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378 PLASMA FIRE THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE

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plasma fire. Combustion supported by the intense heat from an unstable, and typically burn themselves out within a few years. externally supplied ionized plasma gas source, such as those (“Alter Ego” [VGR]). found in a starship's internal power grid. (“Disaster” [TNG]). plasma stream. See: nacelle. plasma flares. Technical component. Combined with other supplies, plasma flares can be used to create a biogenic weapon. plasma streamer. Gas current flow(“Preemptive Strike” [TNG]). ing through space between one star - of a binary pair and the other. The [2 plasma grid. Component of the warp drive partially responsible ~ Starship Yosemite encountered for power conversion levels. In 2370, as part of their ongoing ~~ quasi-energy microbes living in the contest to have the highest performance level, Commander plasma streamer between a binary Donald Kaplan suggested that Commander La Forge might pair in the Igo Sector in 2369. li achieve a higher level by “cleaning his plasma grid once in a (“Realm of Fear” [TNG]). while.” (“Force of Nature” [TNG]) plasma torch. Work tool used aboard Federation starships. An plasma infuser. Handheld instrumen¥used for the transfer of engineer aboard the Enterprise-D was badly burned in 2369 high-energy plasma. (“Suspicions” [TNG]). when he was working on a conduit on Deck 37 and a plasma torch blew up in his hands. (“Frame of Mind" [TNG]). plasma infusion unit. Medical device used aboard Federation starships to dispense fluid and electrolytes. (“Schisms” [TNG]). plasma weapons. Armament technology, developed sometime after 2293, (*Flashback” [VGR]). plasma injector. Portion of a starship's warp drive that controls the flow of ionized gas into the warp coils. (“Captive Pursuit” plasma. Scientific term for very hot, ionized gas. Plasma is gas [DS9]). In 2370, the failure of a plasma injector aboard a Deep so hot that the electrons have been stripped from the atomic Space 9 runabout led to the accidental discovery of a passage- nuclei. A starship’s impulse engines leave an exhaust of plasma, way into a mirror universe. (‘Crossover” [DS9]) which can be detected, even from a cloaked vessel. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) plasma plague. A group of deadly virus types. An unclassified but extremely virulent strain of plasma plague threatened the plasticized tritanium mesh. A 26th-century construction madensely populated Rachelis system in 2365. Significant terial, unknown in the 24th century. Professor Berlinghoff research into plasma plague was conducted by Dr. Susan Nuress Rasmussen's time-travel pod had a hull composed of plasticized in 2295 in response to a similar outbreak on planet Obi VI. One tritanium mesh. (“A Matter of Time" [TNG]). mutated strain developed during Nuress's research was found to grow more rapidly when exposed to eichner radiation. A similar hel Plasus. (Jeff Corey). High advisor of strain threatened the Enterprise-D when that ship was transport- FJ ht the cloud city Stratos above planet ing specimens of plasma plague to Science Station Tango Sierra "ne Ardana in 2269 and father to to combat an outbreak in the Rachelis system in 2365. (“The Droxine. The politically conservative Child" [TNG]). a \ Plasus was determined to protect {3 ~s the established social order on his plasma residue. By-product of the warp propulsion process. , planet, despite the fact that exploitaWhen plasma residue was vented from a starship's warp ; tion of the Troglyte workers on the nacelles, a cloud of blue glowing gas was created around the 5 planet's surface was both unfair and ship. (“Elogium” [VGR]). ED physically harmful to the workers. - = plasus opposed talks with the plasma storm. See plasma disruption "= Troglytes, and further opposed a plan whereby protective filter masks would be furnished to the plasma strand. Cohesive strings of plasma energy found in great ~~ workers to shield them against the debilitating effects of zenite quantity within an inversion nebula. Plasma strands are highly gas. (“The Cloud Minders” [TOS]).