his feelings. Act 2, Scene 22A – A portion of Worf's introduction to Jeremy Aster. Act 3, Scene 31A – A portion of the initial discussion between Jeremy and the Marla Aster impersonation; cut due to references to also-cut A2/S16, listed above. Paciullo submitted his tapes to , who in turn brought him into contact with CBS. However, this tape was discovered too late for the deleted scenes of the episode to be incorporated in the remastered episode, or otherwise be included on the 2013 TNG Season 3 Blu-ray release, as was his tape of companion episode . Likewise, his tape of the second season episode , was uncovered far too late for any inclusion of the deleted scenes on its 2012 corresponding release. Still, his tape of the fourth season episode was just in time uncovered for the deleted scenes, remastered in high definition, to be incorporated as part of the bonus features "Deleted Scenes" on the later that year released TNG Season 4 Blu-ray set. Continuity The fate of Jeremy Aster was never revealed. However, Marla Aster was mentioned once more, in . It can be assumed, however, that Jeremy was reunited with his aunt and uncle on Earth. According to Moore, while the writing staff considered bringing Jeremy back for future stories, but that kind of continuity wasn't really done then. Later, they had introduced Worf's son, and decided Worf's story had gone off in a different direction and Jeremy was back on Earth, sending him occasional postcards (TNG Season 3 Blu-ray, episode commentary). Regarding the possibility of a sequel, Moore commented, "I've never felt like I wanted to follow up on Jeremy after "The Bonding". I'm not against it, but I don't have any interesting stories to tell with that character." He later added, "I was not a big fan of the actor playing Jeremy, so in that sense I wasn't disappointed at all. It would've been interesting to continue the relationship on the Enterprise (with a different kid), but at that point in Trek, no one was even willing to think about continuing storylines, so it never came up." In this episode, Riker and Data share an exchange reminiscent of one between Spock and McCoy in . In that episode, Spock muses that if Humans felt the death of large groups as strongly as they felt the death of one, "it might have rendered your [Human] history a bit less bloody." Here, Data wonders why Humans do not feel the loss of a stranger as strongly as they feel the loss of a friend. Riker responds, "maybe if we felt the loss of any life as keenly as we felt the death of those close to us, human history would be a lot less bloody." Reception Piller remarked, "I liked that show a lot and am very proud of it. I think it struck the heart of Star Trek, exploring the Human condition. This was a marvelous example of that." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 187) Director Winrich Kolbe opined, "Interesting show. I'm a little bit ambiguous about the little boy who I used to call Clark Gable, Jr. because of his ears. Again, it was a cute episode and a good one for Michael, but again it's not something that intrigued me that much. It's just not as strong as some of the others." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 187) A mission report for this episode by Robert Greenberger was published in . Director Kolbe also remembers, "Vulnerability in Worf is an interesting concept, because the guy seems so invulnerable. To let him open up a little bit gives me a dichotomy I like. It's an intriguing concept visually and also as far as Worf is concerned. I have fond memories of that show." () Apocrypha While Jeremy Aster's story starts and ends with this episode, other sources show that Jeremy's relationship with Worf remained strong after his return to Earth: he seeks, and receives, romantic advice from Worf in DC Comics' "The Lesson", joins the House of Martok in Genesis Force, and has become close with Sergey and Helena Rozhenko, visiting them quite often, in Diplomatic Implausibility. Video and DVD releases Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 27, UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 3.2, As part of the TNG Season 3 DVD collection As part of the TNG Season 3 Blu-ray collection Links and references Starring Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker Also starring LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher Guest stars Susan Powell as Marla Aster/ Gabriel Damon as Jeremy Aster Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien Uncredited co-stars Rachen Assapiomonwait as Michael Braveheart as Martinez George Colucci as security officer Lorine Mendell as Diana Giddings John Rice as science division officer Lincoln Simonds as security officer Raymond D. Turner as Teacher (deleted scene) Unknown performers as Mr. Aster (voice) Command division ensign Command division officer Crewmember in engineering (voice) Operations division officer "Patches" Relief tactical officer Scientist Stand-ins James G. Becker – stand-in for Jonathan Frakes Dexter Clay – stand-in for Michael Dorn Jeffrey Deacon – stand-in for Patrick Stewart June Jordan – stand-in for Gabriel Damon Nora Leonhardt – stand-in for Marina Sirtis Tim McCormack – stand-in for Brent Spiner Lorine Mendell – stand-in for Gates McFadden Guy Vardaman – stand-in for Wil Wheaton References 2340; 2346; 2354; 2361; "a little"; "a lot"; accident; acting ensign; affection; alien; "all right"; anger; anguish; anti-grav lift; antimatter; antimatter containment field; antimatter containment pod; Aster's aunt and uncle; Aster home; attack; away mission; away team; ; body; brother; cabin; cadaver; candle; ; career; cavern; century; ceremonial chamber; ceremony; children; choice; class; clock; "come in"; "come on"; computer access room; ; corridor; corridor A; corridor B; ; culture; d'k tahg; danger; day; dead on arrival; death; detonation; distance; dust; Earth; education; emergency; enemy; energy; energy field; energy force (aka energy form); energy source; era; evidence; "excuse me"; existence; explanation; explosion; explosive device; eye; face; father; Federation; Federation records; feeling; fiction; force field; friend; Galaxy-class decks; generation; "go ahead"; "go away"; "go on"; grieving process; ground; guilt; hand held screen; health; heart; "hello"; historical record; home video; House of Mogh; hug; Human; Human history; Human nature; husband; "I don't know"; "in time"; individual; injury; intruder; investigation; joy; Khitomer Massacre; "kicked me in the head"; kilometer; Kingdom Come; Klingons; Klingon language; (energy form); (physical being); Koinonian homeworld; Koinonian Wars; landing; leader; lens; life cycle; lifeform; line of duty; location; love; M-class; magnetic flux; main viewer; manifestation; manual override; matter; meaning; memory; meter; microscope; mission; mistake; mister; Mogh; mortal; mother; motive; Much Ado About Nothing; "my God"; non-corporeal; north; number one; "of course"; offer; orphan; pain; painting; parent; pattern; person; phenomenon; philosophy; physical being; plan; policy; puppet; quarters; question; R'uustai; race; radiation; reality; reason; relative; report; revenge; right; "right now"; risk; rock; Romulan Neutral Zone; Romulans; room; scan analysis; school; sculpture; security alert; sensor; shield harmonics; ship's archaeologist; "sit down"; sofa; sorrow; souvenir; species; spirit; "stand by"; standard orbit; Starfleet; starship; string; subspace proximity detonator; suffering; surface; survey; sword; thing; tradition; transporter; transporter power; Transporter Room 3; trap; tricorder; truth; tunnel; universe; victim; "wait a minute"; weapon; wife; Worf's mother; ; year; yellow alert Deleted references Betazed; exoarchaeology; ; External links de:Mutterliebe es:The Bonding fr:The Bonding (épisode) ja:悲しみの幻影（エピソード） nl:The Bonding pl:The Bonding TNG episodes

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The Best of Both Worlds (episode)

The Borg begin an invasion of Federation space much sooner than was expected. With the Enterprise unable to affect them, the Borg capture Captain Picard and turn him into one of their own. (Season finale) Summary Teaser "Captain's log, Stardate 43989.1. The has arrived at Jouret IV in response to a distress signal from one of the Federation's outermost colonies." Commander Riker, Data, Worf, and Geordi La Forge file into a transporter room. Worf notifies Riker that there has been no contact from the surface of Jouret IV for over twelve hours, nor are there any signs of life on the surface. Immediately after the away team is beamed down by Transporter Chief Miles O'Brien, the team finds not only that the entire colony of New Providence has been completely destroyed but also that the colony's former town center is now nothing more than a giant crater. Act One "Captain's log, Stardate 43992.6. Admiral Hanson and Lieutenant Commander Shelby of Starfleet Tactical have arrived to review the disappearance of New Providence colony. No sign remains of the nine hundred inhabitants." As the travels alongside an starship, Hanson and Shelby inform Captain Picard and Riker – in Picard's ready room – that Starfleet is currently unprepared for a potential Borg incursion, despite having known for over a year that they are coming. The officers discuss whether the colony was destroyed by the Borg and refer to the Enterprises first contact with them, at System J-25 a year previously. Hanson asserts that Shelby – an expert on the Borg – will lead the investigation. She is eager to view the colony site, but the next away mission there will not be until dawn. Before taking Shelby to her quarters, Riker invites Hanson to the Enterprises upcoming poker night but the admiral instead recommends Shelby as a rumored poker player, as he and Picard have much to discuss. Alone with Picard, Hanson details his approval of Shelby. He tries to encourage the captain to accept her as his first officer and convince Riker to assume captaincy of the , a command offer that Picard was heretofore unaware of and follows two previous proposals – the and the – that Riker has declined. Hanson suggests that Picard should kick Riker in the rear end for his own good and notes that his staying on the Enterprise is hurting his career. Entering her quarters with Riker, Shelby reveals she has an uncertain theory about how to search for the Borg, extrapolating a "Borg footprint" from their previous encounter with the Enterprise. Unusual magnetic resonance traces were left on the damaged sections of the Enterprises hull that were tested. Shelby then select away team members for the forthcoming mission, and Riker interjects that not only has he already assigned the crew members she asked for to the away team, but that he will be joining the team himself. Shelby lets Riker know that she wants his job but then apologetically claims she was unaware that he has no intention of leaving the Enterprise. Riker responds that she will be the first to know if he does decide to leave. On his way out of the quarters, Riker tells Shelby the details of that night's poker game. Later, Wesley Crusher, Deanna Troi, Data, and Geordi La Forge are in attendance at the game, which results in Riker fooling Wesley – inexperienced at poker – into suspecting that Riker has an impressive hand. However, Shelby suspects Riker is bluffing and calls him on it, winning the game, to Riker's chagrin. The next morning, Riker learns from O'Brien that she and Data beamed down to the colony an hour beforehand. On the planet's surface, he authoritatively draws her away. Data is confused by Shelby's statement that the "early bird gets the worm" and confers with La Forge, saying she made a mistake because there are no "avifaunal or vermicular lifeforms" found on Jouret IV. La Forge tells Data that's not what she meant, but she did make an error. Shelby privately tells Riker that her expediency was due to an approaching storm front that could have potentially affected their readings and because Data was available to beam down right away. Riker reminds her of regulations, of which she takes note. Shelby reports that the area's soil contains their Borg footprint, confirming that the colony's decimation was due to the Borg. Act Two "Captain's log, Stardate 43993.5. With confirmation of the Borg's presence in Federation space, Admiral Hanson has returned to Starbase 324 to discuss strategy with Starfleet Command. Lieutenant Commander Shelby remains on board to continue tactical preparations." With the Enterprise now in a solitary orbit, Riker notifies Picard of the efforts being made to ready the ship and Starfleet for the impending Borg invasion. When Picard asks for his assessment of Shelby, Riker admits that she knows her stuff but has not earned his full confidence, noting her initiative and taking risks. Humorously, Picard indirectly likens those qualities to a younger Riker. The captain then questions why Riker is still on the Enterprise, since he's been offered command of the Melbourne, noting it as a fine ship. Although Riker answers that he has decided not to pursue that commission, Picard lengthily urges him to reconsider, noting that he is ready to take command and that the Enterprise will be just fine without him. Later in Ten Forward, Riker discusses his uncertainty while seated with Counselor Troi at a table, noting that he has pushed himself hard and sacrificed much (implying with a gesture that he means even having ended their romance) to get where he is, had always said he wanted his own command, and yet he's now hesitating. As he considers reasons why he is still aboard the ship, Troi doubts each one. He agrees with Picard that there is a similarity between Shelby and his younger self, and wonders why he seems to have lost attributes that he liked about himself but that she now possesses – such as impatience, ambition, and risk-taking. Troi reassures him that, on the contrary, he has matured and thereby gained more than he realizes. He is much more comfortable with himself, though Riker wonders if he's too comfortable. She's not sure what he means by that, but she does know that he's happier than he's ever been. Giving him pause for thought, she asks him what he really wants. In engineering, Shelby and a team that includes Data, Geordi La Forge and Wesley Crusher deduce that a Borg cube's systems are likely interconnected, like the Borg themselves. The team debates their own ship's available technologies, but La Forge and Crusher confess to being overly tired. Riker decides to call it a night and they'll reconvene tomorrow at 0500 hours. Despite Shelby wanting to continue working with Data who does not require rest, Riker insists otherwise, due to the team's exhaustion and that he doesn't want the crew fighting the Borg at the same time they're fighting their own fatigue. Shelby insists that she can keep on working by herself, but Riker dismisses her. The next day, most of the ship's senior officers are in the observation lounge while Admiral Hanson remotely notifies them that the recently reported (via a distress call) contact with an alien, "cube-shaped" vessel but subsequently went missing. On Picard's direction, the Enterprise starts to head there at maximum warp. Meanwhile, Hansen informs Picard that every available starship is en route to assist the Enterprise but are still six days away from their destination. Picard vows that the Enterprise will try to keep the Borg occupied and Hanson then ends his message. While some of the senior officers exit to man their battle stations, Picard questions La Forge about the Enterprises state of combat readiness, but the engineer relates that the situation seems grim. He does tell Picard that they will retune the phasers to a higher EM base emitting frequency to try to disrupt the Borg's subspace field. La Forge notes that it is a shot in the dark when asked by Picard of the plan's effectiveness, but La Forge tells the captain it is the best they can do. With the Enterprise continuing at warp, the bridge officers later detect the invading Borg cube, which moves to intercept the Starfleet vessel. Picard instructs Worf that Hanson is to be contacted with news that the engagement has begun. Act Three Picard is personally hailed by the Borg. Data is unsure if the cube is the same ship the Enterprise encountered at J-25 but says their dimensions match exactly. The Borg demand that Picard surrender to them, influencing the bridge officers to realize that the Borg's priorities have changed from an interest exclusively in technology. Picard defiantly refuses and continues to threaten the Borg to withdraw. A skirmish ensues, in which the cube makes an eventually successful attempt to trap the Enterprise in a tractor beam. Whereas the Enterprises weapons do no damage to the cube, the Borg's use of a cutting beam on the secondary hull forces La Forge to evacuate engineering. Shelby tells Data to target the cube with random phaser frequencies, which sever the tractor allowing the Enterprise to get away. On a course set by Picard, the ship speedily departs, pursued by the cube moments later. La Forge arrives on the bridge, while Data reports that eleven crewmembers were killed when the Borg attacked, along with eight more missing. Picard supervises the ship's entry into the sensor-blinding Paulson Nebula, a hiding spot into which the cube does not follow. Riker, Shelby, and the engineering team in the observation lounge review their escape from the cube's tractor beam, finding that a high narrow band of phaser frequencies momentarily nullified the cube's power. La Forge and Crusher come up with a plan to fire a concentrated blast of those same frequencies from the main deflector dish, the only component on the ship capable of handling that much power at controlled frequencies. Shelby fears that such a blast will also destroy the Enterprise, but Riker proposes that the plan could still work, if some distance was put between the ship and its target. Although Riker approves Shelby's suggestion to retune all phasers to the same band of frequencies, he repeatedly dismisses her recommending that they separate the vessel's saucer section and use it to divert the Borg. Shelby insists that Captain Picard be given the option of deciding on her proposal, but – after Riker replies that he personally presents all ideas and alternatives to Picard – she finally desists and exits with Data and Wesley, leaving Riker and La Forge to remark on her stubbornness. They nevertheless agree that she can help the Enterprise crew. Riker later enters Picard's ready room to find Shelby there, having brought her controversial suggestion to the captain. Picard agrees with an uncomfortable Riker that the right time for Shelby's plan is not yet but dictates that her proposed stratagem should be used as a fallback. Riker accepts Picard telling him to make the necessary preparations to enact her plan. Riker and Shelby board a turbolift via the bridge, but Riker immediately stalls their journey to the battle bridge on Deck 8. He angrily warns Shelby not to bypass his authority again. After he grants her permission to speak freely, she bluntly states that Riker is in her way. Riker mocks her frustration but she then criticizes the cautiousness of his shipboard service, telling him that – if he cannot make the big choices that go with his rank – he should abdicate his position as first officer to someone who can. Act Four "Captain's log, Stardate 43996.2. The Enterprise remains concealed in the dust cloud. And to my surprise, the Borg have maintained their position, waiting for us to come out of hiding. I have no explanation for their special interest in me or this ship. We continue to prepare our defenses for the inevitable confrontation. But I must admit, on this night I contemplate the distinct possibility that no defense may be adequate against this enemy." While touring the Enterprise (after surveying engineering), Picard visits an empty Ten Forward, where Guinan is puzzled to see that he is awake. He tells her of his tour and, as they converse over the tradition of such a tour, Guinan intuits that Picard is not confident about the imminent clash with the Borg. He admits as much, anticipating that the conflict may spell the end for his civilization. She assures him that – even in the face of almost certain obliteration – Humanity, like her own people have done, will prevail against the Borg by surviving. Explosions outside the ship's hull and a communication from Worf summon the captain to the bridge. There, Picard learns that the blasts are due to magnetometric guided charges from the Borg cube. Soon thereafter, the Enterprise speeds out of the nebula under Riker's supervision, as requested by Picard, but is struck by one of the charges. The cube gives chase, soon managing to tractor the Enterprise, and Borg intruders begin to transport onto the bridge. Although Worf manages to disable the first with his own phaser, he and Riker are forcefully discarded when they consecutively try to assault a second Borg, who resists Worf's phaser. A third appears beside Picard and restrains the captain before both vanish. He and the two Borg survivors are transported from the bridge, leaving the disabled one to self-destruct. Recovering, Riker and Worf find that the Borg are making a quick getaway, so Riker orders pursuit. O'Brien is unable to beam Picard back, due to interference. Worf discovers that the course the Borg has set will lead them to Sector 001. Riker grimly identifies the Borg's exact target: Earth. Picard is escorted to face the cube's interior, where the Borg Collective inform him that he has been chosen to become a liaison between the Borg and Humanity, to expedite the assimilation of Earth into the Collective. Picard refuses to comply, saying that Humans would rather die, but the Borg maintain that his efforts to resist them will not succeed. La Forge meanwhile informs Riker, on the Enterprises bridge, that their deflector is nearly weaponized but will require an abundance of power from the warp engines. Riker arranges an away team to retrieve Picard, and, on Shelby's advice, he also prioritizes inducing the cube to drop out of warp before they must disengage their warp drive. Riker plans to lead the away team himself, leaving Shelby to coordinate with Starfleet from the bridge, but she objects that the team could use Shelby's knowledge of the Borg. Riker cuts Shelby off mid-sentence but listens to Troi's objection that protocol dictates that Riker's place is on the bridge, as he is the highest-ranked officer and the Federation is currently in a state of war with the Borg. Reluctantly, he assigns command of the team to Shelby. Act Five "First officer's log, Stardate 43998.5. Our pursuit of the Borg continues on a course that will take us to the very core of the Federation. The devastation they could bring is beyond imagination." After preparing to board the cube, the away team members – Shelby, Worf, Data, and Doctor Crusher – are transported over to the Borg craft, armed with newly retuned phasers. Shelby reminds the team that their phasers will work once or twice before the Borg learn to adapt. Doctor Crusher asks what kind of resistance they should expect. Data replies that the Borg ignored them when they originally beamed aboard their vessel, as they did not see their presence as a threat. Shelby pipes up that may change, should they begin to interfere with their plans. They begin their quest for Picard, whom Worf is unable to detect using a tricorder. As predicted, the Borg take no action against the away team. Doctor Crusher notices a Borg linkup and metaphorically suggests – likening the away team to mosquitoes – that vandalizing the cube's systems could hinder the Borg. In another section of corridor, Data finds more distribution nodes, and Worf's tricorder detects Picard's combadge but the communicator is unresponsive, so the team start heading towards it. In the Enterprises ready room, Riker strongly advises Admiral Hanson – via the room's desktop monitor – that Earth's protection be prioritized. The admiral says his fleet will intercept the Borg at Wolf 359, where they will make their stand. Riker notifies Hanson of the Enterprises situation, worriedly implying to a curious Hanson that there has not yet been any sign of Picard. In a large drawer, the away team finds Picard's discarded uniform and combadge. Shelby apprises Riker (now on the bridge) of this news, just before he is told – by Wesley and La Forge – that the deflector weapon is ready but that, due to the radiation danger, the forward half of the secondary hull and lowest three decks of the saucer section will require evacuation, which Troi goes to organize. Riker orders the away team to find a way to disengage the cube from warp. Shelby oversees the experimental destruction of one of the distribution nodes, requiring the combined phaser power of Data and Worf. The disturbance influences the Borg to become energized, but the team manages to shatter two more nodes. The away team's sabotage causes the Borg cube to drop out of warp, a development that Wesley reports on the Enterprises bridge, and enables La Forge to divert power from warp to the deflector. Riker supervises final preparations for using the weapon. Meanwhile, the away team manages to disable several approaching Borg, but they soon adapt to the modified frequencies. As the Borg close in on the away team, Beverly notices Picard in the distance and calls out to him, but, as the captain turns to face his crew, his features reveal the implementation of Borg implants and hardware throughout his body – he has been physically transformed into a Borg. Worf, shocked, determinedly heads towards his former captain, but a powerful force field blocks his way and knocks Worf to the floor. On Shelby's command, the team makes a hasty escape to the Enterprise, leaving Picard behind. The members of the away team arrive on the bridge and notify Riker that the captain "has been altered by the Borg," though Worf disgustedly clarifies that Picard is a Borg. Shelby and Doctor Crusher are intent on making another recovery attempt, but, as the Borg cube re-energizes, Riker insists that they instead use their deflector weapon, as this is the only chance to destroy them – should the Borg regain warp drive, the Enterprises weapon will become useless. Shelby proposes sabotaging the Borg cube again, and orders Worf to contact Starfleet to consult with Admiral Hanson. Riker refuses both options, saying simply they are out of time. The Borg then hail the Enterprise. The crew watches in horror as Captain Picard, now calling himself "Locutus of Borg", to assimilate the Enterprise and destroy the Federation. Determined, and with no other option, Commander Riker makes the ultimate decision… TO BE CONTINUED… Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), 2366 First officer's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) Memorable quotes "The truth of the matter is… hell, we are not ready. We knew they were coming for over a year. We've thrown every resource we have into this, but still…" "Then you are convinced it is the Borg?" "That's what I'm here to find out. The initial descriptions of these surface conditions are almost identical to your reports from system J-25." - J.P. Hanson, William T. Riker, and Shelby, about assessing Starfleet's ability to confront the Borg "He's hurting his career by staying put. If I were you, I'd kick him in the rear end for his own good." - J.P. Hanson, to Picard about Riker "Well, I've only got two pair, but I've got to see your hole card. I'll call." - Shelby, forcing Riker to reveal he was bluffing about having a straight flush "Morning. Early bird gets the worm, eh? We've had some interesting results." "Commander Shelby. Walk with me, Commander." (confused) "Early bird…? I believe Commander Shelby erred. There is no evidence of avifaunal or crawling vermicular lifeforms on Jouret IV." "That's not what she meant, Data… but you're right: she erred." - Shelby, Riker, Data, and La Forge "The soil contains the same magnetic resonance traces. That's our footprint. There's no doubt anymore. It is the Borg." - Shelby, to Riker "Will… what the hell are you still doing here?" "Sir?" "You've been offered the Melbourne." "I've decided not to pursue that commission at this time." "She's a fine ship, Will." "Yes, but she's not the Enterprise. With all due respect, sir, you need me. Particularly now." "Indeed? Starfleet needs good captains, particularly now. Reconsider your decision." "Are you telling me to leave, Captain?" "I'm asking you to look at your career objectively. Will, you're ready to work without a net. You're ready to take command. And, you know, the Enterprise will go along just fine without you." - Picard and Riker, on why the latter refuses his third offer of command from Starfleet to stay on the Enterprise "Mister Worf, dispatch a subspace message to Admiral Hanson. We have engaged the Borg." - Picard "Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the starship Enterprise, registry NCC-1701-D, you will lower your shields and prepare to transport yourself aboard our vessel. If you do not co-operate, we will destroy your ship." "You have committed acts of aggression against the United Federation of Planets!" - Borg Collective and Picard "What the hell do they want with you?" "I thought they weren't interested in Human lifeforms, only our technology." "Their priorities seem to have changed." - Riker, Shelby, and Picard, after the Borg demand that Picard surrender himself "You disagree with me, fine. You need to take it to the captain, fine; through me. You do an end run around me again, I'll snap you back so hard you'll think you're a first-year cadet again." "May I speak frankly, Commander?" "By all means." "You're in my way. "Really? (Unpleasant smile and sarcastic tone) How terrible for you." - Riker and Shelby "I wonder if the Emperor Honorious, watching the Visigoths coming over the seventh hill, could truly realize that the Roman Empire was about to fall. This is just another page in history, isn't it? Will this be the end of our civilization? Turn the page." - Picard, to Guinan shortly before the Enterprise faces the Borg cube "When it comes to this ship and this crew, you're damned right I play it safe." "If you can't make the big decisions, Commander, I suggest you make room for someone who can." - Riker and Shelby "Captain Jean-Luc Picard, you lead the strongest ship of the Federation fleet. You speak for your people." "I have nothing to say to you! And I will resist you with my last ounce of strength!" "Strength is irrelevant. Resistance is futile. We wish to improve ourselves. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service ours." "Impossible! My culture is based on freedom and self-determination!" "Freedom is irrelevant. Self-determination is irrelevant. You must comply." "We would rather die!" "Death is irrelevant. Your archaic cultures are authority-driven. To facilitate our introduction into your societies, it has been decided that a Human voice will speak for us in all communications. You have been chosen to be that voice." - Borg Collective and Picard "The captain has been altered by the Borg." "Altered?" "He IS a Borg! - Data, Riker, and Worf "I am Locutus… of Borg. Resistance… is futile. Your life, as it has been… is over. From this time forward… you will service… us." - Locutus of Borg, formerly Captain Picard "Mister Worf… fire." - Riker, setting up Part II Background information Production history Pitch memo from Michael Piller: First draft story outline: First draft story outline distributed: 2 March 1990 Final draft script: Patrick Stewart records ADR looping at Modern Sound: Premiere airdate: First UK airdate: Story and script Michael Piller was unsure how this episode's two-parter would end when he first sat down to write the episode. He began with the need for a season-ending cliffhanger. () Naturally, the episode was designed to create anticipation for the return of the series in the following season. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) While the Borg had proven popular after their introduction in the second season episode , the writers had struggled to bring them back, noting the problem of writing for a race with no personality. (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 199) In fact, Michael Piller himself had tried throughout 's third season to devise a new story about the Borg. () While several of the writing staff suggested creating a "queen bee" to act as a spokesperson, Piller resisted these proposals. He commented, "To me, there was something special and frightening about the Borg that their lack of character brought. For a show that dwells and specializes in character to be challenged and possibly destroyed by a characterless villain seemed, to me, to be a special kind of threat. But when we started talking about the cliffhanger and the Borg, we really did talk about who was going to be the queen bee." It was Piller who came up with the notion of meeting this requirement by having Picard be assimilated. The writer recalled, "It all just fell into place. I said, 'I've got it. Picard will be the queen bee." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 199) In an early draft of the story, however, Data and Picard were combined as one Borg unit. Piller recalled, "Someone said why should they do this, and we didn't have a good answer so we dropped that idea." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 199) To fill up the rest of the storyline, Piller sought to maintain the Human drama in all the spectacle. (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 199) As a result, the story's central character shifted, in Piller's opinion, from being Picard to Riker. ( issue #159, p. 42) Piller revealed, "We had no idea it was really a Riker story when we started out. I came up with the idea of having the Shelby character come on board to challenge Riker. That seemed to play into the Riker emotions and the conflict over whether to take the other job or not, and that builds into the issue of whether or not he was big enough to fill the center chair." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 199) Another reason that Piller had for creating the Shelby subplot was to better explore Riker's motivation for staying aboard the Enterprise, as the series' fans had begun to wonder why Riker had – on a couple of times beforehand – turned down command opportunities (despite the real reason for this being that the series' production team did not want to lose Jonathan Frakes from the cast nor the popular character of Riker from the series). (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) Piller had intended this season finale to be his last contribution to The Next Generation, after having agreed to only a one-year contract. His turmoil over leaving the show was reflected in Riker's struggle over leaving the Enterprise for his own command. Piller recounted, "By the end of the season, I was struggling with whether or not to stay or leave. And this came out in the screenplay for 'Best of Both Worlds, Part One', as Riker spoke about those issues." (Mission Overview, TNG Season 3 DVD special features) Piller also commented that he found this mirroring to be "very interesting." ( issue #159, p. 42) Due to having always found it easier to write character exposition than technobabble, writing about Riker's career dilemma came easily to Piller, especially since the character's issue mirrored his own situation. He remembered, "As I was writing this script, I found myself in the position of Riker, who was trying to decide whether he wanted to leave the ship or not. Much of what happened in Part One was about what was going on in my head." Of one scene in particular, Piller recalled, "Riker is talking to Troi about why he hasn't left [….] That was really me speaking through Riker." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 199) The writer elaborated, "When [Riker] talked to Troi about 'Why am I still here?' and she's telling him, 'because you're happy,' that was a conversation I had with myself several times during the course of writing that show." () Piller was finally convinced to stay by Gene Roddenberry. (Mission Overview, TNG Season 3 DVD special features) The real reason Doctor Crusher was included in the away team that attempts to retrieve Picard from the Borg was that actress Gates McFadden had mentioned to Piller that it would be fun to fire a phaser, as her character wasn't usually provided with the opportunity for much phaser action during the series. Piller was happy to accommodate her request. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) As the episode's text commentary notes, even though it makes logical sense for a medical officer to go on such a mission (as it does involve rescuing a potentially wounded crew member), the situation raises the question of why it is necessary for the chief medical officer to risk her life by partaking in such a dangerous mission. Just before the away team are beamed to the Borg ship, Shelby is even specifically reminded by Riker not to take any unnecessary risks. The script described Admiral Hanson as "fifties, high ranking, hard driving" and Shelby as "late twenties, very beautiful, energetic, extremely motivated and ambitious." The script also commonly referred to each of the Borg's distribution nodes as a "conduit box" and included only one reference to the moniker "Locutus" (specifically, in his dialogue at the end of the episode), otherwise referring to him as "Picard/Borg". All the stardates provided in the episode's log entries were changed between the script and the final version, with two supplemental entries in the script (the final two log entries of the episode) ultimately being given stardates instead. Although the script described the Paulson Nebula as containing "large rocks and clumpy material," none of this debris is shown in the episode's final version. In fact, the resemblance is of the Mutara Nebula. Script edits The final draft script included several moments that did not survive the episode's transition to its final, televised version. These included: …a preface to the scene wherein Riker and Shelby enter the latter's quarters. This edited portion of the scene began with the pair walking through a corridor, discussing the Borg. Shelby stated that the Borg were known to have no interest in power or political conquest, to which an acknowledging Riker added that the Borg identified what was useful to them before consuming it, or at least trying to. Pausing with Riker outside her quarters, Shelby presented a pertinent question, asking – after the Borg take what they want – what happened to the rest. Responding to Riker's expression, she explained that there must be some evidence, residue, or sign to show that the Borg had been in a particular area. …a continuation of the scene involving Riker and Troi in Ten Forward, immediately after Troi asks Riker what he wants. The deleted section of the scene continued with Riker laughing to himself, influencing Troi to wonder what was amusing him. Remarking that his impetus was "stupid," Riker revealed it was an old song that he had heard in his childhood and that now kept running through his mind. Reacting to Troi's expression, he began to sing the words of the song, which was the composition "Did You Ever Have the Feelin'?" (as featured in the movies , , and ). As he sang, Guinan – moving by with a tray of drinks – reacted as she heard Riker. He eventually stopped, realizing that Guinan was looking at him. She told him that he would start on Friday, with two shows a night and a matinee on Wednesday. Riker commented that he also played the trombone, to which Guinan nodded before walking away. …a moment during Shelby and Riker's argument about the tiredness of the engineering team, between Riker telling Shelby that he thinks the team should "call it a night" and him making that an order. This edited segment of the scene started with Shelby reacting without eye contact with him, instead continuing to work at a computer. In a restrained voice, she accepted his statement and started to address anyone who was really tired and wanted to leave, but her sentence was interrupted; Wesley and Geordi both agreed to keep working. Intending to quickly resume work, Shelby started to ask what would happen if the team took "the frequency klystron from the existing unit" but, this time, Riker interrupted her. With his voice firm but not loud, he instructed that they would "break here." …a continuation of the scene wherein the Enterprise enters the Paulson Nebula. In the scripted version of the scene, Riker ordered the bridge officers to shut down all active sensors, continue running passive scanners only, and to set the deflector to output only minimum emissions. Picard commented that they would maintain their position inside the nebula and looked at both Riker and Shelby, adding, "Until we have a better idea." Sets, props, and wardrobe The surface of Jouret IV was a set built on Paramount Stage 16, its design supervised by Production Designer Richard James. He used a large painted backdrop to extend the set, adding illusory distant mountains and an artificial sky to the planetscape. The planet's crater was added via the use of a matte painting that was based on a photograph of Meteor Crater in Arizona. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) Creation of the Borg designs benefited from lessons learned from "Q Who". David Livingston noted, "The set had been a problem, because we didn't have the money to build a complete one, and the Borg had taken a long time. We made a lot of changes on them after they were first put together. The technical part of figuring out how to stick on all this tubing to these guys was a big deal [….] When we got to 'Best of Both Worlds', we knew what the problems were. We knew we had to build a different kind of set and it worked out really well." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 199) The Borg costumes seen in this episode were based on designs that Durinda Rice Wood had created for "Q Who". (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) Wood had left the series by this point, however, so the task of improving the Borg suits for this episode's two-parter fell to Robert Blackman, who had joined the series since the Borg's previous appearance. Blackman remained close to his predecessor's Borg designs for this episode and the next. The design of Locutus for this episode and the next was slightly more elaborate than the rest of the Borg suits used here. Michael Westmore recalled how an effective special effect was added to Locutus' helmet, using merely a tiny, cheap laser; "My son Michael, who did all the Borg electronics in the eyes and the head, found this little laser that was only one inch long. We mounted it on Patrick Stewart as Locutus. There's that scene at the end of the first part of 'The Best of Both Worlds' where Patrick turns his head and looks directly into the camera with his laser. We had no idea what was going to happen. Boy, the phone rang! Rick [Berman] saw it and said, 'Oh, my God, what a great effect.' Now that's an effect that could cost thousands of dollars to do if you wanted to say 'This is what I want to do,' and this was done with a little cheap laser." As with the planetscape used for Jouret IV, the Borg interior set was also created by Richard James and built on Stage 16. Having devised the basic look of a Borg ship for "Q Who", James built on those designs for this episode. The Borg interior set, in this case, was built on an area of the stage where the floor could be removed, allowing the production crew to place lights in the basement area so that they could shine up through the floor grating. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) The ceiling of this Borg set featured many round yellow lights that were actually covers from swimming pool filters, two of which had also been influential in the design of an ancient Iconian control building seen on the planet Iconia in the second season TNG episode . (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary, ) New for the Borg set of this episode was the presence of numerous small, rectangular, black-and-red placards that were intended to represent Borg signs. Most of these placards were detailed with random patterning, but a few instead featured the distinctive claw-like emblem of the Borg Collective. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) A reworking of a matte painting by Syd Dutton was used for the interior vista of the Borg cube in this episode, as had previously been done in "Q Who". The illustration was used for both the scene wherein the Borg cube contacts the Enterprise and for the later scene in which Picard, not yet Locutus, is brought to face the Borg ship's interior. For the latter scene, a larger interior vista was created with a blue screen composite, adding Picard and two drones into the shot. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) The set of Shelby's quarters included a pair of paintings on the room's back wall, designed by Rick Sternbach. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) Close-up footage of the desktop monitor that Riker utilizes to contact Admiral Hanson reused stock footage that had been filmed early during TNG's first season. Longer shots of Riker using the monitor involved the use of the actual monitor prop, including grey stripes that had later been added to the prop's base but were not present in the stock close-up shots. The differences between the monitor in the two types of shots, in this episode, therefore constitute a continuity error. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) For scenes of Admiral Hanson contacting the Enterprises senior officers while they are gathered in the observation lounge, footage of actor George Murdock as Hanson was superimposed during post-production. When the senior officers watch footage of the Borg attack against the Enterprise, however, this footage was actually displayed on the screen amid the filming. The differences in these two methods of screen display was noticeable by looking at the observation lounge's table, as the footage that was on the set reflected off the table whereas the superimposed footage obviously didn't. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) For the remastered version of the episode, the reflection on the table was added for the superimposed footage. Cast and characters George Murdock (Admiral Hanson) previously appeared in as "". Guest star Elizabeth Dennehy found this episode to be the hardest of its two-parter, experiencing difficulty in playing an authority figure in a series with which she was entirely unfamiliar. The actress noted, "I didn't know anything about the show and I had to look like I knew, because I was in charge. I was a commander and the hardest thing in the world to do was making that dialogue sound like I spoke that way all the time. It was impossible. It's so easy to remember and memorize lines when they make logical sense or when you get blocked and you say when I move over here, I say this. But this was just memorizing times tables. It was just 2x2 is 4. I didn't know what a manipulation effect in the Borg ship's subspace meant. That's not English! It was like learning a foreign language by phonetics. It was just grueling." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 200) Jonathan Frakes commented about this episode, "That was one of the best cliffhangers ever." () Production This episode was produced in . (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) The fact that this episode was the first cliffhanger in the history of Star Trek: The Next Generation ( was later divided into two parts but was a feature-length episode at first-run) was influential in Paramount opting to be less restrained with this episode's budget than the organization typically was. Director Cliff Bole noted, "Paramount, at the beginning of the year, had pulled back a little budget-wise [….] They let us go a little bit on the first one because it was the first time we'd done a cliffhanger." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 207) Cliff Bole was delighted to work on this episode and its follow-up. He recalled, "I enjoyed these two shows [The Best of Both Worlds, Part I and II] more than anything I've ever done." ("Cliff Bole - Of Redemption & Unification", ) Assistant Director Chip Chalmers recalled one memorable moment during filming. "I remember the moment when Patrick [Stewart], dressed in a Borg outfit, first walks up to the viewscreen and says, 'I am Locutus of Borg.' He came on to the set – everybody was wowed with what they had done to Patrick – and we got everyone settled down and did one rehearsal. All he had to do was walk up to the camera. He did so and towered over everyone. It was just so creepy and so spooky, and he said, 'I am Locutus of Borg. Have you considered buying a Pontiac?' And everyone was on the floor. That's the kind of thing that makes it wonderful to work on the show; those people have a wonderful sense of humor." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 200) Elizabeth Dennehy struggled to begin her work on this episode, specifically owing to the lines of technobabble that Shelby had been scripted to say. "My first day was the hardest of all," Dennehy related. "It was a scene in the big conference room where I'm talking to them about what the Borg do, and they're like tongue twisters [….] But, geez, those lines. I yelled at Michael Piller when I first met him. The day he visited the set I had to say, 'Separate the saucer section, assign a skeleton crew,' and I asked him, 'Can you lay off the alliteration a little, Michael… please.' He laughed. It was hard." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 200) On the day when the teaser scene was filmed, the production staff gathered for a group photograph of virtually everyone involved in the making of the series. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) A close-up shot of the Borg linkup was filmed by a second unit crew, weeks after principal photography for the third season had ended. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) Visual effects According to an estimate made by Associate Producer Peter Lauritson on , this episode probably had eighty visual effects shots. (New Life and New Civilizations, TNG Season 4 DVD special features) This episode was one of a mere few that required all-new shots of the Enterprises exterior to be created, rather than reusing stock footage that had originally been filmed for . (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) For two establishing shots (using the same clip) of Admiral Hanson's transport ship flying alongside the Enterprise, recycled footage of the Excelsior-class model was recomposited with the Enterprise model; the clip had previously been used in , for which it was utilized to represent the . Although the clip had originally been filmed by Industrial Light & Magic, its new composite was done at The Post Group, overseen by Visual Effects Supervisor Robert Legato. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) Similarly, the images of the Paulson Nebula were recycled images of the Mutara Nebula from . This stock footage was enhanced for the episode, by photographing the Enterprise model on a stage that was filled with smoke, helping to create the illusion that the ship was in the cloudy nebula. (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) Shots of the Borg cube involved reusing a three-quarters filming miniature from "Q Who". (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) Music This episode is notable for the musical score composed by Ron Jones, as it uses a synthetic chorus to provide a five-note leitmotif for the Borg and a dramatic cliffhanger cue for the ending when Riker chooses to fire on Locutus. According to Jones, the producers were uncomfortable with the choir concept, though he felt the extremity of the Borg threat allowed for the musical style. He related, "Let's be serious. This isn't another episode of , this was the end of Mankind as we know it. This is not just 'Well, somebody's going to blow us out of the sky, but we'll be smart and figure it out.' I wanted it to be like 'Goodbye,' like an epitaph for humanity." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 23, No. 2/3, p. 125) The orchestra for this episode and Part II was double the size of that for other episodes, at seventy-seven musicians. ("Ron Jones - Sounds in Space", ) Some parts of the score seem to build upon musical themes used by Ron Jones in earlier episodes. For example, a piece of dramatic underscoring music that is heard during the activation of the auto-destruct sequence by Picard and Riker in the episode is featured even more profoundly in "The Best of Both Worlds". Ron Jones also happened to have scored the first episode to ever feature the Borg, "Q Who", as well as the episode that foreshadowed their threat, . Continuity and trivia This episode is essentially a sequel to "Q Who", in particular a scene at that episode's conclusion wherein Picard realizes – during a private conversation with Guinan – that the Borg "will be coming." This episode begins the first two-parter in Star Trek since and in . This was also the first end-of-season cliffhanger in the history of Star Treks production. The Borg went on to be used to provide end-of-season cliffhangers for Star Trek on three further occasions: , , and . They also went on to reappear in the feature-length premiere of DS9 (), the feature-length finale of Voyager (), and their big-screen debut in , the latter of which loosely continues the storyline from this episode. They even ultimately made a controversial appearance in , which takes place after most of the events in First Contact and begins a paradox of the Borg threatening the Federation. This episode marks the first use of the Borg's now-famous line: "Resistance is futile." Another phrase, "Strength is irrelevant," also becomes a commonly used Borg phrase with the subject "strength" being replaced in each use (for example: "freedom", "self-determination", "death"). While the Borg later prove to have typically unimaginative naming conventions (i.e., Third of Five, Seven of Nine, etc.), the name chosen for Picard's alter-ego is quite appropriate. His function is to speak for the Borg, and "Locutus" is Latin for "he who has spoken." Though the Borg's first appearance was in "Q Who", this is the first episode in any Star Trek series where the Borg assimilate a person. This episode also includes the first time that Doctor Crusher personally encounters the Borg, due to her absence in the second season of the series. At one point, the script of this episode specifically stated, "Beverly wasn't around for the Borg last year." This is the only season finale that Wil Wheaton recorded any scenes for. Of the other two season finales during his time as a regular, does not feature the character of Wesley at all and only features him in stock footage. Wesley's poker hand as he loses to Riker's bluff, three Jacks, is nearly identical to Data's hand in when he similarly lost to Riker's bluff, three Queens. In both cases, Riker had one card short of a flush and managed to bluff both Data and Wesley, respectively, into folding their three-of-a-kind hands (although in this instance, Shelby goes on to call Riker's bluff and win the hand). The new weapons that Shelby mentions are in development by Starfleet to combat the Borg very likely included the as well as a battle fleet which the Defiant was designed to be the prototype for. Commander Benjamin Sisko later states, in , that plans for the Defiant began five years prior to 2371, which would place it in the same time frame as this episode. Furthermore, the Defiant was to be built for the singular purpose of fighting and defeating the Borg. With the defeat of the Borg in , Starfleet later considered the threat from them to be "less urgent" and, coupled with design flaws of the Defiant, decided to abandon the project until faced with a similar threat from the Dominion. Although she is not seen on-screen in this episode, it is established in that the Borg Queen was aboard the cube. Despite Data apparently misunderstanding the phrase "early bird" in this episode, he has heard it once before; he is present when, in , a Minosian peddler uses the saying. This is the first of two episodes that establish Earth as being in Sector 001, the other episode being the following installment. Wolf 359 is an that exists in reality. An extremely faint red dwarf, the real Wolf 359 is approximately seven-point-eight light years from Earth, the fifth nearest star to our sun. Wesley makes reference to "the Wolf system", although, at the time the episode was produced, Wolf 359 was not believed to have any planets. However, in 2019, two exoplanet candidates were reported orbiting Wolf 359. Reception and aftermath Michael Piller predicted the attention which would be paid to this season finale. In a memo he wrote Rick Berman (on ), he stated that the episode's debut airing "ought to generate some decent publicity if Paramount milks it properly." (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, pp. 91-92) Cliff Bole was ultimately very proud of his work on this episode and its sequel. "They turned out very well [….] The two episodes really go together, and I wouldn't put it past Paramount to release them theatrically in the foreign market," he enthused. ("Cliff Bole - Of Redemption & Unification", ) As a member of TNG's writing staff, Ronald D. Moore was intensely aware of the impact that the initial airing of this episode had. In his introduction to the reference book Star Trek: The Next Generation 365, Moore recollected, "We were well into writing new episodes [for the fourth season] when the third-season finale, 'The Best of Both Worlds, Part I' [sic], was broadcast and all hell broke loose. That episode, Treks first cliff-hanger, touched a chord with the audience, and suddenly everyone was talking about TNG. We were seeing press clippings from all over the media with buzz about how wild it was to see Picard being Borgified into Locutus, and how stunning Riker's shout of 'Fire!' was, just before the final cut to black." No longer was the series derided for its newness and differences from . "All that went away after 'BOBW'," Moore noted. He also clarified, "It wasn't until after the 'Best of Both Worlds' cliffhanger that you felt the whole gestalt of it shift and suddenly we were Star Trek." (William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge) Brannon Braga joined the writing team of TNG shortly after this episode was first aired. On , he recalled the environment at the time: "The feeling back then was very exciting because… 'Best of Both Worlds, Part I' – the big Borg, Picard-gets-assimilated cliffhanger – had just aired. In fact, it was the first episode of Star Trek I'd really sat down and watched. And it was a turning point for The Next Generation, which was climbing its way up the ratings, getting better and better, but that was the defining moment, where it got a lot of people excited and the show really took off. So I came in right at that point, when that show had just aired and they were preparing Part II." (Chronicles from the Final Frontier, TNG Season 4 DVD special features) After the episode's airing, rumors circulated among fans that Patrick Stewart's contract talks with Paramount had stalled, and that Picard would be killed off, with Riker becoming captain while Shelby would become his first officer. This culminated in an unprecedented level of interest in , with Paramount running ads and radio spots specifically for the episode. () This episode was featured in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewers Choice Marathon. TV Guide ranked this as the eighth-best Star Trek episode for their celebration of the franchise's 30th anniversary. (TV Guide August 24, 1996) Entertainment Weekly ranked this episode (combined with Part II) #2 on their list of "The Top 10 Episodes" to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects. host Matt Mira remarked about this episode, "It was beautiful, it really was." () When asked about the show's enduring popularity, Michael Piller commented, "I think it's because we saw a side of Picard and a side of Riker that we had not seen before, plus of course, the depiction of 'an undefeatable' enemy like the Borg. Plus it had a scope because it was a two hour story." The book Star Trek 101 (p. 72), by Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block, lists this episode and the concluding part of its two-parter as being, together, one of the "Ten Essential Episodes" from Star Trek: The Next Generation. TV Guide ranked this episode #36 on their list of the Top 100 Episodes. A mission report for this episode, by Will Murray, was published in . Jeff Russo cited this as one of his favorite episodes and scores from TNG. ("Standing in the Shadow of Giants: Creating the Sound of Discovery", DIS Season 1 DVD & Blu-ray special features) Following his work on this installment and the concluding entry, Robert Blackman later significantly reworked the Borg costumes for subsequent episodes in which they were featured. The Borg linkup later reappeared as part of the electronic "guts" inside a wall panel aboard the during . (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) The group photograph that was taken on the day this episode's teaser was filmed turned out to be the last crew photograph to include Gene Roddenberry, prior to his death in . (Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg text commentary) A soundtrack album containing music from this episode (as well as Part II) was released in . An , featuring the complete episodic score, was released in . Video and DVD releases Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 37, catalog number VHR 2564, As part of the UK VHS collection Star Trek: The Next Generation - Borg Box: In feature-length form: As part of the UK VHS release Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Full Length TV Movies: Volume 2, catalog number VHR 4102, UK collectors' edition VHS: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 3.8, catalog number VHR 4751, As part of the TNG Season 3 DVD collection In feature-length form, as part of the Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete TV Movies DVD collection As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Borg DVD collection As part of DVD collection As part of the TNG Season 3 Blu-ray collection. In feature-length form, as part of the Blu-ray standalone release In feature-length form, as part of the Star Trek: Picard Movie & TV Collection Blu-ray collection Links and references Starring Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker Also starring LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher Guest Stars Elizabeth Dennehy as Shelby George Murdock as J.P. Hanson Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien And Special Guest Star Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan Uncredited Co-Stars Rachen Assapiomonwait as Majel Barrett as Computer Voice Debbie David as Russell Nyra Crenshaw as operations division officer Robert Daniels as operations officer Chris Doyle as Borg drone Eben Ham as operations division ensign Tim McCormack as Michael Moorehead as civilian Randy Pflug as Keith Rayve as Borg drone Lynn Salvatori as Borg drone Adrian Tafoya as Borg drone Unknown performers as Command division officer Female command division officer Female engineer Female operations division ensign Five Borg drones Science division officer Technician Ten Forward waiter Voice of the Borg Stunt doubles Dan Koko as stunt double for Jonathan Frakes Rusty McClennon as stunt double for Michael Dorn Stand-ins Jeffrey Deacon – stand-in for Patrick Stewart Nora Leonhardt – stand-in for Marina Sirtis Tim McCormack – stand-in for Brent Spiner Lorine Mendell – stand-in for Gates McFadden Guy Vardaman – stand-in for Wil Wheaton References 2365; 2366; "a shot in the dark"; ability; aggression; "all hands"; "all right"; alternative; ambition; "an end run"; analysis; arming sequence; As You Like It; attention; authority; auxiliary generator; avifauna; away team; battle; Battle of Trafalgar; battle stations; bearing; "beyond imagination"; blast; Borg; Borg Collective; Borg cube (unnamed); "by all means"; captain; captain's chair (aka "big chair"); career; choice; chromium; civilization; closest help starship; colony; commission; communicator; computer program; conclusion; confidence; confrontation; conversation; coordinates; core chamber; course; "covered all the bases"; cube; culture; cutting beam; damage; damage report; dawn; day; death; decompression; defense system; deflector modulation; deuce; dilithium hydroxyl; dimension; distress signal; door; dust cloud; Earl Grey tea; "early bird gets the worm"; Earth; El-Aurians; El-Aurian homeworld; EM base-emitting frequency; enemy; emperor; engineering section (secondary hull); evacuation sequence; evidence; ; experience; explanation; fatigue; Federation; Federation space; first officer; first year cadet; Flavius Honorius; ; freedom; Galaxy-class decks; grade; hail; Hanson's transport; heart; history; hour; hull; hull breach (hull rupture); Human; ; idea; impression; impulse engine; initiative; intercept course; ; job; Jouret IV; kilometer; ; knowledge; ; "lead time"; light year; Locutus of Borg; Locutus' cube; long range sensor; magnesium; magnetic-resonance trace; magnetometric guided charge; main deflector dish (navigational deflector); ; metaphor; meter per second; millennium; minute; mosquito; name; naval tradition; nebula cloud (nebula); ; New Providence colony; New Providence colonists; number one; "on the drawing board"; order; outpost; page; Paulson Nebula; percent; phaser; phaser frequency; phaser resonance frequency; philosophy; photon torpedo; plan; plasma phaser; playing card; poker; ; power distribution node; power source; power waveguide conduit; problem; question; radiation; range; rear end; repair team; report; ; result; risk; Roman Empire; rumor; sabotage; saucer section; search; second; Sector 001; self-determination; senior officer; sensor data analysis; sensor playback analysis; sensor range; Sentinel Minor IV; shield; shield harmonic; shield modulation; shield nutation; skeleton crew; sleep; society; soil; speed; Starbase 157; Starbase 324; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Tactical; Starfleet uniform; state of war; storm front; straight flush; strategy; structural latching system; subspace; subspace field; subspace field fluctuation; subspace interferometry scan; subspace message; supervision; surface; surprise; surrender; System J-25; tactical analysis; target; Terran system; theory; thousand; threat; time index; torpedo bay; town; tractor beam; tricorder; truth; universe; upper frequency band; velocity; vermicular lifeform; vessel; ; Visigoth; visual range; voice; warp core; warp energy; weapon; weapon system; weather system; "what the hell"; "with all due respect"; yellow alert; Zeta Alpha II Script references "Did You Ever Have the Feeling That You Wanted to Stay?"; Friday; klystron; trombone; Wednesday Sources and Garfield, Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission (1997) , Trek: The Unauthorized Behind-The-Scenes Story of The Next Generation (1992) External links de:In den Händen der Borg es:The Best of Both Worlds, Part I fr:The Best of Both Worlds, Part I (épisode) ja:浮遊機械都市ボーグ・前編（エピソード） nl:The Best of Both Worlds, Deel I pl:The Best of Both Worlds, część I TNG episodes

