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Centaurian slug

A Centaurian slug was a small parasitic animal which entered a humanoid host through the mouth, eventually traveling through the head to latch onto a victim's brain stem, where it released a toxin forcing the host to answer any and all questions posed.
In 2258, the Romulan Nero used a Centaurian slug in his interrogation of Captain in a successful attempt to learn the subspace frequencies of Starfleet's border protection grids surrounding Earth. () Following the ordeal aboard the Narada and his rescue by James Kirk, Pike was partially disabled and walked with a limp and a cane for the remainder of his life, an obvious physical injury brought on by the effects of the slug. 
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=== Background information ===
Screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman invented the Centaurian slug as an homage to the Ceti eel from . They considered having Nero actually use a Ceti eel, but "wanted 'homage' instead of a direct lift." 
In the film's script, the Centaurian slug was described as "the most disgusting creature you've seen" and "a slug with suckers and spikes, covered in a grimy muck." 
A deleted scene from the film establishes that Nero got the slugs from Klingon guards on Rura Penthe, who used the creatures to interrogate prisoners, and the scene also included dialogue stating a different mechanism for their effects: when placed into dark spaces, they furiously attempt to burrow their way out. ("Prison Interrogation and Breakout", DVD//Star Trek: The Compendium Blu-ray special features) In the scripted version of the scene, this was revealed to be because they are from a planet bathed in constant sunlight. 
The virtual collectible card battle game Star Trek: Rivals has a Centaurian slug as card #2.
=== See also ===
* Centauri VII
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Centaurus

Centaurus was a spring constellation visible from Earth's northern hemisphere. This constellation contained the Alpha Centauri system, which was the closest system to Earth. Stars in this constellation were located in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. ()
=== Related locations === 
* 1 Centauri
* Alpha Centauri
** Proxima Centauri
* Iota Centauri
* Menkent (Theta Centauri)
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Central America

Central America was the southernmost region of the North American continent. This region, which connected North America to South America, separated the Caribbean from the Pacific Ocean. ()
== Cultures ==
The northernmost part of this region was the ancient home of the Toltec and Mayan civilizations and was visited by Kukulkan in the distant past. ()
When the was accidentally transported from 2373 to 1996, Chakotay speculated he could work as an archaeologist in Central America, if there were no way back to the 24th century. According to Chakotay, important discoveries still were to be made in this time, which could even earn him a Nobel Prize. ()
The ancestral "sacred land" of the Nicarao and Rubber Tree People was located in the rainforests of Ometepe island in Central America, where some of their descendants still lived in the 24th century. They believed the Sky Spirits had led them there. Kolopak once took his son Chakotay on an expedition to Central America to find them. (; )
== History== 
In the mid-20th century, Central America was depicted on the mission insignia for Apollo 1, Apollo 7, Apollo 8, Apollo 10, and Apollo 11. ()
A 21st century-era political map of Earth was stored in the 's library computer in 2254. The North American continent was seen on this map. This map was among the materials viewed by the Talosians when they scanned the Enterprise computer. ()
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Central Casting

Central Casting is a casting company specialized in casting background performers, stand-ins and body doubles. The company was established in 1925 and is located in Burbank, California, USA. In 2006 Central Casting opened its New York division, followed by a Louisiana division in 2014, and a Georgia division in 2016.
Central Casting worked on the following Star Trek television series and feature films:
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* – All seven seasons (uncredited)
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* – All four seasons (uncredited)
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* (credited is Carl Joy)
Regular Next Generation background actor, stand-in and photo double Guy Vardaman was cast through Central Casting for his first Trek appearance in the first season episode . Mary Meinel-Newport was also represented by Central Casting when she was hired to work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as were Cathy DeBuono , Susan Raborn , Ralph Moratz, Robin Morselli, Rebecca Rose, David Getz, Trina Mortley, and Josh Moreno.
Central Casting also worked on hundreds of other productions including the television series Dallas, Battlestar Galactica, , Knight Rider, Cheers, Night Court, , , Alien Nation, , , The Simpsons, , , Melrose Place, , Frasier, , , , , , That 70s Show, , King of Queens, , The Sopranos, , , , Big Brother, , Alias, Scrubs, , CSI: Miami, Birds of Prey, , , Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Two and a Half Men, , , CSI: New York, , , , , , , Heroes, , Californication, Chuck, Gossip Girl, , 90210, Dollhouse, , Blue Bloods, and Ringer.
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* Jennifer Bender – Vice President
* Josh Engler – Extras Casting
* Carl Joy – Extras Casting
* Andy Krieger – Extras Casting
* Chuck Maytum – Extras Casting
* Danny Nero – Extras Casting
* Lauren Parker – Extras Casting
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Central Middle School Star Trek Petition (podcast)

