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Deanna Troi. This is the first episode in which the current Greek prime rib. Earth meal made from beef meat. Tom Paris decided letter designations for the galaxy's four quadrants were first used. to buy some prime rib with replicator rations from his radiogenic Previous episodes had used a variety of inconsistent naming sys- sweepstakes gambling scheme. (“Meld" [VGR]). tems. GUEST CAST: Matt McCoy as Ral, Devinoni: Elizabeth Hoffman as Bhavani, Premier; Castulo Guerra as Mendoza, Dr.; Primmin, Lieutenant George. (James Lashly). Starfleet security Scott Thompson as Goss, DaiMon; Dan Shor as Arridor, Dr.; officer assigned to Deep Space 9 in 2369. Primmin's selfKevin Peter Hall as Leyor; Colm Meaney as O'Brien, Miles. SEE: assured attitude annoyed Odo. (“The Passenger” [DS9)). Arridor, Dr.; Barzan wormhole; Barzan; Barzans; Bhavani, Primmin had been a security officer since 2363. (“Move Along Premier; Caldonians; chocolate; Chrysalians; Delta Home” [DS9)) Quadrant; Denkiri Arm; Ferengi shuttle; Gamma Quadrant; Goss, DaiMon; Hurkos III; Kol; Leyor; Mendoza, Dr; pyrocyte; Prin, Silaran. (Randy Ogelsby) Cardassian national who worked Ral, Devinoni; Shuttlecraft 9; Troi, Deanna. as a servant, cleaning uniforms for Gul Pirak, during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. Prin was disfigured in an attack Prieto, Lieutenant Ben. (Raymond Forchion). Enterprise-D shut- on Pirak's residence by Kira Nerys and the Shakaar resistance tlecraft pilot. Prieto transported Counselor Troi back to the cell during the occupation. Years later, on stardate 50416, after Enterprise-D when his shuttle was forced down on planet Vagra Prin had taken up residence on a planet near the Cardassian 1. (“Skin of Evil" [TNG]). Demilitarized Zone, Prin began to exact revenge on surviving ! members of the Shakaar group. (“The Darkness and the Light” Primary Hull. The saucer section of many Federation starships. [DS9)). The interior set for Silaran's house was dressed with conOn most ships, the bridge is located on the top of the Primary soles seen years earlier on space station Regula | in Star Trek II: Hull. Also known as a Saucer Module. The Wrath of Khan, Prime Directive. Also known as Starfleet General Order #1. The ~~ Prinadora. Former wife of Rom, mother to Nog, she entered Prime Directive prohibits Starfleet personnel and spacecraft from into a standard five-year contract to produce a child. When Interfering in the normal development of any society, and man- Rom fell in love with her, he blindly signed an extension to the dates that any Starfleet vessel or crew member is expendable to contract without reading the fine print. As a result, her father prevent violation of this rule. Adopted relatively early in Starfleet was able to swindle Rom out of all his money. Eventually, she history, the Prime Directive was a key part of Starfleet and then left them both to marry a richer man. (“Doctor Bashir, | Federation policy toward newly discovered civilizations, but it was Presume?” [DS9)). also one of the most difficult to administer. (“A Piece of the Action” [TOS]. In most cases, the Prime Directive applied to any civiliza- Princeton, U.S.S. Federation starship, Niagara class, Starfleet tion that had not yet developed the use of warp drive for interstel- registry number NCC-58904. The Princeton was among the 39 lar travel. (“Time and Again” [VGR]). SEE: pre-warp civilization. ships lost to the Borg in the battle of Wolf 359. (“The Best of Both This rule was not in force in 2168, when the U.S.S. Horizon con- Worlds, Part II" [TNG]). tacted planet Sigma lotia ll, resulting in disastrous cultural contamination. (“A Piece of the Action” [TOS]). Federation cultural prion replication in ganglionic cell clusters. Medical research observer John Gill violated the Prime Directive at planet Ekos project conducted by Dr. Julian Bashir. (“Doctor Bashir, | when he attempted to provide that planet with a more efficient Presume?" [DS9)). government. Gill's