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4 MR TRAM THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE

air tram. Transit vehicle used in the San Francisco Bay area in Akaar, Teer. (Ben Gage). High teer or the 23rd century. Admiral Kirk rode an air tram to Starfleet leader of the Ten Tribes of planet Capella Headquarters prior to his meeting with Admiral Nogura regarding IV. Akaar was killed in 2267 by rival » the V'Ger threat. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture). Maab in a power struggle for leadership Ina : of the ten tribes. Akaar was succeeded | E— » by his son, Leonard James Akaar, born 4D ey = n of his widow Eleen shortly after the elder er y v Akaar's death. ("Friday's Child" [TOS]) " gy Akadar, Temple of. Ancient ceremonial temple from which, centuries ago, the brothers Krios and Valt ruled a vast interstellar empire. In 2368, a holodeck re-creation of the temple served as airlock. Aboard a spaceship or space station, an airlock is a the location of a Ceremony of Reconciliation between the peochamber that permits personnel to pass from an area in which an ples of two star systems that had taken the names of each of the atmosphere is maintained, into an area where no atmosphere, or brothers. ("The Perfect Mate” [TNG]) a different atmosphere, exists. Typically, airlocks are used to exit a vehicle into the vacuum of space. Aboard station Deep Space Akagi, U.S.S. Federation starship, Rigel class, Starfleet registry 9, airlocks are also used as passageways to docked spacecraft. number NCC-62158. The Akagi served in Picard's armada to (“Captive Pursuit” [DS9]) blockade Romulan supply ships supplying the Duras family forces during the Klingon civil war in 2368. (Redemption, Part airponics bay. Compartment aboard the Starship Voyager dedi- II" [TNG]). The Akagi was named for the Japanese carrier that cated to plant cultivation using a moist air medium rather than fought the American warship U.S.S. Hornet in the bitter Battle of soil. The airponics bay was maintained by Kes, who used itto Midway in World War Il. Episode writer Ron Moore thought it fithelp supplement the crew's food supply. (“Elogium” [VGR]) Kes ting that in Star Trek's future, the Akagi would be serving alongaccidentally destroyed all the plants in the bay in early 2372 when side the Hornet. she lost control of her psychokinetic powers. (“Cold Fire" [VGR]). SEE: hydroponics bay Akira-class starship. Type of Federation starship in use in the late 24th century. The U.S.S. Thunderchild was a ship of the Akira Ajax, U.S.S. Federation starship, Apollo class, Starfleet registry class. (Star Trek: First Contact). The Akira-class starship was number NCC-11574. In 2327, the Ajax was Ensign Cortin Zweller's designed by Alex Jaegar at ILM. It was rendered as a computer first assignment after his graduation from Starfleet Academy generated visual effect. Named for the animated fantasy film. (“Tapestry” [TNG]). In 2364, Starfleet propulsion specialist Kosinski tested an experimental warp drive upgrade = . > on the Ajax, although it was later discovered that a — Rp eee — Kosinski's theories were baseless. Be Sr | ito (“Where No One Has Gone Before." pa Rn SU = [TNG]). In 2368, the Ajax served as | EE — part of the tachyon detection grid, 0 ————— - = lr = part of Picard’s blockade against \——————— 1 Te Romulan interference during the Klingon civil war. (“Redemption, Part II" [TNG]). Named for two heroes akoonah. Small technological device developed by Native from Greek mythology who fought in the Trojan War, Ajax of American scientists to facilitate the vision quest experience. Salamis and Ajax of Locnis, such as the search for animal guides. In ancient times, psychoactive herbs were used to achieve a vision quest. Chakotay had an Ajilon Prime. Federation Class-M planet. Site of a skirmish akoonah in his medicine bundle. (“The Cloud” [VGR)). between Klingon and Federation forces in early 2373. Deep Space 9 personnel Dr. Julian Bashir and Jake Sisko went to Akorem Laan. (Richard Libertini) Ajilon Prime to help in an emergency underground hospital during Renowned 22nd-century Bajoran poet. -— the battle. (“Nor the Battle to the Strong” [DS9]). Akorem's works included Kitara's Song ~ and Gaudaal's Lament. Akorem Laan disAjur. (Karen Landry). Twenty-seventh-century Vorgon criminal appeared without a trace in 2172 when / who traveled backward in time to locate Captain Picard and the his traditional Bajoran solar-sail vessel = Tox Uthat. (“Captain's Holiday" [TNG]). encountered an ion storm. Two centuries later, he emerged from the Bajoran worm“Ak’la bella doo.” Klingon folk song. Jadzia Dax taught the song to hole. Akorem, who had not aged at all, the proprietor of the Klingon kiosk on DS9. He was amazed that she believed that his experience in discovering knew a Klingon song he had never heard. (“Playing God" [DS9)]). the wormhole and encountering the Prophets made him the Emissary of the Ak'voh. Old Klingon tradition in which a fallen warrior's comrades ~~ Bajoran people. Benjamin Sisko willingly relinquished the title to stay with the body to keep away predators. This allowed the spir- ~~ Akorem, who immediately instituted a series of conservative reliit to leave the body when it was time to make the journey to gious reforms in Bajoran society. Unfortunately, certain traditional Sto'vo’kor. (“The Ship" [DS9]). Bajoran values, such as the discriminatory D'jarra caste system, while comforting to Akorem, were no longer appropriate in Akaar, Leonard James. Son of Eleen modern Bajoran society, and even infringed on individual rights. and Teer Akaar on planet Capella IV, Akorem returned to his own time after the Prophets made it born 2267. Leonard James Akaar was clear that he was not the Emissary of Bajoran prophecy. hereditary leader, or teer, of the Ten Tribes Akorem's return to his own time caused a change in the time on that planet, and was named after line. Instead of disappearing in 2172, Akorem returned from his Captain James Kirk and Chief Surgeon voyage to live out his life, even completing his epic poem, The Leonard McCoy. Akaar's mother, Eleen, Call of the Prophets. (History had previously recorded that the ruled as regent during his childhood poem was unfinished at the time of his disappearance.) Such Eleen's decision to name the boy after the alternations in time would ordinarily be undetectable to individtwo Starfleet officers was believed to have made both of them uals within the affected timeline, but for some reason, Kira insufferably proud for at least a month. (“Friday's Child" [TOS]). Nerys retained a memory of the changes, even though Akorem