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276 LOCATOR BOMB THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE the fact that they had been attempting a maneuver that had been hole. (“The Forsaken” [DS9]). Michae/ Ensign also played Krola in banned by the academy for nearly a century. When the truth was “First Contact” (TNG). eventually revealed at an academy investigation, Locarno accepted responsibility for Albert's death, and was expelled Lokai. (Lou Antonio). Accused criminal from the planet Cheron (“The First Duty" [TNG]). Robert Duncan McNeill later played Tom who fled his planet's authorities across interstellar space for Paris on Star Trek: Voyager. 50,000 years. Lokai claimed he was the victim of racial persecution because his skin coloration was different from those from locator bomb. Sophisticated antipersonnel weapon capable of Cheron who called themselves the “master race.” Lokal was seeking out a specific person and detonating a sorium argine finally captured by Commissioner Bele in 2268. Upon returning explosive to kill the target. A locator bomb used sensors to their homeworld, they found that racial hatred had destroyed designed to lock on to the target's pheromones. In 2369, Quark's their society, leaving no survivors. (“Let That Be Your Last brother Rom and Zek's son, Krax, used a locator bomb in an Battlefield” [TOS]). attempt to assassinate Quark during his brief tenure as grand nagus. (“The Nagus” [DS9)) lokar beans. Ferengi food served at Quark’s bar on station Deep Space 9. (“Move Along Home,” “Progress”, “Rules of Lockheed Electra. Early suborbital aircraft in use on Earth dur- Acquisition” [DS9)). Apparently the Ferengi equivalent of pretzels. ing the 1930s. Noted aviator Amelia Earhart piloted a Lockheed Electra in her 1937 attempt to fly around the planet with navigator London Kings. Professional | J Fred Noonan. The flight was interrupted when both aircraft and ~~ baseball team that played on crew were abducted and transported to the Briori homeworld in Earth during the 21st century. L ’ the Delta Quadrant. (“The 37's” [VGR)]). (“The Big Goodbye" [TNG]). In 2015 a gifted ballplayer by the Locklin, Ensign. Member of the Enterprise-D's transporter crew. name of Buck Bokai played his - In 2367, she was the last person to use a transporter prior to the rookie year with the Kings. (“Past ¥ h Enterprise-D's encounter with a wormhole in the Ngame Nebula. Tense, Part II” [DS9]). While play- ’ (“Clues” [TNG]) ing shortshop, Bokai broke Joe DiMaggio's record for hits in oa Locutus of Borg. (Patrick Stewart) 8 consecutive games in 2026. I'v) L Borg leader created by the assim- ; (“The Big Goodbye" [TNG]). The ) ilation of Jean-Luc Picard into A MN London Kings won the World the Borg consciousness in 2366. Md Series in 2042, but by that time, Although the concept of a Borg . T— public interest in the sport had leader was, at the time, almost a - — fallen to the point where there were only 300 spectators at the last contradiction in terms, Locutus oo —— game. (“If Wishes Were Horses" [DS9)). was intended to provide a voice for the Borg, as part of a Borg plan . London, Jack. (Michael Aron). Early 20th-century American to assimilate the Federation. With writer (1876-1916). Prior to becoming a popular writer, London Picard's mind in the Borg collec- worked as a bellboy at the 19th-century San Francisco hotel tive consciousness, the powerful y where Commander Data took up lodging. (“Time's Arrow, Parts | adversary had access to all of Jj and II” [TNG]). The real Jack London was born in San Francisco Picard’s knowledge and experi- ' RE and spent part of his youth as an oyster pirate before leaving for ence, making him partially respon- | \- = the Klondike in 1897. While we have no evidence to support this, sible for the massive Federation | 2 itis possible that Jack London was working as a bellboy in 1893, defeat at the battle of Wolf 359. But z where he may have met an unusual “albino” customer with an the access proved to be two-way. The capture of Locutus by the affinity for poker. Enterprise-D personnel gave them access to the Borg collective consciousness, and they were able to defeat the Borg by exploiting “Lonely Among Us." Next Generation episode #8. Teleplay by D. this access. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Parts | and II" [TNG]). C. Fontana. Story by Michael Halperin. Directed by Cliff Bole. Locutus was to have been a voluntary counterpart of the Borg ~~ Stardate 41249.3. First aired in 1987. A mysterious cloud creature queen, with a mind of his own, not just another Borg drone. She attempts to communicate with the Enterprise-D crew through the wanted Picard to give himself freely to the Borg, but he resisted body of Captain Picard. Data first showed his interest in the and was forced into the collective. (Star Trek: First Contact). Sherlock Holmes stories during this episode. GUEST CAST: John Locutus was also featured in flashback scenes in “Emissary” (DS9). Durbin as Ssestar; Colm Meaney as O'Brien, Miles; Kavi Raz as Singh, Lieutenant Commander. SEE: Antica; Anticans; Badar log. An official record of mission progress kept by the command- N'D’'D; Beta Renner cloud; Beta Renner system; Channing, ing officer of a starship or starbase. Dr.; Enterprise-D, U.S.S.; Holmes, Sherlock; Parliament; Selay; Ssestar; Singh, Lieutenant Commander. Logan, Chief Engineer. (Vyto Ruginis). Chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise-D In late 2364. Logan expressed concern at Long Dark Tunnel, The. Pulp novel featuring the adventures of Geordi La Forge's relative inexperience when La Forge was tem- San Francisco gumshoe detective Dixon Hill. Published in 1936 porarily placed in command of the ship at planet Minos. (“The on Earth. (“The Big Goodbye" [TNG])). Arsenal of Freedom” [TNG]). Ironically, Logan was replaced as chief engineer by La Forge the following year in “The Child” (TNG). Longterm Medical Hologram. (Alexander Siddig). Holographic program intended to provide medical services in situations where logic. School of rigorously rational thought that forms the corner- life support or living space was at a premium such as at a stone of the Vulcan culture. The Vulcans nearly destroyed them- research or deep space outpost. Unlike the Emergency Medical selves in bitter wars until they rejected emotionalism in favor of Hologram, the LMH was designed to incorporate sophisticated logic. social skills, enabling it to interact with patients over an extended period. Hologram designer Dr. Lewis Zimmerman selected logo. Early 21st-century American slang term referring to person- Deep Space 9 physician Dr. Julian Bashir as the template for al identification. (“Past Tense, Part |" [DS9)). the LMH. Unfortunately, the plan was derailed when it was revealed that Bashir had undergone illegal genetic engineering as Lojal. (Michael Ensign). Vulcan ambassador. Lojal visited Deep a child. The LMH was developed at Starfleet's Jupiter Station Space 9 in 2369 on a fact-finding mission to the Bajoran worm- (“Doctor Bashir, | Presume?” [DS9)).