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The Devil in the Dark (episode)

The Enterprise arrives at Janus VI, where an unknown monster is destroying machinery and killing the miners, threatening the entire mining operation. Summary Teaser On Janus VI, a miner named Schmitter replaces at his guard post. Schmitter is extremely nervous about doing guard detail, but Chief Vanderberg reassures him by recommending that he have his phaser on him at all times and if he hears or sees anything, help can arrive in three minutes. Moments after Chief Vanderberg and the other guards move on, they hear a scream and return to find Schmitter reduced to a pile of ashes. Act One Two days later, the arrives at Janus VI in response to the distress call. For the past three months, a creature has been terrorizing the mining colony, killing more than fifty people, sabotaging machinery on the lower levels, and bringing the pergium production to a halt. Captain Kirk, Spock, and McCoy analyze the situation in Vanderberg's office. Only one man saw the creature and lived: Chief Engineer Ed Appel, who shot it with his phaser type-1 with no effect. He doubts that the power of a starship will do any good "down in the tunnels." McCoy analyzes Schmitter's remains; they are not burned but corroded, as if he had been immersed in a vat of extremely corrosive acid. Spock is fascinated by a silicon sphere on Vanderburg's desk; Vanderburg says there are millions of them underground but they have no value. Their conversation is interrupted by an alarm at the colony's nuclear reactor. The creature has killed the guard outside, burned its way in, and taken the reactor's main circulating pump, without which the reactor will go super-critical and irradiate half the planet. Act Two Scott reports from the Enterprise that he can rig up a replacement with "some odds and ends" that might last 48 hours. Kirk orders him to beam down with it and hopes that, within that time, the original pump can be retrieved. Spock, still contemplating Vanderburg's sphere, speculates that they may be dealing with a silicon-based lifeform rather than carbon-based life. This would explain why the creature does not show up on sensors and why it was impervious to Appel's phaser. Kirk summons Lieutenant Commander Giotto and a security team, and Spock adjusts their type 2 phasers to be more effective against silicon. The security team is dispatched to level 23, which was opened just before the attacks began. Kirk orders them to set their phasers to maximum, and to fire whether or not attacked. A security officer is by the creature, bringing Kirk and Spock to the scene. They see the creature, and fire on it, damaging it, but it gets away, tunneling through the rock with its acid. They examine a piece of the creature, which seems to prove Spock's theory of silicon-based life. Spock detects only one such creature within a hundred miles, and suggests that to kill it would result in the extinction of the species, "a crime against science," he states. Kirk says there is no alternative. Act Three The search teams focus on where the creature was seen. Spock gives them orders to "surround it, and possibly capture it" but Kirk countermands him, stressing that the goal is to "shoot to kill." Kirk orders Spock away to assist Scott with the reactor, but Spock counters with logic and Kirk relents. Spock states that the probability of he and Kirk both getting killed by the creature is approximately "2,228.7 to 1," to which Kirk ultimately allows Spock to stay with him. Scott's improvised pump fails and Kirk prepares to beam the miners up to the ship. But Vanderburg and his men refuse to be chased from the planet; they vow to fight the creature – "with s" if there are not enough phasers. Kirk and Spock separate and Kirk finds a chamber with hundreds of the silicon spheres. Spock warns Kirk not to damage them but is still not ready to state his theory about them. A roof near Kirk collapses, which Spock finds much too odd to be a coincidence. The only way out for Kirk is to continue forward – to a face-to-face encounter with the creature. Act Four Kirk senses the creature's intelligence, as it backs off when Kirk raises and lowers his phaser and it displays its wound from the previous encounter, and Kirk's determination to kill the creature softens. Spock arrives and initiates a Vulcan mind meld to communicate with the creature. He learns that it is a sentient being of a race called the Horta and is in extreme pain, and the Horta learns enough to etch the ambiguous "NO KILL I" into the rock floor. Kirk summons McCoy, though Spock thinks his medical training will be useless on the Horta. Another mind meld reveals that the Horta is preparing for the extinction of its race. It directs the Humans to find their pump in the "Chamber of the Ages." Kirk tells Spock to communicate to the creature that they are trying to help. He goes to the Chamber and finds about a million silicon spheres, which Kirk and Spock now understand are Horta eggs, ready to hatch. But several miners, held apart from the confrontation by the Enterprise security team, overpower it and stream into the confrontation. Kirk vows to kill the first man who fires and explains that the Horta is a mother reacting naturally to the destruction of thousands of her children. The miners are appalled at this terrible misunderstanding and calm down. Spock adds that the Horta "harbor ill-will towards no-one." Kirk envisages a collaboration between the miners and a new generation of Horta who can tunnel through rock with as much ease as they do walking through air. The Miners are open to the idea, but Spock mentions a serious caveat: the Horta is seriously wounded and it may die. However, McCoy promptly contradicts that, announcing he has successfully treated the Horta. Dr. McCoy with some pride explains that he troweled thermal concrete, a building material used for emergency shelters that is largely made up of silicon, into the Horta's wound and he expects her to fully recover. With that crisis averted, Kirk has Spock make contact with the Horta to explain the bargain. Spock reassures Kirk that the Horta will likely agree to it with her having a very logical mind; a curiously refreshing change from humans in his opinion. The crew returns to the Enterprise and Vanderberg radios in that the Horta have started hatching and have already found new mineral deposits. He even mentions that one can get used to their appearance. Spock says the Horta told him the same thing about Humans. He counters some teasing from McCoy by replying that the Horta especially admired Vulcan ears. Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Memorable quotes "When that creature appears, men die." - Vanderberg, on the Horta "Kiss it! Baby it! Flatter it if you have to! But keep it going." - Kirk to Scott, on fixing the circulating pump "Mr. Spock, we seem to have been given a choice: death by asphyxiation or death by radiation poisoning." - Kirk "There's nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal." - Kirk to Giotto, after the Horta flees "Either one of us by himself is expendable. Both of us are not." - Kirk, to Spock "Pain! Pain!" - Spock, sensing the Horta's agony " No kill I? What is that? A plea for us not to kill it? Or a promise that it won't kill us?" - Kirk, reading the Horta's message "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!" "You're a healer. There's a patient. That's an order." - McCoy and Kirk, on treating the Horta "By golly, Jim! I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!" - McCoy, after healing the Horta "The Horta has a very logical mind. And after close association with Humans, I find that curiously refreshing." - Spock, to Kirk "I suspect you're becoming more and more Human all the time." "Captain, I see no reason to stand here and be insulted." - Kirk and Spock Background information Story and production This episode was originally scheduled to be filmed before , with Ralph Senensky assigned to direct it, but during pre-production the two episodes and the directors were switched because producer Gene L. Coon thought "Devil" would be a tough assignment to first-time Trek director Senensky. Gene Coon's original script featured a different chemical substance as the base of the Horta, but researcher Kellam de Forest corrected it to silicon, as the original choice seemed to be even theoretically impossible. (Inside Star Trek - The Real Story) Coon's original script called the planet Thetis Six. Researcher Kellam de Forest pointed out that "The name '' has already been assigned by astronomers to discovered in 1852 in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter," and suggested the name Janus VI instead. ('de Forest Research Report', , Gene Roddenberry Papers, UCLA Special Collections, Box 11, Folder 6) NBC announced that Star Trek will be renewed for a second season next fall, during the closing credits of this episode on . (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, pp 304-305) Performers George Takei (Sulu) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) do not appear in this episode. William Shatner received a call on the set from his mother informing him that his father had died. The crew was ready to shut down production, but he insisted on continuing. During the rest of the day, Shatner took comfort in Leonard Nimoy, and cinematographer Jerry Finnerman, whose father had died on a movie set less than seven years before. (The World of Star Trek) Episode stand-in and background actor Eddie Paskey recalled shooting certain scenes in this episode and had high praise for Shatner during this time, stating, "[a]s soon as we wrapped with that show, Bill left. We came to find out that as he shot all day long, he was preparing to get on an airplane to go home – his father just passed away. No one knew until he was actually gone. And, y'know, that says a lot for the dedication of the man." This is the only episode that has no female speaking parts. This fact was noted by Gene Roddenberry to Gene Coon in a letter reviewing the episode, dated , where he stated: Per NBC's continual reminder to us, one which I find myself agreeing with, we should make some more use of females as crew members in planet stories, or find some way include females among groups of miners, who are here on a planet years at a time. Granted again that this can get phoney [sic] and unbelievable if not handled right, but let's keep in mind that we're in a century where women are granted equal status and responsibility with men. We should keep reminding the Assistant Directors of this and discuss same with Directors, so that they can oversee and control same. Props and sets Janos Prohaska, the creator of the Horta costume, actually wore it into producer Gene L. Coon's office, as if to say "Look what I designed." Coon said "That's great! What is it?", and Prohaska said "I don't know. It can be whatever you want." Coon replied "I'll write a script around it", and he wrote this episode in four days so the costume could be used. (The World of Star Trek) The oversized microbe from the final episode of the 1960s version of The Outer Limits (titled "The Probe", with Peter Mark Richman) was the basis for the Horta. It was also designed and performed by Janos Prohaska. The unbroken Horta eggs were toy bouncing balls painted gold. The scene of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy discussing the silicon spheres and the murders was originally set in the Enterprise briefing room, but when the death of Shatner's father halted production, it was re-written to be set in Vanderberg's office instead, so that moving to a new set would not slow the filming even more. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One) A portion of a Horta tunnel was later seen in as the entrance to the Underground's cavern. The prop used to depict the damaged reactor for the colony was previously used as the damaged Enterprise transporter circuit found in engineering that Kirk's double phasered in . The s used by some of the Janus VI colonists during their hunt for the Horta appear to be of the same design used by Kirk during his fight with Spock in the transporter room in . The only interior portion of the Enterprise seen in this episode is the bridge, and that in only two scenes – when Scott speaks with Kirk about replacing the circulating pump, and at the end, after the landing party has returned to the ship. Costumes The miners' jumpsuits were worn in a number of subsequent episodes: on various Denevans, including Kirk's brother, Sam, in , on an Argelius II bar patron in , on Alvin and Robert Johnson in , on two Deep Space Station K-7 bar patrons and Lurry in , on Rojan and Tomar in , on Professor Starnes and other Triacus colonists in , on Linke and Ozaba in , on corpses in , and on Dr. Arthur Coleman in . Although the uniforms come in various colors, Vanderberg is the only miner who wears a yellow specimen, and Ed Appel uniquely wears a purple one, which apparently was later worn by the dead technician on Memory Alpha in the third-season episode , as well as on Ozaba in . Although Giotto is identified as a lieutenant commander, he wears a full commander's two solid rank stripes. Continuity This is the only episode of that begins without the . This is the only episode in the original series in which the distinction is drawn between "phaser one" and "phaser two." This episode was the first time McCoy used the phrase, "I'm a doctor, not a..." when Kirk asks him to help the Horta, finishing the line as, "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!" Although having not appeared in this episode, Sulu mentioned "the Hortas of Janus VI" in . Pergium mining was later referenced in and . Reception Gene Roddenberry was impressed with the way this episode explains the behavior of a Star Trek "monster," citing the installment as "a classic example of doing this right" as well as "one of our most popular episodes." He went on to say, "The Horta suddenly became understandable […] It wasn't just a monster–it was someone. And the audience could put themselves in the place of the Horta… identify… feel! That's what drama is all about. And that's it's importance, too… if you can learn to feel for a Horta, you may also be learning to understand and feel for other Humans of different colors, ways, and beliefs." (The Making of Star Trek, pp. 35 & 36) Roddenberry picked it as one of his ten favorite episodes for the franchise's 25th anniversary. (TV Guide August 31, 1991) In his book Star Trek Memories, William Shatner identified this as his favorite episode, because his father died during filming and Nimoy's delivery of the mind meld lines made him laugh. Shatner insisted on finishing his dialogue scenes and after he left for the funeral, his stand-in, Eddie Paskey, completed his shots with Spock and the Horta, being filmed from behind. When the scenes were later edited together. However, in the later Star Trek: Fan Collective - Captain's Log DVD set, Shatner said that his favorite episode was . once remarked, in , that of the Original Series, the only episode he could recall was "The Devil in the Dark", stating that "It impressed me because it presented the idea, unusual in science fiction then and now, that something weird, and even dangerous, need not be malevolent. That is a lesson that many of today's politicians have yet to learn." (Star Trek: Four Generations) Leonard Nimoy identified this episode's closing banter between Spock and Kirk as one of his favorite scenes to perform. He noted, "It was a wonderful moment which defined the relationship and defined the whole Spock character's existence and his attitude about himself." (Reflections on Spock, TOS Season 1 DVD special features) Anthony Rapp cited this as one of his two favorite Star Trek episodes, the other being , and clarified that what he liked about both episodes was how they depicted Spock. Rapp elaborated, "I love [...] what those two episodes tell us about him and about what he's going through as a half-Human half-Vulcan person and the mind meld in 'Devil in the Dark' [...] Being able to watch Leonard Nimoy do anything, but especially the work that he did in those two episodes, was really extraordinary." Writing about his relationship to Star Trek and his father, Michael Chabon describes this episode: <blockquote> In "Devil in the Dark," which my father had ranked among his Top Five, the Enterprise came to the rescue of a mining colony on the planet Janus VI, where a terrible monster, the Horta, was preying on pergium miners, picking them off one by one. The episode rises above the banality of a premise as old as Grendel, and some creature effects that are truly risible—even to a ten-year-old in 1973, the homicidal Horta looked like an ambulatory slice of Stouffer’s French-bread pizza—by making an honest effort to imagine nonorganic life and then, in the characteristic turn that gives the "Star Trek" franchise its enduring beauty and power, by insisting that fear and prejudice were no match for curiosity and an open mind, that where there was consciousness there could be communication, and that even a rock, if sentient, had the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It was, in its way, a near-perfect example of what had drawn my father, and me, and fans around the world, to "Star Trek" and its successor shows for more than fifty years. </blockquote> Novelizations and adaptations McCoy specifies that he had the Enterprise beam down about a hundred pounds of thermal concrete. In James Blish's novelization of the episode in Star Trek 4, which was generally based more so on early draft scripts than final drafts, states that McCoy only used ten pounds of concrete. Bantam Books published a series of novelizations called "foto-novels," which took photographic stills from actual episodes and arranged word balloons and text over them to create a -formatted story. The ninth installment was an adaptation of this episode. In it, Leslie is depicted as thinking to himself, "That Vulcan would have us killed for his precious science!" after Spock instructs the security detail to capture the Horta. The novel Devil in the Sky is a sequel of sorts to this episode. The WildStorm Comics "Star Trek: Special" featured a short story of the Borg attacking Janus VI. "No Kill I" was the name of a Star Trek-themed . A cat version of "The Devil in the Dark" was featured in Jenny Parks' 2017 book Star Trek Cats. Melodic punk band Pseudo Heroes released a song based on this episode on their 2005 album Nostalgic Lies.... Remastered information "The Devil in the Dark" was the third episode of the remastered version of The Original Series to air. It premiered in syndication on the weekend of and most notably featured of the pergium production station, the Horta burning through a mine wall, and final fly-by of the Enterprise. Max Gabl was responsible for creating the new CGI for the mining colony, at the time it was his very first assignment on the episode. Producer Niel Wray was included in the matte shot as one of the two workmen walking into a tunnel in the lower corner. Wray and another member of the team were shot against a blue screen and placed into the matte. Niel was chosen because he fit into the costume. The next remastered episode to air was .Production timeline Story outline by Gene L. Coon: Revised story outline: First draft script by Coon: Final draft script: Additional revisions: Filmed: – Day 1 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Janus VI tunnels Day 2 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Janus VI tunnels Day 3 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Janus VI tunnels Day 4 – , Thursday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Janus VI tunnels Day 5 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Janus VI tunnels Day 6 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Janus VI tunnels, Vanderberg's office Day 7 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Vanderberg's office; Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Original airdate: Rerun airdate: First UK airdate: Remastered airdate: Video and DVD releases Original US Betamax release: UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 14, catalog number VHR 2307, release date unknownUS VHS release: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.9, Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 13, As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection Links and references Starring William Shatner as James T. Kirk Leonard Nimoy as "Mr. Spock" Co-stars DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy Ken Lynch as Vanderberg Featuring James Doohan as Scott Brad Weston as Appel Biff Elliot as Schmitter George E. Allen as Engineer #1 Jon Cavett as And Barry Russo as Giotto Uncredited co-stars Lee Allen as Civilian engineer Tom Anfinsen as Civilian engineer William Blackburn as Hadley Frank da Vinci as Vinci Robert Hitchcock as Civilian engineer Bob Hoy as Mother Horta (stunts) Monty O'Grady as Civilian engineer Eddie Paskey as Leslie Photo double for William Shatner Janos Prohaska as Mother Horta Al Roberts as Roberts Walter Soo Hoo as Civilian engineer Ron Veto as Harrison Niel Wray as Miner (remastered) Unknown actors as Osborne Janus VI colony guard 1 and 2 Nine Janus VI colony civilian engineers Helmsman lieutenant Command lieutenant 1 Operations crew woman Security guard 1 References 50,000 years ago; 2210s; 2240s; 2247; 2266; 523rd century; acid; adit; administrative head; agony; agreement; air; Altar of Tomorrow; alternative; animal; answer; area; armor plating; asbestos; asphyxiation; bandage; bearing; "bloody"; body; bone; "Bones"; bricklayer; carbon; carbon-based lifeform; cave-in; cerium; Chamber of the Ages; chance; Channel 1; checkpoint; chief; chief engineer; chief processing engineer; children; choice; chemist; circulating pump (aka pump mechanism, main circulating pump); ; colony; colonist; confidence; contact; corrosion; corrosive agent; course; creature; crime; cry; day; death; ; deposit; device; devil; distance; distress call; ; door; dozen; drift; ears; egg; element; elevation; empathy; environment; eternity; ; eye; failure; fantasy; Federation; flattery; ; fragment; gallery; generation; geology; ghost; "give up the ghost"; gold; graph; guard (aka ); hand; hatch; hatchery (nursery); head; healer; heart; ; Horta; hour; Human; Human characteristic; humanoid; hunting; instruction; intuition; Janus VI; Janus VI colony chemists; Janus VI colony; Janus VI colony plant physician; knowledge; Latin language; life; life span; life support; ; logic; machinery; maintenance engineer; main tunnel; maze; medical kit; medical knowledge; metal; mile; million; mind; mind meld; miner; mineral; mining; minute; mission; modesty; modus vivendi''; monster; month; mother; murderer; nightmare; nodule; nuclear reactor; odds; "odds and ends"; office; "on your toes"; opportunity; orbit; oxygen; pain; patient; pergium; pergium reactor planets; phaser bank; phaser I; phaser II; physician; physiology; pain; place; platinum; plumber; pound; ; power reactor; production; production station (aka production facility); PXK pergium reactor; quota; race; radiation; radiation poisoning; rain; rare earth; rate of speed; reactor chamber); report; resident; retardation mechanism; "ride herd on"; risk; roof; round; sabotage; sadness; science; scientific knowledge; search; search team (aka search party); second; second-in-command; sector; security officer (security troop); security personnel; sensor; sensor range; sharing; silicon; silicon-based lifeform; silicon nodule; silicone; sleep; speculation; spherical check; starship; status report; ; subsurface chart; surface; survivor; taste; teeth; theory; thermal concrete; thing; thousand; tiger; tissue; toe; trace element; treasure house; tricorder; trowel; tunnel; universe; uranium; value; vat; Vault of Tomorrow; volcanic activity; Vulcan; wall; word; wound; yard; zoological expedition Unused references ; fission; pea-shooter External links de:Horta rettet ihre Kinder es:The Devil in the Dark fr:The Devil in the Dark (épisode) ja:地底怪獣ホルタ（エピソード） nl:The Devil in the Dark pl:The Devil in the Dark Devil in the Dark, The

