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push aside debris, meteroids, microscopic particulates, and art director for the first Star Trek series. Jefferies, who is a pilot, other objects that might collide with the ship. The navigational based NCC on 20th-century aircraft registration codes. In such deflector of the Enterprise-D was modified in 2366 in a desperate ~~ 20th-century usage, an “N" first letter refers to an aircraft regiseffort to improvise a weapon against the Borg assault on Earth. tered in the United States of America. A “C" second letter refers (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part I" [TNG]). The modified deflector to a civil (non-military) aircraft. Jefferies added a second “C," just provided a single, massive pulse directed at the Borg ship. The because he thought it looked better. Think of it as being like the use of the weapon caused significant damage to the Enterprise arbitrary three-letter code that's part of automobile license plate D's warp drive and burned out the deflector itself, but failed to numbers in many states. stop the Borg vessel. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Parts II” [TNG]). On an Intrepid-class starship, the power of a transporter signal Nebula-class starship. Type of Federation starship, slightly could be boosted by tying the transporter system directly into the smaller than a Galaxy-class vessel. The Nebula-class ships feanavigational deflector. (“Non Sequitur” [VGRY]). While in Earth's tured a large upper equipment module, usually used for sensors, past in 2063, a group of Borg attempted to convert the that could be customized for different mission profiles. NebulaEnterprise-E's navigational deflector dish into an interplexing class ships have included the U.S.S. Phoenix (“The Wounded” beacon that they intended to use to communicate with the Borg [TNG]), the U.S.S. Sutherland (“Redemption, Part II" [TNG]), and collective in the Delta Quadrant. (Star Trek: First Contact). the U.S.S. Bellerophon (barely seen in the battle sequences of “Emissary” [DS9]). The Nebula-class ship was designed by Ed navigator. Aboard a starship, the bridge control station and the = Miarecki, Rick Sternbach, and Mike Okuda. The model was built officer responsible for projecting the desired course or trajectory by Greg Jein. of the vehicle and for determining the ship's actual position, — a velocity, and direction in relationship to that desired course. In (en I) more recent Federation starships, this function NWT T1ER TITRE A was merged with the Po —

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Navot. Bajoran faction embattled in 2369 in a border dispute with “Necessary Evil.” Deep Space Nine episode #28. Written by their neighbors, the Paqu. (“The Storyteller” [DS9]). SEE: Peter Allan Fields. Directed by James L. Conway. Stardate Glyrhond; Varis Sul; Woban. 47282.5, First aired in 1993. Odo 's investigation of an attack on Quark causes him to re-examine a 5-year-old murder case where Nayrok. (James Cromwell). Prime minister Kira was a suspect. SEE: Cardassian neck trick; Ches'sarro; of planet Angosia Ill in 2366, when the compressed tetryon beam; cortolin; desealer rod; Ferengi Angosian government sought membership Rules of Acquisition; Hadar, Gul; Kira Nerys; lita; magnasite in the Federation. Nayrok enlisted the aid of ~~ drops; Meldrar |; Odo; Pallra; pulsatel lockseal; Pyrellian ginthe Enterprise-D to help capture Roga ger tea; Quark; Rom; Terok Nor; Trazko; Vaatrik. . Danar, whom Nayrok identified as a fugitive criminal. It was learned that Danar was ~~ Nechani magistrate. (Harry Groener). Official of the Nechani the leader of a veterans’ group seeking government. The magistrate dealt with Captain Kathryn Janeway redress from the Angosian government for in 2373 when she wished to find a cure for an injured Voyager injuries they had received during the crew member. (“Sacred Ground” [VGR]). Tarsian War. Nayrok later requested assistance from the Enterprise-D in suppressing the unrest caused by Nechani. Humanoid civilization native to the Delta Quadrant. In Danar’s group, but Captain Picard declined on the grounds thatit 2373, the Nechani invited the crew of the Voyager to take shore was a purely local matter. (“The Hunted” [TNG]). James Cromwell leave on their planet. While visiting the Nechani homeworld, Kes later portrayed Jaglom Shrek in “Birthright, Parts | and II" (TNG), was inadvertently sent into a comalike state when she ventured Hanok in “Starship Down" (DSS), and Zefram Cochrane in Star into a shrine of the Nechisti Order. (“Sacred Ground” [VGR]) Trek: First Contact. He also played Farmer Hoggitt in the 1995 fantasy film Babe. Nechayev, Alynna. (Natalia Nogulich). Starfleet senior officer. Admiral Nazi. SEE: Ekosians; Gill, John; Melakon. Nechayev was responsible for the handling of the Celtris Ill incident in NCC. Spacecraft registry number prefix assigned to vessels of 2369. (“Chain of Command, Parts | & the Federation Starfleet. For example, the registry number of the I II" [TNG]). Nechayev blasted Picard original Starship Enterprise was NCC-1701. Experimental ves- for his decision to return the Borg sels developed by Starfleet sometimes had NX registry prefixes, 4 known as Hugh to the Borg collective as did the U.S.S. Excelsior when it was in its early testing stages. ~ without also sending an invasive pro(Star Trek Ill: The Search for Spock). Other vessels, under the gram developed by Enterprise-D perauspices of other operating authorities, had other registry prefix- sonnel. Picard protested that using es. The T'Pau, a ship of Vulcan registry, had an NSP registry the program, effectively a genocidal number prefix (“Unification, Part I" [TNG]), while the non-Starfleet » weapon of mass destruction. would science vessel Vico had an NAR prefix (“Hero Worship” [TNG]), be a violation of Starfleet’s principles, as did the Nenebek (“Final Mission” [TNG]), and an Yridian trans- but Nechayev, fearing a mass invasion by the Borg, ordered him port had a YLT prefix (“Birthright, Part II" [TNG]). Put another way, to use the weapon if another opportunity presented itself. NCC doesn't stand for anything. It was devised by Matt Jefferies, (Descent, Part |” [TNG]). Nechayev was promoted from