== Summary ==
:Back when petitions were on paper rather than online, the seventh and eighth graders at Dover, DE's Central Middle School added their signatures to the throngs of fans who wanted Star Trek to return to network TV. Who started the petition? We may never know. How did Gene Roddenberry react? We do know that, and we'll share the answer in this week's Trek Files.
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Central alcove

The central alcove was a specialized Borg regeneration device that was specifically coded for use by the Borg Queen.
Each Borg drone was assigned to a specific Borg alcove within the vessel they were assigned to, while specific alcoves could be interchanged with certain modifications, the central alcove, however, was meant only for the Queen. This chamber held the biological components of the Queens upper torso and head for regeneration while a mechanical lower half body was assembled and attached when the Borg Queen emerges. Typically, however, her emergence only occurred when the situation was deemed necessary. (; )
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Cepheus

Cepheus was the primary of a planetary system. This was a unary star system with a sole planet, Terra 10. The star was located in the Alpha or Beta Quadrant and was near the gas cloud of the nova Arachna. The nearest starbase was Starbase 23.
Prior to stardate 5577, no radio transmissions were ever produced in this system. In 2269, an intersat code message was transmitted from Terra 10. It was later determined by the that an Earth expedition had established a colony on the system's only planet. The colony was later evacuated to a new planet, Verdanis. ()
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Cerberus Colony

The Cerberus Colony was a Federation colony on the planet Cerberus. The colony was located in the Alpha or Beta Quadrant.
T'quiel Dawn was born in the North Continent of the Cerberus Colony on February 6, 2247. ()
In 2259, the settlement experienced a crop failure and the entire population was in danger of starvation. They were saved when noted philanthropist Carter Winston used his personal fortune to bring in enough food and goods to carry them through the crisis. Among those saved was Joanna McCoy, the daughter of Leonard McCoy. ()
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Cerberus II

Cerberus II was the inhabited second planet of the Cerberus system. This planet was located in the Alpha or Beta Quadrant and was the homeworld of the Cerberus II natives. 
Prior to stardate 41309, the natives of Cerberus II had developed a medical process, widely thought to be only a myth, that rejuvenated aged bodies. The process was quite dangerous and painful and was not usually administered to aliens. However, in 2364, Starfleet Admiral Mark Jameson, who years before had negotiated a treaty on the planet, was able to obtain two courses of the treatment. He intended to administer the first to himself to treat his Iverson's Disease and as a test of the treatment on Humans, and, if he succeeded, the second to his wife.
The process consisted of herb and drug combinations that were self-administered over a period of two years, and the reaction to the treatment depended on the individual being treated, specifically their DNA.
In an attempt to rapidly strengthen himself, Admiral Jameson consumed both the remainder of his doses, and all of his wife's, a move that ultimately caused his health to deteriorate even more rapidly. ()
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* Cerberus
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Cerberus system

The Cerberus system was an inhabited planetary system. A colony was established on Cerberus by the prior to 2259. Cerberus II had a native population. 
Carter Winston helped save the Federation citizens of Cerberus colony, including Joanna McCoy, from a supply shortage. ()
In the mid-24th century, Mark Jameson visited Cerberus II on several diplomatic missions for treaty negotiations. ()
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Cereal

