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314 N'VEK, SUBCOMMANDER THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE N'Vek, Subcommander. (Scott MacDonald). Nador, Gul. (Mark Bramhall). Cardassian officer. Nador comRomulan officer and member of the under- manded a Galor-class warship that was patrolling the vicinity of ground supporting reunification of the the Argus Array in 2370. (In the quantum reality in which he Romulan and the Vulcan people. In 2369, existed, Nador took his ship into Federation territory in order to N'Vek was a key operative in an elabor- investigate the Enterprise-D's presence at the Argus Array. Nador ate plot to enable the defection of Vice- implied that the Federation was using the Array to “observe a Proconsul M'ret to the Federation. N'Vek arranged for the neighboring species” rather than gather astronomical data.) abduction of Enterprise-D officer Deanna Troi from Borka VI, then (*Parallels” [TNG]). had her surgically altered into Romulan form. N'Vek then coerced Troi to assume the Identity of Major Rakal, a member of the elite ~~ Nafir, ruins of. Archaeological site. Captain Picard visited the Tal Shiar intelligence service. Using Troi as pumms ruins of Nafir in 2370, just prior to his fateful visit to a bar on Rakal, N'Vek commandeered the Romulan Dessica Il. (“Gambit Part I” [TNG]). warbird Khazara, arranging for stasis con- , tainers with M'ret and two aides to be > Nagilum. (Earl Boen). An extradimentransported into Federation hands. N'Vek sional life-form. The Enterprise-D was killed while enabling Troi's return to the encountered Nagilum during a starEnterprise-D after the operation was com- gl mapping mission en route to the plete. (“Face of the Enemy" [TNG]). Scott JIE oo Morgana Quadrant in 2365. Nagilum MacDonald also played Tosk in “Captive Ei 3 “a threatened the lives of one-third to Pursuit” (DS9), Goran'Agar in "Hippocratic [HIERN one-half the Enterprise crew, but it was later learned the threat Oath" (DS9), and Rollins in "Caretaker" 3 was merely its effort of trying to understand the human concept (VGR) and "Dreadnought (VGR). Ts of life and death. (“Where Silence Has Lease” [TNG]).

N'yengoren strategy. Klingon attack tactic used against a forti- nagus, grand. Ferengi master of commerce. The grand nagus fied ground-based stronghold. (“Blood Oath” [DS9]). has enormous power over Ferengi business, controlling the allocation of trade territories and other commercial opportunities. In nacelle. In starship design, a large outboard structure that houses ~~ 2369, Grand Nagus Zek named Quark as his successor in a a warp-drive engine. Nacelles generally incorporate powerful trade conference held aboard Deep Space 9, although the subspace field generation coils and sometimes have Bussard appointment and Zek's subsequent apparent death were part of collectors to gather interstellar hydrogen. The interior of a warp ~~ a ruse intended to test his son, Krax. When a Nagus dies, his nacelle is dominated by a two rows of massive semi-circular body is immediately vacuum-desiccated and pieces are sold as warp-field coils that serve to transform the ship's drive plasma collector's items at handsome prices. SEE: Ferengi death ritustream into the subspace field that makes faster-than-light als. (“The Nagus” [DS9]). The grand nagus carried an ornate cane speeds possible. A nacelle's interior also includes a small control ~~ symbolizing his high rank. The cane featured a sculpted Ferengi room that permits maintenance and monitoring of the system's head made of gold at its top. It was customary to honor the nagus operation. Aboard a Galaxy-class starship, access to the by kissing the head of the cane. Grand Nagus Zek loaned his nacelle control room is via Jefferies tube. Most Federation star- cane to Benjamin Sisko in early 2371 in order to impress Quark ship designs feature two warp-engine nacelles mounted parallel with the importance of establishing business dealings with the to the axis of flight, whose net centerline is offset from the ship's Dominion. (“The Search, Part I” [DS9]). The first grand nagus was center of gravity. One of the nacelle control rooms aboard the ~~ Gint, the ancient entrepreneur who first devised the Ferengi Starship Enterprise-D was the site of a suicide that occurred in Rules of Acquisition that guide Ferengi commerce. (“Body 2362, prior to the ship's launch, (“Eye of the Beholder" [TNG]) Parts” [DS9)). “Nagus” was also a nickname given to David Some ships, like the U.S.S. Stargazer, have four warp engines Livingston, director of “The Nagus" (DSS), by Star Trek: Deep instead of the traditional two. Gene Roddenberry insisted that Space Nine director of photography Marvin Rush starships have even numbers of nacelles, although the future version of the Enterprise-D from “All Good Things...” (TNG) had “Nagus, The." Deep Space Nine episode #11 Teleplay by Ira three nacelles. The nacelle control room and plasma injectors Steven Behr. Story by David Livingston. Directed by David were a full-sized set designed by Richard James. The cavernous Livingston. No stardate given. First aired in 1993. The Ferengi warp coils were a miniature designed by Anthony Fredrickson “godfather” dies, and Quark is the heir apparent. GUEST CAST: and composited by visual effects supervisor David Stipes. The Max Grodénchik as Rom; Lou Wagner as Krax; Barry Gordon as design of the coils was based on a drawing by Rick Sternbach in Nava; Lee Arenberg as Gral; Aron Eisenberg as Nog; Tiny Ron as the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual = Lil rr ER EEBEREEFEEENEEEEEEREE ——

a um Maihar'du. Wallace Nacene. Noncorporeal extragalactic life-forms. The Nacene orig- — Shawn as Zek. SEE: inated outside of our galaxy and exist as pure sporocystian Arcybite; argine; energy who can travel through subspace, although they can Augergine stew; Bajoran Gratitude Festival; Balosnee VI; manifest themselves in solid humanoid form. A group of Nacene ~~ Barbo; Clarus System; Dolbargy sleeping trance; Ferengi explorers visited our galaxy a millennium ago, accidentally dev- Rules of Acquisition; fire caves; Gral; Hoex; Hupyrian; astating the environment of the Ocampa planet in the Delta Jokarian chess; Krax; locator bomb; Maihar'du; mizainite Quadrant. Two Nacene individuals, one known as the Caretaker, ore; nagus, grand; Nava; Nog; O'Brien, Miles; Rom; Sepulo; and another called Suspiria, remained behind to care for the sorium; Stakoron Il; Tarahong detention center; tube grubs; Ocampa. (“Cold Fire" [VGR]). Volchok Prime; Zek naDev ghos! Klingon for “Come Here!” (‘Redemption, Part I" [TNG]). ~~ Nahmi IV. Inhabited planet. Site of an outbreak of Correllium fever in 2366. The Enterprise-D was assigned to transport a colnadion. Subatomic particle associated with high-speed interac- lection of tissue samples from the Mikulaks to Nahmi IV, in hopes tions within atomic nuclei. Nadion emissions accompanied the that the samples would help contain the outbreak. (“Hollow discharge of a phaser beam. (“Time and Again” [VGR]) Pursuits” [TNG]).