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Michael Piller

Michael B. Piller was a writer and Executive Producer of , and co-creator of and . He is probably best known for co-writing and the pilots of both Deep Space Nine and Voyager ( and , respectively). A 24th century chemical element, pillerium, was named for him. Biography Piller, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, began his career as a news producer for CBS News in New York. He later produced news programs in North Carolina and Chicago, eventually winning two Emmy awards for news journalism. In the late 1970s, he moved to Los Angeles and became a censor in the CBS television docudrama unit. His creative writing career began in the early 1980s, when he wrote numerous teleplays for hit shows, including Simon and Simon and the innovative Miami Vice. He also produced (or co-produced) many of the episodes he wrote. Following a long illness, Piller died of head and neck cancer in his home in Los Angeles in 2005. He was survived by his wife Sandra, and his children Brent and Shawn. Star Trek In 1989, Piller's long-time friend Maurice Hurley called upon him to script a few episodes for . His stories were widely acclaimed, and Piller eventually became an Executive Producer of the series. His tenure is noted for its character development, rather than for exploiting sci-fi gadgetry of the future. Piller originally had a one year contract and was ready to leave The Next Generation with the ending of Season 3. Gene Roddenberry himself asked him to come back for another year, noting that the fourth season was the one where the audience would fall in love with the series. (TNG Season 3 DVD special feature, "Mission Overview Year Three – Ending Season Three") In 1992, Piller (along with Rick Berman) began the creation of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and he contributed to the series' writing, casting, and budgetary direction, all the while continuing his duties as executive producer of TNG. Piller was an avid baseball card collector, reportedly with a collection numbering in the hundred-thousands (hence Benjamin Sisko's affinity for the game). After two seasons with DS9, Piller left the show to help create Star Trek: Voyager, which launched in 1995 as the "flagship vessel" of the newly-created UPN (United Paramount Network). He left the staff of Voyager in 1996 after seven continuous years with the Star Trek franchise, but remained a "creative consultant" for Voyager and Deep Space Nine. He subsequently returned to write and co-produce in 1998. Later works During his Star Trek years, Piller only made one major venture outside the franchise. The result was the unusual sci-fi western series Legend, which he created with Bill Dial and which starred John de Lancie. This series had a very brief run on UPN in 1995. In 2002, Piller co-developed (with his son, Shawn) the television series based upon the Stephen King novel . That series featured DS9's Nicole de Boer and TNG guest star David Ogden Stiers. Piller wrote a screenplay called Oversight, which he described as a Washington-based thriller that is not a big action movie but rather a "small personal character story." The screenplay has yet to be produced. In early 2005, he created and produced a new television series, the family drama Wildfire, which starred DS9's Nana Visitor. Writing credits (teleplay, story with Michael Wagner) (teleplay with Ron Roman and Richard Danus) (with David Kemper) (teleplay, uncredited) (teleplay with Dennis Russell Bailey, David Bischoff, Joe Menosky, and Ronald D. Moore) (teleplay, story with Rick Berman) (story with Rick Berman) (teleplay, story with Rick Berman) (teleplay with Adam Belanoff) (teleplay with Gary Perconte) (teleplay with Joe Menosky) (story with Ward Botsford and Diana Dru Botsford) (teleplay, story with Rick Berman) (teleplay, story with Gerald Sanford) (teleplay with Jill Sherman Donner) (teleplay with Morgan Gendel and Robert Hewitt Wolfe) (story) (teleplay with Nell McCue Crawford and William L. Crawford) (teleplay with Don Carlos Dunaway) (teleplay with Evan Carlos Somers and James Crocker) (story with Jim Trombetta) (teleplay with Paul Robert Coyle) (teleplay with Jim Trombetta) (story with Rick Berman, Jeri Taylor, and James Crocker) (story with Rick Berman, Jeri Taylor, and Ira Steven Behr) (teleplay with Peter Allan Fields) (teleplay with Jeri Taylor, story with Rick Berman and Jeri Taylor) (teleplay with David Kemper) (teleplay with Tom Szollosi) (teleplay with Evan Carlos Somers) (teleplay) (teleplay) (teleplay) (screenplay, story with Rick Berman) Producing credits ( – ) – Co-Executive Producer Star Trek: The Next Generation ( – ) – Executive Producer ( – ) – Executive Producer ( – ) – Executive Producer – Co-Producer Star Trek interviews Piller was interviewed on about the creation of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This interview was later used as part of the DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature "Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning". Piller was interviewed in an on-line chat. Piller stated that his favorite TNG episodes were , , and , "because they had remarkable emotional impacts. And they genuinely explored the Human condition, which this franchise does better than any other when it does it well." E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager () Launch of Star Trek: Voyager (1995) Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure (1995) TNG Season 3 DVD special feature "Mission Overview Year Three" ("Introduction", "Ending Season Three"), interviewed on TNG Season 3 DVD special feature "Selected Crew Analysis – Year Three" ("Crew Profile: Worf"), interviewed on TNG Season 3 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Three" ("Production", "A New Writing Staff", "Technical Consultation"), interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 3 DVD special feature "Memorable Missions" ("The Most Toys", "Deja Q"), interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 4 DVD special feature "Mission Overview Year Four", interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 4 DVD special feature "Chronicles from the Final Frontier", interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 4 DVD special feature "Inside the Star Trek Archives" ("First Contact"), interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Mission Overview Year Five" ("A Visit from Spock", , , ), interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Five" (), interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Intergalactic Guest Stars" ("Crew Profile: Ensign Ro Laren"), interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 6 DVD special feature "Mission Overview Year Six" ("Resolving the Cliffhanger", "January 1993 Debuts", "Chain of Command"), interviewed on and 22 January 2002 TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "Mission Overview Year Seven" ("An Ending And A Beginning"), interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "Starfleet Moments & Memories Year Seven" ("A Unique Legacy"), interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "The Making of "All Good Things..." Year Seven" ("Writing The Final Episode"), interviewed on 22 January 2002 TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "Special Profiles Year Seven" ("Q"), interviewed on 22 January 2002 VOY Season 1 DVD special feature Braving the Unknown: Season One, interviewed on VOY Season 1 DVD special feature Lost Transmissions from the Delta Quadrant, interviewed on 19 September 2003 Star Trek awards For his work on Star Trek Michael Piller received the following award and nominations in the various writing and producer categories. Emmy Award Piller received the following Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Drama Series for , shared with Rick Berman, Ron D. Moore, Jeri Taylor, David Livingston, Peter Lauritson, Merri D. Howard, Wendy Neuss, and Brannon Braga Hugo Award Piller received the following Hugo Award nomination in the category Best Dramatic Presentation for , shared with Jonathan Frakes and Rick Berman Gene Roddenberry Award Piller received the following honorary Gene Roddenberry Award as Executive Producer/Writer from the FantastiCon Science-Fiction Convention, which was presented to him by original actress Anne Lockhart : for , , , and Bibliography Piller wrote a book about the writing of Star Trek: Insurrection entitled Fade In: From Idea to Final Draft. The manuscript was completed, but he died before it could be published. Officially, both Paramount and the Piller family have exercised legal options to keep the book private, though Piller's widow, Sandra, who described the work as "brutally honest", later, in 2013, gave somewhat more nuanced reasons for its non-publication: "Well, when he first got the go-ahead from the studio to write the book, and he got it signed-off with all the actors and everyone... when he finally turned it in, he was shocked! They said, "We can't let the public know what we do here, what goes on behind the scenes!"" Nevertheless, due to a miscommunication, the full text was by in 2010. It has never been fully suppressed since. Sandra Piller furthermore revealed that she was looking into the possibility to have the work yet published. See also External links Ronald D. Moore's Wil Wheaton's Eric A. 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President of the United Federation of Planets

The president of the United Federation of Planets (informally, the Federation president or the president of the Federation) was the elected head of state and head of government of the United Federation of Planets. (; ; ) The Federation president was the chief executive officer of the Federation. The president was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the government, setting and coordinating foreign policy, and dealing with resource distribution issues. (; ) The Federation president was also the commander-in-chief of all Starfleet forces. () They had the power to pardon criminals. () The president received foreign ambassadors and had the authority to control Starfleet deployments and to declare martial law on Federation member worlds. (; ) In addition, the president could preside over special courts martial in which the Federation Council served as the judging body. () If the president was absent, the vice president assumed the powers of the president. () The president was supported by the Cabinet, a special committee comprising the heads of the executive departments of the Federation government. () The Federation president's office was located on Earth in the city of Paris, France. (; ) until 3069 () While in the mirror universe, after seeing that was the regent of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance, Rom was so taken aback he exclaimed "Who's the president of the Federation, Gul Dukat!?" () Jonathan Archer Retired United Earth Starfleet Admiral Jonathan Archer served as president from 2184 through 2192. () Unnamed President, c. 2257 In 2257, the Federation president personally pardoned Michael Burnham for her mutiny aboard the at the Battle of the Binary Stars, in recognition for her subsequent service aboard the and her role in ending the . () Human President, c. 2286 In 2286, a Human served as the president. That year, he presided over the council's deliberations concerning the actions of Federation Starfleet Admiral James T. Kirk, who had hijacked the and exacerbated an interstellar incident with the Klingon Empire at the planet. Ultimately, the council decided to charge Kirk with nine violations of Starfleet regulations. When the Whale Probe approached Earth, transmitting its destructive message into the planet's atmosphere, the president decided to broadcast a planetary distress signal to warn all ships to stay away from Earth. Following the Whale Probe incident (in which Kirk and his crew saved the planet), the president and the council agreed to drop all but one of the charges against the Enterprise crew, the remaining charge of disobeying orders simply resulting in Kirk being demoted to captain – as he wanted all along – in gratitude for their service to Earth and the Federation. () Efrosian President, c. 2293 In 2293, the president, an Efrosian, opened negotiations with Klingon chancellor Gorkon, following the destruction of the Klingon moon Praxis. The president was to meet Gorkon on Earth for a peace conference, but Gorkon was assassinated en route by a pair of rogue Starfleet non-commissioned officers. Captain Kirk and Doctor Leonard McCoy were arrested by the Klingons under the rules of interstellar law and charged with Gorkon's assassination; when the Klingon ambassador to the Federation, defended his government's actions and demanded that Kirk and McCoy stand trial, the president conceded, "This president is not above the law." A short time later, Starfleet Colonel West proposed a military offensive (code-named Operation Retrieve) aimed at invading Klingon space and rescuing the "hostages", Kirk and McCoy. Although West was confident that the prisoners could be retrieved, the president rejected his plan because of the probability that such an act would cause a full-scale war. At the Khitomer Conference, the president was targeted for assassination by the Starfleet and Klingon conspirators, but the plot was foiled by the crew of the Enterprise with assistance by the crew of the . () {{bginfo|The establishes this president as Deltan rather than Efrosian. The movie novelization, A.C. Crispin's novel and Keith R. A. DeCandido's novel Articles of the Federation all give his name as "". In the reference book Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years, Ra-ghoratreii reveals that the Efrosians were once part of the Klingon Empire, and thinks it significant that someone from a former Klingon subject-world is leading the Federation to make peace with them. In the novel , Kathryn Janeway remembers Ra-ghoratreii as the best president since Abraham Lincoln.|Decipher's sourcebook gives his name as "Eteon tar-Chereos" and describes him as an Atreonid from Atreos IV.}} Jaresh-Inyo, c. 2372 In 2372, the office was held by Jaresh-Inyo, a Grazerite. His presidency was marked by a number of troubling foreign and domestic policy developments, including the dissolution of the Khitomer Accords and an undeclared war with the Klingon Empire in 2372, increasing tensions with the Dominion, and the rise of the Maquis. In 2372, fears of Changeling infiltration of the Federation government reached a high point when Dominion agents were discovered to have detonated a bomb at a diplomatic conference between the Federation and the Romulan Star Empire in Antwerp. Starfleet Admiral and Chief of Starfleet Operations Leyton and Captain Benjamin Sisko advocated increased security on Earth following the bombing, and when the planetary power grid was disabled, Inyo declared martial law on the capital planet. Later, it was discovered that the grid had been disabled by Leyton's own agents, and that Leyton was leading an attempted military coup d'etat against the Federation civilian government. Leyton's coup was thwarted by Sisko, but as a result of the scandal, Jaresh-Inyo's political career ended. () Jaresh-Inyo left office sometime prior to 2375. While questioning Luther Sloan, Julian Bashir discovered that Section 31 had an operative working in Jaresh-Inyo's cabinet. () Unnamed President, c. 3189 In 3189, the Federation president ordered Fleet Admiral Charles Vance to conduct negotiations with Minister Osyraa of the Emerald Chain for the release of the and its crew. () Laira Rillak, c. 3190– In 3190, Laira Rillak was newly elected when she presided over the reopening of Starfleet Academy and presented the newly built Archer Spacedock. () Appendices Background information The seal of the Federation President, described as representing "the Federation's chief executive", was designed by Herman Zimmerman for . (Star Trek Sticker Book, pg. 10) According to a newspaper clipping created as background material for and entitled "It's Federation Day!", the first President of the United Federation of Planets was former United Earth ambassador Thomas Vanderbilt, appointed upon the founding of the Federation in 2161. Ambassador Sarahd was appointed as his Vice-President. This information, however, was not seen on-screen. Answering questions as to why Jaresh-Inyo put Earth into a state of emergency, Ronald D. Moore stated: "We wanted to tell the story of an attempted military coup of the Federation and that meant dealing with the Fed president. However, that meant the troops "in the streets" had to be on Earth and that Earth itself had to be under martial law since the Fed is headquartered on Earth. We discussed having the Prez "federalize" the Earth defense forces or supersede the authority of an indigenous Earth Govt, but the story kept getting too complicated and we didn't want to start mentioning all these other players and organizations that we weren't going to see. So in the end, we skirted the issue of who actually governs Earth. Personally, I think there is an Earth Govt that operates like more powerful versions of States do in the US system, but this is all VERY murky water." During the fifth season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Ron D. Moore in an AOL chat gave a summary of what was going on in the show, ending by joking that Morn had become President of the Federation. Apocrypha The method of electing the President of the United Federation of Planets has never been discussed in Star Trek canon. The Last Unicorn sourcebook for the Federation suggests that the President is elected by members of the Federation Council, similar to a parliamentary government. The President of the Federation and the duties of the office are the subjects of the novel Articles of the Federation, which tells the story of a year in the life of the newly-elected Federation President in a style similar to that of the television series The West Wing. The novel also names several prior Federation Presidents, including the ones who are canonically "name unknown." It establishes that the office is held in four-year terms (without a two-term limit), similar to the modern American presidency. The novel A Time for War, A Time for Peace establishes that an individual anonymously submits an application for candidacy to the Federation Council, which reviews each application and certifies that a candidate fills all qualifications for the office. Approved candidates then campaign in a popular election. All Federation citizens within and without UFP territory are allowed to submit their ballots, which are tabulated over the course of a week by two independent auditing firms and by the Federation government before a winner is certified. The Federation News Service commonly projects a winner in the days leading up to Election Day, and has never projected erroneously. Presidents of the United Federation of Planets depicted in the television series, films, novels, and comics include: 2161 – ?: Thomas Vanderbilt (Human male) (Star Trek Generations newspaper clip) (Dates not established: mid-22nd century): Haroun al-Rashid (pronounced "Ha-roon Ar-Ra-sheed") (Human male) (Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido) (Dates not established: mid-22nd century): Avaranthi sh'Rothress (Andorian shen [female]) (Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido) (Dates not established: late 22nd century): T'Maran of Vulcan (Vulcan female) (Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2184 – 2192: Jonathan Archer (Human male) () (Exact dates not established: early 2230s, two terms): Madza Bral (Trill female) (Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2265 – 2268: Kenneth Wescott (Human male) (Errand of Fury, Book I: Seeds of Rage by Kevin Ryan; date of at least one term from Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2269 – 2272: Lorne McLaren (Human male) (Star Trek Core Games Book by Last Unicorn Games; date of at least one term from Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2285 – 2288: Hiram Roth (Human male) (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, dates of at least one term and name from Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2289 – 2300: Ra-ghoratreii (Efrosian male) (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country", dates from Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido, species name from Star Trek production office name for makeup design, character name from novelization of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country by J.M. Dillard)Post 2320 (dates not established): Hikaru Sulu (Human male) (The Return by William Shatner) c. 2313 (exact terms not established): Gan Laikan (Human male from Alpha Centauri) (TNG eBook: Slings and Arrows: )2327: Nyota Uhura (Human female) (TNG book The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard by David A. Goodman) (Dates not established; during Cardassian first contact): Thelianaresth "Thelian" th'Vorothishria (Andorian thaan [male]) (Enter the Wolves by A.C. Crispin and Howard Weinstein; expanded name from Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido) c. 2351 (exact dates not established; during the Cardassian-Federation border wars): T'Pragh of Vulcan (Vulcan female) (Articles of the Federation and A Singular Destiny by Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2364 – 2368: Amitra of Pandril (Pandrilite female) (Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2369 – 2372: Jaresh-Inyo (Grazerite male) (DS9: "Homefront", "Paradise Lost") (species name from scripts; single term from Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2373 – 2379: Min Zife (Bolian male) (A Time to Kill and A Time to Heal by David Mack, also referenced in Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido and Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Unjoined by Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin.) 2379 – 2385 / 2392: Nanietta Bacco (Human female) (A Time for War, A Time for Peace, Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Revelation and Dust by David R. George III and STO website: The Path to 2409) August – October 2385: Baras Rodirya (President Pro Tempore, Bajoran male, alias "Ishan Anjar") (Revelation and Dust by David R. George III and Peaceable Kingdoms by Dayton Ward) October 2385: Sipak (President Pro Tempore, Vulcan male) (Peaceable Kingdoms by Dayton Ward) October 2385 – ?: Kellessar zh'Tarash (Andorian zhen [female]) (Peaceable Kingdoms by Dayton Ward) 2392 – ?: Aennik Okeg ( male) (STO website: The Path to 2409 and Star Trek Online'') External link de:Präsident der Föderation fr:Président de la Fédération des Planètes Unies ja:連邦大統領 nl:Federatie president pl:Prezydent Zjednoczonej Federacji Planet President of the United Federation of Planets Federation

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Federation Council

The Federation Council was a legislative body of the United Federation of Planets. Seats on the Council were filled by representatives from the various Federation members. (; ; ) History In 2259, the Council decided to double down on enforcing General Order 1 and renamed it the "Prime Directive", following the 's mission to Kiley 279. () In 2286, the Council convened in San Francisco. () In 2371, as part of a ruse to get Ensign Harry Kim to buy worthless Lobi crystals, Quark told Kim that he should tell his commanding officer, Kathryn Janeway, that the Federation Council would be getting an official query from him regarding Kim being warned about Ferengi. () In late 2372, Chancellor Gowron sent a message to the Council, telling them that the Klingon Empire would not give up Cardassian planets which the Empire had captured. He also told them to withdraw Federation forces from the Archanis sector and Archanis IV. () In 2374, the Council sent a message to Grand Nagus Zek that Ensign Nog was to deliver. Jake Sisko believed it might have been a proposal for an alliance between the Ferengi Alliance and the Federation. () In a Dominion simulation, Benjamin Sisko was told the Founders were meeting with the Council and that the Council thought trusting the Founders was "worth the risk". () In a Section 31 holoprogram, the Council gave Luther Sloan authority to investigate a security breach on Deep Space 9. () In 2376, Zar informed Varn that "Captain Janeway" – i.e. Dala – had influence with the Federation Council and could speed up Varn's application for Federation membership. () Several Starfleet regulations prohibited the transfer of weapons to other races without the approval of the Federation Council. () Council members Membership in the Council was considered an incredible honor. T'Pau of Vulcan was the only person to have refused a seat on the Council as of 2267. () The election of Federation councilors was one of the tasks that Bajor would have had to complete if it joined the Federation. () Jonathan Archer served on the Federation Council, representing United Earth, from 2175 to 2183, before being elected president in 2184. () In the 2360s, Jaresh-Inyo represented his world on the Federation Council before he was elected president. () Council decisions In 2286, the Federation Council deliberated what the Federation's position would be regarding the issue of the premature formation of the Genesis Planet. To that end, Starfleet Commander Admiral Morrow ordered the crew of the to withhold their knowledge of the planet to anyone until they could make official policy. The Council also ordered that no one aside from the science team aboard the would be allowed to approach the planet. () The Federation Council met three months later to consider the actions of Admiral James T. Kirk and his crew regarding his violation of these orders, their sabotage of the and their theft and destruction of the Enterprise. However, in gratitude for the crew's work in saving Earth from the Whale Probe, the Council dismissed all but one charge and demoted Kirk to the rank of captain and, as befitting an officer of that rank, "sentencing" him to command a starship. () In 2366, the Council was called into emergency session when a Romulan defector provided information on a possible Romulan invasion fleet arming near Nelvana III. They determined that the , the Starfleet ship on site, should assume anything Admiral Alidar Jarok said was a lie. () In 2369, the Federation Council promised Ambassador Ves Alkar safe passage back to his homeworld after bringing peace to Rekag-Seronia. Alkar expected Picard to fulfil that agreement, regardless of his, Alkar's, crimes. () In 2370, the Council would decide on the Cairn joining the Federation. Ambassador Lwaxana Troi was preparing the Cairn for their meeting with the Council. () Later that year, the Council imposed a warp 5 speed limit on all Federation vessels and vessels within UFP territory, except in dire circumstances. This law was revoked when improvements in warp drive were achieved. (; ; ) Shortly thereafter, the Council began debate on the ratification of the Federation-Cardassian Treaty. It rejected a request by a Human representative to re-negotiate the status of Dorvan V and ordered the evacuation of all Federation citizens from the planet. () In 2372, the Federation Council condemned the Klingon invasion of the Cardassian Union and agreed to provide twelve industrial replicators to help rebuild the devastated Cardassian industrial base. () In 2375, Starfleet Admiral Dougherty. claimed that the Federation Council had been responsible for the decision to forcibly relocate the Ba'ku from their world in cooperation with the Son'a. After the contacted the Federation, the Council announced they would perform a top-level review of the situation and halt the relocation of the Ba'ku. () Later that year, the Federation Council was responsible for the decision not to give the Founders the cure to the morphogenic virus, as they felt it would give the Dominion the upper hand in the war. ()In an alternate 2390, the Federation Council offered to drop the charges of conspiracy against Chakotay and Harry Kim if they returned a Borg temporal transmitter and stood down when those two tried to send a message back to 2375. () Appendices Appearances References Background information The exterior of the Federation Council meeting in was described in the script as "Federation Headquarters", in the "San Francisco Bay Area." Concept art for the shot, labeled Starfleet Headquarters, was produced by Ralph McQuarrie. One person who witnessed the on-set filming of the Federation Council in was John Schuck, who portrayed the Klingon Ambassador therein. He recalled, "It was exciting, because around 4:00 a.m., all these other people who are in that assembly hall were there, so suddenly there were 25 makeup people, there were all these hair people, and you really had this throwback to the days of Hollywood extravagance [....] It was much more fun [than other movies], because in addition to real people, they had all these bizarre creatures that worked, that moved." ( issue #138, p. 29) In the first draft script of , Federation Headquarters was stated to be the location of the Department of Cartography. Apocrypha In the by Keith R.A. DeCandido, the Federation Council is depicted as being housed in a fifteen-story building in Paris called the Palais de la Concorde (located at the real ). The Council chambers are located on the first floor, while the presidential office is located on the top floor. In , however, the Council is depicted as being located in San Francisco, and makes mention of the Federation Council building being replicated by Species 8472 in their recreation of the city. The historical archive screen in also lists the council as being in San Francisco. However, it has never been explicitly confirmed in the canon that San Francisco is the primary or only meeting place of the Council, leading to some leeway for the novels. In the earlier novel A Time for War, A Time for Peace, also by DeCandido, the Council itself determines who is qualified to run for president on the basis of anonymous petitions for candidacy. In Articles, it is divided into a number of "sub councils," the equivalent of a legislative committee, to which the president appoints members with the full Council's approval. The Security Council, for instance, deals with matters of Federation security, while the Judiciary Council can make rulings on judiciary matters (that seem to overrule those of the Federation Supreme Court). The novel also implies there is only one councilor per member, although "Rapture" makes mention of councilors needing to be selected for Bajor's admittance to the Federation; it was not clear if this meant that Bajor would have multiple councilors or if the character was simply speaking generally. In Star Trek IV, there are several Humans, Vulcans, Andorians, etc. seated in the Council chambers; however, any number of those individuals may be guests (such as Spock was). In short, the make-up and location of the Council is somewhat vague and open to interpretation based upon canonical evidence. However, based solely upon on-screen evidence, the council appears to be a . 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Tau Ceti Accords

The Tau Ceti Accords were a set of treaties between and Andoria. The Accords prohibited an Andorian presence on Coridan, which was violated by an Andorian Imperial Guard team led by Thy'lek Shran in 2151. () de:Tau-Ceti-Abkommen nl:Tau Ceti akkoorden Treaties

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Borg cube

The Borg cube was a type of starship used by the Borg Collective in the 24th century. Along with the Borg sphere, cubes were among the primary types of vessel for its fleet. (, ) Described as mighty and omnipotent, Borg cubes were considered one of the most destructive weapons ever known. () Encounters The first officially publicized Federation contact with a Borg cube took place in 2365, when the encountered a single cube in System J-25. However, civilian researchers on board the had previously tracked a Borg cube twelve years earlier in 2347. (; ) Every Starfleet encounter with a single cube resulted in heavy casualties. At the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367, an armada of forty Starfleet ships was assembled to stop a cube; thirty-nine of those ships were lost in a matter of minutes. Dozens more were destroyed stopping another cube in the incursion of 2373. (; ) Normally a single Borg cube was capable of assimilating all elements of civilization from an entire planet. (; ) When the USS Enterprise-D experienced malfunctions due to Wesley Crusher's nanites in 2366, sensors erroneously detected an approaching cube. () Millions of cubes were estimated to exist in Borg space in the Delta Quadrant; () the largest single grouping of cubes directly observed by Starfleet was fifteen, by the crew of the USS Voyager in late 2373. () When describing the assimilation of his world, Arturis said that hundreds of cubes surrounded his homeworld before its destruction. () Seven of Nine stated to Captain Janeway that the nebula concealing the transwarp hub contained at least 47 Borg vessels. () At some point around 2380, eleven Romulan warbirds battled six Borg cubes. The was present for this conflict, but fled the scene. The Cerritos also fled a similar battle between four Borg cubes, eight warbirds, two Pakled Clumpships, and several Klingon Birds-of-Prey. () Technical data Design Borg cubes were described as massive in size, measuring over three kilometers along an edge and possessing an internal of 28 cubic kilometers. () The Borg cube was constructed of tritanium, an alloy known for its extreme hardness. () In 2366, Commander Shelby estimated that a cube could remain functional even if 78% of it was rendered inoperable due to the decentralized and redundant nature of its key systems. () Interior Borg cubes were highly decentralized in structure with no specific bridge, living quarters or engineering sections. All vital systems were spread throughout the ship, which, along with the presence of a regenerative hull, made it highly resistant to damage and system failures. () They were typically manned by "thousands of drones," and could vary in complement anywhere from 5,000 to 64,000 to 129,000 drones. () Information and Collective communication were routed through power waveguide conduits and distribution nodes. Its exterior design consisted of perpendicular and diagonal grids, struts, and weaponry, allowing a characteristic green light to emanate from within. () Some vessels were equipped with maturation chambers. (; ) The internal pressure aboard a Borg cube was two kilopascals above what would be normal on a Federation starship. The humidity was on average 92%, and the temperature was at 39.1°C. () The atmosphere contained traces of tetryon particles. () Propulsion systems Borg cubes were capable of both warp and transwarp velocities, thanks partly to the Borg Collective's network of transwarp corridors and hubs. When a Borg cube enters a transwarp conduit, it projects a structural integrity field ahead of itself to compensate for the extreme gravimetric shear. () To compensate for the extreme temporal stress while traveling through these corridors, and remain in temporal sync, a chroniton field was also projected through specially designed conduits. () Borg cubes did not present with the twin warp nacelle configuration utilized by nearly all warp-capable species, and the technology by which a Borg cube achieves warp speed is unknown. A Borg cube's maximum warp factor appeared to be greater than that of a Galaxy-class starship, as the Enterprise-D, during its first encounter with a Borg cube, was not able to maintain its distance from one such vessel when it attempted to flee. () Maintenance and repair The drones on board a Borg ship, through means not fully understood by the Federation, could essentially will it to repair itself. During the Enterprise-D's first encounter with a Borg cube, it inflicted damage to approximately 20% of the Borg vessel, only for the ship to repair virtually all of that damage within 20 minutes. This process could occur even while the ship was at warp speed or while it was engaged in combat. () In 2399, the cube known as the used small automated robots to repair its hull and internal systems upon activation by Fenris Ranger Seven of Nine. () Support vehicles Ships up to the size of a Borg sphere were able to be docked inside a Borg cube for assimilation, supplies or escape purposes. At least one Borg cube, and possibly others of its class, contained a Borg sphere. The only known recorded purpose of a sphere disengaged from a Borg cube was for escape. The sphere was the only documented support vehicle a Borg cube possessed. () Tactical systems and Combat performance Though Borg cubes possess a multitude of energy weapon emitters and projectile launchers, initial scans of a Borg cube performed by the Enterprise-D were unable to identify any weapons systems of any design known to the Federation. () The primary tactic employed by Borg cubes when engaging another vessel was to seize it with a tractor beam that would also drain its shields. Once locked on, the tractor beam of a cube could drain the shields of a starship within seconds, and hold it immobile against the full force of its warp drive. () Once the target ship was defenseless, the cube could perform any action ranging from destruction to assimilation. (; ) The Borg could also use the tractor beam to destroy unshielded enemy vessels without the use of any additional weaponry. () The standard deflector shields of Starfleet vessels could resist the tractor beam if the crew of the ship in question cycled the shields through different energy frequencies, but only for a short time. () Following the failure of enemy shields, the cube could engage a high-energy laser cutting beam to slice sections of the ship for assimilation. () If assimilation was unwarranted, the cutting beam could also be used as a weapon to destroy resisting vessels. During the Battle of Wolf 359, the and the were annihilated by cutting beams. The cutting beam could either slice into a ship with pinpoint precision, or it could be used to disintegrate large portions of an enemy vessel. Additionally, it could be fired with the tractor beam as a single attack, with the cutting beam manifesting inside the area of effect of the tractor beam. As demonstrated on the USS Melbourne at Wolf 359, combining the weapons in this fashion could destroy even a shielded enemy vessel within seconds. () Another tactic that could be used to disable enemy ships was to fire a type of missile weapon, the primary function of which appeared to be to drain a target's shields. These missiles appeared to be reserved for situations in which using the tractor beam was not feasible, such as an enemy vessel being out of range. Three such missiles were capable of disabling a class vessel's shields. A hit from the weapon at an unshielded target could disable its warp drive without otherwise damaging it. () The cubes could also use dispersal fields to disrupt the sensor and transporter function of enemy vessels. () The Borg were capable of transporting through the active shields of both Galaxy and Intrepid-class starships. (; ) In addition, a Borg cube's weaponry also included other destructive beam and projectile weapons. During the 2366-2367 incursion, a cube obliterated three ships of the Mars Defense Perimeter with projectiles. () Similar projectiles were used to destroy a and a starship during the Battle of Sector 001. () The concentrated fire of three beam weapons was able to reduce 's ablative generator-deployed armor hull integrity, a highly advanced future Starfleet defense technology, to 40%. () Borg cubes did not appear to utilize traditional energy shields. Instead, they seemed to employ a subspace electromagnetic field that could be altered to adapt to enemy weaponry. This made destroying Borg vessels exceedingly difficult, as most weapons employed against them tended to either not work at all, or to become completely useless after a few shots. () This problem could be overcome to a degree by varying the frequency and modulation of the energy of the weapons in question, but even this tended to fail after a short time. () Borg could also adapt to explosives, such as photon torpedoes, with ease. The Borg could similarly adapt their weapons to the technology of their opponent's defenses. During their second encounter with a Borg cube, the crew of the Enterprise-D was able to prevent a Borg tractor beam from locking onto them by rapidly modulating the energy frequency of their shields. However, less than half a minute later, the Borg adapted the energy of the tractor beam to compensate for the rapidly shifting energy of the shields, and all further attempts to use this tactic failed within seconds. () Starfleet's two engagements with Borg cubes were extremely costly. In the first case, at the Battle of Wolf 359, the Borg had assimilated Jean-Luc Picard mere hours before and had gained access to his vast knowledge of Starfleet tactics and operations. As such, the battle saw 39 out of 40 ships destroyed with virtually negligible damage to a Borg vessel. The Borg vessel then continued nearly unimpeded to Earth, and was stopped only by the ingenuity of the Enterprise-D's crew. () However, a similar engagement several years later saw a similarly large Federation fleet perform considerably better against another Borg cube. Though it suffered heavy casualties, the fleet managed to inflict heavy damage to the cube's outer hull and cause the vessel's power grid to begin fluctuating. The vessel was eventually destroyed primarily due the intervention of Captain Picard, whose residual telepathic link to the Collective furbished him with knowledge of a (presumably) battle-induced weak spot on the Borg vessel, which was subsequently targeted by the entire fleet. () Due to the adaptive qualities of the Borg electromagnetic field, the only quasi-reliable way of destroying a Borg cube was to use a weapon so powerful that just one or two shots would destroy it. Such weapons included the modified deflector weapon of a Galaxy-class starship, transphasic torpedoes, and the energy beam weapons of Species 8472. () However even weapons such as these could be adapted to. Another tactic that appeared to have at least some measure of success in combatting the Borg was to utilize unfamiliar evasive maneuvering sequences in order to keep the Borg tractor beams in particular from draining a ship's shields. (; ) Known vessels Designated Cube 461 Cube 630 Cube 1184 Cube 90182 Undesignated Unnamed Borg cubes The Artifact First's cube Locutus' cube Appendices Appearances (on astrometrics screen) (on astrometrics screen) (on astrometrics screen) (on astrometrics screen) Opening credits (holographic recreation) Background information Ronald D. Moore suggested that the vulnerable spots on the Borg cube in were waste extraction. Although no Borg cubes appear in , the cube design of Borg vessel was referred to in the final draft script of that episode, which commented that a corridor aboard the transport Arctic One was to be "almost indistinguishable from one on a Borg cube." Studio models See: Borg cube model Apocrypha Borg cubes make appearances in the Star Trek: Armada and Star Trek: Armada II games. In the second game, a "fusion cube" and "tactical fusion cube" are seen, and used by those playing as the Borg. The first consists of eight regular cubes connected to each other and is the size of a planetoid, such as Pluto. The second is composed of 8 tactical cubes connected to each other and is the size of a planet, such as Mars. Both are designated battleships and hold the assimilator beam device and three "captured" special weapons taken from an enemy race. In Star Trek: Starfleet Command III, Borg cubes are the Borg's battleship-type vessel and the most powerful playable Borg ship. External link de:Borg-Kubus es:Cubo Borg fr:Cube borg it:Cubo Borg ja:ボーグ・キューブ nl:Borg kubus pt:Cubo Borg ru:Куб боргов sv:Borgstridskub Cube