Cereal was a type of food usually eaten at breakfast.
In 2024, there were at least three types of cereal available at the in Los Angeles. These were Cinnamon Crunch, Honey Nut O's and Strawberry Awake. ()
According to a commercial, Tribbles was a cereal that was made with real tribbles. This made it possible for the cereal to self-replicate. ()
In 2375, while contemplating how to tell Naomi Wildman that her mother was missing after the crashed, Neelix imagined offering her papalla juice with her cereal, then springing the news on her with little fanfare. ()
==Types of cereal==
===Cold cereal===
* Cinnamon Crunch
* Honey Nut O's
* Strawberry Awake
* Tribbles
** Hairy Berry
** Original Flavor
** Spicy Ranch
===Hot cereal===
* Gruel
* Oatmeal
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Ceremony of Innocence

Spectre of War!
== Summary ==
== Background information ==
=== Creators ===
* Based on created by Gene Roddenberry
* Writer: Michael Jan Friedman
* Artists: 
** Gordon Purcell (pencil art – interior and cover)
** Terry Pallot (ink art – interior and cover)
** Rick Taylor (color art)
** Chris Eliopoulos (letter art)
* Editor: Margaret Clark
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;Jean-Luc Picard
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Cerritos captain's yacht

The Cerritos captain's yacht was a Type 6A captain's yacht assigned to the during the 2380s.
In 2380, Ensign Beckett Mariner signed out the keys to the captain's yacht. When she invited Ensign Brad Boimler to join her there, he explained that she shouldn't have those, but she assured him that "it [was] cool" because she signed them out under his name. () Later that year, Lieutenant Steve Levy provided design recommendations for the captain's yacht to Mariner to pass along to her mother. ()
In 2381, Captain Freeman intended to take her yacht to Lapeeria when the Cerritos was unable to reach the planet. Ensigns Sam Rutherford and D'Vana Tendi, who had sneaked aboard prior to this, hid in the back, but revealed themselves when Rutherford suggested that the Cerritos could be used instead, as long as its deck plating was removed. ()
Later that year, Rutherford's cybernetic implant malfunctioned and caused his pre-implant personality to take over his body. The younger Rutherford attempted to steal the Cerritos captain's yacht and escape, but was stunned by Lieutenant Shaxs. ()
Later that year, Captain Freeman used the captain's yacht to rescue Mariner from Nova One, heading into an ion storm Mariner had navigated the into to prevent a Ferengi-designed Genesis Device she had seized from Nick Locarno from falling back into Locarno's hands. Mariner was beamed aboard before she could be murdered by Locarno, and, with Locarno having raised shields to refuse rescue and Mariner having set off the Genesis Device to remove it as a threat, the yacht fled the ion storm before the Genesis Device detonated. ()
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Certainty

Certainty was the state of being absolutely sure or confident about something, having no doubt or question.
In 2364, Data told Jean-Luc Picard that he (i.e. the android) believe that the source of the malfunction was programmed to destroy any person moving in the hydraulics room, and Picard asked if it was certainty or speculation, to which Data replied that it was certainty. ()
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Cestus system

The Cestus system was an inhabited planetary system in the Beta Quadrant. It was a unary star system consisting of a primary and at least three planets, including Cestus III. The planet was home to a Federation colony.
== Stellar Cartography ==
In 2259, the location of this system was labeled on a Federation star chart, relatively near the Galdonterre system, Deep Space 2, and the Gorn border. ()
In 2293, the location of this system was labeled in a star chart found on the navigation console of the . ()
In the late 24th century, this system was located on the other side of the Federation from Deep Space 9, which was located in the Alpha Quadrant. ()
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Cetacean

