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The fourth planet, Drema IV, was the home of a humanoid civi- sem’hal stew. Cardassian food. Sem’'hal stew was served to lization. (“Pen Pals" [TNG]). SEE: Sarjenka Aamin Marritza while a prisoner on Deep Space 9 in 2369 Marritza said it could use some yamok sauce. (“Duet” [DS9]) Seldonis IV Convention. Interstellar treaty governing the treatment of prisoners of war. Both the United Federation of Planets ~~ Senarian egg broth. Soup. Mareel gave Miles O'Brien a bow! of and the Cardassian Union were signatories to the accord. Senarian egg broth after the chief suffered a phaser stun in 2370. Following Captain Picard's capture by the Cardassians in (“Invasive Procedures” [DS9)) 2369, Picard was tortured by Gul Madred, in violation of that treaty. Madred claimed Picard had been acting without sensor web. Shawl-like garment into which was woven a highly Federation orders, and was therefore not entitled to the protec- sophisticated string of sensors. Dr. Miranda Jones wore a sention of the Seldonis Convention. (“Chain of Command, Part II” sor web that fed her sensory information about her surroundings, [TNG)) and helped to hide the fact that she was blind. (“Is There in Truth no Beauty ?"[TOS]). Selebi Asteroid Belt. Debris field located in Sector 396. The Enterprise-D charted the Selebi belt in 2366. (“The Offspring” sensor. Any of a wide range of scientific, medical, and engineer[TNG])) ing instruments such as those used aboard Federation starships for detection and analysis at a distance. (“Where No Man Has selenium. Semiconducting, metallic element of the sulfur group, Gone Before” [TOS]. The original Enterprise used a duotronic with atomic number 34. Selenium and rhodium nitrites can be sensor array that had sensor nulls in its scan cycle of aimost three synthesized to form cobalt diselenide, a biogenic agent. (“For seconds’ duration. (“Trials and Tribble-ations” [DS9]). Under certhe Uniform” [DS9)) tain conditions, a ship in orbit above a planet's magnetic pole can be difficult to detect by sensors. William Riker once used this Seleya, Mount. On planet Vulcan, a phenomenon while a lieutenant aboard the Starship Potemkin to mountain on whose summit is locat- obscure the ship from an opponent. (“Peak Performance” [TNG]) ed an ancient temple. Mount Seleya On the Enterprise-D, there were 15,525 known substances that was where a fal-tor-pan ceremony could not be detected by standard internal scans. (“Hollow was performed in 2285, rejoining Pursuits” [TNG]). Spock's katra with his body. (Star Trek Ill: The Search for Spock). sentient holographic life-form. Forms of life -— that were created by means of holo-imaging -» ” self-destruct sequence. Command program in the main com- devices and computer programmed behavior, Lo puter system of Cardassian station Terok Nor enabling the These beings were considered alive for tho | - 3 destruction of the station should it fall into non-Cardassian same reason that androids like Data were peal hands. In 2371, Jake Sisko inadvertently triggered a counterin- deemed alive by Starfleet. Similarly, holo- v . surgency program that activated the self-destruct sequence. graphic beings that had exceeded their pro- ! Once the self-destruct sequence was initiated, the station's main gramming and developed sentience were cor- \ | fusion reactor was set to overload. (“Civil Defense” [DS9)). SEE: sidered to be bona fide life-forms. Fortunately, autodestruct: destruct sequence this happened only infrequently; otherwise A every holodeck-created character could never self-sealing stem bolt. Useful gizmo. On stardate 46844, Nog be shut off once activated. Examples of sen- < and Jake Sisko traded some yamok sauce for 100 gross of self- tient holographic life-forms include Professor . sealing stem bolts, eventually trading them for seven tessipates James Moriarty (“Elementary Dear Data” [TNG], “Ship in a of land on planet Bajor. (“Progress” [DS9)). Self-sealing stem Bottle” [TNG]), the inhabitants of Yadera Il (“Shadowplay” [DS9)), bolts can be used in the production of reverse-ratcheting routing and the holographic doctor aboard the Starship Voyager planers. (“Prophet Motive” [DS9], “By Inferno’s Light” [DS9]). (“Caretaker” [VGR]) Makes sense to us. Sentinel Minor IV. Planet. Sentinel Minor IV was the destination of the U.S.8. Lalo when it was attacked by a Borg ship and disappeared in 2366. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part I” [TNG])

sentry. A tightly confined annular force field that was discovered on the moon Lambda Paz in the Pentarus star system. The sentry surrounded a water fountain in a cave on that desert planet, \ serving to protect that valuable resource. It was not clear if the sentry itself was a life-form, but it responded effectively to the attempts of Captain Dirgo, as well as those of Jean-Luc Picard and Wesley Crusher, when they attempted to get water from the fountain after they crashed on Lambda Paz in 2367. Dirgo was \ killed by the sentry. (“Final Mission” [TNG]) Senva, Healer. Physician from the Vulcan Medical Institute Senva was nominated to receive the Carrington Award in 2371 selgninaem. A highly toxic substance capable of causing nucle- but did not win. (“Prophet Motive” [DS9)) osynthesis in silicon. Selgninaem is not normally detectable by a starship’s internal sensor scans. (“Hollow Pursuits” [TNG]). seofurance. Biochemical substance. Seofurance fragments “Selignaem” is "meaningles(s)” spelled backwards. from a biological-sample container were found by the matter reclamation unit in Ibudan’s quarters. (“A Man Alone” [DS9)). seloh. Klingon term for sex. (“Sins of the Father” [TNG]) separ. Type of gemstone known for its hardness and its sharp Selok, Subcommander. The true Romulan identity of Vulcan facets. (“Looking for par‘Mach in All the Wrong Places” [DS9]). Ambassador T'Pel. (‘Data's Day" [TNG]). Sepian Commodities Exchange. Financial market. The Sepian selton. Unit of measurement to the inhabitants of the village on Commodities Exchange was in chaos in 2373 after a mine on planet Barkon IV. (“Thine Own Self” [TNG]). Parsion Ill struck feldomite. (“Business As Usual" [DS9)).