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Dagger of the Mind (episode)

A routine visit to the Tantalus Penal Colony proves dangerous for Kirk and an Enterprise psychiatrist. Summary Teaser The is on a routine cargo drop to the Tantalus Penal Colony on the planet Tantalus V, beaming down cylinders containing infra-sensory drugs and other supplies. Lieutenant Berkley, in charge of the transporter, tries to beam the cargo down, but is having trouble doing so. Captain Kirk enters the transporter room seeing this and jokingly chides Berkley over the fact that the colony has not yet deactivated its security force field. After contacting the colony, it does so and the cargo is beamed down. The colony sends up a large case to the Enterprise, which is research supplies for the Central Bureau of Penology at Stockholm. After Kirk and Berkley leave, the case opens slowly, revealing a man, clearly mentally ill. He carefully makes his way towards the distracted assistant transporter operator, knocking him out. Act One On the bridge, Kirk talks to Dr. McCoy, telling him that he wishes he could have had the time to meet Dr. Tristan Adams, and asks McCoy if he has visited a penal colony since they have started following his theories. "A cage is a cage, Jim," he remarks. Kirk tells McCoy he is behind the times, as the captain considers them to be more like resorts now. Just then, the Tantalus Penal Colony hails the Enterprise, informing the starship that an inmate is missing, and possibly hid in the case they had sent up. They also inform them that the missing patient is a potentially violent case. Meanwhile, the mysterious stowaway has taken the transporter operator's operations red utility uniform and makes his way out into the Enterprises corridors. He is immediately spotted by Fields, who alerts the bridge through an intercom that he is on deck fourteen. Spock reports that deck fourteen is being closed off and a search is in progress. Security is then alerted to the stowaway and he surprises one of the guards looking for him, overpowers him, and takes his phaser. He then heads to the bridge where he easily dispatches the bridge guard and then reveals his name is Simon Van Gelder and he demands asylum from Kirk. After he is incapacitated by Spock using a Vulcan nerve pinch, he is captured and restrained in sickbay. Later, Kirk attempts to get answers out of Van Gelder, but he seems to struggle enormously when he tries to confirm his name and that he was a director at the Tantalus colony. McCoy then has him sedated with a hypospray. Later on the bridge, Spock determines that Van Gelder is indeed a former associate of Tantalus administrator Dr. Tristan Adams, assigned to the colony only six months prior. Required by regulations as quoted by McCoy to investigate Van Gelder's injury, Kirk decides to visit the penal colony with someone who has psychiatric experience. Act Two The Enterprise has returned to Tantalus V and assumed standard orbit. Kirk enters the transporter room with Spock and is surprised to discover that he is beaming down to Tantalus V with Doctor Helen Noel, a psychiatrist with whom he's been previously acquainted. In the transporter room, she tries to remind Kirk about their previous encounter, but he cuts her off. Spock asks if the Captain has a problem, to which Kirk replies, telling Spock to let Dr. McCoy know that Dr. Noel better be his best technical aide. After beaming down, Kirk and Noel take a very fast turbolift down to the colony. Adams meets with the two immediately after the doors open shares a toast in his office with them. Just then, Lethe, an emotionally detached former patient at the colony and now therapist enters. "I love my work," she says unenthusiastically. Adams raises his glass to Kirk and Noel for the toast. "To all mankind. May we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that – that we cannot fill them with love and warmth." Later, walking through the corridors of the colony, Dr. Adams informs Kirk and Noel that Van Gelder injured his mind by testing an experimental therapy device on himself, the neural neutralizer. Adams shows the device in operation on a patient, but says that it is of limited therapeutic value. On board the Enterprise, Spock and Dr. McCoy continue to investigate Van Gelder, whose ravings are difficult to decipher. However, at one point, Van Gelder claims Dr. Adams will destroy "like death". Act Three In sickbay, Spock decides to employ an ancient technique, the Vulcan mind meld, to learn the truth that Van Gelder cannot speak aloud. Although Spock had never previously performed a mind meld on a Human, the procedure meets with some success. He learns that Adams has been experimenting on various individuals, including Van Gelder, using the neural neutralizer. At the colony, Kirk and Noel investigate the neural neutralizer privately. Kirk wants first-hand experience with the device. After Noel provides assurance that an experiment can be done safely with her supervision, Kirk sits in the treatment chair. Using a very low setting, she suggests to Kirk that he is hungry. A few seconds later, unaware of the suggestion, Kirk does in fact suggest they find a kitchen to raid. Then, at Kirk's request, Noel begins with a more elaborate suggestion; that Kirk and Noel went back to Kirk's quarters for a romantic evening after a meeting at the previous year's science lab's Christmas party, which didn't really occur. Suddenly, Adams surprises them, has his assistant immobilize Noel, and begins using the device to condition Kirk, including the suggestion that he is desperately in love with Noel, and using very high settings that are obviously causing Kirk great distress. Act Four Fighting off the suggestions placed in his mind by Adams, Kirk dispatches Noel through the air conditioning ducts, in the hope she can find the power controls and deactivate the security force field. That field protects the facility, and prevents transporters from operating in it. After crawling through the duct, Noel manages to locate the power control room for the colony. She takes care of the guard in the power control room and deactivates the field long enough for Kirk to escape the torture, and Spock and a security force to beam down and secure the colony. In an ironic twist, Dr. Adams dies of exposure to the neural neutralizer after Kirk knocks him down and leaves him near it when Spock restored the power. However, Dr. Noel notes the neutralizer was not on high enough to kill Adams. Kirk says he died because he was alone, his mind emptied by it, "without even a tormentor for company." Dr. Van Gelder is cured, and resumes his responsibilities at the colony. He also dismantles and destroys the neural neutralizer equipment. Before the Enterprise heads away from Tantalus V, McCoy says, "It's hard to believe that a man could die of loneliness." Kirk tells him, "Not when you've sat in that room." He then instructs Spock to break orbit and proceed away at warp factor one. Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2266 Ship's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Memorable quotes "A cage is a cage, Jim." - McCoy, on penal colonies "Interesting. Your Earth people glorify organized violence for forty centuries, but you imprison those who employ it privately." - Spock, to McCoy "Where there is no emotion, there is no motive for violence." - Spock, to McCoy "It appears we may have an inmate of yours aboard the ship." "Transporter crewman found unconscious, captain. Cargo case open and empty." "Make that definite, doctor. He's aboard." - Kirk and Uhura confirm that Van Gelder is on board the Enterprise to Adams "I want asylum." "At gunpoint?" - Van Gelder and Kirk, as Van Gelder storms into the bridge "You smart, button-pushing brass hat! Wash your hands of it! Is that your system?" - Van Gelder to Kirk, in sickbay "May we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that, that we cannot fill them with love and warmth." - Adams, toasting with Kirk and Noel "One of the advantages of being a captain, doctor, is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it." - Kirk, to Noel "You begin to feel a strange euphoria. Your body floats." - Spock, performing his first mind-meld on a Human "I have no desire to damage my brain. Can this be handled with reasonable safety – yes or no?" - Kirk, to Helen Noel on the neural neutralizer "It's hard to believe that a man could die of loneliness." "Not when you've sat in that room." - McCoy and Kirk, on the death of Doctor Adams Background information Production timeline Story outline by Shimon Wincelberg: mid- Revised story outline: Second revised story outline: Third revised story outline: Fourth revised story outline: First draft teleplay: early- Second draft teleplay: Revised second draft teleplay: Revised teleplay by John D.F. Black: Revised teleplay by Gene Roddenberry: Additional revisions: Final draft teleplay by Roddenberry: Additional revisions: Revised final draft teleplay: Additional revisions: , , Filmed: – Day 1 – , Tuesday (Half Day) – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Day 2 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge, Transporter room Day 3 – , Thursday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Transporter room, Corridors, Kirk's quarters, Sickbay Day 4 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Sickbay, Tantalus Colony Main power chamber Day 5 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Dr. Adams' office, Kirk's guestroom, Dr. Noel's guestroom, Air vents Day 6 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Tantalus colony corridors, Treatment room Day 7 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Treatment room Extra pickup shots filmed – , Thursday Original airdate: First UK airdate: Production Writer S. Bar-David is a pen name for Shimon Wincelberg. He incorporated several references to Jewish parables into the screenplay. The part of Helen Noel was originally written for Grace Lee Whitney's character Janice Rand; however, producers wanted to avoid showing Kirk becoming involved with her, and Whitney was already on the verge of leaving the show due to personal problems on the set. (The Star Trek Compendium) The title of this episode is taken from a line of Shakespeare's play, Macbeth. This is the first of a great many episodes in the franchise to take its title from a quotation from Shakespeare. In the context of this quotation, Macbeth is preparing to murder Duncan, the King of Scotland, and sees a dagger that he attempts to grasp, only to discover it is a figment of his imagination. The relevant passage from the soliloquy reads: Is this a dagger which I see before me The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation Proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain? The name "Lethe" is a reference to the River of Forgetfulness in Greek mythology. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed. p. 234) The name of the colony, Tantalus, is also a reference to Greek mythology. Tantalus was a former king imprisoned in Tartarus for various evil deeds. Tantalus was forever chin deep in water, and fruit-laden branches hung within easy reach. But when he tried to eat or drink the fruit and water receded from him so that he could not. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed. p. 234) The shot of the Enterprise miniature heading back to Tantalus at the beginning of Act Two does not appear in any other episode. The ship shifts slightly before veering out of frame; when this shot is used in other episodes, the model merely veers off. The producers still hadn't settled on background sound effects for the bridge when this episode was produced. Both the older bridge sound effect (first heard in ) and the familiar whirring sound that eventually would became standard were used in this episode. Cast James Doohan (Scott) and George Takei (Sulu) do not appear in this episode. Scott appeared in the original script, operating the transporter in the first scene, when Van Gelder is beamed aboard. His appearance was nixed by Bob Justman, who saw this as a way of saving costs by eliminating Doohan – who would have been paid US$890 for the episode – and replacing him with a random performer (Larry Anthony, playing Lieutenant Berkley), hired for a much lower salary. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed. p. 237) After finishing this episode, Morgan Woodward (playing the emotionally and physically intense role of Van Gelder) reportedly went home and took a rest for four days. Sets and props The chair used in the neural neutralizer room was later re-used by Garth in . Albert Whitlock's matte painting for is recycled here, with the towers on the fuel bins painted out and a different doorway added to match with the live-action footage filmed of Kirk and Noel entering the surface shaft. This was made as a compromise between Gene Roddenberry and Bob Justman. Roddenberry wanted Kirk and Noel to arrive on the surface, then go underground via the elevator, while Justman urged him to eliminate this scene, and let them beam down directly into Dr. Adams' office (thus saving the costs of creating a matte painting and some extra sets). Roddenberry kept the surface scene in, but reused the old matte painting created for the second pilot. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed. p. 241) Some of the colony interiors are reused (and redressed) sets left over from the previous episode, . (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed. p. 242) Costumes The treatment smocks worn by Adams and Eli have the same insignia as Dr. Cory in . Continuity This episode is mentioned as taking place after a Christmas party in the science labs. This is one of the few times a religious holiday is mentioned in the Star Trek future, and Christmas in particular was not mentioned again until . Similarly, references Thanksgiving, and references Halloween. This episode marks the first appearance of the Vulcan mind meld. The final shooting draft of this script had Spock placing his hands on Van Gelder's abdomen while performing the mind meld. According to The Making of Star Trek, the mind meld was developed as an alternative to the scripts use of hypnosis to stabilize Van Gelder. They did not want to inaccurately depict hypnosis as a medical technique. Nor did they want to shoehorn into the script a pretext that Spock was qualified to act as a hypnotist in a medical capacity. Lastly, they did not want to risk accidentally hypnotizing viewers at home. A shipping label produced for shows that a (now elderly) Dr. Van Gelder is still in charge of the Tantalus Penal Colony in the 2370s. The name of the penal colony in this episode, "Tantalus," was reused in Season 2 for the episode "Mirror, Mirror" for a surveillance and killing device known as the Tantalus field. Preview The preview contains a truncated Captain's Log from the finished episode: "Captain's log, stardate 2715.1. Exchanged cargo with penal colony on Tantalus 5." Syndication cuts During the syndication run of Star Trek, the following scenes were typically cut from broadcast A log entry by Kirk in which he recaps the situation of Van Gelder's escape and then states that he (Kirk) will get to meet Doctor Adams after all. A log entry by Spock in which he explains the Vulcan mind meld in some detail. While the mind meld later became a common plot device, at this early stage of Star Trek production, the viewing audience had not yet seen the meld on camera, leading to Spock's need to explain the nature of the meld. When the episode was syndicated, this scene was frequently cut, since it was assumed that most viewers already knew what the mind meld was. A more lengthy recovery scene by Kirk after his first neural neutralizer session. Video and DVD releases Original US Betamax release: Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6, catalog number VHR 2253, release date unknown US VHS release: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.4, Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 5, As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection Links and references Starring William Shatner as Capt. Kirk Also starring Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock Guest star James Gregory as Tristan Adams Co-starring DeForest Kelley as Leonard McCoy Morgan Woodward as Simon Van Gelder And Marianna Hill as Helen Noel Featuring Nichelle Nichols as Uhura Susanne Wasson as Lethe John Arndt as First Crewman Larry Anthony as Transportation Man Ed McCready as Inmate Eli Behar as Uncredited co-stars Frank da Vinci as Vinci Lou Elias as Therapist Ron Kinwald as Inmate Jeannie Malone as Inmate John Hugh McKnight as Therapist Eddie Paskey as Leslie Unknown actors as Karl Helmsman Navigator Security Crewman 1 Security Crewman 3 Transporter Crewman Inmates 4, 5, 6 & 7 Therapist 1 & 2 Stand-ins William Blackburn as the stand-in for DeForest Kelley Frank da Vinci as the stand-in for Leonard Nimoy Jeannie Malone as the stand-in for Marianna Hill Eddie Paskey as the stand-in for William Shatner References 2nd millennium BC; 2220s; 2246; 2265; 2266; acting captain; ; advice; afternoon; agony; air conditioning; "all right"; answer; area; assignment; assistant; associate; assumption; asylum; ball; beam neutralizing; bloodstream; blood vessel; body; body function panel; "Bones"; box; brain neutralizing beam; brain wave; brass hat; briefing room; ; cabin; cage; captain's log; career; cargo; cargo case; case; casualty; Central Bureau of Penology; chance; chair; Chamber of Horrors; Christmas; Christmas party; Christmas present; colony; Constitition-class decks; contact; control panel; coordinates; course; crime; criminal; cure; damage; dancing; danger; day; death; delusions; ; ; desire; destination; device; Devil's Island; director; door; dose; duct; Earth; effect; electronic clipboard; elevator; Emergency Channel D; emotion; engineering uniform; estimate; euphoria; Eurasia; "excuse me"; experiment; face; fact; failure; floor; foot (appendage); (unit); force field; general quarters; general quarters 3; hailing frequency; hand; happy; hate; heart; honesty; ; hospital facility; hour; Human; hunger; hyper-power circuit; hypnosis; hypo; identification tape (aka ID tape); "in case"; infra-sensory drugs; injury; "in progress"; instruction; intruder; intruder alert; investigation; kitchen; knee; library; lie; light; location; loneliness; love; machine; Manual on Penal Colony procedures; medical log; medikit; megavoltage; memory; memory patterns; "Merry Christmas"; mind; mind meld; minute; mission; mistake; month; morning; motive; naked; name; nerve; neural neutralizer; neuro-synapse; night; off-on switch; "on the nose"; over-changer; oxygen mask; pain; party; patient; penal colony (aka rehab colony); penology; person; personnel director; phaser weapon; place; planet; ; power supply; prisoner (aka inmate); problem; profession; promise; psychiatrist; psychiatry; psychotherapy; quarters; question; rehabilitative therapy; report; reputation; resort colony; room; sage; sage and skeptic; science lab; Science Library; schizophrenia; search; second; second-in-command; secrecy; section; security alert (aka security alert 3 / security alert, condition three / alert condition three); security screen (aka security cover/security force field); sedative; sharing; ship's library; ship surgeon/ship's surgeon; short circuit; skeptic; sobbing; space; speaker; specimen; sponge; standard orbit; "stand by"; star; starship regulation; Stockholm; stubborn; study; suggestion; Tantalus V; Tantalus Penal Colony (aka Tantalus Penal Colony); technical aide (aka technical expert); theory; therapist; thing; thought; tissue; title; toast; towel; tranquilizers; treatment; treatment room; truth; tunnel; unscientific‎; vault; violence; Vulcan; Vulcan neck pinch; wisdom; word; wrap Unreferenced materials amen; brain pattern; brandy; cat; delta waves; Feinberg; Finnerman; Merhoff; scimitar; small white pill; stencil; Voice-O-Graph projections External links de:Der Zentralnervensystemmanipulator es:Dagger of the Mind fr:Dagger of the Mind (épisode) it:Trasmissione di pensiero (episodio) ja:悪魔島から来た狂人（エピソード） nl:Dagger of the Mind pl:Dagger of the Mind pt:Dagger of the Mind ru:Кинжал разума (эпизод) sv:Dagger of the Mind TOS episodes

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The Galileo Seven (episode)

Spock faces difficult command decisions when his shuttle crashes on a hostile world populated by barbarous giants. Summary Teaser "Captain's Log, stardate 2821.5. En route to Makus III with a cargo of medical supplies, our course leads us past Murasaki 312, a quasar-like formation. Vague… undefined. A priceless opportunity for scientific investigation. On board is Galactic High Commissioner , overseeing the delivery of the medicines to Makus III." On the bridge of the , Captain Kirk receives a signal from Spock that the shuttlecraft is ready for launch. A crew composed of Spock, Lieutenant Commander Scott, Dr. McCoy, Lieutenants Latimer, Gaetano, and Boma, and Yeoman Mears, has been assembled aboard the shuttlecraft for this scientific mission. High Commissioner Ferris enters the bridge from the turbolift and reminds the captain of his objection to this diversion from the greater priority of delivering medical supplies. The plague on the New Paris colonies is spiraling out of control, he contends, and the Enterprise must make the rendezvous on Makus in order for the supplies to be transferred from there to the colony. Kirk understands this, but he also states that he is under orders from Starfleet to investigate "all quasars and quasar-like phenomena" and observes that the rendezvous is in five days, while the trip to Makus will only last three. Hence, he reasons, he has 48 hours with which to study the phenomenon. The Galileo proceeds to launch. While inside the phenomenon, the shuttlecraft encounters some rough turbulence, knocking it off-course. The electrical interference generated by the phenomenon makes sensors unreliable and communication impossible for the shuttlecraft, as well as for the Enterprise. However, Uhura does manage to make out the words "blown off-course" in an extremely garbled transmission. Kirk must attempt a rescue without working sensors inside a quasar-like formation which contains four solar systems in the immediate vicinity. Act One "Captain's Log, stardate 2821.7. The electromagnetic phenomenon known as Murasaki 312 whirls like some angry blight in space. A depressive reminder that seven of our shipmates still have not been heard from. Equally bad, the effect has rendered our normal searching systems useless. Without them we are blind, and almost helpless." The Galileo is forced to make an emergency landing on Taurus II, a lone planet at the heart of Murasaki 312. While Scott attempts repairs on the damaged craft, Latimer and Gaetano are sent out to scout the area and instructed to maintain visual contact with the ship. Meanwhile, on the Enterprise, the sensors remain inoperative and the transporters are not operating in a safe manner. Kirk orders that a second shuttlecraft, Columbus, prepare for launch in order to search the planet's surface for the other craft. Tensions mount between Kirk and Ferris as Kirk makes it clear that he plans to use every spare minute to search for his stranded shipmates. Uhura temporarily acts as science officer and helps to narrow the search for Galileo by discovering that one planet in the area, Taurus II, is type M. Kirk has Sulu set course for the planet. As Scott assesses the damage, he finds that the Galileo has lost a great deal of fuel – so much that they would be unable to reach escape velocity, and to even reach orbit they would need to leave at least five hundred pounds lighter than when they arrived. Noting that very little of the equipment on board is dispensable, and that five hundred pounds roughly equals the weight of three grown adults, Spock prepares himself for the difficult decision of which three crewmen to leave behind in order that the rest may survive. It is at this point that Spock's cold logic begins to unnerve some of the crew, most noticeably Lieutenant Boma. Boma proposes that they draw lots to determine who stays behind, but Spock replies that he is better qualified to make the decision than would be a "random drawing of lots." While on their scouting expedition, Latimer and Gaetano hear strange grinding sounds, seemingly coming from all around them in a dense fog. Attempting to escape back to the Galileo, they encounter a giant, spear-wielding, "cave man"-like humanoid. The creature is hostile, and attacks the two crewmen. Taken by surprise, Latimer is hit by a spear in the back, mortally wounding him. He falls from a rock ledge to the ground and Gaetano then attempts to fend off the Taurean with his phaser, firing blind. Act Two Gaetano, successful in driving the Taurean away, is found by Spock and Boma, slumped over, staring dumbfounded at the body of his fallen crewmate. After running a bit ahead to make sure that the giant is gone, Spock returns and examines the spear. He observes a similarity to the Folsom point, commenting that it is "crude" and "not very efficient." Again, Spock's words unnerve his crewmates, who find it highly inappropriate for him to be musing about archaeology when one of their comrades has just been slain. Spock, logical as ever, responds, "My concern for the dead will not bring him back to life, Mr. Boma." Boma and Gaetano decide to carry the body back to the ship. Spock has no objection, since doing so will not interfere with the repair efforts. When he offers to help them, they refuse. "Captain's Log, stardate 2822.3. We continue to search. But I find it more difficult each moment to ward off a sense of utter futility, and… great loss." There is no change in the status of sensors, transporters, and communications. The search party has found no sign of the Galileo or its passengers. Kirk orders the Columbus to "widen its course two degrees on every lap from now on." Sulu objects that this leaves significant gaps in the search area, but Kirk notes that they simply do not have enough time to cover the entire planet, and this way they cover the most area, even if they leave gaps in doing so. Kirk advises Sulu to keep his attention on the helm. Back inside the shuttlecraft, McCoy and Yeoman Mears report to Spock that they were able to gather about one hundred and fifty pounds of non-essential machinery for removal from Galileo. Spock commends them, but observes that even after dumping that weight, they are still 150 pounds too heavy. McCoy and Spock argue a bit about the ethics of leaving behind one man to save six, but they are interrupted by Boma, who upon entering the craft announces that they are ready for Latimer's funeral ceremony. Spock has no interest in performing such a ceremony as his expertise is needed in assisting Scott with the repairs. He attempts to push off the funerary duties to Dr. McCoy, but McCoy insists that it is Spock's responsibility as their commanding officer. Spock accepts this duty, but insists that the repairs take the utmost priority. He argues that by taking care of "first things first" he intends to maximize the chances of survival for the remaining crew. Boma leaves and closes Galileos doors. Later, while Scott and Spock continue to attempt repairs, a ruptured tube leaks all the remaining fuel. The shuttlecraft is now without any means of propulsion. Disappointed by the event, Spock advises a pessimistic Scott to "consider the alternatives," stating, "there are always alternatives." Outside, loud grinding noises are heard again. Spock identifies the sounds as wood, rubbing on leather. Boma suggests that if the Taureans are a tribal culture, and thereby have a sense of unity, the crew can use that to their advantage. By hurting them, they can be dissuaded from bothering the crew again. McCoy and Gaetano agree that this is a "logical" course of action. Spock is hesitant, but concedes that there is logic to the plan, though he abhors unnecessary violence toward other forms of life. He proposes a third plan – to scare them by blasting phasers near the giants – firing not to injure or kill, but to simply frighten. He sends McCoy and Mears back to the shuttlecraft to assist Scott, while he leads Boma and Gaetano towards the Taureans. The plan appears to be executed successfully, and Spock returns with Boma to the shuttlecraft, leaving Gaetano to stand guard and stay in communication with the ship. When he returns, Scott tells Spock of an idea he has to reconfigure the main reactor to function on the energy from the hand-held phasers. Unfortunately, their only means of escape happens to be their only means of defense. Using the phasers for fuel disallows their use for defensive measures against the giants. Spock and the others conclude that it is their only option. Scott begins the modifications. The Enterprise transporters are now operational, and Kirk decides to beam three landing parties down directly to the planet in hopes of increasing the chances of finding the lost crew. Crewman Gaetano is attacked and loses his phaser when a large rock is thrown against his hand. He tries to scramble up a cliff, but cannot, and is ultimately killed horribly by a Taurean. Act Three Spock, McCoy, and Boma arrive at Gaetano's last known position. He is nowhere to be found but Spock discovers his phaser lying on the ground. Spock orders the other two to return to the craft and hands over Gaetano's phaser to Scott for conversion. Boma objects, but Spock's response is to hand them his (Spock's) phaser as well. Spock then pursues a "scientific curiosity" regarding what happened to Gaetano. Sneaking up to the Taureans, Spock finds Gaetano's lifeless body and carries it off towards the shuttlecraft. The Taureans soon notice him and begin throwing numerous spears, one of which just narrowly misses Spock's head, but is blocked by the tip a protruding rock. Soon after Spock makes it back, one of the creatures (which followed Spock) begins assaulting the craft itself by slamming large rocks against it, with the terrified crew inside. Spock notes, as much to himself as anyone, that logic has completely failed him in this instance, he had not anticipated that the creatures would attack after seeing their superior weapons, just as he didn't anticipate the resentment shown by his crew during the mission. As the shuttle shakes, Scott reports it'll be another hour at least before the phasers are drained, an hour the crew clearly doesn't have right now. "Captain's Log, 2823.1. Our landing parties are on the surface of Taurus II, and we continue to hope. Instruments are only slowly returning to an operable condition as the ion storm slowly disperses. On the ship, we can only wait helplessly." Spock comes up with an idea to use the ship's batteries to electrify the outer hull. Apparently the Taureans were actually touching the ship at the time it was electrified, as the creatures leave shortly after. Boma then argues that it is time to perform the funeral rites for their two fallen crewmates. Eventually, Spock relents and allows the burial, "provided the creatures will permit it." On the Enterprise, landing party two has just beamed back with a few casualties and no shuttlecraft survivors. Lieutenant Kelowitz, who led the party, reports back to the captain, describing the same giant creatures encountered by the Galileo crew. By his account, Ensign O'Neill "got a spear through the body before we even knew they were around." Lieutenant Immamura survived with severe lacerations and a dislocated shoulder but should be fine. Commissioner Ferris arrives on the bridge and informs the captain that his time has run out. Ferris now assumes command of the ship under the powers granted him by Title 15, Galactic Emergency Procedures. Kirk orders the remaining landing parties to return and calls the Columbus back in, holding out hope that the Galileo might still report in the time it takes for the others to return. With great reluctance, Kirk commands Sulu to set course for Makus III. Act Four "Captain's Log, supplemental. The search parties have returned to the ship. The Columbus is on its way back. I have been compelled to abandon the search." According to Uhura, the Columbus will be back and docked within 23 minutes. Thus, only 23 minutes remain for the search. On the surface, Scott has just finished draining the last phaser into the ship's power supply and estimates that they have just enough power to maintain orbit for a few hours, and even enough to perform a controlled-burn re-entry. Scotty says that the ship will be ready to take off in eight minutes. Spock then tells McCoy and Boma that they have ten minutes to bury Gaetano, and that he will assist them. The Columbus returns to the Enterprise and docks. The landing parties have all been beamed aboard. Kirk is left without any further excuses for delay. Therefore, the Enterprise begins the trip to Makus III at "space-normal speed", and Kirk, not ready to give up hope for the Galileo crew, orders full reverse sensor scans, beams directed aft. On Taurus II, the funeral ceremony is interrupted by flying spears. McCoy, Boma, and Spock are attacked by the Taureans again, and race back to the ship. After throwing one of the spears back at the assailants in order to buy more time for the others, Spock turns and makes for the ship as well. But after just a few steps, a large rock is hurled at him and traps him against a rock face. He tells the others to take off without him, but they disregard the command and roll the heavy boulder off of him so that he can return. The three make it back to the shuttlecraft, but the extra time taken to free Spock allowed the Taureans to gather around the ship and physically hold it down to prevent it from taking off. After firing the boosters they are able to break free and take off. Unfortunately, once they attain orbit, they come to the realization that without the boosters, they will not be able to make a soft landing, and if they are not rescued, will face a burn-up in the atmosphere upon re-entry. Spock grimly reminds his party that thanks to Boma and McCoy trying to save him, they will have ruined their slim chance for survival. At this point, Scott reminds Spock of his earlier comment that "there are always alternatives." Spock, in an act that surprises the others, acknowledges that he "may have been mistaken." When they achieve orbital altitude, while chasing the Enterprise, Scott estimates they have enough fuel to maintain it for 45 minutes. At this point, Spock commits an act of desperation. He jettisons the fuel and ignites it in the hope that the Enterprise might see the flare and come to their rescue. This leaves them just 6 minutes of orbit. The Galileo crew is shocked, but soon Scott realizes that Spock's action was "like sending up a flare", and offering that it was "a good gamble." Fortunately, the gamble pays off. The flare catches Sulu's watchful eye, whereupon he informs the captain, and they change course 180 degrees to once again attempt a rescue, this time without Ferris noticing. As the Galileos orbit begins to decay, the five surviving passengers prepare for the inevitable burn-up. Just as the ship is about to incinerate, the Enterprise beams the crew out, alive and well. Upon hearing the good news, an emotional Kirk orders Sulu to resume the course to Makus III at warp factor 1. With Spock and McCoy safe and sound on the bridge, Kirk confronts Spock at his science station about his actions, trying to get Spock to admit that the flare was a purely emotional act. Spock tries to evade the question by framing the action as a logical decision to act in desperation. Kirk puts it to him directly, asking if he is going to admit that it was a purely Human emotional act. "No, sir." replies Spock. Kirk then comments that Spock is a very stubborn man. "Yes, sir." is Spock's response. With the exception of Spock, the bridge crew all has a good long laugh. Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2266 Memorable quotes "Finding a needle in a haystack would be child's play." - Kirk, on the missing Galileo "Picturesque descriptions will not mend broken circuits, Mister Scott." - Spock, after Scott describes the Galileos damage as a mess "Mister Spock, life and death are seldom logical." "But attaining a desired goal always is, doctor." - McCoy and Spock, on leaving three people behind on the planet "It is more rational to sacrifice one life than six, doctor." - Spock to McCoy, on leaving one person behind after Latimer's death "Mister Scott, there are always alternatives." - Spock, on finding a new fuel source for the Galileo "I'm frequently appalled by the low regard you Earthmen have for life." - Spock to Gaetano and Boma, on attacking the anthropoids "I am not interested in the opinion of the majority, Mister Gaetano!" - Spock to Gaetano, angrily opposing the latter's opinion on how to deal with the anthropoids "Mister Spock, respect is a rational process. Did it ever occur to you they might react emotionally? With anger?" - McCoy, as the anthropoids continue their attack "Strange. Step by step, I've made the correct and logical decisions – and yet two men have died." - Spock "I intend to continue the search. Foot by foot, inch by inch, by candlelight if necessary, until the last possible moment!" - Kirk, to Ferris "I'm sick and tired of this machine!" - Boma, on Spock "Mister Spock, remind me to tell you that I'm sick and tired of your logic." "That is a most illogical attitude." - McCoy and Spock, after the Galileo lifts off "Well, at least I lived long enough to hear that." - McCoy, after Spock admits to making a mistake "It may be the last action you'll ever take, Mister Spock, but it was all Human." "Totally illogical. There was no chance." "That's exactly what I mean." - McCoy and Spock, on jettisoning the fuel "Mister Spock, you're a stubborn man." - Kirk, after Spock denies making any desperate acts Background information Production timeline Story outline by Oliver Crawford: Revised story outline: First draft teleplay by Crawford: Second draft teleplay by Crawford: Revised second draft teleplay by Shimon Wincelberg: Revised teleplay by Steven W. Carabatsos: Revised teleplay by Gene L. Coon: Final draft teleplay by Coon: Additional revisions: , , Filmed: – Day 1 – , Thursday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Day 2 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Day 3 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge, Transporter room; Desilu Stage 10: Ext. Planet surface (Rocks) Day 4 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 10: Ext. Planet surface (Rocks, Outside the Shuttlecraft Day 5 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 10: Ext. Planet surface (Rocks, Outside the Shuttlecraft Day 6 – , Thursday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Shuttlecraft Day 7 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Shuttlecraft Original airdate: First UK airdate: Script and story The story of this episode originated from writer Oliver Crawford, who thought about a science fiction retelling of the 1939 film , which co-starred a young Lucille Ball. The writing of this episode was influenced by the Spock character having proved popular. Leonard Nimoy noted that, as a result of the character's success, "somebody said, 'Let's do a show where Spock takes command of a vessel" (Smithsonian magazine, May 2016 issue, p. 59). However, considering that only two episodes had aired when this episode began filming, this is likely more of a legend than an accurate memory. Several lines of dialogue in the preview did not make it into the final cut. The commissioner says, "Do you know what you have done? You've concerned yourself with only seven people. You said something about a needle in a haystack. It's useless." Kirk replies, "If they're not there, commissioner, then they're dead by now." In the closing credits of the show, the title for Script Supervisor is misspelled "SCPIPT SUPERVISOR". Effects The observation deck model was designed to match up with the set seen in . (The Star Trek Compendium, p. 44) After this episode was filmed, no new shots of the shuttlecraft miniature were taken. All shuttlecraft model shots used in the series were stock footage from this episode, sometimes matted into different backgrounds. A still of the shuttlecraft model, facing forward inside the miniature hangar deck, appears in the end credits of this episode, with the center window of the shuttlecraft open. To make the creatures look larger than they really were, small spear and shield props were made for Buck Maffei to fling at the crew. The one that is dropped near the three men is fairly small in size, but in the next shot, it is much larger. (The Star Trek Compendium, p. 45) Wah Chang created the ape-creature makeup. It was considered too grotesque to show in close-ups, but the faces of the creatures can still be seen in a few scenes. A close-up of the creature was filmed, but ended up as a deleted shot. Also, NBC Broadcast Standards ordered that the view of Latimer with the large spear in his back shall not be clearly seen. When Gaetano fires his phaser into the mist, there is an additional mist optical effect, which had to be added in post production, that blocks a view of the impaled officer. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed. p. 306) Although the Galileo was destroyed in this episode, it appeared again in two later episodes, , and . However, it wasn't until its final appearance in "The Way to Eden" that the full-scale ship was repainted to read Galileo II. A shuttlecraft of similar design appeared in three episodes: , , and – being an unnamed Enterprise shuttlecraft in Babel and unnamed starbase shuttlecraft in the other two episodes. Cast and characters Leonard Nimoy struggled with his role of Spock in this episode because, in many of his scenes, he had to account for the absence of William Shatner. Nimoy later recalled, "I experienced it as a failure […] Put into the position of being the driving force, the central character, was very tough for me." (Smithsonian magazine, May 2016 issue, p. 59) Phyllis Douglas returned as one of the "space hippies" in . The part of Yeoman Mears was originally written for Yeoman Rand, but Grace Lee Whitney had just been written out of the series. (The Star Trek Compendium, p. 45) John Crawford, in an interview in magazine, stated that he had a very unpleasant time in his scenes with Shatner on the bridge. Don Marshall previously appeared in the controversial episode "To Set it Right" of Gene Roddenberry's previous series, The Lieutenant, in which Nichelle Nichols played his character's girlfriend. The producers liked Marshall's performance as Boma, and intended to bring the character back. However, by that time, Marshall was already signed with to co-star in Land of the Giants (which began filming in 1967, but only premiered a year later). (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed. p. 313) Props and sets The tool that will later be the laser beacon in is sitting above the nacelle of the shuttlecraft in an early scene. Continuity The episode marks the first appearance in Star Trek of the rank of "ensign", as Ensign O'Neill is mentioned in this episode. This episode establishes that there is more than one transporter room on the Enterprise. Kirk clearly uses the plural, "transporters". In all other episodes, only the singular is used. Ferris is called "Galactic High Commissioner" because the name United Federation of Planets had not yet been created. Two years later, in , the term "Federation High Commissioner" was used instead. Beginning with this episode, a somewhat re-orchestrated version of the opening theme is played over the opening credits. The tan belts to which phasers and communicators are attached make a re-appearance after being gone for several episodes. In this episode, Spock states he doesn't believe in angels, implying that he didn't believe anyone would save him or the others aboard the Galileo, in case the Enterprise didn't come for the rescue. Ironically, in the second season of , it is revealed that Spock's foster sister and her mother had saved quite a number of people from impending doom wearing a suit that resembled, as Spock himself put it, a "Red Angel". Apocrypha Bantam Books published a series of novelizations called "fotonovels" which took photographic stills from actual episodes and arranged word balloons and text over them, to create a -formatted story. The seventh installment was an adaptation of this episode. In the novel Dreadnought!, it is stated that Scott demanded (and got) a court-martial against Boma due to his insubordination toward Spock. (Spock had not mentioned anything about Boma's attitude in his own report.) As a result, Boma was discharged from the fleet. The alternate reality's version of events is depicted in issues three and four of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Ongoing comic series, "The Galileo Seven, Part 1" and "The Galileo Seven, Part 2". Preview The preview contains a Captain's Log recorded solely for the preview: "Captain's log, stardate 2821.7. Seven of our shipmates still have not been heard from. Our normal searching system is useless." Remastered information The remastered version of "The Galileo Seven" aired in many North American markets during the weekend of . The episode received fairly heavy treatment, due to the number of special effects in the original. Like all other remastered episodes, the physical model of Enterprise has been wholly replaced by a CGI model throughout the episode. Similarly, Enterprise is universally shot at different – and typically closer – angles than in the original. As might be expected, this episode also required a new CGI model of Galileo itself. The most widely employed new effect is that of the "Murasaki effect" and the planet Taurus II. Whereas in the original the graphic is largely confined to a long-range viewscreen shot of the Murasaki 312 quasar itself, the remastered version depicts the phenomenon as more of an omnipresent "effect", serving as the background for most shots. Also, in the original, the planet Taurus II is seen as primarily green in color, while the remastered planet is largely grey and rocky, like the surface. The shuttlebay and launch sequences of shuttles received a thorough reworking. The resting Columbus can now be seen briefly during the Galileo launch, and the Galileos takeoff occurs with a more naturalistic "wobble" as the ship stabilizes before achieving forward momentum. Once launched, Galileo now casts a shadow on the shuttlebay to further lend verisimilitude to the sequence. As the "Galileo" departs the shuttlebay the interior shot of the shuttlebay is missing the "Columbus". The new TOS-R chronometer is also briefly seen in the episode. The final flight of Galileo has been given perhaps the most significant narrative attention. The "flare" caused by Spock's fuel dump is now more evident, both in close-ups of the shuttle and in long range Enterprise viewscreen images of the planet. As Galileo descends into the atmosphere, the ship glows a brilliant red-orange to indicate the heat – something that did not noticeably occur in the original version. As of October 2017, the HD-DVD version of this episode is the only place to find the Starfleet Access bonus feature. The feature, for whatever reason, has not been ported over to any Blu-Ray release. Video and DVD releases Original US Betamax release: UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 8, catalog number VHR 2258, release date unknown US VHS release: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.5, Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 7, As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection Links and references Starring William Shatner as Capt. Kirk Also starring Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock Co-starring Don Marshall as Boma DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy James Doohan as Scott Featuring George Takei as Sulu Nichelle Nichols as Uhura John Crawford as Commissioner Peter Marko as Gaetano And Phyllis Douglas as Yeoman Mears With Reese Vaughn as Latimer Grant Woods as Kelowitz Buck Maffei as the creature David Ross as the transporter chief Uncredited co-stars Majel Barrett as Computer Voice William Blackburn as Hadley Frank da Vinci as Brent Eddie Paskey as Leslie Ron Veto as Harrison Unknown performers as Command crewman Command crew woman Command yeoman Sciences crew woman Stunts Gary Combs Frank da Vinci References 1925; ability; acceleration; ; "all right"; alternative; analysis; ångström; angel; anger; answer; anthropoid; ape; area; argon; astral anthropology; atmosphere; attitude; auxiliary power; auxiliary tank; battery; bloody nose; body; booster; burial; cargo; chance; choice; chronometer; circuit; "child's play"; Columbus; commanding officer; compartment; competition; conduit; contact; coordinates; course; culture; damage; danger; day; death; decaying orbit; degree; ; desperation; diligence; distress signal; dozen; "drawing lots"; ear; efficiency; electromagnetic spectrum; emotion (emotional state); emotional outburst; equipment malfunction; ; escape velocity; estimate; evaluation; "excuse me"; fact; fear; feeling; fireman's carry; "first things first"; flare; flight deck; flight hatch; Folsom point; foot; friend; fuel; Galactic Emergency Procedures; ; goal; hand; hangar deck; Hansen's Planet; Hansen's Planet anthropoid; harmonic; haystack; head; heart; height; High Commissioner; hour; hull; hull plating; Human; idea; image; Immamura; inch; inert material; "in error"; "in the event"; "in the first place"; investigation; ion; ionic interference; ionization; ion storm; krypton; laceration; landing party; lap; leather; life; logic; M-class; machine; main reactor; Makus III; meteorite; meter; mile; millimeters of mercury (); mind; minute; mission; mist; Murasaki 312 (aka Murasaki effect); Murasaki 312 sector; neck; needle; neon; New Mexico; New Paris; New Paris colonies; "needle in a haystack"; nitrogen; North America; nose; "of course"; Old World calendar; O'Neill; opinion; opportunity; Order 480-G; ordnance condition 1-A; orbit; order; ounce; "out of your mind"; overload power; oxygen; passenger; person; phase 1 separation; phenomenon; place; plague; pound; ; (math): present condition; pressure; primary intake valve; problem; projectile; PSI; quadrant; Quadrant 779X by 534M; quantity; quasar; radiation; radio communication; rationality; reentry; rendezvous; resentment; respect; result; "risk his neck"; scanner; scientific investigation; search; search party; second; sector; sensor; sensor section; services; shield; shipmate; shoulder; shuttlecraft; signal; "stand by"; solar system; space; space normal speed; space regulations; spear; speed; standing order; static interference; ; stubborn; summer resort; surface; Taurus II; Taurus II anthropoid; Taurus II system; thing; transmission; transporter; transporter room; tribal culture; tribal rite; tribe; victim; visual contact; wavelength; weight; window; wood; word Unreferenced materials Amen; Athos IV; axe; baseball bat; cat; chess; Lake People; nucleonic attraction; ; titanite External links de:Notlandung auf Galileo 7 es:The Galileo Seven fr:The Galileo Seven (épisode) it:La Galileo (episodio) ja:ゴリラの惑星（エピソード） nl:The Galileo Seven pl:The Galileo Seven sv:The Galileo Seven TOS episodes