Cetaceans were aquatic mammals indigenous to the planet Earth and many other worlds with large oceans, such as Zadar IV. Some cetacean species were considered sentient beings. The Blue Whale was the largest known creature ever to inhabit the Earth.
In 2286, an unidentified probe tried to make contact with the then-extinct humpback whale species, and in doing so wreaked havoc on Earth's ecosystem, before Admiral Kirk managed to transport two members of the species from the 20th century back to the 23rd. The probe, apparently satisfied, reversed its course. ()
Harry Bernard often watched a native species of dolphins on Zadar IV when his father was stationed as an oceanographer there. ()
In an alternate timeline created when the disappeared from the Battle of Narendra III, Cetacean Ops was a department aboard the warship . Shortly after the Enterprise-C emerged from the temporal rift, Joshua Kim was paged to Cetacean Ops. ()
Dolphins were present aboard the Enterprise-D in some capacity. In 2368, Geordi La Forge took the Ferengi Par Lenor to see the dolphins in order to keep him from disturbing Kriosian Ambassador Briam. () The dolphins may have been in the aquatics lab. ()
The had a Cetacean Ops department, staffed by two Beluga whales, Matt and Kimolu. ()
== Cetaceans ==
* Dolphin
** Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
** Pink dolphin
** Killer whale (Orcinus orca)
* Whale
** Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdi)
** Beluga whale
** Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
** Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
** Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
** Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
=== Related topics ===
* Denebian whale
== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual gives further information about the cetaceans aboard starships, stating they (a mixed group of Bottlenose dolphins and Takaya's whales) are actually crewmembers and form a guidance and navigation consultation team. These cetaceans are elite specialists in navigation, and Starfleet consults them on suggested system upgrades. The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints also show several large cetacean tanks within the saucer section. Although the above reference to dolphins in "The Perfect Mate" was written at the request of the manual's co-author Rick Sternbach, it was never revealed in an episode whether or not the cetaceans are crewmembers as stated here.
Cetacean crew members were eventually shown aboard the and .
=== Apocrypha ===
The early concept art for the computer game Star Trek Online includes a sketch for an aboard a Galaxy-class starship, which may or may not be the one mentioned in the TNG episode .
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Cetacean Ops

Cetacean Ops was a facility aboard certain Starfleet starships, during the latter half of the 24th century, which was responsible for a ship's navigation. They generally contained an aquarium, so as to simulate the natural habitat of various cetacean lifeforms. By the 2380s, these facilities had been installed on , , and starships.
== Galaxy-class ==
In the 2360s, the Galaxy-class housed Tursiops crewmembers. Their designated facility was marked next to one of the many onboard holodeck facilities. (, )
In 2366 of an alternate timeline created by a time-traveling , Doctor Joshua Kim was ordered to report to Cetacean Ops on the USS Enterprise-D, shortly after the warship encountered a temporal rift. ()
== California-class ==
By the 2380s, the California-class was built with a relatively small Cetacean Ops facility that consisted of a long narrow vertical tube, with several smaller connected horizontal tubes. s Kimolu and Matt were beluga whales who served aboard the starship. Cetacean Ops was vital for safe warp travel; were Kimolu or Matt to be incapacitated – such as by being possessed by an anaphasic lifeform – or Cetacean Ops to malfunction for some other reason, the Cerritos would be limited to sublight speeds and thus stranded. ()
== Lamarr-class ==
By the mid-2380s, when the Lamarr-class launched on its maiden voyage to follow the wormhole created by the destruction of the , the ship launched with a Cetacean Ops facility manned by Rok-Tahk and a female Humpback whale named Gillian. ()
The mirror universe version of the ship, the , also had a Cetacean Ops facility. ()
During the Battle of Solum, Gillian helped guide the ship and the Protostar through the Loom and into a wormhole after the rest of the Voyager-A's navigation systems went down. ()
Cetacean Ops' location on the Voyager-A was labeled in the ship's master systems display. ()
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=== Background information ===
The term "Cetacean Ops" was first heard in the "background chatter" during "Yesterday's Enterprise". The subtitles for the episode on streaming services – including both Netflix and Amazon – as well as the TNG Season 3 Blu-ray release, give the facility's name as "station Ops."
According to the 1996 reference book Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints, the cetacean ops facilities, including a cetacean navigation lab and four cetacean lifeboats, were located on Deck 13, with the navigation labs extending into Deck 14 as well. Conceptual artwork at shows that the facility may have been featured in the original version of Star Trek Online.
According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, the ship's dolphins work in navigation and are overseen by two whales of species Orcinus orca takayai, or Takaya's Whales. This references the 1988 anime OVA , where the starship Exelion uses dolphins for navigation due to their natural familiarity with moving in three dimensions; as well as the name of that series' protagonist, Noriko Takaya.
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Ceti Alpha IV

