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THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE NANT 11

intermediate step between the Excelsior-class and the Galaxy- galaxy. The Starship Enterprise approached the organism shortly class starships. after stardate 4307 and was nearly crippled by the a amoeba’s energy-absorbing field, termed a “zone of Cm = Ee cv —— Sve = » darkness." The organism was destroyed by an anti—— y al e— matter bomb planted into the amoeba's nucleus with on —— assistance from a shuttlecraft piloted by Spock. (“The P3 1 ey ate ) Immunity Syndrome” [TOS]). 7 y/ “Amok Time." Original Series episode #34. Written by . Theodore Sturgeon. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Stardate ee 3372.7. First aired in 1967. Spock experiences the Vulcan matApri ate TR ing drive and must return home to take a wife, or die. This is ———— GE NUR the first episode in which the greetings "peace and long life” === D hele vv: so and “live long and prosper” were used. Also seen for the ———— RC Ly SOON first time in this episode were the Vuican hand salute | ‘ E ad or a bh « (invented by Leonard Nimoy) and the planet Vulcan itself. ) iz / cd on RY +4 GUEST CAST: Celia Lovsky as T'Pau; Arlene Martel as 8 “a $3 T'Pring; Lawrence Montaigne as Stonn; Majel Barrett | - i as Chapel, Christine; Byron Morrow as Komack, § |= 1-2 Admiral; Walker Edmiston as Space Central voice; yee A . if : Russ Peek as Vulcan executioner; Joe Paz, Charles ¢ A \ 2 ms eC ~@ {1 :: Palmer, Mauri Russell, Gary Wright, Vulcan litter bearA Ri Neamt 228 7) ers; Mauri Russell, Frank Vinci, Vulcan bell carriers: FE Nes, WR at Dave Perna as Spock's stunt double; Paul Baxley, Phil FIETTFE |, D MN La PV. Adams as Kirk's stunt doubles. SEE: ahn-woon; Altair VI; TeTere — hoy LC eel-birds; Federation Council; Finagle's law; Kal-if-fee; a) —— - Komack, Admiral; Koon-ut-kal-if-fee; Kroykah; lirpa; Bhs ors Te WE neural paralyzer; Plak-tow; plomeek soup; Pon farr; Regulus V; Spock; Stonn; T'Pau; T'Pring; tri-ox compound; Vulcan; Vulcan lute; Vulcans; wedding. American Sign Language. A form of nonverbal communication developed on Earth in the United States for communication by amphibian. A vertebrate animal capable of living both on land the hearing impaired. (“Macrocosm" [VGR]). and in water. The reproductive cycles of amphibians often involve both aquatic and land-based phases. Deanna Troi's activated Ameron. (Karl Wiedergott). Son of the Autarch of the llari nation introns caused her to devolve into an amphibian when she sufin the Delta Quadrant. Ameron was second in line to become fered from Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome in 2370. Autarch, after his older brother, Demmas. In 2373, Tieran killed ~~ (“Genesis" [TNG]). the Autarch, gaining the title for himself. Tieran, whose consciousness inhabited Kes's body, intended to marry Ameron in ~~ AMU. Antimatter unit. In 2372, Torres extracted 0.75 AMUs of order to solidify his power base. Although outraged at first, antiproton radiation from the Starship Voyager's warp core in Ameron became seduced by the promise of power and joined in an attempt to cure Thomas Paris's mutative process. Tieran's plan. (“Warlord” [VGR]). (“Threshold” [VGR]). Amleth Prime. Cardassian planet located within an emission amusement park planet. Planet in the Omicron Delta region nebula. The Cardassians maintained a station on Amleth Prime. equipped with sophisticated subterranean equipment that could (“Return to Grace" [DS9)) read the minds of visitors, then almost immediately create whatever itis that the visitor imagined. The original Starship Enterprise visamniotic fluid. Also known as liquor amnii or the “waters,” amniot- ited the amusement park planet in 2267. Members of an Enterprise ic fluid is the albuminous liquid that surrounds the fetus during preg- landing party encountered a variety of images, from old lovers and nancy in many mammalian species. The amniotic fluid of Spot's school rivals to storybook characters. Although the images were pregnancy protected her kittens from the influence of Barclay's fascinating, they were disturbing and even frightening until the Protomorphosis Syndrome in 2370; it was later found to have pro- landing party members understood what was happening. SEE: tected Alyssa Ogawa's fetus as well. Data was able to extract Alice; black knight; Caretaker; Finnegan; Police Special; Ruth; some of the antibodies from Ogawa's amnion and use them to syn- tiger; White Rabbit. (“Shore Leave” [TOS]. The actual name for thesize a retrovirus to combat the syndrome. “Genesis” [TNG]). the planet was not given in the episode. The location filming for “Shore Leave" took place near Los Angeles at Vasquez Rocks and amniotic scan. Sensor readings of the fluid contained within the ~~ Africa USA. Vasquez Rocks was featured in several Onginal Series amniotic sac of a mammalian pregnancy. Such a scan can pro- episodes, as well as in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. vide a wealth of information about the fetus, including its sex. It was also seen in “The Zanthi Misfits" episode of The Outer Limits. “Genesis” [TNG]). SEE: Cestus lll. (“Arena” [TOS)) amoeba. A massive spaceborne single-celled organism that analeptic. Pharmaceutical used as a restorative. (“Rise” [VGR]). consumed the Gamma 7A System and the U.S.S. Intrepid in 2268. The creature strongly Anan 7. (David Opatoshu). Leader of the p— resembled microscopic pro- High Council of planet Eminiar VII in tozoans found on terrestrial 2267. Anan 7 was his planet's military Fo Rll planets, save for its enormous commander in the war between Eminiar 4 [= Y. I size. The spaceborne amoe- and Vendikar. When the Starship 4 hr - CR ba was some 18,000 kilome- Enterprise arrived at Eminiar VII in 2267, J y oe NN ters long, and about 3,000 Anan tried to warn the ship to stay away. q : = kilometers wide, surrounded After the Enterprise ignored the warning, = by a large energy-absorbing it was Anan'’s difficult task to enforce the » ) field. The creature was believed ~~ declaration that the ship was a war casu- - o to originate from outside our alty under the agreement between his i E