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Court Martial (episode)

Kirk is accused of criminal negligence causing the death of one of his subordinates, Lt. Commander Benjamin Finney, and is put on trial for his murder. Summary Teaser "Captain's log, stardate 2947.3. We have been through a severe ion storm. One crewman is dead. The ship's damage is considerable. I have ordered a nonscheduled layover on Starbase 11 for repairs. A full report of damages was made to the commanding officer of Starbase 11, Commodore ." On the surface-based facility of Starbase 11, Commodore Stone is advising Maintenance Section 18 to reschedule their repairs to the to give the priority one. Captain Kirk is reading – for the third time – a copy of his sworn deposition on the events that led to the death of his Records Officer, Benjamin Finney. While waiting for Spock to arrive with an excerpt of the computer log, Kirk explains that he waited until the last possible moment but, with the ship on red alert, the ion storm got worse. Kirk had to eject the ion pod containing Finney, to his death. Spock finally beams down ten minutes late with the computer records, which Stone takes; shortly afterward, Jame Finney enters and names Kirk as "the man who killed my father." She shrieks at him and breaks down into tears. Stone asks Spock to escort the girl out of the room, but then accuses Kirk of committing willful perjury – the computer records show that Kirk ejected the pod before placing the ship on red alert. Stone orders Kirk to remain on Starbase 11 for an official inquiry to determine whether a general court martial is in order. Act One "Captain's log, stardate 2948.5. Starship Enterprise remains in orbit around Starbase 11. Full repair is in progress. I have been ordered to stand by on Starbase 11 until the inquiry into the death of Lieutenant Commander Finney can be conducted. I am confident of the outcome." Captain Kirk and Doctor McCoy walk into the M-11 Starbase Club on Starbase 11, and meet up with several members of Kirk's graduating class from the Academy, including Corrigan, Teller, , and Mike. Several claim to be concerned about how long they are staying, but Kirk realizes that all of them have already made up their minds that he was indeed responsible for Finney's death. As Kirk leaves, Areel Shaw enters, just missing him. Dr. McCoy introduces himself, and they find they are both mutual friends of Kirk, McCoy saying of himself, "In these trying times, one of the few." He notes that soon, Kirk will need all the friends he can get. In Commodore Stone's office, Stone begins the inquiry. Kirk starts by describing his relationship with Finney, including the fact that he taught at Starfleet Academy when Kirk was a midshipman, and that his daughter was named after him. But a number of years later, while they both served together on the , Kirk says that Finney had left a circuit open to the atomic matter piles that should have been closed. In another five minutes, the Republic could have self-destructed with all hands. Kirk had closed the switch and logged the incident; Finney had had a letter of formal reprimand written into his record, and was sent to the bottom of the promotion list. Kirk says that Finney believed that Kirk's action delayed Finney's assignment to a starship and ultimately to command. They turn to the ion storm. Kirk says he chose Finney to occupy the ion pod solely because the duty roster said it was Finney's turn. Finney entered the pod just before the Enterprise reached the leading edge of the storm. Kirk signaled yellow alert. Due to "pressure, variant stress, force seven, the works," Kirk signaled red alert. This alerted Finney to exit the pod, and Kirk said he delayed even longer before finally ejecting the pod. Stone reminds Kirk that the logs show he ejected the pod before signaling red alert. Kirk cannot explain that, but says it is next to impossible that the computer is wrong. Commodore Stone stops the recording, and suggests that perhaps stress and time as commanding officer of the Enterprise have worn Kirk down. Stone offers Kirk a report that will lead to a ground assignment if Kirk does admit responsibility. Stone says it would smear Starfleet if a starship captain were to be court-martialed. However, Kirk is insulted by the idea of covering up the incident, and responds, "So that's the way we do it now – sweep this whole thing under the rug, and me along with it! Not on your life. I intend to fight!" This decision angers Stone, who says in retort, "Then you draw a general court!" Kirk replies, "Draw it? I demand it! And right now, Commodore Stone; right now!" Act Two "Captain's log, stardate 2948.9. The officers who will comprise my court martial board are proceeding to Starbase 11. Meanwhile, repairs on the Enterprise are almost complete." Kirk meets with his old friend, Areel Shaw, whom he has not seen in "four years, seven months, and an odd number of days," Shaw states. She warns him that he appears to be taking the case very lightly, which he attributes to "the confidence of an innocent man". She says that the prosecution will argue "Kirk vs. the computer," on which basis he would most certainly lose. He asks her to be his attorney, but she protests to being too busy with another case. She recommends Samuel T. Cogley. He asks her how she knows so much about what the prosecution is going to do. She reveals that she, a lieutenant in Starfleet's Legal Division, is the prosecuting officer… and that she will have to do her very best to have him broken out of the service in disgrace. She leaves the bar, abruptly. In Kirk's temporary quarters on Starbase 11, a man has set up shop with hundreds of bound books, which he argues are "where the law is," along with the intent of its writers, not in a computer, which he has but never uses. Kirk declares with amusement that the man is either an "obsessive crackpot" or Samuel T. Cogley, Attorney-at-Law. Cogley says Kirk is right on both counts and agrees to take the captain's case. Cogley does not inspire much confidence from Kirk, however convinced he is that Shaw might have meant well. Captain Kirk's court martial begins, with Commodore Stone presiding and with Starfleet Command representative , and starship Captains Krasnovsky and . Kirk does not object to the personnel, and consents to both the services of Shaw as prosecutor and Stone as President Judge of the court. After the computer lists the charges and specifications that have been formally preferred against him, Kirk formally pleads not guilty. Lieutenant Shaw calls Spock to the stand. After the computer reads off his service file, Shaw asks Commander Spock how much he knows about computers. Spock says, "I know all about them." Shaw asks Spock if he knows of any malfunction that caused an inaccuracy in the Enterprise computer, and Spock says he does not. "But the computer is inaccurate, nevertheless," he adds. Shaw clarifies that the computer reports that Kirk was reacting to an extreme emergency that did not then exist. Spock says that is impossible based on his knowledge of Kirk, which he insists is not speculation. Spock says that Kirk's characteristics are as predictable as gravity, and do not include panic or malice. Shaw finishes by getting Spock to admit that this is all his opinion. Cogley chooses not to cross-examine him. Lieutenant Shaw then calls the personnel officer of the Enterprise (whose name is not given) to the stand. She confirms that when Kirk was an ensign on the Republic with Finney, Kirk's log entry cost Finney a promotion. Cogley has no questions for this witness, either. Lieutenant Shaw then calls ship's surgeon Dr. Leonard McCoy to the stand. She claims that he is an expert in space psychology and the mental effects of long-term space travel; as he considers himself no such expert, he concedes in his response, "I know something about it." She then asks McCoy if it was possible that, if Finney hated Kirk, Kirk reciprocated by hating Finney. McCoy is adamant that Kirk is not that kind of a man, but Shaw forces McCoy to admit that it is possible. Again, Cogley does not cross-examine. Commodore Stone questions Cogley's failure to cross-examine any of the prosecution witnesses, but Cogley calls their testimony "preliminary business" and calls Kirk himself to the stand. The computer begins to list Kirk's service record and awards. Shaw tries to halt this, conceding Kirk's "inestimable record," but Cogley insists that the wheels of progress not run over his client, though he relents once a few more honors are recited. Cogley asks Kirk if there was indeed a red alert before the pod was jettisoned, despite what the computers said. Kirk states that there was, and that he would do it again, because his actions were absolutely necessary for the safety of his ship. In cross-examination, Shaw plays the video playback from the bridge of the Enterprise on stardate 2945.7. The footage played on the courtroom's video screen shows Finney being posted to the pod, and the Enterprise going to yellow alert after encountering the ion storm. Shaw then magnifies a panel on the right side of Kirk's command chair. The video playback shows that Kirk did in fact launch the pod before signaling red alert. A shocked and horrified Kirk insists, his voice a bare whisper as he does, "But that's not the way it happened." Act Three "Captain's log, stardate 2949.9. The evidence presented by the visual playback to my general court-martial was damning. I suspect even my attorney has begun to doubt me." Back in Kirk's quarters on the starbase, where Kirk is again in standard uniform, Cogley suggests that maybe Kirk did have a lapse in memory, and that they can still change their plea. Kirk allows himself a moment of self-doubt, but concludes, "No! I know what I did!" Spock contacts Kirk from the Enterprise, saying that he ran a megalite survey on the computer. Kirk guesses the results: Nothing. Kirk thanks Spock but has no further orders for him, only speculation that Spock will be able to defeat his next commanding officer at chess, and closes the channel. Spock repeats that word thoughtfully and leaves the bridge. But just then Jame Finney enters, asking Cogley to make Kirk change his plea and take a ground assignment. Though Cogley calls Jame's change of heart unusual, Jame says she has been reading through old letters to her and her mother, in which Benjamin Finney talked about how close he was to Kirk. Kirk leaves to resume his dress uniform, while Cogley formulates an idea. Back on the Enterprise, Spock is playing a game of three-dimensional chess with the computer in the briefing room. Dr. McCoy walks in and, irritated, calls Spock cold-blooded for playing chess while their captain's career is hanging in the balance. After thanking McCoy for the compliment, Spock adds that he has just won four games in a row against the computer. That announcement catches Dr. McCoy short and retorts that is impossible: Spock had programmed the computer himself, he himself states the best he should have been able to attain was a draw. McCoy is astounded. The two men immediately prepare to beam down to Starbase 11 with the new information that the program bank shows evidence of being tampered. The court martial is back in session, and both the prosecution and defense both rest their cases. Just then, Spock and McCoy enter and whisper to Cogley and Kirk. Cogley now tells the court that he has new evidence that he cannot tell the court but must show it. Shaw objects that Cogley had rested his case and is now attempting "theatrics." Roused to anger against machines, Cogley enumerates, with passion, a long list of historical precepts which maintain that an accused man has the right to confront the witnesses against him. In this case, the most damning witness is the computer of the Enterprise. Cogley moves, and indeed demands, both in his rage and "in the name of a Humanity fading in the shadow of the machine," that the court reconvene aboard the Enterprise, lest it elevate the computer above Humanity. Act Four "Captain's log, stardate 2950.1. After due consideration, the general court-martial has reconvened on board the Enterprise." In the briefing room, Spock testifies that he has now won five games of chess against the computer, to which he gave a knowledge of the game equal to his own and which, assuming that he commits no mistakes, should have led to a best result of successive stalemates, as the computer ordinarily cannot make a mistake. Spock concludes that someone, either accidentally or deliberately, adjusted its programming and therefore its memory banks. The only people who could have done it are Kirk, Spock himself, and the records officer, who, at the time, was Lieutenant Commander Finney. Cogley turns to Kirk to describe the search for Finney after the storm. Kirk says it was a phase one search, a painstaking effort to find a crewman who may be unable to respond. Cogley notes that it presupposes that the crewman wishes to be found. After all, he explains, when searching for someone it is natural to assume that the someone wants to be found, and is not hiding. Kirk admits, much to Shaw's shock and horror, when Cogley asks him, that it is possible that, on a ship of this size, a man could evade such a search. Cogley declares, "Gentlemen, I submit to you that Lieutenant Commander Ben Finney is not dead!" The court, reconvening aboard the Main Bridge, demands an explanation, and Cogley defers to Kirk to conduct an experiment. Kirk orders all but the command crew and the court to beam off the Enterprise to the surface, including Cogley, who says he has an errand of vital importance to the business of this court. The crew leaves, the impulse engines are shut down, and the ship orbits Starbase 11 by momentum, though Kirk assures the court they will be finished long before the Enterprises orbit starts to decay. Spock uses the ship's auditory sensors to amplify the heartbeats of all aboard, and McCoy uses a white-sound device to mask the heartbeats of all aboard the bridge. After masking the crewman in the transporter room, a single heartbeat is still heard, coming from the B-Deck, in or near engineering. Kirk orders that area sealed and goes down with a phaser to find Finney. The Enterprises orbit begins to decay. In main engineering, Kirk encounters a crazed Ben Finney, who explains in a rant that makes it evident that he is now suffering delusions of persecution, that the Enterprise should have been his, but that Kirk and Starfleet had conspired to rob him of his own command. He aims a phaser at Kirk, but says that Kirk's death would mean too little to the captain, losing his ship would be far worse. Finney has also tapped out the primary energy circuits and intends to destroy the ship. Kirk tries to reason with Finney, but they begin fighting in main engineering. Spock tells members of the court that time is running out to beam back to the planet, but Stone regards Finney as a witness that the court should finish hearing. However, Sam Cogley's errand on the planet was to bring Jame aboard. Kirk asks Ben Finney whether he also intends to kill his daughter, and gets the upper hand. Beaten and sobbing, Finney tells Kirk where he tampered with the controls. Kirk begins attempting repairs in a Jefferies tube, and succeeds. On the bridge, Lieutenant Uhura takes the navigation console as power returns. Lieutenant is able to have the Enterprises orbit stabilized and Stone rules that the court is dismissed--without findings, as they are not necessary. To this ruling, Shaw has absolutely no objections. Tag As the Enterprise prepares to depart, Shaw delivers a gift from Cogley to Kirk on the bridge: a book. Cogley himself is busy, now representing Finney in his own trial. Peering around the bridge, she innocently asks if her, a lieutenant; kisses a starship captain on the bridge of his ship, would cause a complete breakdown of discipline. Kirk grants it and delivers a passionate kiss on the bridge, noting that nothing happens and discipline continues. Kirk wishes Shaw better luck next time, but Shaw counters that she had pretty good luck in losing the current case. Kirk returns to his chair with Spock and McCoy flanking him. "She's a very good lawyer," Kirk says. "Obviously," Spock replies. "Indeed she is," McCoy adds. The Enterprise departs from Starbase 11 and resumes its mission. Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2266 Memorable quotes "Consider yourself confined to the base. An official inquiry will determine whether a general court martial is in order!" - Stone, to Kirk "All of my old friends look like doctors. All of his look like you." - McCoy, to Shaw "So that's the way we do it now – sweep this whole thing under the rug and me along with it! Not on your life. I intend to fight." "Then you draw a general court!" "Draw it? I demand it! And right now, Commodore Stone, right now!" - Kirk and Stone, after Stone labels Kirk an "evident perjurer" "Areel. Doctor McCoy said you were here. I should have felt it in the air, like static electricity." "Flattery will get you everywhere." - Kirk and Areel Shaw, reunited after "…four years, seven months and an odd number of days…" "This is where the law is. Not in that homogenized, pasteurized, synthesized – do you want to know the law? The ancient concepts in their own language? Learn the intent of the men who wrote them, from the Moses to the Tribunal of Alpha III? Books." "You have to be either an obsessive crackpot who's escaped from his keeper or Samuel T. Cogley, attorney at law." "You're right on both counts!" - Kirk and Cogley, meeting for the first time "Human beings have characteristics, just as inanimate objects do. It is impossible for Captain Kirk to act out of panic or malice. It is not his nature." - Spock, during his testimony "Mr. Spock, you're the most cold-blooded man I've ever known." "Why, thank you, Doctor." - McCoy and Spock, with McCoy unaware that Spock is testing the ship's computer in a chess match (and Spock going out of his way to preserve the misconception) "I speak of rights. A machine has none. A man must!" - Cogley, to the court martial panel "Officers and gentlemen, captains all! Except for Finney and his one mistake." - Finney, as he confronts Kirk "She's a very good lawyer." - Kirk' to Spock and McCoy, after kissing Shaw Background information Production timeline Story outline "Court Martial on Starbase 811" by Don M. Mankiewicz: Revised outline: First draft teleplay by Mankiewicz: Revised first draft teleplay: early- Second draft teleplay: First draft teleplay "Court Martial" by Steven W. Carabatsos: Revised draft teleplay by Carabatsos: , at this point, titled "Court-martial on Starbase Eleven," Staff rewrite: Final draft teleplay by Gene L. Coon: Additional revisions: , , Filmed: – Day 1 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Stone's office, Briefing room Day 2 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Kirk's guest quarters, Engineering Day 3 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Engineering, Corridors, Jefferies tube, Bridge Day 4 – , Thursday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Day 5 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Officers' lounge, Courtroom Day 6 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Courtroom Day 7 – , Tuesday (Half Day) – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Courtroom Original airdate: First UK airdate: Script Producer Gene L. Coon contacted writer Don M. Mankiewicz with a proposal to write a compelling dramatic story which could be filmed using a single and easily constructed set. (For the final episode, of course, four new sets were constructed: Commodore Stone's office, Kirk's quarters on the starbase, the starbase bar, and the courtroom itself). Mankiewicz came up with the idea of a courtroom drama, and wrote "Court-martial on Starbase Eleven". The script needed to be heavily re-written, but Mankiewicz was not available further, so story editor Steven W. Carabatsos got the job. It was Carabatsos who shortened the title to "Court Martial." The actors who portray the members of Kirk's court martial are seen in the bar before Stone even considers convening a court-martial. This incongruity is the result of the shifting of scenes from their order in the script. This was done during editing, to quicken up the pace of Act One, as it was considered too slow and uneventful in its original format. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed. p. 331) In the shooting script, there was a scene (filmed but cut) where Jame Finney comes into the engineering room at the end of Kirk and Finney's fight. The appearance of his daughter and his wish to save her are why Finney tells Kirk where he sabotaged the Enterprise. The cut necessitated Kirk's voice-over log entry wherein he relates that a beaten and sobbing Finney tells him about the sabotage. The changes made in the script make it less apparent as to why Jame Finney's attitude toward Kirk changes back to one of respect so quickly. In the script, she has been reading her father's old letters, and his attitude in them makes her believe that he might pull a stunt like this to get back at Kirk. (In James Blish's prose conversion of the installment, Cogley explains, "A man suffering delusions of persecution wants to set down his complaints." This explanation was not included in the final version's dialogue.) The script of this episode described the climactic scene in which Kirk, in a Jefferies tube, frantically tries to fix sabotage to the Enterprises energy circuits in a note stating, "Desired is same exciting effect obtained in 'The Naked Time' with Scotty in tube." Several musical scores are reused in this episode, including some cues from by Alexander Courage, romantic themes by Joseph Mullendore from , used for Kirk and Areel Shaw, and music from by Sol Kaplan, accompanying the fight between Kirk and Finney. Cast and characters James Doohan (Scott) and George Takei (Sulu) do not appear in this episode. Sulu was scripted to feature in this installment, although, ultimately, his role in the episode was mostly given to Lieutenant Hansen instead (with a couple of Sulu's scripted lines spoken by Uhura in the final edit of the episode). Elisha Cook, Jr. had great difficulty remembering his lines. The speech of his character, Sam Cogley, was pieced together with editing. (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages) Krasnovsky is the only member of the trial board to speak other than Commodore Stone. His single line is "And when the orbit begins to decay?" This is the third and final time Uhura takes over the navigation station. She had previously handled navigation in , which was also recycled in , and . Costumes Starfleet dress uniforms debut in this episode. The barkeeper wears the same costume later worn by the barkeeper on Deep Space Station K-7 in . Areel Shaw sports the only female dress uniform ever shown in the series. It has gold braid on the cuffs as well as a Starfleet breast patch, which the male uniforms do not. The hemline is also somewhat lower than the usual female duty uniforms. Props and sets The two-person transporter alcove seen in Stone's office is later seen on Deep Space Station K-7 in . The plants in Stone's office contain pieces of those seen in and was later used for the spores in . The back of the bar contained recycled pieces from the interior of Balok's ship. The starbase courtroom contained the large reflective Starfleet Command insignia used here, later appears on the wall behind all of the admirals appearing on the ship's viewscreen in future episodes. The abstract wall decoration in Kirk's starbase quarters is composed primarily of brightly painted blocks of wood. The same bell with which Stone brings the court to order was used in . () The arm rest/sensor on the courtroom witness chair later shows up in the Enterprise briefing room in . The door through which Spock and McCoy enter the courtroom is one of the few hinged doors seen in the original series. Effects Stock footage from is used on the viewscreen shots as the Enterprise re-establishes its orbit around Starbase 11. In its original format, "Court Martial" was the last episode in which the sound of the ship's engines could be heard during fly-bys. The sound would be added to subsequent episodes in the DVD releases. A close-up shot of Spock on the bridge (when the Enterprise regains its orbital position) is recycled from "The Naked Time". and also used the same shot. Continuity This is the first episode in which the names "Starfleet" and "Starfleet Command" were used. Commodore Stone is the highest-ranking officer portrayed by an African-Canadian actor to appear in the original series. He also commanded a starship at one time. We get a look, for the only time in the series, at a series of registration numbers on the chart in Stone's office. Greg Jein associated them with ten names previously used in production memos which will later be assumed to be starships, despite the numbers ranging lower than the . (The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship) The wall chart disappears in a later scene in Stone's office. At the time of this episode, the , the all-Vulcan starship, is being repaired at Starbase 11. It is later destroyed by the space amoeba in . Another ship on the list is NCC-1864, later established in as the . The name of the starbase's officers' lounge, M-11 Starbase Club, appeared on a nameplate on the bar counter. Though not referenced on screen, M-11 was indicated in the script to be the name of the starbase's planet. A character named Nensi Chandra sat in judgment of in another timeline, serving on the Starfleet Academy board trying that Kirk for his actions regarding the in . That board also included Lt. , named for the actress who played Jame Finney. Video and DVD releases Original US Betamax release: UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 8, catalog number VHR 2258, release date unknownUS VHS release: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.5, Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 7, As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection Remastered information When the episode was remastered for the TOS Season 1 HD DVD, an opening shot of the Enterprise clearly reveals the hole where the ion pod used to be. Links and references Starring William Shatner as Capt. Kirk Also starring Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock Co-starring Percy Rodriguez as Portmaster Elisha Cook as Cogley Joan Marshall as Areel Shaw Featuring DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy Nichelle Nichols as Uhura Richard Webb as Finney Hagan Beggs as Winston DeLugo as And Alice Rawlings as Jame Finney With Nancy Wong as Personnel Officer Bart Conrad as Krasnovsky William Meader as Reginald Lal Singh as Uncredited Co-stars Majel Barrett as Computer Voice William Blackburn as Hadley Tom Curtis as Mike Frank da Vinci as Brent Ron Kinwald as Starbase 11 bar patron Denise Okuda as Enterprise operations crewmember (remastered) Unknown performers as Corrigan Teller Enterprise crewman Enterprise security guard Enterprise security lieutenant Enterprise sciences crewman Starbase 11 bar patrons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 Starbase 11 bartender Starbase 11 clerk Starbase 11 waitress Stunt Doubles Chuck Clow as stunt double for William Shatner Troy Melton as stunt double for Richard Webb References 2250s; 2254; 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The Squire of Gothos (episode)