Ceti Alpha IV was the fourth planet of the Ceti Alpha system. This planet was located inside Sector 25712 of the Alpha Quadrant.
Beckett Mariner once stranded Malvus on Ceti Alpha IV, which he insisted was "way worse" than Ceti Alpha V. Malvus still held a grudge over this incident when Mariner and Brad Boimler approached him for help in 2381. Mariner apologized, saying that she "really thought there was life there." ()
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Ceti Alpha VI

Ceti Alpha VI was the uninhabited sixth planet of the Ceti Alpha system. This planet was located inside Sector 25712 of the Alpha Quadrant and was located a considerable distance from the Delphic Expanse and the planet Denobula as well as three days away from Regula I at an unspecified warp speed. The nearest starbase was Starbase 12. (; ; )
The planet exploded for reasons unknown in 2267, approximately six months after Khan Noonien Singh and his followers were exiled on Ceti Alpha V. The shock of the explosion shifted the orbit of Ceti Alpha V, destroying that planet's ecosystem, making the planet virtually uninhabitable. 
In 2285, the arrived in the Ceti Alpha system to find a suitable planet for testing of the Genesis Device. Believing that the planet was Ceti Alpha VI, Pavel Chekov and Captain Clark Terrell personally beamed down to its sister world, Ceti Alpha V, to confirm a scant detection of possible lifeforms. On the harsh, desert surface, they found a ramshackle shelter made up of several cargo containers, the inhabitants missing. As they explored the containers, Chekov, looking closely at a nearby strap buckle, saw the name SS Botany Bay stamped on it and realized to his horror that the containers belonged to the exiled augment, Khan. Urging his captain to follow him outside, the two were captured by Khan himself and the remnants of his crew. ()
In an alternate timeline, Human refugees fled to the Ceti Alpha system, following the Xindi's successful destruction of Earth in February 2154, during the relentless pursuit of the Xindi to eradicate all Human colonies. ()
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=== Background information ===
This planet's quadrant of origin is inferred based on the position of Starbase 12, the closest starbase, as seen in the star chart appearing in the episode .
=== Apocrypha ===
In Greg Coxs To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh, Spock theorizes that a small black hole might have passed through the system, too small to be detected easily by the sensors aboard the , and that its immense gravity destroyed Ceti Alpha VI and fundamentally altered the orbit of Ceti Alpha V.
The Star Trek: Vanguard novel Storming Heaven sets out that its destruction is inadvertently caused by Starfleet use of technology.
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Ceti Alpha star system

The Ceti Alpha star system was a planetary system located within Sector 25712 of the Alpha Quadrant. It was a unary star system consisting of the primary Ceti Alpha and at least six planets until 2267, when Ceti Alpha VI mysteriously exploded. This explosion shifted the orbit of Ceti Alpha V, causing massive ecological devastation on this barely M-class world.
This system was located a considerable distance from the Delphic Expanse and the planet Denobula as well as three days away from Regula I at an unspecified warp speed. The nearest starbase was Starbase 12. (; ; )
Ceti Alpha V was a "habitable, although a bit savage, somewhat inhospitable" planet chosen by Captain Kirk to resettle Khan Noonien Singh and the crew of the after their attempted takeover of the in 2267. () 
Six months later, Ceti Alpha VI exploded, shifting Ceti Alpha V's orbit and rendering the latter planet incapable of supporting complex life. This was discovered when the visited the system in 2285. ()
In an alternate timeline, Ceti Alpha V was the refuge for the last 6,000 members of the Human species in the 2150s and 2160s, survivors of the devastating Xindi attacks on Earth and its colonies, as it was far from the Delphic Expanse. The guided a convoy of refugees there. ()
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