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“Q and the Grey, The.” Voyager episode — years, hoped their child would bring peace #53. Teleplay by Kenneth Biller. Story by +® to the troubled Continuum. (“The Q and Shawn Piller. Directed by Cliff Bole. Stardate the Grey” [VGRY]). Q's mate was played by 50348.1. First aired in 1996. In an attempt to Suzie Plakson, who previously portrayed end a war in the Continuum, Q arrives on the Dr. Selar in “The Schizoid Man” (TNG) and Voyager to ask Janeway to have his child. Y ~ K’Ehleyr in “The Emissary” (TNG) and GUEST CAST: Suzie Plakson as Q female; Harve Presnellas Qo, “Reunion” (TNG). colonel ; John de Lancie as Q. SEE: antiproton; beta-tachyon; - - chocolate truffle; Cyrillian microbe; Drabian love sonnet; Q@ Q freedom faction. Faction within the Q Continuum that folchild; Q colonel; Q Continuum; Q female; Q freedom faction; lowed the teachings of Quinn, who advocated freedom and indiQ; Quinn; Romulan empress; supernova. vidual thought. The freedom faction, of which Q was a member, clashed with the forces of the status quo, culminating in a great Q child. (Donahue twins.) Member of the Q Continuum who was civil war in the Continuum in 2373. (“The Q and the Grey" [VGR]). born in 2373, the child of Q and a Q female. The child was the offspring of the first-ever mating of two Q. (“The Q and the Grey" “Q Who?" Next Generation episode #42. Written by Maurice [VGR]) Hurley. Directed by Rob Bowman, Stardate 42761.3. First aired in 1989. Q sends the Enterprise-D across the galaxy, where it Q colonel. (Harve Presnell). Member of the Q Continuum who encounters the Borg for the first time. The Borg had been previtook the form of a Confederate colonel from Earth's Civil War ously hinted at in “The Neutral Zone” (TNG). This episode is the period. He was a leader in the forces of the status quo, and his first of two appearances of Ensign Sonya Gomez. GUEST CAST: faction opposed the Q freedom faction during the Continuum’s ~~ John de Lancie as Q; Lycia Naff as Gomez, Ensign Sonya; Colm civil war in 2373. (“The Q and the Grey" [VGR]). Meaney as O'Brien, Miles; Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan. SEE: Borg ship; Borg; El-Aurians; Gomez, Ensign Sonya; Guinan; Q Continuum. Extradimensional do- Neutral Zone, Romulan; Q; Starbase 83; Starbase 173; main in which Q and others of his kind ~~ Starbase 185; System J-25. b exist. (“Encounter at Farpoint, Parts | ‘ 7 and II" [TNG]). Although immensely q'lava. A watery fruit enjoyed by the Vorta. Q'lavas were a perpowerful and intelligent, the Q require sonal favorite of Kilana. (“The Ship" [DS9)). n the stimulus of novelty to maintain pr their vitality. About ten thousand years ~~ Q'Maire. A Talarian warship, commanded by Endar. In 2367, the ago, the Continuum entered a New Q'Maire intercepted the U.S.S. Enterprise-D in Sector 21947, ' Era of enlightenment and culture. near a disabled Talarian observation craft. The Q'Maire, along Unfortunately, complacency set in with two sister warships, surrounded the Enterprise-D in the | thereafter, and the continuum became hopes of forcing the release of Endar's adoptive son, Jono. The stagnant. Q rebelled against the order Q'Maire was equipped with limited weaponry, including neutral represented by the New Era and was particle weapons, X-ray lasers, and Merculite rockets, and was generally ostracized by the Continu- thus not a serious tactical threat. (“Suddenly Human" [TNG]). The um. One member of the Continuum, Q'Maire miniature was designed by Rick Sternbach and built by an individual later known as Quinn, Tony Meininger. found Q's irrepressible nature to be an inspiration. Quinn regarded the immortality of the Continuum as an intolerable hardship, g’parol. Dinner casserole. Q'parol was a difficult and time-conand so sought to end his life. The Continuum refused to allow suming food to make. In 2373, Keiko O'Brien made q ‘parol for Quinn's request, and ordered him imprisoned in a rogue comet. her husband's surprise birthday party. (“The Assignment” [DS9)). (“Death Wish" [VGRY]). Q himself was briefly banished from the Continuum in 2366, until another Q entered our existence, offer- Q, Planet. Federation world. Home of scientist Thomas ing to restore his powers. (“Déja Q" [TNG]). The Continuum com- Leighton at the time of his death in 2266. (“The Conscience of manded Q to instruct and evalu- sow, the King” [TOS]) ate Amanda Rogers to see if she . 2 could ignore her powers and live [4 “Q-Less.” Deep Space Nine episode #7. Teleplay by Robert among humans. If she could not " J Hewitt Wolfe. Story by Hannah Louise Shearer. Directed by Paul or if she refused to accompany Q Sa + Lynch. Stardate 46531.2. First aired in 1993. Archaeclogist Vash back to the Continuum, she was §* arrives from the Gamma Quadrant with a mysterious cargo, to be destroyed. The Cor*nuum uli - accompanied by Q. GUEST CAST: Jennifer Hetrick as Vash; John felt a moral obligation not to de Lancie as Q: Van Epperson as Bajoran clerk; Tom McCleister allow members of their kind to &® as Kolos; Laura Cameron as Bajoran woman. SEE: assay office; live with inferior beings and still [ g Betazed; Brax; Daystrom Institute; Delta Quadrant; duraniuse their awesome powers. um; EPI capacitor; Epsilon Hydra VII; Erabus Prime; (“True-Q" [TNG]). The death of Erriakang VII; Gamma Quadrant; Gamzian; Ganges, U.S.S.; Quinn spawned a freedom faction within the Continuum, culmi- ganglion; graviton field; graviton; Hoek IV; Kolos; Lantar nating in a great civil war in 2373 between the freedom faction Nebula; MK-12 scanner; Mulzirak; Mundahla; Myrmidon; ooand forces of the status quo. Voyager Captain Kathryn Janeway — mox; Pauley, Ensign; Promethean quartz; Q; Rul the Obscure; experienced the warring Continuum in images of the 19th-cen- Sampalo; Stol; Tartaras V; Teleris; tritium; Vadris III; Vash; tury American civil war. One side effect of this conflict was the Verath; Watergate; Woo, Dr. detonation of an unusual number of supernovae throughout the galaxy during that year. The war was ended when Q, represent- ~~ Q. (John DeLancie). An immensely powerful extradimensional ing the freedom faction, mated with a female Q. SEE: Q female. entity. While possessing near-godlike powers, Q also exhibits a Their offspring offered a new hope of peace for the continuum. childlike petulance and sense of playfulness. (“Encounter at (“The Q and the Grey” [VGR]) Farpoint, Parts | and 11" [TNG]). Q was a free spirit in the Q Continuum who rebelled against the stagnation that had grown Q female. (Suzie Plakson). Member of the Q Continuum. This there over the past ten millennia. Q's irrepressive nature made individual had a relationship with Q for some four billion years, him something of an outcast in the Continuum, but his freedom of culminating in 2373 with their conceiving a child together, the thought inspired another member of the Continuum who would first child ever born in the Continuum through sexual means. one day be known as Quinn. (“Death Wish” [VGR]). The Both parents, who had known each other for some four billion ~~ Enterprise-D made first contact with Q in 2364, when Q detained