The Enterprise is captured by Trelane, the childish ruler of Gothos. Summary Teaser En route to the Beta VI colony, the must pass through a void, or "star desert" – a region of space where solar systems are not common, roughly 900 light years from Earth. While there, they discover a rogue planet comprised primarily of iron-silica. Captain Kirk says they have no time to investigate and asks Uhura to notify the , but she replies there's subspace interference. Sulu prepares to steer around it when he suddenly vanishes. Seconds later, the captain also disappears. Being informed of this by navigator DeSalle, Spock orders all reverse power. Act One Spock and the crew of the Enterprise conduct a sensor sweep of where Kirk and Sulu could be. The bridge crew conclude, since they can find absolutely no trace of them on the Enterprise, that their two missing officers have to be on the planet even though it is extremely inhospitable. Despite this, it appears to host some form of life and someone transmits a clear, if somewhat archaic, greeting. "Hip-hip hoorah. And, I believe, it is pronounced 'Tally-ho'," Spock reads. Spock orders a beam down, and a landing party consisting of DeSalle, Jaeger, and Dr. McCoy discover a zone of Earth-like conditions, and within it, a large fortified manor (or small castle). Inside is a collection of bizarre artifacts and decorations – and the frozen forms of Kirk and Sulu. "They're like waxworks figures", McCoy notes. Almost as soon as the missing officers are discovered, the door slams shut, and a harpsichord begins to play; seated there is a foppish figure in a blue coat and ruffled shirt. He later introduces himself as General Trelane (retired), the Squire of Gothos. Trelane then releases Kirk and Sulu from their frozen state. Though friendly enough at first, Trelane does not hesitate to make it clear that he is in firm control of the situation. When Kirk demands to Trelane that they are to leave immediately and go back to the Enterprise, Trelane transports him to the outside of his castle, which is filled with toxic gas, as a demonstration of his "authority". When Trelane returns Kirk to his home a few seconds later, the captain is choking and coughing. Trelane makes it quite clear that the landing party is not leaving. "Now, you will behave yourselves hereafter, won't you? Or I shall be very, very angry", Trelane threatens. Act Two On the Enterprise, Spock has Scotty beam up everything that is considered a life form within the life-supporting zone on the planet. In Trelane's castle, McCoy informs Kirk that he is receiving a transporter signal through his communicator. The landing party is about to be beamed up to the ship. Trelane, furious that his "guests" are departing, shouts to Kirk, "Wait, I won't have this! I haven't dismissed you yet! Stop! I won't have this!" Back aboard the Enterprise, an escape attempt is then underway. However, this only lasts a few brief moments before Trelane appears on the bridge. He immediately develops a dislike for Spock, since Kirk announced Trelane's "party" was over thanks to Spock prior to being beamed up. "I have a perfectly enchanting sojourn on Gothos planned for all of you", he states. Suddenly, Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, DeSalle, Jaeger, Sulu, and Yeoman Ross find themselves in Trelane's drawing room, with a large dining table set up. DeSalle tries to attack Trelane but is frozen. After Kirk demands Trelane release him, he does. "We haven't even got our phasers", Sulu quietly reminds the navigator. Several mistakes and incongruities, including a fire without heat and food and brandy without taste, convince Kirk that Trelane is not omnipotent and knows only the forms of Human society, not the substance, and further lead him to conclude that some agency is assisting Trelane – a machine of some type. Kirk ponders on what kind of a machine could do all of these things and Spock speculates that the machine would need the ability to turn energy into matter using Trelane's thought waves. Thus Kirk decides the machine must be destroyed in order for them to leave. While Trelane flirts with Yeoman Ross, Kirk has had enough and is fairly sure that Trelane's mirror is his source of power, the captain challenges him to a duel. "And captain… I never miss", Trelane tells Kirk while aiming his pistol at the captain's head. Act Three During the duel, Trelane delopes (throws away his shot) and invites Kirk to shoot at him. "And now, captain, my fate is in your hands." Kirk takes aim at Trelane and instead shoots the large mirror behind Trelane. Kirk's guess is right; intricate machinery behind the mirror is destroyed, and much of Trelane's creation collapses, enabling the landing party to escape and flee Gothos. Trelane is enraged. "Go back! Go back to your ship, all of you! And prepare, you're all dead men. You especially, captain." Trelane goes toward his mirror and disappears. Kirk flips open his communicator and contacts the Enterprise to beam all of them up. The respite is brief. The Enterprise flees in the direction of Beta VI, but Trelane reveals that his power is more extensive than yet displayed as the planet Gothos appears directly in the path of the ship. Kirk immediately orders Sulu to turn the Enterprise hard to port to avoid a collision. Kirk wonders if the Enterprise has been going in circles, but Sulu's instruments show that they're on course for Beta VI. Gothos appears in front of the ship again and Sulu executes a hard turn to starboard this time to avoid the collision again. Spock compares their situation as a "cat and mouse game" with Kirk lamenting that they're the mouse. Gothos appears in front of them again but this time Trelane becomes wise to their tactics and continuously moves the planet in front of the Enterprise no matter which way she turns. Finally, Kirk realizes he must confront Trelane and orders the Enterprise to accelerate into orbit so he can beam down, but before he can, Trelane snatches the captain down to the surface and into his kangaroo court where a bewigged Trelane has established himself as a judge, and this time, his instrumentality is unbreakable. Trelane plans to execute Kirk for the crime of opposing him. "You will hang by the neck, Captain, until you are dead, dead, dead!" Act Four But it is all too easy for the powerful alien. "That's your problem, Trelane. Everything is easy. It's given you a bad habit. You're not aware of it, but you have it," Kirk tells him. "Eh?", Trelane asks. Seizing on this, Kirk suggests Trelane needs a challenge, and offers to provide one, suggesting a hunt. Trelane is delighted at the prospect and readily agrees. Trelane hunts Kirk for a time, and soon enough captures him. As Kirk is about to be killed, he calls Trelane's bluff, takes Trelane's sword and breaks it over his knee, slaps him twice across the face; and starts to scold him, like he would a child. Salvation comes in the form of Trelane's mother and father, who appear as disembodied, hovering glowing green lights against a treetop. Standing in a pool of light, like an actor in a theater spotlight, Trelane pleads with his parents. It seems that he is essentially a naughty child who has overstepped his bounds, especially how he treats his "pets". Trelane's parents tell him that it is "time to come in now". The light shrinks and vanishes, and so does Trelane as he is taken away to be disciplined. Trelane's parents don't answer Kirk's questions about who they and Trelane are, but merely apologize for their child's misbehavior and free the Enterprise. Trelane's parents then vanish and Kirk regains contact with the Enterprise. Later, Spock asks Kirk what he should describe Trelane as. Kirk tells him to classify him as a "small boy – and a very naughty one at that." He tells Spock that Trelane probably engaged in the same "mischievous pranks" the Vulcan did as a young boy. Spock is confused by this classification, so Kirk continues. "Dipping little girls curls in inkwells. Stealing apples from the neighbor's trees. Tying cans on…", at which point Spock expresses complete incredulity. "Forgive me, Mr. Spock. I should have known better", Kirk remarks. Spock says he shall be delighted, then raises an eyebrow before returning to his station. The Enterprise then enters orbit of Beta VI. Log entries Ship's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2267 Memorable quotes "I can't imagine a mirage ever disturbing those mathematically perfect brain waves of yours." - McCoy to Spock, on describing the star void as a desert "Do you know that you're one of the few predator species that preys even on itself?" - Trelane, to Kirk "Wait! I won't have this! I haven't dismissed you yet! Stop it!! I won't have this!!" - Trelane "I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose." - Spock, to Trelane "Why, Mr. Spock, you do have one saving grace after all—you're ill mannered!" - Trelane, in response "Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected. In this case, I should think interesting would suffice." - Spock to McCoy, on Trelane's flawed recreations "Oh, the remarkable treachery of the species!" - Trelane, after Kirk destroys the mirror machine "Turn in your glass slippers. The ball is over." "Gladly, Captain." - Kirk and Teresa Ross, on the bridge "Cat and mouse game." "With us as the mouse." - Spock and Kirk, as the planet of Gothos chases the Enterprise "You will hang by the neck, Captain, until you are dead, dead, dead! - Trelane, sentencing Kirk "So this is victory! It has a sweet taste." - Trelane, cornering Kirk "You broke it! You broke my sword!" - Trelane, to Kirk "You always stop me when I'm having fun!" - Trelane, to his parents "I was winning. I would have won…" - Trelane, to his parents before being taken away "They're beings, Trelane. They have spirit. They're superior." - Trelane's Father, on Humans "My father is from the planet Vulcan." "And are its natives predatory?" "Not generally – but there have been exceptions." - Spock and Trelane "Who are you? Who is Trelane?" - Kirk, to Trelane's parents — but his questions are never answered Background information Production timeline Story outline by Paul Schneider: First draft teleplay by Schneider: Second draft teleplay: Staff rewrite: Final draft teleplay by Gene L. Coon: Additional revisions: , , Filmed: – Day 1 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Transporter room, Bridge Day 2 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Day 3 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Trelane's drawing room Day 4 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Trelane's drawing room Day 5 – , Thursday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Trelane's drawing room Day 6 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Trelane's drawing room, Ext. Outside Trelane's castle, Int. Trelane's courtroom Day 7 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 10: Ext. Outside Trelane's castle Original airdate: Rerun airdate: First UK airdate: Story and script Paul Schneider originally wrote this episode as an anti-war statement, and got his inspiration by seeing children playing war. De Forest Research, Inc., the company who reviewed scripts for clearances and other related matters, noted in their commentary on the line "Then you've been looking in on doings nine hundred years past": "Other scripts have placed Star Trek c. 200 years in the future, e.g. . That places this reference in the 13th century." In the Star Trek Sci-Fi Channel Special Edition, Leonard Nimoy notes that figured the other way, this would put Star Trek in the 27th century. (Technically it would be 28th century as Trelane knows of Alexander Hamilton's death in a 1804 duel and forces a Richard Strauss composition from 1880 both of the 19th century). Trelane's words on meeting Yeoman Ross, "Is this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Fair Helen, make me immortal with a kiss" are a slight misquote from 's 17th century play . Barbara Babcock (Trelane's mother) and Bartell La Rue (Trelane's father) were uncredited on-screen, despite having dialogue. Sets and props An M-113 creature is among the trophies on display in Trelane's castle. When McCoy (the creature's last defender in ) sees it, he does a double-take. During the scene, the howling music theme from that episode is heard. Briefly visible, before Trelane vaporizes it with the phaser, is a strange bird-like creature with striped legs that is also in a display niche. It was the reuse of the humanoid bird creature costume, fleetingly and partially seen in the Talos zoo in . The laser beacon, appearing previously in and , was reused as a sort of soldering tool by Kirk in . It is identified in The Making of Star Trek as an "Offensive/Defensive Ray Gun," a description later used by Franz Joseph in the Star Fleet Technical Manual. Cast and characters Leslie (Eddie Paskey) is in the captain's chair when the crew first escapes Trelane. Leslie appears in the big chair one more time, in . According to an interview with William Campbell in The World of Star Trek, in his fight with William Shatner in the forest, he fell down and dislocated his shoulder. Fortunately, as he flung his arm up in his instinctive reaction to the excruciating pain, the shoulder popped back into its socket. Due to Campbell's injury, the episode finished shooting going one day over schedule, resulting in seven filming days. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed. p. 392) In the same book, Campbell recounts that producer Gene L. Coon pushed for his casting as Trelane, as he had seen him in other projects, and thought Campbell would make a great "English fop" and would be nice in "comedic sinister" role. However, casting director Joseph D'Agosta had doubts about his abilities in such a role, so Campbell had to read for the part, which he eventually got. D'Agosta's original choice for Trelane was Roddy McDowall. However, when Campbell went for his audition, he had just read one paragraph, when D'Agosta broke it up, saying "Go straight to wardrobe. He's perfect for the part." This episode marks the first appearance of Michael Barrier as Lieutenant DeSalle. The character returns later in and . While DeSalle serves as a navigator in this episode, he is a biologist in "This Side of Paradise" and assistant chief engineer in "Catspaw". Costumes William Campbell's first wig was a French hairpiece. He demanded that an English barrister's wig be found to fit his character. Shatner complained that precious production time is going to be wasted for something he found to be a minor and unimportant detail. Director Don McDougall didn't want a conflict with the series star, so he called producer Gene Coon to the set to arbitrate the matter. Coon decided in favor of Campbell, and filming was halted until the English wig was found. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed., p. 391) Trelane's coat was a costume piece not designed by William Ware Theiss, but rented from the "Western Costume" company. The same coat can be seen in the episode "Lovey's Secret Admirer" and episode "The Prince at the Pauper". A memo from Bob Justman to Gene Coon stated in part: "If we transport McCoy, Jaeger and DeSalle down to the surface of Gothos in the orange space suits that we used in , then the audience will take a full half hour to stop laughing from what our people look like." Effects A brief split-screen effect allows bars to appear and block Kirk's escape towards the end of the episode without having to rely on editing. When first encountered, Trelane is "playing" the Sonata in C Major, K.159 by . The second tune that Trelane plays after showing the flags to Captain Kirk and stating "Can't you imagine it, Captain? The thousands of men marching off to their deaths, singing beneath these banners. Doesn't it make your blood run swiftly?" is Sonata in G minor, K.450 by . The tune Trelane has Uhura play on the harpsichord is Roses from the South by Johann Strauss II. In the closing credits of the show, the title billing for Script Supervisor is misspelled "SCPIPT SUPERVISOR". Preview The preview contains a Captain's Log recorded solely for the preview, and which never featured in the actual episode: "Captain's log, stardate 2126.1. We are weaponless and powerless. Unwilling guests of the creature who calls himself Trelane." Reception William Campbell recalled the part of Trelane as "It was just a great role. It was sensational. I'll never forget it." and "It would be very easy for any actor who had any training to play the Squire of Gothos. The character was so well written and, of course, it was the show". (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, p. 389, 393) Video and DVD releases Original US Betamax release: UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 10, catalog number VHR 2275, release date unknown US VHS release: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.7, Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 9, As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection Links and references Starring William Shatner as Kirk Leonard Nimoy as Spock Guest star William Campbell as Trelane Featuring DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy Richard Carlyle as Jaeger And Nichelle Nichols as Uhura George Takei as Sulu James Doohan as Scott Michael Barrier as DeSalle Venita Wolf as Teresa Uncredited cast William Blackburn as Hadley Eddie Paskey as Leslie Barbara Babcock as Trelane's mother (voice) Frank da Vinci as Brent Carey Foster as a sciences crew woman Bartell La Rue as Trelane's father (voice) Jeannie Malone as a yeoman Unknown actors as Command crewman Lieutenant Sciences crewman Sciences crew woman 2 References ability; acceleration; accusation; ; alligator-like creature; ancestry; anger (aka angry, wrath); apple; area; assignment; atmosphere; audience; authority; bad habit; ; banner; battle; battle flag; being; ; Beta VI; bicorne; bird-like creature; blackletter; blood; body; ; "Bones"; brain wave; brandy; campaign; can; case; cat; cat-and-mouse game; chance; choice; Cinderella; collision course; computer; computer banks; conquest; conspiracy; contact; coordinates; courage; court; crewwoman; crime; Crusades; dance; ; day; death; deception; deference; ; density; dereliction of duty; desert; device; discipline; disobedience: dizziness; drawing room; dress; duel; dueling pistol; dune; Earth; ego; ember; embodied energy; emergency warp; energy; ; estimate; environment; evidence; experiment; expression; eye; face; face mask; fairer sex; fate; feeling; female; field-of-honor game; fire; fireplace; flavor; force of intellect; forest; "freak of nature"; French; French language; fun; fury; future; gender; general; geophysics; German; German language; gift; glass; glory; God of War; Gothos; Grecian; grief; guest; habit; ; hand; hanging; Hannibal; harm; harpsichord; head; ; Heaven; Helen; hobby; honor; hospitality; hour; Human; "I'm a doctor, not a..."; Ilium; immortal; imprisonment; impulse power; inferior being; inkwell; instruction; insurrection; intellect; iron; island; joke; kiss; knee; laser beacon; laughter; law; library banks; lifeform; life path; life support gear ; life support system; light warp; light year; living being; logic; machine; madman; magnitude; manners; maximum speed; matter; matter-energy conversion; meat; memory bank; meteorologist; mile; million; mind; mirage; mirror; mirror machine; mission; mistake; monsieur; mouse; murder; music; "my home is your home"; nature; neck; neighbor; noose; nostalgia; Nubian; oases; opportunity; orbit; oxygen; oxygen mask; palate; palm tree; "pay the price"; peace; pennant; Persia; permission; pet; physicianer; place; port; powerful and godlike beings; prank; predator; prisoner; punishment; pure mentality; Quadrant 904; Queen of Sheba; radiation; radio source; rage; range; rationality; red alert; retirement; reverse power; rifle; Roses from the South; royal hunt; rule; Sarek; search; search party; science officer; science station; schedule; scientist; sensor; Sheba; "shooting in the dark"; signal; silica; singing; skin; skin pigmentation; slap; slipper; society; soldier; soil; Sonata in C major; space; Spacefleet Command; species; spirit; squire; s; starboard; star desert; stardust; stem; stern; stratagem; straw; storm; subspace; subspace communication; subspace interference; subspace radio; superbeing; suit of armor; sunlight; Surak; surface; suspense; sword; taste; terror; theory; thing; thought wave; thousand; time; tomorrow; tower; tornadic storms; transporter room; transporter signal; transporter system; treachery; treason; tree; Trelane's house; Trelane's species; trial; uniforms; vanity; vegetation; victory; viewing scope; virtue; volcanic eruption; ; Vulcans; vulnerability; war; war galley; warrior; water; waxworks figure; wine; wood; wood nymph; word Unreferenced materials encephalograph; fireworks display; Independence Day; perchlorate; telescopes External links de:Tödliche Spiele auf Gothos es:The Squire of Gothos fr:The Squire of Gothos (épisode) ja:ゴトス星の怪人（エピソード） nl:The Squire of Gothos pl:The Squire of Gothos sv:The Squire of Gothos TOS episodes

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Arena (episode)

Kirk battles an alien captain who has destroyed a Federation outpost. Summary Teaser Captain Kirk and a landing party – Spock, Dr. McCoy, , Kelowitz, and – beam down to the Federation observation outpost on Cestus III at the invitation of its commander, Commodore Travers, who has received quite the reputation for setting a fine table with his personal head chef. When the away team arrives, they discover that the invitation is a ruse and the colony has been destroyed. Act One After the landing party takes cover and Kirk declares full alert, they discover a single Human survivor in the ruins, Lieutenant Harold. Spock quickly locates the presence of other lifeforms nearby but no other colonial survivors. His tricorder reads them as cold-blooded creatures but definitely not Human. O'Herlihy attempts to scout them out, but is immediately disintegrated by an alien weapon as the landing party is bombarded by a massive shelling attack. At the same time, the comes under attack in orbit by an unidentified starship. With her deflector screens up, the Enterprise cannot beam up the landing party. Kirk orders Lieutenant Sulu to return fire with the phaser banks, but it has little effect as the alien ship has screens up as well. Kirk orders the use of photon torpedoes, but the torpedoes are ineffective, as the alien is too far away even for visual contact. The captain orders Sulu to take whatever action is necessary to protect the Enterprise, be it leaving orbit or engaging maximum warp. Sulu opts for the former and takes the ship away from Cestus III. Kirk makes his way to the colony's arsenal, avoiding large blasts from the unidentified attackers, and retrieves a grenade launcher. Spock and Kelowitz rendezvous with him as the first officer reports that the enemy troops are moving towards their location. Kelowitz reports that Lang has been killed and gives Kirk his best guess as to where they have moved, and Kirk launches the grenade in that direction. The tactic proves successful as the aliens begin to decamp back to their vessel, allowing Sulu to return with the Enterprise and retrieve the landing party and quickly set a pursuit course of the attacking ship. In sickbay, Harold tells Kirk and Spock of the attack on the colony. The aliens had knocked out their phasers with their first salvo, leaving the colony defenseless, and confirms Kirk's earlier theory that the aliens had faked the message from the colony diverting the Enterprise to Cestus III in an attempt to destroy the Enterprise, the only protection in that part of the Federation. Such a move, a prelude to invasion, suggests the correct course: overtake and destroy the enemy before he can return to his home base and report. The captain orders the ship to battle stations and to warp 6 to overtake the aliens. "Red alert. I repeat, red alert. This is no drill," Kirk announces to the crew through the Enterprises intercom. "This is no drill." Act Two The aliens, aware that the Enterprise is in pursuit, jump to warp 6 as well. Kirk orders warp 7 engaged, drawing concern from Spock and chief engineer Scott that a sustained warp 7 speed would be hazardous to the Enterprises warp engines. Spock argues against destroying the enemy vessel on the basis of respect for sentient life. Kirk disagrees; his opinion is that a crime has been committed and the perpetrators must be punished. Sulu reports that the aliens have moved to warp 7, as well. Kirk, mulling over his options, orders the ship to accelerate to warp 8 and have all weapons departments at battle ready. Closing in at warp 8, the Enterprise records a scanning beam from an uncharted solar system at 2466 PM. The alien is not approaching this system; it appears that a third party is "curious" about the Enterprise. The alien abruptly begins to slow, going quickly to sublight speed until finally stopping dead in space. Kirk closes for the kill, but the Enterprise is soon slowed to sublight, as well, stopped dead like the alien with all power to the engines and weapons simply cut off. The architects of this reveal themselves: the Metrons, an advanced race who regard intrusion into their space for the purpose of conflict as entirely unacceptable. They remove Kirk from the Enterprise along with the Gorn captain from the alien vessel and deposit both of them on a suitably prepared world. From there, the two captains will settle their differences, using strength and ingenuity, and the most basic of weapons. The winner and his ship will be free to go; the loser and his ship will be destroyed. Act Three The Gorn captain is reptilian, and quite slow compared to Kirk, however he makes up for this by his superior strength and bulk. Kirk is able to evade him initially, but knows he can't do so indefinitely. He'll have to find a way to defeat an opponent who is far stronger and tougher, and may have more stamina. The key may lie in a comment the Metron made, i.e. that the prepared environment around them contains elements suitable for fabricating weapons. Attack and evasion continue for some time, with Kirk narrowly evading death at the Gorn's claws. Back on the Enterprise, the crew is unable to restore power to the engines and the weapons and remains immobilized. The Metrons reestablish communications and inform the crew that Kirk is losing the battle. In view of his impending death, they allow the crew to watch what is happening on the viewscreen. The Gorn finally communicates: it proposes that Kirk cease trying to evade him, and promises in exchange to be merciful and quick in killing him. Kirk compares this offer to the supposed "mercy" that was shown to the Humans at Cestus III; this enrages the Gorn, who tells Kirk his people regard Cestus III as part of their territorial space. From the Gorn perspective, they were repelling an invading force. Watching from the bridge (for the Metrons are now allowing this), McCoy posits that it is perhaps it was the Humans who were in the wrong. Spock agrees it is possible. Act Four As the conflict continues, Kirk remembers an old formula: gunpowder. Using sulfur, coal, potassium nitrate, diamonds, and a bamboo-like plant, Kirk constructs a makeshift cannon. Spock, impressed by the captain's ingenuity, posits that Kirk might be successful if he can complete construction of the cannon before the Gorn closes in for the kill. Moments from a fatal attack, Kirk rips up his own uniform to make a fuse and uses the metallic recording-translating device provided by the Metrons to spark the coal, allowing Kirk to touch off his crude device, which incapacitates the Gorn. Kirk has won the contest but stops short of delivering the fatal stroke to the Gorn captain. He yells out loud to the unseen Metrons that he won't kill him and that they will have to find their entertainment elsewhere. The Gorn suddenly disappears, and the Metron appears, expressing surprise: Their analysis did not prepare them for Kirk's demonstration of mercy towards his helpless opponent. The Metron claims to be 1,500 Earth years old and informs Kirk that the Gorn has been returned to his ship. The Metron will destroy him for Kirk, if he so chooses. Kirk declines and claims that the Federation and the Gorn can talk their dispute over and perhaps reach an agreement. This also impresses the Metron and theorizes that although Humanity is still half-savage, perhaps in several thousand years it will be civilized enough to be of further interest to the Metrons. Kirk is returned to the Enterprise, where he discovers that the ship has been relocated five hundred parsecs away from the Metron solar system. Talking over the incident with the Gorn captain and the Metrons with Spock, Kirk tells his first officer that "We're a most promising species, Mr. Spock, as far as predators go," when Spock asks what happened after Kirk fired off his cannon. Spock remarks that he frequently had his doubts about that, but Kirk informs him that in a thousand years or so, Humanity will be able to prove it to the Metrons. "A thousand years, captain?," Spock inquires. "Well, that gives us a little time," Kirk replies as the Enterprise heads back to Cestus III. Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2267 Memorable quotes "Doctor, you are a sensualist." "You bet your pointed ears I am." - Spock and McCoy, on the prospect of eating non-reconstituted food "Like most Humans, I seem to have an instinctive revulsion to reptiles." - Kirk, on seeing the Gorn captain "This place is a mineralogist's dream." - Kirk, describing the planet "We appeal to you in the name of civilization! Put a stop to this!" "Your violent intent and actions demonstrate that you are not civilized." - McCoy and a Metron, after the Metron announces that Kirk is losing the battle "I weary of the chase. Wait for me. I shall be merciful and quick." - Gorn captain, attempting to persuade Kirk to surrender "Can he do it?" "If he has the time, Doctor. If he has the time." - McCoy and Spock, discussing Kirk's chances of firing off the cannon "By sparing your helpless enemy who surely would have destroyed you, you demonstrated the advanced trait of mercy. Something we hardly expected." - Metron, to Kirk "You are still half savage. But there is hope." - Metrons parting words to Kirk "We're a most promising species, Mister Spock, as predators go. Did you know that?" "I've frequently had my doubts." "I don't. Not anymore." - Kirk and Spock Background information Production timeline "Arena" is published in the edition of Astounding Science Fiction magazine Story outline by Gene L. Coon: First draft teleplay by Coon: Second draft teleplay: Final draft teleplay: Revised final draft teleplay: Additional revisions: , , , , Filmed: – Day 1 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Day 2 – , Wednesday – Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park: Ext. Planetoid surface Day 3 – , Thursday – Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park: Ext. Planetoid surface Day 4 – , Friday – Fortress set near Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park: Ext. Cestus III surface Day 5 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Day 6 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge, Kirk's quarters, Sickbay, Transporter room Original airdate: Rerun airdate: First UK airdate: Script "Arena" was written at short notice when several other writers failed to produce scripts on time, leaving the series without a script to shoot. Gene L. Coon volunteered to write a script, leaving at 6pm on a Friday and returning on Monday morning with the initial script. This teleplay was credited to an original story by Fredric Brown, also titled "Arena", that was first published in 1944 on the pages of Astounding Science Fiction magazine. In Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, p.206, Herb Solow writes that Gene L. Coon, an avid reader of science fiction, was unaware of the accidental similarity between his work and Brown's story until it was recognized by script reviewer Joan Pearce. To avoid a possible plagiarism lawsuit, the company called Brown and offered to buy the rights to produce his work as an episode, although they did not tell him that the script was already written. The plot also bears some similarity to the Outer Limits episode "Fun and Games" (1964), in which advanced aliens known as Anderrans "electro-transport" Humans and other intelligent beings to do battle with one another on the moon known as "Arena". The Anderrans see Humanity as violent, and the losers of the battles are supposed to forfeit the lives of all the inhabitants of their own planet, and they are only allowed to use primitive technology. In his final speech, the Metron informs Kirk that because he demonstrated mercy, he will not be destroyed. Initially, they said they planned to destroy the loser, "in the interests of peace". In Coon's script, in dialogue not aired, the Metron admits that they had, all along, planned to actually destroy the ship of the winner of the personal combat, because that race would represent the greater danger to them. James Blish preserves this disclosure in his novelization in Star Trek 2. Production This was the first episode directed by Joseph Pevney, brought in by producer Gene Coon. Pevney was known for his fast work, and finished this episode – originally expected to be shot in seven days (one day extra) – in six days, remaining on schedule, for which he received a $500 bonus (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One). The scenes on the planet surface were filmed at Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, California, the same location used for , and several other Star Trek productions. These are notable for their tilted ledges which form a part of the pursuit. A piece of crinkled "stone" wall, which was actually black aluminum foil, was placed at the top of the frame to hide the California landscape with homes that would have otherwise been seen in one very wide shot of the fort. The remastered version of the episode corrects this error by rendering a CGI landscape in place of the foil. Props and costumes Cestus III was a globe of the Earth (previously seen in ), printed backwards and tinted a hazy orange. The recording-translating device Kirk and the Gorn were given later appeared in as a universal translator. Wah Chang designed and built the Gorn suit; and his clothing was designed by William Ware Theiss. Casual viewers will be unaware that the Gorn captain was played by no less than four actors, none of whom were credited at the time, and that two suits were made, which were worn by stuntmen Bobby Clark and Gary Combs. One of these was for the location shoots at Vasquez Rocks, and the other for portraying him aboard the bridge of his vessel Also, William Blackburn wore the Gorn head for close-ups. The suit had air vents to keep the wearer from becoming overheated. (Star Trek: Lost Scenes) Ted Cassidy was used to provide the voice dubbing throughout. After production finished on the episode, the two Gorn costumes were placed in Robert Justman's office (one dressed up to look like a girl) to scare unsuspecting visitors (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story). Harold, the outpost's only survivor, wears the recycled uniform Commander Hansen had worn in . The closing credits use a different shot of Vina from what was used for most of the first season episodes. Continuity This is the first episode to establish the existence of a "Federation". The full title of "United Federation of Planets" would not be used until later in . The phaser control room reported that the "aft phasers" were ready, making the first reference in dialogue to the Enterprise having aft weaponry. Aft phasers were later shown to have been a feature of the in episode , which, perhaps not coincidentally, is the first of a two parter featuring a Gorn. This episode is the first to reference, and show the use of, photon torpedoes. According to the episode , by 2371, Human colonists were once again living on Cestus III, suggesting that the Gorn Hegemony had relinquished control of the planet, or moved to accept Human settlers, after the events of this episode. In the DS9 episode , Captain Sisko admits to Jadzia Dax that he would love to meet Kirk and ask him about "fighting the Gorn on Cestus III…." Preview The preview contains a Captain's Log recorded solely for the preview: "Captain's log, stardate 3045.6. The Enterprise has responded to a call from Cestus III. On landing, we have discovered the outpost has been destroyed." Legacy William Shatner currently suffers from due to a special effects explosion on the set of this episode. Both Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley reportedly suffered from tinnitus as well during the remainder of their lives. Bobby Clark later reprised his Gorn performance from "Arena" in the Bring Back... Star Trek documentary in 2009. William Shatner also fought a Gorn in an "Arena" parody to advertise the video game. The same video game, which featured an attack by the Gorn in the alternate reality, used this episode's title as a chapter title. The creation of the diamond cannon was tested on the show MythBusters in late 2009 and deemed implausible. (It's been suggested the wood on the Metron planet may have had different properties, however.) Remastered information "Arena" was the seventh episode of the remastered version of The Original Series to air. It premiered in syndication on the weekend of and most notably featured new effects shots of Cestus III from space, the Enterprise battling the Gorn ship, and an expanded matte painting of the outpost, showing more battle damage and giving greater scope to the surrounding terrain. A small but significant alteration also appeared in the form of the Gorn, which blinked several times throughout the remastered episode – achieved with computer-generated eyelids. Another small detail was finally inserted into the episode: the Gorn starship. The next remastered episode to air was . Video and DVD releases Original US Betamax release: UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 11, catalog number VHR 2295, release date unknown US VHS release: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.7, Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 10, As bonus episode on the region 2 release of VOY Season 1 DVD, As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection Apocrypha A cat version of "Arena" was featured in Jenny Parks' 2017 book Star Trek Cats. Links and references Starring William Shatner as Capt. Kirk Also starring Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock Featuring DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy George Takei as Sulu James Doohan as Scott Nichelle Nichols as Uhura Jerry Ayres as Grant Woods as Kelowitz Tom Troupe as Lt. Harold James Farley as Carole Shelyne as Metron Sean Kenney as DePaul Uncredited co-stars William Blackburn as Hadley Gorn captain (head only) Bobby Clark as the Gorn captain Gary Combs as the Gorn captain Ted Cassidy as the voice of the Gorn captain Jeannie Malone as a yeoman Vic Perrin as the voice of the Metron Frank da Vinci as Brent Eddie Paskey as Leslie Ron Veto as Harrison Unknown actor as Travers (voice) Stunt double Dick Dial as Shatner's stunt double References 8th century; 2279 PL; 2466 PM; 2466 PM solar system; advice; agility; agreement; alert status; all hands; "all right"; Archanis; area; Arena planet; arsenal; asteroid; atmosphere; azimuth; battle; battle stations; "Bones"; cannon; Canopus; Cestus III; Cestus III civilians; chance; Channel 1; charcoal; chef; chemistry; circuit; civilization; ; coal; course; commodore; communications officer; compassion; composition; computer banks; contact; coordinates; crime; "crystal clear"; culture; damage control; day; deflector screen; ; ; deposit; diamond; diplomat; disruptor; dream; drill; ear; Earth; Earth Observation Outpost; Earthling; electronic; facility; Federation; feeling; full alert; Gorn; Gorn starship; gravimetric; grenade; grenade launcher; gunnery officer; gunpowder; head; ; home base; ; hospitality; hostility; Human (Human being); identification; impulse engine; ingenuity; "in place"; internal injuries; "in the name of"; invasion; jewel; "just in case"; life system; light; living creature; logic; magnetic; massacre; maximum warp; meal; medical personnel; memorial arrangements; mercy; Metron; Metron colony; Milky Way Galaxy; mineralogist; mission; ; nature; ordnance officer; orbit; overload; parsec; peace; phaser; phaser banks; phaser battery; photon torpedo; place; ; policemen; potassium nitrate; ; predator; projectile; proof; propulsion system; radiation burn; raider; range; "rank hath its privileges"; recording-translating device; red alert; reptile; result; revulsion; risk; rock; rumor; salvo; savage; scanning beam; search; search party; ; sensors; sensualist; sentient life; shock; signal; Sirius; space; space legend; space-normal speed; species; "stand by"; star chart; Starfleet Command; sublight; subspace channel;; sulfur; surface; surrender; survivor; table; tactics officer; thousand; threat; tractor beam; transformer bank; transporter; trap; Travers' personal chef; tricorder; universe; unscientific‎; vine; visual contact; (not) warm-blooded (aka cold-blooded); warp drive; wavelength; weapon; word; yard; year External links de:Ganz neue Dimensionen es:Arena fr:Arena (épisode) ja:怪獣ゴーンとの対決（エピソード） nl:Arena pl:Arena sv:Arena TOS episodes

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The Alternative Factor (episode)

