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magnetic probe. Handheld engineering tool. Enterprise engi- Hupyrian, and shared his people's neering officer Scott used a magnetic probe to seal the matter- ,*++| tradition of devotion to their emantimatter flow that caused the ship to travel at dangerously =m NG ployers. This faithful servant taught accelerated speeds when Losira sabotaged the ship's engines in J Zek how to enter a Dolbargy sleep2268. (“That Which Survives” (TOS). , : ing trance to fake his death. (“The 5 y Nagus® [DS9]). His duties also magnetic resonance traces. Subtle electromagnetic patterns B included attending to the grand discovered in sections of the Enterprise-D hull after their f= nagus's personal grooming. (“Rules encounter with the Borg at System J-25 in 2365, these were of Acquisition” [DS9]). As a Hupyrian believed to be indicative of Borg activity—a “Borg footprint.” The servant, Maihar'du took a vow only same resonance traces were also discovered in the remains of to speak to his master, Grand Nagus the New Providence colony in late 2366, and confirmed that the Zek. (“Prophet Motive” [DS9]). Borg had indeed been responsible for the disappearance of the colony. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part I" [TNG]). main bridge. SEE: bridge.

magnetic seals. Component of the matter/antimatter contain- main fusion reactor. Primary source of power for station Deep ment system aboard Federation starships. The seals help pre- Space 9. In 2371, the main fusion reactor overloaded and vent the highly volatile antimatter from coming into contact with exploded after a self-destruct sequence was automatically trigthe structure of the ship. The magnetic seals of the U.S.S. gered by the station's main computer. At the last instant, the Yamato collapsed just prior to that ship's explosion in 2365. An energy of the blast was directed into the station's deflector emergency system that should have dumped the antimatter from shields, saving the station from destruction. (“Civil Defense” the ship in that situation evidently failed. (“Contagion™ [TNG]). [DS9)).

magnetic spindle bearings. Mechanisms used in a Federation main particle impeller. Component of Dr. Farallon's experimenstarship's reaction control assembly. (“Fair Trade” [VGR)]). tal particle fountain. Dr. Farallon's particle impeller overloaded, causing radiation to contaminate the work station on planet Tyrus magnetic storm. Electromagnetic spatial disturbance. In 2373, VIIA in 2369. (“The Quality of Life" [TNG]) the Voyager shuttlecraft Sacajawea became caught in a magnetic storm and crashed on a planet in a binary system in the main shuttlebay. SEE: shuttiebay. Delta Quadrant. Kathryn Janeway was almost killed in the crash. (“Coda” [VGR]). maintenance conduit. Access tunnel on Deep Space 9, much like the Jefferies tubes aboard Federation starships. (“Civil magneton scan. Highly accurate sensor protocol. The magne- Defense” [DS9)) ton scan was considered the most precise instrument available aboard the Starship Voyager, and was employed on stardate Maizie series. (Tamara Wilson and Starr Wilson). Model of 48734 in an effort to locate a suspected alien presence aboard android designed by Harcourt Fenton Mudd in 2267. (*I, Mudd” the ship. (“Cathexis” [VGR]). [TOS)).

magnetospheric energy taps. Technology developed on the Maj ram. Klingon for “Good Night." (“The Sword of Kahless” Alpha Moon of planet Peliar Zel. The taps allowed the magnetic [DS9]). field of Peliar Zel to be used as an energy source for Alpha Moon. Unfortunately, the magnetospheric field created by the tap maje. Title of authority in the Kazon Collective. Jabin was first crossed the orbit of Beta Moon. The field caused severe environ- mae of the Kazon-Ogla sect. (“Caretaker” [VGR]) mental damage to Beta Moon in 2367, increasing the pre-existing political tensions between the governments of the two moons. MajQa, Rite of. Klingon ritual involving deep meditation in the (“The Host" [TNG]). SEE: Odan, Ambassador. lava caves of No’Mat. Prolonged exposure to the heat is believed to induce a hallucinatory effect. Great significance is attached to mahko root. Plant any visions received during the MajQa, and revelations of one's used by the Kahn-ut- father are believed to be the most important. When Worf was tu women of Tyree's young, his adoptive parents arranged for him to experience the planet to cure the poison- Rite of MajQa. (“Birthright, Part I" [TNG]) ous bite of the mugato When James Kirk suffered Mak’ala, Caves of. Geological formation located on the Trill such a bite in 2267, Kahn-ut-tu homeworld. The caves contain interconnecting pools that stretch woman Nona inflicted a knife wound on herself, then allowed her for kilometers under the surface of the planet. The pools are the blood to pass through the mahko root to Kirk's injury, curing him. breeding environment for Trill symbionts. (“Equilibrium” [DSS]). (“A Private Little War” [TOS]). mak’dar. Klingon insult. (“The House of Quark” [DS9]) Maht-H'a, I.K.S. Klingon Vor'cha-class attack cruiser. Under the command of Captain Nu'Daq, the Maht-H’a participated in 2369 Makar. Romulan warbird. The Makar was lost in the Tal Shiar in the discovery of a four-billion-year-old genetically encoded attack on the Founders’ homeworld in 2371. (“The Die is Cast” message from an ancient humanoid species. (“The Chase” [DS9)). [TNG]). SEE: Galen, Professor Richard; humanoid life makara herb. Native Bajoran flora, noted for their medicinal Maid Marian. (Jennifer Hetrick). In Earth p value. Makara herbs are administered to pregnant Bajoran mythology, the woman who loved leg- women to raise progesterone levels. Dr. Julian Bashir prescribed endary English outlaw Robin Hood. Vash - makora herbs for Kira Nerys, when she was carrying Kirayoshi was cast in the role of Maid Marian by Q BEER [53 =\ O'Brien, in 2373 to help her swollen ankles. (“Looking for during a fantasy he crafted for the § re par’Mach in All the Wrong Places” [DS9)]). Kira likened the taste to Enterprise-D crew. (“QPid" [TNG]) \ > “something that crawled out of Quark’s ear.” The makara acted + as a counteragent when she was injected with merfadon on starMaihar'du. (Tiny Ron). Tall, prune-faced | & date 50416 by Silaran Prin, who blamed her for the explosion humanoid who was the faithful servant \' 9 years earlier that had disfigured him. (“The Darkness and the of Grand Nagus Zek. Maihar'du was ® No Light" [DS9))