plan misfired badly, resulting by 2268 in a brutal regime closely resembling Earth's Nazi Germany. (“Patterns of prion. Subviral infectious agent. Prions were rod-shaped lifeForce” [TOS)). Captain Ronald Tracey of the U.S.S. Exeter vio- forms, lacking nucleic-acid based genetic material. They were lated the Prime Directive in 2268 at planet Omega IV when he pro- the cause of several serious neurological diseases. In 2373, Dr. vided phaser weapons to one of the warring factions there. (“The Julian Bashir presented a paper to the medical community Omega Glory” [TOS]. While it remained one of Starfleet's highest describing how prion replication was inhibited by quantum resolaws, the Prime Directive was not without its detractors. Captain nance effects. (“Nor the Battle to the Strong” [DS9)). Prions were Picard questioned its validity when using the Enterprise-Dto save sold by Gaila and Hagath as deadly biological weapons. planet Drema IV from geological destruction. (“Pen Pals” [TNG]). (“Business As Usual” [DS9)). Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko refused to abide by it when he chose to save one village of Boraalans from certain death. (‘Homeward" prishic. Culinary spice native to the Delta Quadrant. (“Prototype” [TNG]). Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres of the Starship Voyager would ~~ [VGR]). have violated the Prime Directive in 2372 if she had given Pralor Automated Personnel Units the ability to construct more of their ~~ “Private Little War, A." Original Series episode #45. Teleplay by kind, (“Prototype” [VGRY). Other episodes in which the Prime Gene Roddenberry. Story by Jud Crucis. Directed by Marc Directive was arguably broken include "Return of the Archons™ Daniels. Stardate 4211.4. First aired in 1968. The peaceful society (TOS), "A Taste of Armageddon” (TOS), “The Apple” (TOS), “A on a primitive planet is shattered when the Klingons provide Private Little War" (TOS), “Justice” (TNG), “Pen Pais” (TNG), “Who firearms to the inhabitants. GUEST CAST: Nancy Kovack as Watches the Watchers?" (TNG), “Devil's Due” (TNG), “Let He Who ~~ Nona; Michael Kovack as Tyree; Ned Romero as Krell; Majel Is Without Sin..." (DS9). and “Captive Pursuit” (DS9). In “Bread and Barrett as Chapel, Christine: Booker Bradshaw as M'Benga, Circuses" (TOS), Kirk noted that the Roman culture on planet Eight Dr.; Arthur Bearnard as Apella; Janos Prohaska as mugato; Paul Ninety-Two-IV was entitled to full Prime Directive protection. Baxley as Patrol leader; Gary Pillar as Yutan; Regina Parton as Nona's stunt double; Dave Perna as Spock's stunt double; Bob “Prime Factors.” Voyager episode #10. Teleplay By Michael Orrison as McCoy's and Village stunt doubles; Roy Slickner, Bob Perricone and Greg Elliot. Story By David R. George Ill & Eric A. Lyon, Villager stunt doubles; Paul Baxley as Kirk's and Apella’s Stillwell. Directed By Les Landau. Stardate 48642.5, First aired in stunt doubles. SEE: Apella; flintlock; hill people; Kahn-ut-tu; 1995. The Voyager encounters the Sikarians—a civilization Kirk, James T.; M'Benga, Dr.; mahko root; mugato; Nona; renowned for their incredible hospitality, who have the technology ~~ Prime Directive; Spock; Tyree; Vulcans; Yutan. to travel more than 40,000 light-years in an instant. GUEST CAST: Ronald Guttman as Gath; Yvonne Suhor as Eudana; Andrew Hill ~~ Prixus. Minerologist and metallurgist aboard the Enterprise-D. Newman as Jaret; Martha Hackett as Seska; Josh Clark as Prixus assisted in the geological survey of planets in the Carey. SEE: Alastria; antimatter containment; Carey; Selcundi Drema sector in 2365. (‘Pen Pals” [TNG]). Dedestris; Delaney, Jenny; Delaney sisters; erosene winds; Eudana; folded-space transport; holodeck and holosuite probability mechanics. Area of study at Starfleet Academy. The programs; Labin, Gathorel; Murphy, Ensign; Nivoch; Otel, android Data excelled in probability mechanics at Starfleet Jaret; pecan pie; Seska; Sikaris; trajector. Academy. (“Encounter at Farpoint, Part |" [TNG]).