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builders. GUEST CAST: Rick Worthy as 3947 and Cravic 122; prylar. Title of a Bajoran monk. (“Collaborator” [DS9]) Hugh Hodgin as 6263 and Prototype 0001. SEE: anodyne relay; Bolians; Builders; chromodynamic power module; Cravic Prylar Rhit. Bajoran monk. Prylar Rhit was the keeper of the Automated Personnel Unit 122; Cravic; flux capacitance; Bajoran shrine on station Deep Space 9. He played dabo at Jibalian omelette; Landras blend; Nimian sea salt; Pralor Quark's bar, where he ran up a sizable gambling debt, causing a Automated Personnel Unit 3947; Pralor Automated scandal in the Vedek Assembly (“Shadowplay” |DS9)) Personnel Unit 6263; Pralor Automated Personnel Unit; Pralor; Prime Directive; prishic; Prototype Automated Prytt Security Ministry. Governmental Personnel Unit 0001; Spith basil; Traggle nectar; tripolymer agency of the Prytt nation-state on planet plasma; Vulcans. Kesprytt Ill. The Security Ministry was responsible for the abduction of Captain = protouniverse. A universe in its early Jean-Luc Picard and Dr. Beverly Crusher stages of formation. One such universe during a diplomatic mission to the planet in was found in the Gamma Quadrant and 2370. (“Attached” [TNG]). Es accidentally brought aboard station - Deep Space 9 in 2370. This protouni Prytt. One of two nation-states that control planet Kesprytt Ill. Bee verse expanded, threatening station The Prytt comprised one-quarter of the population of the planet = I® safety by displacing parts of this unwerse During a Federation investigation of the planet in 2370, Starship (and the station). Although prudence suggested destroying the Enterprise-D personnel reported the Prytt to be reclusive almost protouniverse, sensor studies revealed the possibility that life to the point of xenophobia. The Prytt did not even possess a possibly even entire civilizations, was evolving within it. The pro communication network capable of contacting anyone outside louniverse was subsequently returned to its original location in their territory. The Prytt were responsible for the abduction of the Gamma Quadrant. (“Playing God" [DS9]). Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Dr. Beverly Crusher. Also known as the Prytt Alliance. “Attached” [TNG]). SEE: Kes. Providers. Three disembodied brains who lived beneath the surface of la 72° 1° Psi 2000 virus. A waterplanet Triskelion. In the past, the , based disease organism Providers had humanoid bodies, but 1 p- originally found on planet devotion to intellectual pursuits * Psi 2000 in 2266. This virus eliminated the need for a shell of : | infected members of the flesh. For amusement, they captured - PRR Federation science team beings from throughout the galaxy stationed on that planet, and trained them to fight among themselves, betting on the & causing suppression of results. In 2268, the Providers agreed to free their captives in pay- 2? their inhibitions, and uitiment of a wager they had made with Captain James Kirk. (“The Fg - mately their deaths. Trans Gamesters of Triskelion” [TOS)). SEE: drill thralls; quatioos ~ Wis FT mitted through human per~ gy spiration, the virus later Proxcinian War. Armed conflict undertaken by the Proxcinians in infected members of the 2373. (“Business As Usual" [DS9)) Enterprise crew, resulting in the near-destruction of the starship when infected crew member Kevin Riley disabled the ship's Proxcinians. Civilization. In 2373, the Proxcinians were at war. engines while it was in orbit around the disintegrating planet. Quark sold 7000 attack skimmers to a Proxcinian. (“Business As (“The Naked Time" [TOS]). A variant of this virus infected memUsual" [DS9)) bers of the U.S.S. Tsiolkovsky crew as well as the crew of the Enterprise-D in 2364. (“The Naked Now" [TNG]) Proxima Maintenance Yards. Starfleet starship maintenance facility commanded by Admiral Drazman. (“Past Tense, Part |” Psi 2000. A frozen planet that disin[DS9)) tegrated in 2266. Just prior to the planet's end, a Federation science > Proxima, U.S.S. Federation starship, team had been stationed there, but Pr —— Nebula class, Starfleat registry all members of that team were found = am number NCC-61952. The Proxima dead under mysterious circumod was lost in the Gamma Quadrant some- stances. Their deaths were later time prior to 2371. It was believed that the ship found to have been due to a virus and crew fell victim to the Dominion. (“In Purgatory's Shadow" that stripped away their inhibitions [DS9)). Named for Proxima Centaun, a star 4.3 light years from and caused team members to engage in hazardous behavior. The Earth. U.S.S. Enterprise conducted scientific observations of the planet's disintegration and was nearly destroyed. (“The Naked Time" proximity detector. A two-centimeter-square, jewel-like, mag- [TOS)|). SEE: Tsiolkovsky, U.S.S. netic device that was implanted into a humanoid body, making it easy to accurately track and identify that individual. These psi-wave device. Device used by the Prytt Security Ministry to implants were used on planets Manu Ill and Turkana IV, sound gain direct access to the minds of people they wished to interro ing an alarm when the wearer entered forbidden territory. In their ~~ gate. The devices were implanted directly into the victim's cereuse on Turkana IV, proximity detectors would also sound analarm bral cortex, and required a passage of time to be tuned to the to warn of the approach of enemy forces, providing positive iden- individual's psi-wave pattern. In 2370, while in the custody of the tification of one's cadre affiliation, either Coalition or Alliance Prytt Security Ministry, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Dr. Beverly The implants contained a micro-explosive that detonated on Crusher were implanted with these devices. A side effect of the contact with air, thus preventing easy removal. Dr. Crusher was device, Picard and Crusher found, was that they could read each able to remove the proximity detector from Turkana IV native other's thoughts. (“Attached" [TNG]) Ishara Yar. (“Legacy” [TNG]) psilosynine. Neurotransmitter chemical used for telepathy by the prune juice, A beverage made from the puréed dned fruit of an brains of telepathic species, such as Betazoids. While working Earth plum tree. Guinan introduced Worf to this beverage in 2366. with the Cairn diplomatic delegation in 2370, the telepathic He pronounced it “a warrior's drink.” (“Yesterday's Enterprise” demands on Ambassador Lwaxana Troi were so great that her [TNG]) psilosynine level was depleted. ("Dark Page" [TNG)) U.S.S