Investigating the cause of a massive, galaxy-wide disruption in space, the Enterprise finds a mad scientist who claims he is being pursued by a hideous being. Summary Teaser In standard orbit around an iron-silica-type uncharted planet, the prepares to complete its survey, when the starship is violently rocked twice and everything within sensor range suddenly "blinks", almost as if the universe is on the verge of ceasing to exist. And, in the wake of this, a man appears on the surface of the planet, where moments earlier there was no life. Act One Beaming down, Captain Kirk, Spock, and the landing party encounter a man. "You came! Thank the heavens, it's not too late!", he exclaims. Dirty and disheveled, he falls from a rock. The landing party returns to the Enterprise with him, where Kirk learns more news – the strange phenomenon drained the dilithium crystals almost completely. Still worse, Starfleet Command issues a Code Factor 1 message – invasion status. The effect experienced by the Enterprise was also experienced everywhere in the galaxy, and far beyond. Starfleet withdraws all nearby ships – Commodore Barstow informs Kirk that the Enterprise is the bait. In his quarters, Kirk talks to his "guest" – a man named Lazarus, who is pursuing a "thing," a monster who destroyed his entire civilization. He informs Kirk that he will stop at nothing to destroy it. Beaming back down to the planet, Kirk learns from Spock that there is no other creature here. Spock, accusing Lazarus of lying, states "I fail to comprehend your indignation, sir. I have simply made the logical deduction that you are a liar." Kirk demands the truth – and the universe turns inside out once again. The same "winking" phenomenon occurs again. And Lazarus – first he has a bandaged forehead, and then he doesn't, and then he does again. Act Two Meanwhile, Spock has discovered a source of radiation that is not there – a "rip" in the universe, where regular physical laws do not apply. The key to locating this source seems to be the dilithium crystals – a revelation which excites Lazarus, who demands the impossible: that Kirk give him the crystals. The captain refuses, but Lazarus overpowers Lieutenant Charlene Masters as well as an engineering officer and steals two dilithium crystals, nevertheless. Act Three In the briefing room, Kirk confronts Lazarus, but he denies it, blaming his monster. And the evidence suggests he isn't the thief, for the crystals are not aboard his ship. In Sick Bay, Kirk confronts Lazarus with his lies, which Lazarus explains away by claiming that he is a time traveler. The dead world the Enterprise orbits is the distant future of his destroyed homeworld; the place and time he has traveled to in pursuit of the monster. At Dr. McCoy's urging, the crew departs Sick Bay to allow Lazarus to rest and recover from his fall. [[ Having relocated to the briefing room to consider all of the known evidence, Kirk and Spock conclude that the strange energy must come from a source outside the universe. A source in another, parallel universe. There are two copies of Lazarus, and they are periodically exchanging places through a kind of door – and if they ever exist in the same universe at the same time, everything, everywhere, will be annihilated in a cataclysmic matter/antimatter explosion. Meanwhile, the alternative Lazarus creates a diversion by starting a fire in main engineering, steals the ship's energy crystals, then beams down. Kirk pursues. As he attempts to enter Lazarus' spaceship, he vanishes, hurled through the corridor into the other universe. Act Four Once there, Kirk meets the other but sane Lazarus-B, and learns the truth. Lazarus-B's people discovered how to pass through the negative magnetic corridor that both connects and protects the two universes. When this happened, Lazarus-A couldn't bear the knowledge that he had a duplicate, and resolved to destroy his opposite. He is mad and doesn't care if this causes the destruction of two universes. Lazarus-B and Kirk realize he must be stopped: if Kirk can force Lazarus-A into the corridor, Lazarus-B can hold him there, and Kirk can destroy his spaceship – which will also destroy Lazarus-B's spaceship. Access to the corridor will be sealed forever and both universes will be safe, but the men named Lazarus will be at each others' throats for the remainder of eternity. Kirk goes back through the corridor and fights in hand-to-hand combat forcibly throwing Lazarus-A into the "dimensional door." Kirk then has the crystals removed from the timeship and heads back to the Enterprise, ordering Lieutenant Leslie to bring the ship's phasers to target the inter-dimensional ship. The two Lazaruses meet once more and fight as phaser beams vaporize the ship, sealing the two for all of eternity, caught together, between universes. Kirk ruminates on the fact that the two Lazarus are going to be at each other's throats for all time and wonders how it would be. Spock reminds Kirk that the universe[s] are now safe. "For you and me. But, what of Lazarus? What of Lazarus?" Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2267 Memorable quotes "I want facts, not poetry." - Kirk, after Spock describes the cosmic disturbances as "winking out" "He's death! Anti-life! He lives to destroy!" - Lazarus, on his antimatter counterpart "I told you, it was the thing! All white, black and empty. A terrible emptiness." "Let's get back to the ship." "He'll kill us all if we don't kill him first! Kill! Kill! Kill!! Kill!! Kill!!!" - Lazarus and James T. Kirk "Are you deaf as well as blind?!" - Lazarus, to Kirk and company "I fail to comprehend your indignation, sir. I've simply made the logical deduction that you are a liar." - Spock, to Lazarus "Sometimes pain can drive a man harder than pleasure." - Kirk to McCoy, on an injured Lazarus "Jim, madness has no purpose or reason. But it may have a goal." - Spock "If they meet." "Annihilation, Jim. Total, complete, absolute annihilation." - Kirk and Spock, on the two Lazarus counterparts existing in the same universe "So you're the terrible thing? The murdering monster? The creature?" "Yes, captain. Or he is. It depends on your point of view, doesn't it?" - Kirk and the antimatter Lazarus "You'll be trapped inside that corridor with him forever. At each other's throats throughout time." "Is it such a large price to pay for the safety of two universes?" - Kirk and the antimatter Lazarus, on sealing the magnetic corridor "Captain, the universe is safe." "For you and me. But what of Lazarus? What of Lazarus?" - Spock and Kirk Background information Production timeline Story outline by Don Ingalls: Revised story outline: Second revised story outline: First draft teleplay by Ingalls: Second draft teleplay: Final draft teleplay by Gene L. Coon or Steven W. Carabatsos: Revised final draft teleplay by Coon: Additional revisions: , , Filmed: – Day 1 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Day 2 – , Thursday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge,Sickbay, Transporter room Day 3 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge, Corridors Day 4 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Dilithium recharging section, Recreation room (redress of Briefing room), Sickbay Day 5 – , Tuesday – Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park: Ext. Planet surface Day 6 – , Wednesday – Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park: Ext. Planet surface Day 7 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 10: Ext. Planet surface, "Transdimensional limbo" Original broadcast date: , postponed from First UK airdate: Story The original script called for a romantic entanglement between Charlene Masters and Lazarus that was eventually cut due to Roddenberry considering it too similar to the romance between Khan and McGivers in . As stated by Roddenberry in a Season One memo: "In both 'Space Seed' and this story, we have a crew woman madly in love with a brawny guest star and flipping our whole gang into a real mess because she is in love… do they have to do [this] in two of our scripts?" There is no officer played by Larry Riddle as noted among the cast for this episode in the Star Trek Concordance . Lieutenant Larry Riddle was Charlene Masters' jealous boyfriend in the first draft of the script. Cast and characters James Doohan (Scott) and George Takei (Sulu) do not appear in this episode. The absence of Scotty has been remarked in several commentaries as being highly unusual, given the extensive exposure in the episode of engineering matters, such as the theft of Dilithium crystals, as well as Lazarus sneaking about engineering and attacking various engineering crew members. (Cushman, Marc, "These are the Voyages", Jacob Brown Press, 2013) Curiously, in spite of a higher ranking officer serving as the navigator, this was the second episode that Leslie was seen in the command chair, and the first episode in which Eddie Paskey is credited in the ending credits, albeit misspelled as "Lesley". Richard Derr, who plays Commodore Barstow in this episode, later played Admiral in the episode . Actor John Drew Barrymore (father of actress ) was originally contracted to play Lazarus, but didn't show up to work when filming began on . The grievance filed against him on this account by the Star Trek production team led to him being unable to obtain acting work for six months in 1967. Robert Brown was a last-minute replacement. (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, pp. 201-202; These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One 1st ed., pp. 415-416, 420) After Barrymore failed to show up on the set, director Gerd Oswald decided to shoot scenes which didn't involve his character. On the second day, it was decided to either shut down production and scrap the episode overall or find a replacement. Robert Brown was literally dragged in to the set, right after he agreed to play the role. He recounted the filming to be very tight and tense. Sets and props Along with , this is one of the only two episodes where outdoor planet scenes were filmed both on Desilu Stage 10 and on location (both times at Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park). Originally, all planet-side scenes were scheduled to be filmed on location, but due to the turmoil during production, director Gerd Oswald couldn't finish shooting at Vasquez. Matt Jefferies and the art department prepared a spot on Stage 10 which could accommodate the missing "alternate universe" sequence. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed., p. 418) This episode introduces a new set, a small subsection of engineering, described in the final draft of the script, dated , as the "Lithium [sic] Crystal Recharging Section", which was described as "A portion of Engineering where there are bins into which dilithium crystals are placed for recharging." Part of the dilithium energizer panel in the set used the same controls as the neural neutralizer from . Although Lazarus's spacecraft resembles a flying saucer, James Blish describes it as "cone-shaped" in his novelization of the episode in Star Trek 10. The dome of Lazarus' time ship was later reused to encase the Providers in . Costumes and make-up Periodically throughout the episode, the two versions of Lazarus exchange places. One of them has a wound or bandage on his head which McCoy treated: this is the "insane" Lazarus from our universe; the other is his rational counterpart from the antimatter universe. Although Masters is referred to as a lieutenant and works in engineering, she wears a blue uniform of the sciences section, and it has no rank stripes, which normally denotes the rank of Ensign. Lazarus' costume was later worn by an extra playing a Babel Conference delegate in . Effects The visual of the iron-silica planet from orbit is reused footage previously representing Alfa 177 in and M-113 in . This planet effect was reused again as Argus X in and Ardana in . The footage of the two Lazaruses fighting was created by filming two stuntmen fighting in a smoke-filled room with orange and purple walls, then double-exposing its color negative footage over an astronomical photograph of the Trifid Nebula. By actual count Lazarus changes between the universes about eight times. A still image in the closing credits of shows the corridor between universes set unaltered by the effects and double exposure. Titled at a 45 degree angle, Shatner stands ankle deep in smoke in a near pose of the crucifixion, falling back into a purple corridor, where an orange line draws the horizon to a vanishing point. Unique to the original series are the angle of the Enterprise as it fires its phasers to destroy Lazarus's ship, as well as the use of a single phaser beam and the lack of a sound effect when the beam is viewed from space. Continuity In the opening scene Spock describes the planet as having an "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". Such an atmosphere is practically impossible since a single spark would ignite it, perhaps even explosively. This is the first time that live two-way communication with Starfleet Command is depicted. In previous episodes, communication with Starfleet Command was through delayed radio messages. Depending on which version of this episode you watch, the closing stills change. The original syndicated version and the VHS version show the still as the Enterprise leaving the Earth-like planet from , however, the Sci-fi Channel and DVD version show the still as just a blue planet, possibly Rigel 12 from or Starbase 11 from . Reception The included this episode among "The Worst of Trek". In their recap, they write that in the episode, "very little actually happens, and what little that does comes about only because Kirk and Company are written to act in such a way that can only be described as severely brain damaged." The reviewer continues, "I never thought I'd say this, but this episode is making look pretty goddamn good right about now!" He concludes, "this is one of the most poorly constructed fifty minutes I've ever seen. An almost impossibly incoherent script, a damp squib of a finale, and some horrible editing make this one of the true stinkers in the Trek universe." Also, he mentions that "[John Drew] Barrymore didn't show up for filming. Given the script, I can't say I blame the fellow. The rest of the cast should have done the same thing, to be perfectly frank." Remastered information "The Alternative Factor" was the forty-ninth episode of the remastered version of The Original Series to air. It premiered in syndication on the weekend of and aside from the standard CGI replacement footage of the Enterprise and the planet-of-the-week, this episode also featured several new, modest effects shots of the alternative warp effect, as well as phaser and transporter effects. The next remastered episode to air was . Video and DVD releases Original US Betamax release: UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 11, catalog number VHR 2295, release date unknown US VHS release: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.7, Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 10, As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Alternate Realities collection As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection Apocrypha A cat version of "The Alternative Factor" was featured in Jenny Parks' 2017 book Star Trek Cats. Links and references Starring William Shatner as Capt. Kirk Also starring Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock Guest star Robert Brown as Lazarus/ Featuring DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy Janet MacLachlan as Charlene Masters With Nichelle Nichols as Uhura Richard Derr as Barstow Arch Whiting as Assistant Engineer Christian Patrick as Transporter Chief Eddie Paskey as Lesley [sic] Uncredited co-stars William Blackburn as Hadley Vince Cadiente as security lieutenant/technician Frank da Vinci as Brent Carey Foster as sciences crew woman Tom Lupo as security guard Ron Veto as Harrison Unknown performers as Command crewman Command crew woman Crew woman 1 Crew woman 2 Helmsman lieutenant Lieutenant 1 Lieutenant 2 Navigator lieutenant commander Sciences lieutenant Stunt doubles Bill Catching as Brown's stunt double #2 Gary Combs as Shatner's stunt double Al Wyatt as Brown's stunt double #1 References abrasion; accusation; all hands; "all right"; alternative; alternative warp; analysis; annihilation; answer; antimatter; antimatter universe (aka minus universe; negative universe) assistant; "at a loss for words"; "a thing"; atmosphere; bait; bandage; battle stations; being; black; blindness; body temperature; "Bones"; bruise; bull; captivity; cartographic section; censure; civilization; Code Factor 1; coffee; commodore; computer bank; computer report; ; container; contact; country doctor; course; creature; danger; deaf; death; devil; dilithium (aka dilithium crystal); dimension; dinosaur; dizziness; door; double-talk; drill; Earth; effect; electrical impulses; emptiness; enemy; energizer/energizing circuits; energy; eternity; evidence; existence; experimentation chamber; explosives; face; fact; Fahrenheit; fire; footprint; forehead; formula; freedom; general alert; "get to the point"; gravimetric field; gravity; guest; head; heart; heaven; Hell; hole; hour; Human (Human being); humor; hydrogen; idea; inch; indignation; information; invasion; iron; joke; justice; key; Lazarus' planet; Lazarus' planet system; Lazarus' spaceship; liar; lie; life object; life survey; living being; living creature; location; logic; "lost his mind"; madman; madness; magnetic communication satellite; magnetic effect; magnetic field; main screen; ; matter; matter universe (aka positive universe) medic; mental state; Milky Way Galaxy; mind; minute; miracle worker; mission; monster (aka beast); movement; muscleman; negative magnetic corridor; "not hold water"; object; "of course"; orbit; ounce; "out of the question"; oxygen; pain; parallel universe; paranoia; parsec; patient; phaser bank; phenomenon; photographic section; physical law; physical makeup; physical warp; pleasure; poetry; powder keg; ; priority one; prison; pulsation phenomenon; quadrant; question; radiation; range; rationality; recuperative powers; red 2 message; report; riddle; rip in the universe; rock; safety valve; screening; search; search party; second; ; security red; security team (aka security detail); self-preservation; sense of humor; sensor; ship's physician; silica; space; spaceship; speculation; "stand by"; Starbase 200; Starfleet Command; "strong as a bull"; surface; terrain; thing; threat; throat; time chamber; time ship; time traveler; trick; truth; understatement; ; universe; ; visual section 988-TG; water; weapon; white; word; wound; year; zero gravity Unreferenced materials biological lab; ; rose External links de:Auf Messers Schneide es:The Alternative Factor fr:The Alternative Factor (épisode) ja:二つの宇宙（エピソード） nl:The Alternative Factor TOS episodes

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Tomorrow is Yesterday (episode)

The Enterprise is hurled back in time to the year 1969, where the US Air Force sights it as a UFO. The crew must find a way to erase evidence of their visit before trying to get back to their future home. Summary Teaser At an Air Force base in 1969, a technician by the name of detects something on his RADAR. At first, his commanding officer believes it to be an enemy aircraft. The signal is over the base near Omaha, Nebraska, but the strange part is that it just appeared. It is as if it simply dropped out of the sky. Interested by the strange appearance of this aircraft, Webb's commanding officer orders someone to go up there and take a look. He believes they may have a real UFO on their hands. Outside, an F-104 Starfighter is launched. In the sky, the starship is gliding through the clouds. Act One "Captain's log, Stardate 3113.2, subjective time: We were en route to Starbase 9 for resupply when a black star of high gravitational attraction began to drag us toward it. It required all warp power in reverse to pull us away from the star, but like snapping a rubber band, the breakaway sent us plunging through space, out of control to stop here, wherever we are." Except for secondary systems, everything is operational and they are heading on impulse power. Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott brings on auxiliary power from engineering, and Captain James T. Kirk asks all departments to report damage and casualties to First Officer Spock. Kirk asks Uhura to contact Starfleet Control, to advise them of the black star's close proximity to Starbase 9. Casualty reports show nothing more than minor injuries. Scott reports that warp engines are offline, and he is holding them at impulse in orbit over Earth. The breakaway from the star threw the ship to Earth. They are, however, in a low orbit, and Kirk orders Sulu to use impulse to rise to a higher orbit. Sulu reports that the helm is answering but is a little sluggish. Uhura reports that there is no response on any standard Starfleet channels; however, she is getting something on another frequency. A radio broadcast states that the first manned moon shot is to take place on Wednesday. Kirk recalls that the first manned moon shot took place in the late 1960s. Spock concludes that the Enterprise is also in the 1960s, having been thrown backward in time by the black star's whiplash. Uhura reports that she is picking up ground-to-air transmissions. A military craft is approaching the Enterprise, fast. The craft, designated Bluejay 4, is gaining on the UFO (Enterprise). Kirk orders Sulu to gain altitude faster. Bluejay 4 states that the UFO is climbing, and he will go in closer. As he raises altitude, Blackjack (the Omaha base) states that Bluejay 4 should be close enough for visual contact. Bluejay 4 spots the Enterprise, which is climbing in the sky, amazed at its size. He starts to describe the UFO, and tries to determine what purpose the cylindrical projections might serve. Blackjack states that backup forces should rendezvous in about two minutes, but Bluejay 4 remarks that the UFO is not going to be there by then. Blackjack gives order to shoot down the UFO, or at least disable it. Spock concludes that the aircraft may be armed with nuclear warheads, which in the Enterprises severe condition, could possibly cause serious damage to the hull. Kirk orders Scott to lock on with a tractor beam, but Spock advises against it. Scott locks on, regardless, and the aircraft begins to break up. Kirk orders the pilot beamed aboard. He goes to the transporter room to meet the pilot, and welcomes him aboard. The pilot is surprised to learn that Kirk speaks English, and gives his identification as Captain John Christopher of the United States Air Force, service number 4857932. Kirk remarks that the captain is among friends, and introduces himself. Captain Christopher asks Kirk who they are, and what happened. Kirk states that all will be revealed in good time, but Captain Christopher is understandably impatient. On the bridge, Spock reports that the aircraft has broken up. They turn off the tractor beam, and Kirk takes Christopher to the bridge. Christopher seems surprised to see a woman in the halls. Christopher admires the size and complexity of the ship, and as Kirk explains that the ship is one of twelve like it in service of the United Earth Space Probe Agency. He freely admits that he is from the future. On the bridge, Christopher (after joking about "little green men") is taken aback by Spock's skin tone. As Kirk allows Christopher to look around the bridge, Spock expresses his concerns about their guest to Kirk privately. As Christopher looks around, Spock reports that most main systems have been restored, including the main deflector, which will prevent them from being detected again. Spock also expresses concern for Christopher's presence. He states that Christopher cannot return to Earth, as this could alter the course of history. Kirk states that this is an annoying conclusion, but accepts the truth. He asks Spock to get Captain Christopher some more comfortable clothes, and to bring Christopher to his ready room. In his quarters, Kirk makes a computer recording. "Captain's log, supplemental. Engineering Officer Scott reports warp engines damaged, but can be made operational and re-energized." Kirk also gets annoyed by the computer's frequent references to him as "dear". Kirk asks Spock to fix the computer's affection. Spock explains that the computer had recently been overhauled on the female-dominated planet Cygnet XIV (who thought the computer needed a personality). Christopher, who is now wearing a Starfleet uniform in place of his orange pilot's flight suit, finds the computer system amusing, and would love to see how the dilemma works out. It is at this point, that Kirk breaks the news to Christopher that he cannot be sent back with information he now knows from the future. Christopher asks about his disappearance, but Spock says that Captain Christopher made no relevant contribution to history. Christopher says that this is an outrage, having a wife and children back on Earth, something which seems to catch Spock's attention. He says it is his duty to report what he has seen, but Kirk says that the risk is impossible. Kirk offers his heartfelt apology. Scott calls to tell Kirk that the engines will be operational in about four hours, but they have nowhere to go in this time. Kirk understands. Christopher finds some comfort in the fact that Kirk and his crew cannot go home themselves. Act Two "Captain's log, Stardate 3113.7, subjective time: Our engines are being repaired, but we are still locked in time, and we have aboard a passenger whom we do not want, and we cannot return." Finally getting fed up with the computer, Kirk asks it to record that it either be repaired, or scrapped, which seems to take care of the computer problem. Spock calls Kirk, stating that he has new information regarding Christopher. Kirk orders Spock to report to his quarters, and that he will call Captain Christopher. However, Christopher does not respond to Kirk's hails. Kirk orders a security alert, noting that Captain Christopher is not in his assigned quarters. Kirk hypothesizes that he may be trying to escape, and goes to find him. Christopher is indeed trying to escape, but runs into security officer Bobby on his way to the transporter room. He takes out the security officer, and acquires his phaser. Entering the transporter room and pointing his phaser at Kyle, Christopher tells Kyle that he wants to be transported to the surface immediately, but before he can complete his escape, Kirk comes, disarms Christopher, and knocks him out. In sickbay, Dr. McCoy reports that the injuries are superficial, and Kirk sympathizes about Christopher's want to escape. It is at this time that Dr. McCoy says that they too are just as stuck as Christopher. They can't beam down the entire crew, as it would be too great a disturbance in the timeline. Kirk however, says that Enterprise is not at that situation yet, but even if they do get back to their time, Christopher would be useless, archaic. McCoy says that he may be able to be retrained, but Christopher says that he cannot forget his family. He remarks that he is feeling fine, and Spock comes to sickbay. They cannot keep Christopher aboard, because his son, Colonel Shaun Geoffrey Christopher, did make an historic contribution, heading the first Earth-Saturn Mission. Christopher remarks that he has no son, to which McCoy responds, "yet". Kirk realizes that they must find a way to return Captain Christopher, and Christopher himself muses of the fact that he someday will have a son. In orbit of Earth, Spock states that the biggest problem they must deal with is that Christopher's plane wreckage landed in open land ("an open section of Southern Nebraska"), so search parties will know that he wasn't on the plane. Also, Captain Christopher informs them that his radio conversation was recorded, and that his wing cameras were recording the Enterprise. Kirk remarks that these UFO sightings were usually taken for explainable things, but Spock remarks that their tractor beam destroyed the plane, making them nothing else but a genuine UFO. Kirk then asks about returning them to their own time. Spock has a theory, albeit complicated, which may work. Kirk then makes a plan; they need to destroy the hard evidence of their presence, so that if Christopher reports, there is nothing to support his claims, and he simply joins the ranks of one of thousands who has seen a UFO. Christopher then offers his help, and he sketches out a layout of the base on a PADD. At the base, Kirk and Sulu beam down, Sulu with a bag for the tapes. They are a bit disoriented at first, but soon find the correct room. They force the door open with little difficulty using their technology. Upon entry, Kirk starts to look for what they need, and soon finds the audio tapes. On the Enterprise in the transporter room, Dr. McCoy is getting nervous, but Spock reassures him, noting that stealth missions are much more complicated than others. McCoy starts to get annoyed, and asks Spock whether he should be working on his time warp calculations, to which he calmly responds, "I am." Back at the base, Kirk and Sulu finish getting the tapes, when a Security Police staff sergeant enters. He orders them to give him the belts and the bag, with the tapes inside. On the ship, Spock now agrees with McCoy and starts to think it has been too long, so he calls the captain. The security officer opens one of the communicators, transmitting an emergency signal. Spock orders an immediate beam-up, only to find that they beamed up the wrong man. They now have two undesired passengers aboard, and the sergeant is frozen out of both surprise and fear. Kirk calls Spock, reporting that they now clearly have another problem. Act Three "Captain's log, Stardate 3113.9, subjective time: First Officer Spock recording. Due to an unfortunate accident, we have taken aboard another unwanted passenger." Kirk informs Enterprise about their "surprise package", and asks them to keep him in the transporter room. After finishing up in the audio tape section, both Kirk and Sulu go to retrieve the photographs of the Enterprise. They find a darkroom containing freshly developed 16mm movie film of the Enterprise, but set off a silent alarm. They finish collecting the film, but after a small brawl with some security officers, Kirk gets caught. Sulu however, seems to have disappeared. He managed to beam up, with the tapes and film, and Kirk calmly explains to the curious guard that it was only he who was prowling about. On the Enterprise, Scott reports that warp engines are ready for re-firing. Spock orders them to be, so that they can have full power. Down on the surface, Kirk is being interrogated by the guards who caught him. Kirk jokingly references that he got in to the base by popping in out of thin air. Lieutenant Colonel Fellini picks up Kirk's phaser, mistaking it for a radio transmitter. Then he wonders about Kirk's uniform and he starts to list Kirk's offenses, threatening to lock him up for 200 years. Kirk ruefully comments that that ought to be just about right (to return him to his own era). Back in orbit, Spock and Christopher hypothesize in the Enterprises briefing room as to the captain's most probable situation, as they are planning a rescue operation. However, Christopher insists on coming down with them, to which Spock reluctantly agrees. He issues phasers only to himself and Sulu, set on maximum stun. They beam down, as the security policeman who beamed up earlier is amazed. Kyle offers the guard some chicken soup from a food synthesizer to satisfy his hunger, which only amazes him more. On the surface, Spock takes out the two guards holding Kirk, and frees him. However, while Kirk and Sulu talk, Christopher gets one of the security guard's guns. He holds it to Kirk, refusing to be beamed back up. Act Four Kirk tries to talk Christopher out of it, but he doesn't listen. He asks Spock to come out of Colonel Fellini's office, but as he moves towards Kirk, Spock comes up from behind, and administers a nerve pinch. He had suspected Christopher's actions, and had beamed into location for incapacitating Christopher. Sulu then beams up all four officers. "Captain's log, Stardate 3114.1, subjective time: We must make an attempt to break free of this time or we and our reluctant passengers will remain its prisoners. All we have is a theory and a few facts." Mr. Spock says that the best possible course of action is to use a slingshot effect like the one they used to arrive in the first place. Theoretically, the whiplash from the sun's gravity would send them into another time warp. At this point, Christopher asks what they will be doing about him and the guard. Spock states that for a moment, they will go into the relative past, and transport both the captain and the guard to points before they were beamed up. The events, though still in their minds, will not have occurred, so there would be nothing for them to report. Scott now brings up one problem. The Enterprise may not have enough braking control to stop in their own time. They may overshoot their century, or be torn apart. In other words, it won't be an easy ride. Everyone assumes stations, as the Enterprise prepares for the time-warp. They leave Earth, and head towards the sun at warp factor 3. Christopher, at this point, tells Kirk how he always wanted to make it into space, and Kirk tells him that he made it farther than anyone in his century. As the Enterprise heads towards the sun, their warp factor increases, and the chronometers have started to move backwards. Christopher goes to put on his flight gear, and reports to the transporter room. As they approach the breakaway point, Sulu engages engines, and the ship is severely thrown. All power is just barely enough, but they do break free of the pull. As they head away from the sun, they gain speed, and the chronometers begin to move forward. Christopher prepares to beam back to Earth, and thanks Kirk for the look ahead. As they approach Earth, they energize, beaming Christopher back into the plane cockpit. However, there is no longer any Enterprise in the sky. Christopher reports to Black Jack, marking down the Enterprise as another UFO. They then beam down the guard, but he too finds no unusual activity at the base. As they approach their century, they have to begin braking, despite some risks. Kirk, being annoyed by Spock's countdown, asks him to just never mind. They begin braking, but the ship is thrown violently. Scott reports from engineering that the engines are buckling, but they manage to make a safe and complete stop. They hear the friendly voice of Starfleet control, and Kirk reports that the Enterprise is home. Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2267 Memorable quotes "I never have believed in little green men." "Neither have I." - Christopher and Spock, in their first encounter "Don't touch anything, but I think you'll find it interesting." "Interesting is a word and a half for it, Captain." - Kirk and Christopher, on the bridge "Maybe I can't go home, but neither can you. You're as much a prisoner in time as I am." - Christopher to Kirk, in the captain's quarters "Now you're sounding like Spock." "If you're going to get nasty, I'm going to leave." - Kirk and McCoy, on retraining and re-educating Christopher for the future "I made an error in my computations." "Oh? This could be an historic occasion." - Spock and McCoy, in sickbay "Wait a minute. I don't have a son." "You mean yet." - Christopher and McCoy "It is a fact, Doctor, that prowling by stealth is more time-consuming than a direct approach." - Spock to McCoy, in the transporter room "How did you get in?" "I popped in out of thin air." - Fellini and Kirk, during Kirk's interrogation "What is that? Is that a uniform of some kind?" "This little thing? Just something I slipped on." - Fellini and Kirk, about the latter's uniform "I am going to lock you up for two hundred YEARS!" "That ought to be just about right." - Fellini and Kirk "Blast your theories and observations, Mr. Spock! What about Jim? He's down there alone, probably under arrest! He doesn't have a communicator and we can't locate him or beam him back aboard without one!" "I am aware of that, doctor." - McCoy and Spock, about Kirk "Anyway we do it, it means a mighty rough ride." - Scott, on the slingshot effect "Well gentlemen, we all have to take a chance… especially if one is all you have." - Kirk, after being presented with the slingshot effect as the only option to return to the 23rd century Background information Production timeline One-page synopsis by Robert Justman: Story outline by D.C. Fontana: Revised story outline: First draft teleplay by Fontana: Second draft teleplay: Final draft teleplay by Gene L. Coon: Additional revisions: , Filmed: – Day 1 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Day 2 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge, Transporter room Day 3 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Corridors, Turbolift, Sickbay, Kirk's quarters Day 4 – , Thursday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Kirk's quarters, Briefing room, Engineering Day 5 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Air base corridor, Records section, Security office Day 6 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Jet cockpit, Photo lab, Dark room, Radar room Original airdate: Rerun airdate: First UK airdate: Story The episode originated from a one-page story synopsis associate producer Robert Justman submitted to Gene Roddenberry for possible consideration. Although almost beat for beat, Justman's proposed story is the same as this episode, Roddenberry never acknowledged Justman as the source or paid any royalties to him for the idea. (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, pp. 133-137) This episode was originally going to be the second part of a two part story that would have begun in . In an earlier draft of the script, when Kirk ordered a hyperbolic course, he wanted the direction to be "Doesn't matter… the way we came… toward Earth." Props and costumes Matt Jefferies designed the trophy with the soaring jet aircraft, seen in the case on the air base. The small scanning device that Kirk uses to unlock the Omaha base computer-room door appears to be the same one used by Scott and Joe Tormolen in , and by Richard Daystrom in . Actor Roger Perry liked his Starfleet uniform so much, he asked DeForest Kelley if he could take the shirt home. Kelley replied, "Well, they frown upon that. But you could possibly just stick it into your bag, and nobody's going to say anything." Perry decided not to do that, but after seeing the eventual success and legacy of Star Trek, he regretted he didn't take the shirt home. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, p. 428) Effects The opening screenshot was actually taken at Georges Air Force Base California. It shows F-104C Starfighter, AF Ser. No. 57-0914, 435 TFS, 1965. This aircraft was deployed to Ubon RTAFB, Thailand in 1966 and assigned to 8 TFW. It crashed due to engine failure over Thailand on 16 January 1967. Footage of the Earth (going closer and further, inside the atmosphere) on the Enterprise viewscreen is reused from . The music played as Christopher observes the ears on Spock, heard in its entirety in , was written by composer Joseph Mullendore during his scoring for , but it went unused at that time. It is an uptempo version of the closing theme for the show. Mullendore had also arranged the "lounge" version of the theme for the same episode, also heard in . This is the only episode to end on a close up of George Takei before the final Enterprise flyaway. Continuity This is the first episode where the Enterprise visits Earth during its five-year mission. Kirk's assertion that there are only twelve starships like the Enterprise in the fleet is contradicted in The Making of Star Trek, p. 165, by Gene Roddenberry and Stephen E. Whitfield, which lists the names of fourteen starships, though on the same page the starship Farragut is described as destroyed, and its fate would already be known at this point in the series. This leaves Kirk's statement technically correct with the Enterprise and the other twelve like it still in service (The fate of the Valiant would not be revealed to Starfleet for another two episodes). Except for the 6 am launch time for Apollo 11, which actually was 9:32 am on Wednesday July 16, 1969, the writer of this episode, D.C. Fontana, correctly predicted the day of the week. The events of this episode, which take place in 1969, occurred over a year after those of , which take place in 1968. This is the last episode in which Spock's rank is stated as lieutenant commander. Though Spock tells Sulu to issue phasers for both himself and Spock when they return to the Air Force base to retrieve Kirk, only Sulu is shown armed with a phaser in the transporter room. This episode establishes the presence of a quartermaster on board the Enterprise. Kirk said to Spock (referring to Captain Christopher), "Why don't you have the quartermaster issue him something more suitable?" Kirk tells Captain Christopher that the Enterprise operates under the authority of the "United Earth Space Probe Agency," which Kirk describes as a "combined service" when Christopher presumes that the Enterprise is operated by the navy. Along with Kirk's log entry reference to "UESPA" in , this is the only time in the original series that this authority is mentioned. In the Star Trek Concordance, author Bjo Trimble suggests that it is a fictional name, designed to keep Capt. Christopher in the dark about the true nature of the Federation. The name would be established canonically as being the agency under whose authority the United Earth Starfleet operated under in . This episode is the first of two episodes to have a food synthesizer in the transporter room. According to D.C. Fontana, budgetary restrictions precluded taking the security police sergeant to a dining facility or having another actor in the scene bring him food, so Kyle was employed to provide the sergeant's chicken soup from the dispenser. (The World of Star Trek, 3rd ed., p. 40) This is one of many episodes to contribute to the ambiguous future timeframe of the Original Series. When Fellini threatens to lock Kirk up for two hundred years, Kirk lightly notes that "That should be just about right." Two hundred years from that point would be 2169, the mid to late 22nd century. The original series is established to be set in the late 2260s. Remastered information The remastered version of "Tomorrow is Yesterday" aired in many North American markets during the weekend of . The episode was heavy in new effects, with revamped CG shots of Earth from orbit – based on NASA space shuttle photographs – as well as new CGI shots of Captain Christopher's jet fighter, the Enterprise falling into Earth's atmosphere, and an all-new sequence depicting the slingshot around the sun. Video and DVD releases Original US Betamax release: UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 12, catalog number VHR 2305, release date unknown US VHS release: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.8, Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 11, As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Time Travel DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection Apocrypha This episode (or more accurately its stardate of 3113) was used as the basis for the "origin" of material that was published as the Star Fleet Technical Manual; the first pages of this manual explain how this occurred. The second issue of John Byrne's Assignment: Earth series, "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", tells the story of Gary Seven's role in the events of this episode. Links and references Starring William Shatner as Kirk Leonard Nimoy as Spock Also Starring Roger Perry as Major [sic] Christopher Featuring DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy Hal Lynch as Air Police Sergeant Richard Merrifield as John Winston as Transporter Chief And Ed Peck as Colonel Fellini With James Doohan as Scott George Takei as Sulu Nichelle Nichols as Uhura Mark Dempsey as Air Force Captain Jim Spencer as Air Policeman Sherri Townsend as Crew Woman Uncredited Co-Stars Majel Barrett as Computer Voice William Blackburn as Hadley John Burnside as Air policeman #2 Frank da Vinci as Brent Eddie Paskey as Leslie Unknown actors as Bobby Radio announcer (voice) US 498th Airbase personnel Enterprise lieutenant/navigator Enterprise security chief (voice) Air Force guard References 1954; 1968; 1969; 2217; .38 police special; US 498th Airbase Group; accident; ADC Control; ; aircraft; Air Defense Command; airman (aka airman basic); Air Police; alarm; all decks alert; "all right"; "all the time"; Alpha Centauri; altitude; AM; answer; Apollo 11; area; arrest; astronaut; atmosphere; audio; authority; automatic helm setting; auxiliary power; B-52 Stratofortress; bag; belt; blackjack; black star; blip; Bluejay 4; braking power; buckling; burglary; calculation; camera; Cape Kennedy; "carry on"; casualty report; chance; choice; chicken soup; ; Christopher's wife and daughters; chronometer; cloud cover; cockpit; computer; computer check; computer system; coordinates; countdown; Cygnet XIV; cylindrical; damage control party; darkroom; deck; ; ; drawing; duty bound; Earth; Earth-Saturn probe; Eastern Standard Time; emergency signal; Engineering Officer; English language; ; escape velocity; espionage; evidence; F-104 Starfighter; F-105 Thunderchief; fact; film (material); flight suit; fool; friend; g; girlfriend; guest; hand; historical tape; horse; hour; idea; identification; impulse power; "in case"; industry; injury; interceptor; interrogation room; jet; joke; jury rig; landing party; liar; little green man; logic; Luna; magnetic tape; ; maintenance note; ; matriarchy; ; mind; minute; mirage; missile; museum; name; NASA; nation; Nebraska; nuclear warhead; Omaha; orbit; "over my dead body"; passenger; personality; photography; photo lab; physical training; place; plane; Pluto; ; prisoner; problem; progress report; quartermaster; RADAR; radio; record computer; record section; risk; rubber band; sabotage; Saturn; search party; second; secondary system; sector; ; security section; signal; sky; slingshot effect; Sol; space; speed; serial number; staff sergeant; starbase; Starbase 9; Starfleet channel; Starfleet Control; Statistical services division; Strategic Air Command; stock; sun dog; thing; theory; thousand; time warp; time zone; tractor beam; transmission; transporter; transporter chief; transporter room; truck; unauthorized entry; "under arrest"; uniform; United Earth; United Earth Space Probe Agency; UFO; USAF; US Navy; variable; visual contact; Vulcan neck pinch; warp power; weather balloon; Wednesday; week; wing; word External links de:Morgen ist Gestern es:Tomorrow is Yesterday fr:Tomorrow is Yesterday (épisode) ja:宇宙暦元年7・21（エピソード） nl:Tomorrow is Yesterday pl:Tomorrow is Yesterday sv:Tomorrow Is Yesterday TOS episodes

