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septal area. Also known as the septum lucidum, the triangular ~~ servo. Multipurpose tool used by Gary Seven on Earth in 1968. double membrane that separates the anterior horns of the lateral The servo was a device of extraterrestrial origin and had a variety ventricles of a humanoid brain. The Ktarian game was found to of functions, from opening locked doors to serving as a weapon affect the septal area. (“The Game" [TNG]). (“Assignment: Earth” [TOS]) ° Septimus Minor. Planetary system. The original destination of the Federation colony ship Artemis, launched in 2274. (“The rT —— Ensigns of Command” [TNG]). o Fe Septimus. (lan Wolfe). Leader of a group of ) slaves on planet Eight Ninety-Two-IV who Seska. (Martha Hackett). Cardassian Fa “ily hid in the caves away from the Roman cul- agent who was surgically altered to $ Se E32 ture on that planet. A former senator active appear Bajoran, then assigned to = ing in Roman society, he heard the words of infiltrate the Magquis terrorist group. the Son, gave up his lifestyle, and became (“State of Flux” [VGRY]). Accepted as a slave. (“Bread and Circuses” [TOS]). SEE: a member of the Maquis, Seska 3 Children of the Sun; Eight Ninety-Two-IV, joined the crew of the Starship "8 ) - Planet. Jan Wolfe also played Mr. Atoz in Voyager after her Maquis vessel aS “All Our Yesterdays" (TOS). was destroyed in the Delta Quadrant in 2371. Aboard the Voyager, she Sepulo. Ferengi transport ship. The Sepulo visited station Deep worked as an engineering officer. Space 9 in 2369 for a major trade conference convened by the Seska and Chakotay had once grand nagus. (“The Nagus” [DS9)) been lovers. (“Parallax" [VGR]). Her role as a Cardassian agent was disserik. Device hit with the cue stick in the game of dom-jot covered on stardate 48658, when she was caught selling (“Tapestry” [TNG]) Federation replicator technology to the Kazon-Nistrim sect (“State of Flux" [VGR]). Seska fled to the Nistrim, where she Serilian ambassador. Representative of the Serilian govern- sought the assistance of Jal Culluh. She helped Culluh in a bold, ment. The Serilian ambassador planned to arrive at Deep Space but unsuccessful attempt to steal a transporter module from the 9 shortly after stardate 48423.2. Security Chief Odo worked on Starship Voyager. Seska continued to use her past relationship security protocols for the ambassador's arrival. (“Meridian” with Chakotay in an effort to undermine his dealings with the [DS9)). We never saw the ambassador. Nistrim, informing him that she had used Chakotay’s DNA to artificially impregnate herself. (“Maneuvers” [VGR]). She also used sero-amino readout. A medical test. Dr. Crusher performed a her pregnancy to manipulate Culluh, sero-amino test on Reginald Barclay following his exposure toa also telling him that the child was his. Cytherian probe in 2367. (“The Nth Degree” [TNG]) (“Alliances” [VGR]). She instructed Voyager crew member Michael serotonin. Biochemical substance that serves as a central neu- Jonas to sabotage the ship's warp rotransmitter in humanoid nervous systems. The addictive systems. (“Lifesigns” [VGR]). Late in Ktaran game initiated a serotonin cascade in the frontal lobe of 2372, Seska gave birth to a son, the brain. (“The Game" [TNG]). which was actually fathered by Culluh, not Chakotay as she had Serova, Dr. (Margaret Reed). Hekaran intended. Seska was killed after she scientist who, in 2366, theorized that helped Nistrim forces capture the repeated and prolonged use of warp trav- Starship Voyager, when Voyager el in the Hekaras Corridor was damag- crew members retook their ship ing the very fabric of space. The Culluh subsequently took custody of his child. (“Basics, Parts | Federation Science Council initially found and II" [VGRY). Seska said in “Prime Factors" (VGR) that she had a insufficient evidence to back up her theo- brother, but she may have been lying. Seska was first seen in ry and declined to act on her recommen- “Parallax” (VGR). She also appeared in “Phage” (VGR) dations to limit the use of warp drive “Emanations” (VGR), and “Maneuvers” (VGR). Martha Hackett Serova continued to work on her previously portrayed Subcommander T'Rul in “The Search, Parts research, and by 2370, she, along with land ll" (DS9). her brother, Rabal, felt they had enough data to finally prove her theories, She was Setal, Sublieutenant. Identity assumed by Romulan Admiral unwilling to wait for the year it would take for the Federation Alidar Jarok when he defected to the Federation in 2366. As Science Council to complete a review of her claims. She and ~~ Setal, Jarok claimed to be a low-ranking logistics officer, but his Rabal chose instead to booby-trap the Hekaras Corridor with true identity was later discovered. (“The Defector” [TNG]) verteron mines, theorizing that if the mines disabled enough ships, Starfleet would send a vessel to investigate. The SETI greeting. Communications protocol developed by 20thEnterprise-D was dispatched, and it, too, became disabled century Earth astronomers for the purpose of signaling an Captain Jean-Luc Picard reviewed her research and agreed to extraterrestrial intelligence. The SETI greeting was intended to be recommend Serova’s work to the Science Council. Serova was intelligible by any technologically sophisticated civilization, and nevertheless impatient and was killed while proving her theory by conveyed information about Earth's position in the galaxy, infortriggering a warp core breach in her ship, causing a subspace mation about life on Earth, and greetings in many different Earth rupture. The Federation Science Council subsequently imposed languages. Earth astronomer Rain Robinson transmitted a SET| Federation-wide limits on the use of warp drive to avoid further greeting to the U.S.S. Voyager in 1996 when she believed the damage to the continuum. (“Force of Nature” [TNG]). The restric- starship to be of extrasolar origin. (“Future's End, Part I" [VGR]) tions remained in place until advances in warp-drive technology Robinson's SETI greeting was loosely based on messages that made it possible to avoid such damage. NASA sent into interstellar space aboard its Pioneer and Voyager space probes. Those SETI greetings, in the form of a plaque on serpent of Xol. Legendary beast that was slain by the great Pioneer 10 and 11, and a record on Voyager 1 and 2, were Klingon warrior Kahless the Unforgettable. (“The Sword of designed by astronomers Carl Sagan and Frank Drake, et al. A Kahless" [DS9]) replica of the Pioneer 10 plaque was among the wall decorations