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The Return of the Archons (episode)

The Enterprise discovers a planet where the population act like zombies and obey the will of their unseen ruler, Landru. Summary Teaser Lieutenants Sulu and O'Neil are undercover and dispatched to the surface of the planet Beta III to learn what became of the , which disappeared there one hundred years earlier. Recognized as outsiders, they draw the attention of the lawgivers. Pursued, the officers call for beam-out, but O'Neil flees before they are to be beamed up, only Sulu is retrieved, and upon materializing in the 's transporter room, he is in a strange mental state, stating to Captain Kirk that the planet below is "paradise, my friend. Paradise…" Act One Captain Kirk beams down with a larger landing party to investigate. Spock, Dr. McCoy, sociologist , and two guards, Leslie and Galloway, form the balance of the landing party. Immediately upon being beamed down, Spock notices a strangeness in the people they encounter; a kind of contented mindlessness expression on their faces. Then, at six o'clock, the red hour strikes – the beginning of the , a period of debauchery and lawlessness. Fleeing, the landing party bursts in on Reger, Hacom, and . They had been told by Bilar and Tula, two passersby, that Reger could rent them rooms for after Festival. Their questions seem to terrify Reger. They are given rooms and retreat from the mayhem outside, trying their best to get a few hours' sleep. The Festival ends at six the next morning. Reger, learning the landing party did not attend Festival, concludes they are not of the Body, and asks an astonishing question: "Are you s?" The conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Hacom and lawgivers, the robed servants of the mysterious Landru. The lawgivers command the landing party to accompany them to the absorption chambers, to be absorbed into "the body." Act Two Kirk, acting on a hunch, defies them – and causes confusion. He'd correctly concluded this society is built around obedience, and might not be ready for any disobedience. Taking advantage of their confusion, Reger guides the crew to a place he knows, where they will be safe. But on the way, Landru employs a form of mass telepathy to command an attack, which is easily repelled by the landing parties' phaser fire. Among the attackers is… the missing Lieutenant O'Neil. Reger warns against bringing him along, but Kirk cannot bring himself to abandon a member of his crew. He orders Leslie and Galloway to take the still-unconscious O'Neil with them over the strenuous objections of Reger. Through his tricorder, Spock discovers a source of immense power, radiating from a point near the landing party's location. Reger tells Kirk about the arrival of the first Archons: many were killed, many more were absorbed. And then he drops the bombshell, mentioning casually that Landru pulled the Archons from the sky… Kirk contacts the Enterprise, and learns that heat beams are focused on the ship. Scotty, in command of the Enterprise, reports that her shields are able to deflect them, but nearly all ship's power is diverted to this purpose. Communications are poor, escape is impossible, and the orbit is decaying. If Kirk can't put a stop to the beams, the ship will be destroyed in less than twelve hours. Worse, contacting the ship enables Landru to discover and stun the landing party with an intense sound. Act Three They awaken in a cave-like cell, but McCoy, Galloway, and O'Neil are missing. Kirk begins to think of ways to get out of their cell. He asks Spock about the lawgiver's inability to cope with the unexpected. Spock, noting that in a society as well organized as Beta III's appears to be, he cannot see how an oversight like that can go on uncorrected. He does find one thing interesting; the lawgiver's reaction to Kirk's defiance was similar to a computer's when fed insufficient data. Kirk disputes that the lawgivers are computers, not Human. Spock replies that they are quite Human, it is just that there are facts missing currently as to why they behave like computers. Soon after, McCoy and Galloway return – and they have been absorbed, with McCoy speaking similarly to the way Sulu had on the Enterprise. Evidently, this is the fate that awaits the entire landing party. Lawgivers appear, demanding Kirk accompany them, and this time, Kirk's refusal results in an immediate death threat. Spock was correct; the orderly society has now corrected a flaw. Kirk is taken to a futuristic room: the absorption chamber. There, a priest named Marplon will oversee Kirk's forcible induction into the Body. Spock attempts a Vulcan mind meld with McCoy but is unsuccessful. Lawgivers summon Spock, who is taken to the same place, and there encounters Kirk, now mindlessly happy. Act Four Spock learns that Marplon was Tamar's contact and is part of the same underground to which Reger belongs. Marplon intervened to prevent both Kirk and Spock from being absorbed, and returns their phasers to Spock. Spock, acting as instructed, makes his way back to the cell, pretending to be as mindlessly happy as Beta III's inhabitants. Discussing Landru and his society, Kirk and Spock reach the same conclusion: the society has no spirit, no spark; Landru's orders are being issued by a computer. Kirk decides the plug must be pulled. Spock is concerned this would violate the Prime Directive, but Kirk opines that the directive applies to living, growing cultures, of which this is not. When Reger and Marplon join them, Kirk demands more information: the location of Landru. Reger reveals that Beta III was at war, and was in danger of destroying itself. Landru, one of the leaders, took the people back to a simpler time. And, Marplon claims, Landru is still alive. Marplon takes Kirk and Spock, disguised as lawgivers, to a chamber, the Hall of Audiences, where Landru appears to his acolytes – or, at least, a projection of him does. There, Landru regretfully informs them that their interference is causing great harm, and that they, and all who knew of them, must be killed, to cleanse the memory of the Body. Blasting through the wall, Kirk reveals the truth: an ancient machine, built and programmed by the real Landru 6,000 years earlier before he died. This machine, now calling itself Landru, was entrusted with the care of the Body, the society of Beta III. To that end, it has enslaved all members of that society, and those who visit, in a thralldom of happiness that is stagnant and without creativity. Kirk and Spock discuss this with Landru, asking it difficult questions it has evidently never had to answer, questions about whether its approach to creating the good is really creating evil. Ultimately, they convince it that it is the evil, and that it must destroy the evil – and it does, exploding in a burst of pyrotechnics. Kirk leaves a team of specialists, including Lindstrom, to help restore the planet's culture "to a Human form". Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2267 Memorable quotes "Are you Archons?" - Reger, to Kirk and the landing party "Landru seeks tranquility. Peace for all. The universal good." - Landru, appearing before Kirk's landing party "Come." "No." "Then you will die." - Lawgiver and Kirk "This is a soulless society, Captain. It has no spirit, no spark. All is indeed peace and tranquility – the peace of the factory; the tranquility of the machine; all parts working in unison." - Spock, on the society run under Landru's influence "You will be absorbed. Your individuality will merge into the unity of good, and in your submergence into the common being of the body, you will find contentment, fulfillment. You will experience the absolute good." - Landru "Mister Spock, the plug must be pulled." - Kirk, on destroying Landru "Captain, our Prime Directive of non-interference." "That refers to a living, growing culture… do you think this one is?" - Spock and Kirk, Kirk cheerfully violating the Prime Directive "I cannot answer your questions now. Landru… he will hear!" - Marplon "Isn't that somewhat old-fashioned?" - Kirk, after Spock punches a lawgiver "Snap out of it. Start acting like men!" - Kirk, to Reger and Marplon "He's still alive. He's here, now. He sees, he hears. We have destroyed ourselves! Please… no more." - Marplon, speaking about Landru "You said you wanted freedom. It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. It has to be earned." - Kirk, to Reger and Marplon "Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life." - Kirk, to Landru "You are the evil! The evil must be destroyed!" - Kirk, inducing Landru's self-destruction "If I were you, I'd start looking for another job." - Kirk, to the lawgivers "I prefer the concrete, the graspable, the provable." "You'd make a splendid computer, Mister Spock." "That is very kind of you, Captain." - Spock and Kirk "How often mankind has wished for a world as peaceful and secure as the one Landru provided." "Yes. And we never got it. Just lucky, I guess." - Spock and Kirk Background information Production timeline Story premise "The Perfect World" in Star Trek is...: Story outline "Paradise XML" by Gene Roddenberry: Story outline "Landru's Paradise" by Roddenberry: Story outline "The Return of the Archons" by Boris Sobelman: Revised story outline: Revised story outline by Gene L. Coon: First draft teleplay by Sobelman: Second draft teleplay by Sobelman: Revised teleplay by Steven W. Carabatsos: Final draft teleplay by Coon: Revised final draft teleplay by Roddenberry: Additional revisions: , , , , Filmed: – Day 1 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge, Transporter room, Dungeon cell Day 2 – , Wednesday – 40 Acres ("Mayberry" backlot): Ext. Beta III town. Day 3 – , Thursday – 40 Acres ("Mayberry" backlot): Ext. Beta III town. Day 4 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Dungeon cell, Absorption chamber, Boarding house upstairs room Day 5 – , Monday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Subterrain chamber, Boarding house main room Day 6 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Hallway, Hall of Audiences Day 7 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Hall of Audiences Original airdate: Rerun airdate: First UK airdate: Story and script This episode started out as a candidate to be the first Star Trek pilot, alongside and "The Women" (aka ). After the former was chosen by NBC, Roddenberry's story idea rested for more than two years. Freelance writer Boris Sobelman later picked up Roddenberry's original story, and developed it further, retitling it "The Return of the Archons". (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One) According to the trivia section on the video release, "The Archons" was a club Gene Roddenberry belonged to at school. A subplot involving Lindstrom falling in love with a local girl was cut from the episode's final draft script. Just why takes place, or how frequently it occurs, is never made entirely clear. However, in his write-up of the episode in Star Trek 9, James Blish describes Reger telling Tula as he consoles her during the aftermath, "It's over for another year." This episode marks one of four times Kirk is able to "talk a computer to death". He also talks a computer to death in , , and . A similar theme of a population controlled by a machine is also shared with the Season 2 episode . Production This episode has the only teaser to fade out with a close-up on George Takei. The first-act opening is also unique, featuring Kirk's log narration playing over three different shots of the Enterprise in orbit around Beta III. Performers Bobby Clark, who leaps through a window and then cries out "Festival! Festival!" has his only speaking role in the series in this episode. A frequent stunt performer on the series, he can also be seen as one of 's vaporized henchmen in . Some of Harry Townes' dialogue was dubbed by Walker Edmiston. Edmiston also dubbed an unnamed lawgiver, who runs into the hall of audiences after Landru was destroyed by Kirk. Sets and props The location scenes for this episode were filmed at the in Culver City, the same place where and were shot. The absorption console that Marplon uses appears later, with modifications, as Norman's relay station in , a control panel on Memory Alpha in , the housing for the cloaking device in , and the Elba II force field control panel in . The cell in this episode shows up later in and . Music and sound To ensure the becalmed Beta III civilians moved at the same time as each other, prerecorded drumbeats were played on the exterior set then muted during post-production. ("Swept Up: Snippets from the Cutting Room Floor", Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault special features) Continuity This is the first episode in which Scotty assumes command of the ship. This is the first mention of the Federation's Prime Directive. Confusingly, a second Prime Directive is discussed later in the episode; that of Landru's society, when Landru states "The good of the Body is the Prime Directive." This is mentioned by Landru and Kirk several times during a conversation, while the Federation's Prime Directive is mentioned only once. The crew of the USS Cerritos will return to Beta III 113 years later. () Preview The preview trailer gives the stardate for this episode as 3192.1 (versus 3156.2, in the episode's dialogue). Reception Roddenberry picked this as one of his ten favorite episodes for the franchise's 25th anniversary. (TV Guide August 31, 1991) In the book, Boarding the Enterprise, Eric Greene observes that "Return of the Archons" is the first time Star Trek attempted to deal with issues of war and peace raised by the Vietnam War, and established a template that would be used in a number of subsequent episodes such as "A Taste of Armageddon", "This Side of Paradise", and "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky". The Federation's moral superiority is exhibited through its emphasis on individual freedom, progress, and resort to violence only in self-defense, while the Betan society is criticized for its state control, stagnation, and reliance on aggression. Greene argues that these episodes prefigure the Borg Collective, a far more overt totalitarian, even Soviet metaphor introduced in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Video and DVD releases Original US VHS and Betamax release: UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 12, catalog number VHR 2305, release date unknown US VHS re-release: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.8, Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 11, As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection Apocrypha The episode was adapted into issue nine and ten of IDW's alternate reality Star Trek: Ongoing comic series. Links and references Starring William Shatner as Capt. Kirk Also starring Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock Guest stars Harry Townes as Reger Torin Thatcher as Marplon DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy Featuring Brioni Farrell as Tula Sid Haig as First Lawgiver Charles Macauley as Landru Jon Lormer as Morgan Farley as Hacom And Christopher Held as With George Takei as Sulu James Doohan as Scott Nichelle Nichols as Uhura Sean Morgan as O'Neil Ralph Maurer as Bilar David L. Ross as Galloway (credited as "Guard") Uncredited co-stars William Blackburn as Hadley Bobby Clark as Rioter Frank da Vinci as Brent Walker Edmiston as Third Lawgiver (voice over) Lars Hensen as a Betan passerby Jeannie Malone as a yeoman Eddie Paskey as Leslie Barbara Webber as Dancer Unknown actors as Osborne Transporter assistant Second Lawgiver Fourth Lawgiver Multiple Betan passersby Stunt double Bobby Clark as the stunt double for Ross References 3733 BC (6,000 years ago); 2167; absorption; absorption chamber; aiding; "all right"; analysis; answer; antenna; ; s; Archon crew; atmosphere; Beta III; Beta III city; s; ; "Bones"; building; C-111 system; choice; communing; compassion; computer; concept; consciousness; contact; contentment; creativity; crime; culture; ; device; direction; directive; disobedience; door; effect; emergency; emergency bypass circuit; enemy; ; Engineering Officer; evil; "excuse me"; experience; face; facial expression; factory; fear; ; freedom; freedom of choice; friend; gift; good; good will; Hall of Audiences; happiness; harm; hate; headache; health; heat rays (heat beams); hour; Human (Human being); hypersonic; individuality; job; joy; key; knowledge; landing party; Landru; law; lawgiver; leader; lighting panel; logic; lovers' quarrel; machine; maximum security establishment; memory; metaphysics; million; mission; orbit; paradise; peace; perfection; place; plan; ; Prime Directive; programming; projection; prophecy; red hour; Reger's house; result; robe; room; scouting party; search party; sensor beam; shore party; sleep; society; sociologist; soul; sound wave; "stand by"; status report; Stone Age; stranger; surface; "take it easy"; telepathy; theory; thing; thousand; traitor; tranquility; truth; Underground; understanding; universe; ; Vulcan neck pinch; war; wisdom External links de:Landru und die Ewigkeit es:The Return of the Archons fr:The Return of the Archons (épisode) it:Il ritorno degli Arconti (episodio) ja:ベータ・スリーの独裁者（エピソード） nl:The Return of the Archons pl:The Return of the Archons TOS episodes

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A Taste of Armageddon (episode)

On a diplomatic mission, the crew visit a planet that is waging a destructive war fought solely by computer simulation, but the casualties, including the crew of the USS Enterprise, are supposed to be real. Summary Teaser The is en route to star cluster NGC 321 to open diplomatic relations with the civilization there. After several unacknowledged overtures, a message comes from the planet Eminiar VII, the principal planet of the cluster: Code 710 – stay away at all costs. Ambassador Robert Fox overrides Kirk's wish to honor the request, and forcibly orders him to take the Enterprise into the system. Kirk orders that the Enterprise go to yellow alert and in an intercom message to the crew of his ship, Kirk announces: "We're going in, gentlemen. Peacefully, I hope, but peacefully or not… we're going in." Act One Kirk's orders (as he is reminded in no uncertain terms by Ambassador Fox) are clear: establish diplomatic relations at all costs. He, Spock, Yeoman Tamura, and two security officers, Lieutenants Galloway and Osborne, beam down; they are met by Mea 3 at the Division of Control, seat of the Eminian Union. There, Kirk learns that he is in grave danger. Mea takes him to the High Council, whose leader, Anan 7, rejects Kirk's diplomatic overture – because of the war. Anan reveals that Eminiar has been fighting a war with the third planet of the system, Vendikar, for almost 500 years. But despite a hit, right in the city, Kirk and his landing party can find no evidence of war. No explosions, no radiation, nothing that would suggest the damage he is assured is occurring. Spock finally deduces the truth: the war is fought with computers. Casualties are calculated, and the victims have twenty-four hours to report to a disintegration station so their deaths may be recorded. This tidy solution preserves the civilization, despite the cost in lives. Kirk is incredulous that people would simply walk into disintegration machines and never come out; Anan assures him that his people have a high sense of duty. And then Anan tells Kirk that when the Enterprise entered orbit, it became a legitimate target, and it has been destroyed by a tricobalt satellite explosion. Like the victims on the surface, Kirk's crew has twenty-four hours to report for disintegration. Kirk and his party are imprisoned to ensure compliance. Act Two Mea, herself declared a casualty, defends the system. She insists that she values her own life, but tells Kirk that if people don't report for disintegration, then Vendikar will be forced to launch real weapons, and Eminiar would be forced to retaliate, and both civilization and the population would die. The Eminians attempt trickery. Using a voice duplicator to approximate Kirk's voice, Anan 7 tries to lure the crew to the surface, contacting the Enterprise through Kirk's communicator. Montgomery Scott, suspicious, analyzes the message at Spock's science station and discovers the duplicity. Meanwhile, on the surface, Spock employs trickery of his own: using a form of telepathy, he plants a suggestion in their jailer's mind through a wall. Thinking the Federation prisoners have escaped, he opens the door, and is quickly overpowered. Moving about the Division of Control, the party encounters disintegration station 12, and destroys it. In response, Anan 7 institutes a full search, and orders the planetary defense batteries to open fire on the orbiting starship. Act Three Scott's cautious approach to the situation proves most fortunate; the batteries open fire on the Enterprise but the shields are able to turn aside the sneak attack. Without the shields they would have been destroyed. Looking for options to respond to this unprovoked attack, Scott decides to respond with a barrage of photon torpedoes, but Ambassador Fox halts any attempt at retaliation. Ignoring protests by Scott and McCoy, Fox takes command of the situation and opens communications with the planet. Kirk realizes the only way he can save his ship and his crew is to put a stop to the fighting. To this end, he inveigles help from Mea 3, while at the same time solving their shortage of weapons needed for the task, with an added bonus of two Eminian security uniforms commandeered by both Osborne and Galloway. Meanwhile, Ambassador Fox, still unaware of the treachery of Anan 7 and the danger to the lives of the Enterprise crew, attempts to salvage the situation. He contacts the planet, offering to have the ship lower its shields and to beam down personally to discuss the matter; Anan apparently agrees. However, this is a trick to enable the Eminians to destroy the ship and meet the terms of their treaty with Vendikar. Fortunately, Scott, with McCoy's support, bluntly refuses Fox's order to have the ship stand down. He notes that the landing party is obviously still being held prisoner, and the ship was just fired on without provocation. Fox is furious; he vehemently threatens to have Scott court martialed for insubordination and proceeds to the planet with his aide alone. Although he's in the hot-seat, Scott stands firm on not lowering his defenses until he knows what has happened to the captain. Anan retreats to his office to prepare and has a drink of trova. Kirk, hidden there, confronts him, demanding to speak with his ship. Anan is more interested in saving his world, and refuses to yield. But finally, Anan tells Kirk where the communicators can be found; in the war room. Kirk, correctly suspecting trickery pushes Anan into the corridor ahead of him. But it is no good; the guards overpower him after a brief struggle. Act Four Fox beams to the surface with his attaché; they are escorted – but not to the council chamber. Instead, Anan and his guards herd them to a disintegration station. Fortunately for the ambassador, Spock learns he has beamed down, and effects a rescue, with Galloway and Osborne posing as guards; destroying disintegration station 11 in the process. After the rescue, Fox admits that he has been dangerously mistaken about the situation and although has no experience being a soldier, he offers to help in the fight. Spock replies that they will need all the help they can get. With Kirk held in the council chamber, he learns that Eminiar is falling behind its quotas, and Vendikar accuses it of violating the treaty, escalating the tension between them. Anan pleads with Kirk; if his crew doesn't report for disintegration, the civilizations on Eminiar and Vendikar will be destroyed in the very real war that will erupt. Kirk is unmoved. Anan opens a channel to the ship; Kirk takes advantage of the opportunity to order Scott to implement General Order 24 in two hours, before being restrained. Anan threatens the hostages' lives if the crew does not report immediately. Kirk informs Anan that his threats are academic, since in two hours, the Enterprise will destroy Eminiar. Anan immediately orders the defenses to fire on the Enterprise but the starship has moved out of range. In a corridor, Spock, Ambassador Fox, the two lieutenants, and the ambassador's aide all come under fire by security. While Spock, Osborne, and Galloway manage to dispatch the two attacking guards, Fox's aide is hit and wounded in the firefight, unable to press on. Anan is at his wits' end; helpless, he faces certain abrogation of his planet's treaty responsibilities. Anan pleads with Kirk to de-escalate the situation, but Kirk is counting on escalation, and has no intention to stop it. The situation goes from bad to worse for Anan as Scott informs the council that all cities and installations on the planet have been fed into the Enterprises fire control system, and will destroy the entire planet if they don't release their captives. Realizing that Kirk does indeed intend to carry out General Order 24, Anan collapses on the table in agony as he is trapped between the Enterprise and Vendikar. Chance favors Kirk, who manages to overpower all of the armed guards and the council. Spock and his party arrives moments later. Kirk hails the Enterprise informing them to standby to transport the party in ten minutes or carry out General Order 24 on schedule. Then, Kirk tells Anan his plan: to save his crew, he plans to end the war. The captain asks Ambassador Fox to hold the people outside while Spock, one other councilman, and Lieutenant Osborne remain. They retrieve their phasers and communicators and lock the master computer. Spock details that the computers are in constant contact with their Vendikan counterparts. Terminating that contact abrogates the agreement between them, and by destroying the master computer, the others will go. Kirk orders Osborne to escort the councilman, Sar 6, out and destroys the master computer with his phaser. With the machines destroyed, Kirk paints a very frightening image to Anan 7: those on Vendikar will assume Eminiar has broken the treaty, and will plan for real war. The next attacks, by both sides, will be very real. Kirk offers an alternative: they could change five hundred years of theoretical fighting, and make peace instead. Kirk tells Anan that if they contact Vendikar, they will quickly realize that they are just as horrified at the prospect of a real bloody war. Anan remembers that the communication link with Vendikar is still in existence, though it has been unused for centuries. There might be a chance to save both planets if they put it to use. Fox offers to serve as a mediator between Eminiar and Vendikar, and Kirk leaves him behind to negotiate the peace. Later, on the bridge of the Enterprise, Lt. Uhura reports that the peace talks are looking hopeful. Spock remarks on the big chance Kirk took in destroying the computers running the war between Eminiar and Vendikar, risking real war. Kirk disputes that, noting that a real attack would not have killed as many as the computer simulation, but it would have ended both planets' ability to make war – permanently. Kirk, however, acknowledges that it was a calculated risk, but had a feeling that an orderly society such as the Eminians would not have risked war, since it is a very messy business and they would have done anything to avoid that. Spock tells Kirk that a feeling is not much to go on and Kirk replies that feeling is sometimes all Humans have to go on. Spock tells his captain that he makes him almost believe in luck. "Why, Mr. Spock, you almost make me believe in miracles," Kirk retorts. Log entries Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2267 Ship's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Memorable quotes "There is a certain scientific logic about it." "I'm glad you approve." "I do not approve; I understand." - Spock and Anan 7, on the voluntary disintegration of citizens declared to be casualties of war "An entrance, Captain, but no exit. They go in, but they do not come out." - Spock, describing a disintegration station "Sir, there's a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder." - Spock, before applying the Vulcan nerve pinch on a guard "Diplomats! The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank!" - Scott, after Fox leaves the bridge "Diplomacy, gentlemen, should be a job left to diplomats." - Fox, to Scott and McCoy "Of course I could treat them to a few dozen photon torpedoes. " - Scott, to McCoy, before Fox arrives on the bridge "The haggis is in the fire for sure." - Scott, to McCoy, after disobeying Fox's order to lower the ship's defenses "That popinjay Fox went down a couple of minutes ago." - Scott to Spock "Millions of people horribly killed! Complete destruction of our culture, here yes and the culture on Vendikar. Disaster, disease, starvation! Horrible lingering death! Pain and anguish!" - Anan 7, describing how an actual war would devastate his planet "Are those five hundred people of yours more important than the hundreds of millions of innocent people on Eminiar and Vendikar! What kind of monster are you?!" "I'm a barbarian. You said so yourself." -Anan 7 and James T. Kirk "A killer first, a builder second. A hunter, a warrior. And let's be honest, a murderer. That is our joint heritage, is it not?" - Anan 7, to Kirk "What are you doing, Mister Spock?" "Practicing a peculiar variety of diplomacy, sir." - Fox and Spock, before Spock destroys a disintegration station "I've never been a soldier, Mister Spock. But I learn very quickly." - Fox "I didn't start it, Councilman. But I'm liable to finish it." - Kirk to Anan 7, on the Eminiar-Vendikar War "Death, destruction, disease, horror. That's what war is all about, Anan. That's what makes it a thing to be avoided." - Kirk "We can admit that we're killers, but we're not going to kill today. That's all it takes." - Kirk, persuading Anan 7 to make peace "Captain, you almost make me believe in luck." "Why, Mister Spock, you almost make me believe in miracles." - Spock and Kirk Background information Production timeline Story outline by Robert Hamner: Revised story outline: Second revised story outline: Third revised story outline: Staff revised story outline: early- First draft teleplay by Hamner: Second draft teleplay: Revised script by Steven W. Carabatsos: Final draft teleplay by Carabatsos: Revised final draft teleplay by Gene L. Coon: Additional revisions: , Filmed: – Day 1 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge Day 2 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 9: Int. Bridge; Desilu Stage 10: Eminiar corridor Day 3 – , Thursday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Eminiar corridor (including Disintegration station) Day 4 – , Friday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Detention room, Ext. Eminiar materialization area, Int. Anan 7's quarters Day 5 – , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Eminiar council chamber Day 6 – , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 10: Int. Eminiar council chamber Original airdate: Rerun airdate: First UK airdate: Script and story Script consultant Steven W. Carabatsos and Robert Hamner are credited with writing the first-draft script. (The Star Trek Compendium, p. 56) According to David Gerrold, the computer tallies of war dead in this episode was a statement about Vietnam War deaths that began to be registered on nightly newscasts in 1967. Scotty's refusal to lower the shields against orders is based on an actual story from James Doohan's military service. As a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Artillery, he was threatened with Court Martial for real for saying "No sir, I will not," to a visiting colonel when he realized a training exercise order would entail blowing the heads off some of his own men. Fortunately, his immediate superiors backed him up and, like his fictional character, he was eventually promoted to captain. Production This episode was assigned to be filmed as Production #23, and as Production #24. However, as problems arose with the script, needed to be solved by further re-writing by Gene Coon, the staff switched productions with "Space Seed", whose script was in a shootable condition. This resulted in "Space Seed" being filmed first, before "A Taste of Armageddon". However, the switch was so quick, they never bothered to change the production numbers, therefore it was believed for decades that this episode was filmed first. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed. p. 460) Clapperboard images from both episodes also confirm that "Space Seed" was the first to be filmed. When Mea 3 escorts the landing party from the beam-down area to the council chamber, the transition of scenes is conveyed not through a cut or a dissolve, but through a wipe – the only time such an effect was used in the original series. This episode, , and begin and end with the same shot of the Enterprise. Cast George Takei (Sulu) does not appear in this episode. David Opatoshu (Anan 7) was previously considered by Gene Roddenberry for the role of Doctor Boyce in . The actor portraying Osborne is not credited in any sources. The incorrectly credits regular extra Frank da Vinci in the role. Sets and props The computer banks on Eminiar VII are also used in Starbase Operations in and aboard the shuttlecraft in . The necked viewscreens used on Eminiar VII are the same ones that appear on the ship in the two pilots and in Mendez's office in "The Menagerie". The statue seen in Anan's room can be seen in Sam Kirk's lab in . It is also very similar to the statue on Scalos in . The matte painting created for this episode was by Albert Whitlock; unfortunately, it is the last painting in the series into which live actors were inserted. This matte of the Eminiar capital city was re-used as the backdrop of Scalos in the third season episode . Anan 7's sash seems to be the same material as the Klingon vest. Similarly, Ambassador Fox's aide appears to be wearing the suit later worn by Arne Darvin in . The Eminian flip-top communicator was also re-used as a Klingon item. It became a Klingon communicator as seen in the episodes and . The sonic disruptors used in this episode would be slightly modified to become Klingon disruptors in , and in other episodes featuring the Klingons ( and ). The Romulans also used them in . The props' emitters were reworked for the Klingon/Romulan versions. The original Eminian emitters were reused on the large three-headed scanners used in Engineering, as seen in the episodes and . Continuity This episode includes the first use of the full name "United Federation of Planets"; whereas previously, "The Federation" had been mentioned in . Ambassador Fox refers to the "Federation Central" when angrily warning Scott he will be reported for not dropping the shields. At one point, Scott states that he cannot fire full phasers with the shields up, but that he could "treat" the Eminians to "a few dozen photon torpedoes." These restrictions and capabilities are mentioned in no other episodes. Notably, Ambassador Fox and his attaché are able to transport down to the planet's surface without having to lower the shields. Spock mentions the telepathic capabilities found "among Vulcanians." In , Harry Mudd referred to Spock as "part Vulcanian." Spock also uses the term "Vulcanian" in . Later episodes identified them as Vulcans. In the film , though not heard on screen, the name of the 's counterpart was the , named for Ambassador Robert Fox from this episode. The events of this episode have significance for the Prime Directive, though the directive is never actually discussed in the episode. Ambassador Fox orders that Kirk ignore a request from the alien civilization to avoid contact with them. It's unclear if the Prime Directive grants uncontacted civilizations the right to refuse contact. Kirk clearly states his intention to end the state of affairs on the planet, and with the help of other Enterprise crew destroys the computers that facilitate it, causing the society to breach its treaty with its enemy planet. Kirk invokes General Order 24, which if carried out would have destroyed the entire planet's population. It's unclear if this invocation was a bluff or not. It is also unclear if the order is permitted as a retaliatory action (as the Enterprise was attacked first), and if so, there's no indication that the disproportionate nature of the retaliation (which would have resulted in many millions of casualties and genocide of an entire culture) was ever discussed by the Enterprise crew. Media releases Related literature Bantam Books published a series of novelizations called "fotonovels," which took photographic stills from actual episodes and arranged word balloons and text over them, to create a formatted story. The fourth installment was an adaptation of this episode. Video and DVD releases Original US Betamax release: UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 13, catalog number VHR 2306, release date unknown US VHS release: UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.8, Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 12, As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection As part of the TOS Season 1 Blu-ray collection Links and references Starring William Shatner as Captain Kirk Leonard Nimoy as Spock Guest star David Opatoshu as Anan 7 Co-starring Gene Lyons as Ambassador Fox DeForest Kelley as McCoy James Doohan as Scott Featuring Barbara Babcock as Mea 3 Miko Mayama as Tamura David L. Ross as Galloway Nichelle Nichols as Uhura Sean Kenney as DePaul And Robert Sampson as Sar 6 Uncredited co-stars Dave Armstrong as Eminian guard Buzz Barbee as Fox's aide Majel Barrett as Computer Voice Bobby Bass as Eminian guard William Blackburn as Hadley John Blower as Eminian tecnician John Burnside as Eminian guard Dick Cherney as Eminian councilor Frank da Vinci as Brent Eminian guard Walker Edmiston as Eminian security (voice) Jeannie Malone as Yeoman Eminian woman Alan Marston an Eminian councilor Troy Melton as Eminian guard Monty O'Grady as Eminian councilor Eddie Paskey as Leslie Al Roberts as Eminian councilor Ron Veto as Harrison Unknown actors as Osborne Eminian escort 1 and 2 Eminian guards 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 Eminian technician Eminian women 2 and 3 References 1 million years ago; 18th century; 2217; 2247; ability; accusation; agreement; "all right"; alternative; Anan 7's wife; anguish; Argona II; arsenal; attack unit; authority; barbarian; building complex; "calculated risk"; captain's prerogative; casualty; casualty list; central channel; century; chance; civilization; central channel; choice; circuit; civilian; channel; Code 710; cold-blooded; commander; communication device; computer; contact; coordinates; corridor; councilman; course; crew; culture; danger; death; deception; decibel; deflector shield; detachment; diplomacy; diplomat; diplomatic relations; disaster; disintegration machine (a.k.a. casualty station, disintegration chamber, disintegration station, disintegrator, disintegrator station, suicide station); disruptor; disruptor beam; Division of Control; ; dozen; duty; Earth; efficiency; Eminian; Eminian High Council; Eminian council room; Eminian uniform; Eminian Union; Eminian war room; Eminiar; Eminiar-Vendikar War; Eminiar VII; Eminiar VII city; Eminiar VII cities; enemy; ; evidence; "excuse me"; expedition; experience; explosion; Federation Central; feeling; figuratively; fire; fire control system; first councilman; first officer; friendship; fusion bomb; general alert status; General Order 24; guard; haggis; hailing frequency; honesty; hospitality; hostage; hostility; Human (Human being); ; idea; immorality; "in comparison"; "in error"; "in place"; instinct; instruction; interplanetary war; job; joke; landing party; logic; luck; mathematics; mealy mouthed; mind meld; minute; miracle; mission; mistake; monkey wrench; multi-legged creature; murderer; navigator; negotiator; NGC 321; noon; "of course"; officer; orbital bombardment; orders; pain; passenger; peace; penal colony; percent; person; phaser bank; phaser crew; phaser number 1; ; photon torpedo; place; plan; planetary defense system; planetary disruptor banks; planetary official; population; popinjay; ; prerogative; Prime Directive; priority one; prisoner; probability; proof; quadrant; quota; radiation; raid; range; representative (special representative); risk; savage; scanner; Scots language; screens; second; security personnel; sensors; ship's captain; shore leave; shore party; shoulder; signal; society; soldier; sonic disruptor; sonic disruption; sonic vibration; space detail; spaceflight; standard orbit; "stand by"; star cluster; star cruiser; Starfleet regulations; starvation; subspace transmission unit; suicide; support position; surface; surrender; "take it easy"; telepathy; telepathic ability; thousand; traffic; tricobalt satellite; tricorder; treaty; treaty port; trova; tunnel; United Federation of Planets (Federation); ; Vendikan; Vendikar; Vendikar High Council; voice analyzer; voice duplicator; Vulcanian; Vulcan nerve pinch; wall; warrior; yellow alert Unreferenced material Dia; gunboat diplomacy; Ripoma External links de:Krieg der Computer es:A Taste of Armageddon fr:A Taste of Armageddon (épisode) it:Una guerra incredibile (episodio) ja:コンピューター戦争（エピソード） nl:A Taste of Armageddon pl:A Taste of Armageddon TOS episodes