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420 RONIN THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE Ronin. (Duncan Regehr). Anaphasic life- Talarians at Galen IV in 2356, until he was discovered aboard a form who appeared in human form as a 34- disabled Talarian observation craft in 2367. (“Suddenly Human" year-old man. Ronin, who needed the com- [TNG]). pany of a suitable human female in order to maintain his molecular cohesion, claimed Rossa, Connor. Starfleet officer who served on the Federation N to have been born in 1647, in Glasgow, colony at Galen IV. Connor Rossa was killed in 2356 when A Scotland. He originally found a suitable host ~~ Talarian forces attacked and destroyed the colony. His son, with Jessel Howard, gaining a powerful hyp- Jeremiah Rossa, survived and was captured by the Talarian notic control over her. Ronin formed a sym- Endar. (“Suddenly Human" [TNG]). biotic relationship with Howard, giving her emotional sustenance, while she gave him Rossa, Jeremiah. (Chad Allen). A human male born in 2353 on molecular cohesion. Upon Jessel's death, Galen IV, to Federation personnel Connor Rossa and Moira Ronin joined with each successive female member of the Howard Rossa. When Jeremiah was three, the colony on Galen IV was line, until his relationship with Felisa Howard in the 24th century. overrun by Talarian forces. All the colonists, including Jeremiah's When Felisa died in 2370, Ronin attempted to join with Beverly parents, were believed killed in the attack. Jeremiah, unknown to Crusher, Felisa's granddaughter. He attempted to entice Beverly Federation authorities, was the only human to survive. Talarian to resign from Starfleet, but Beverly learned of his true nature and officer Endar discovered him near the body of his mother and was forced to kill him when he threated the lives of her friends. took the child home to be raised as a Talarian named Jono. (“Sub Rosa” [TNG]).SEE: Howard Family candle. (“Suddenly Human” [TNG]).

Rooney. Starfleet officer assigned to Deep Space 9. On stardate Rossa, Moira. Wife of Starfleet officer Connor Rossa. Moira 50049.3, Rooney, Hoya, and Bertram were killed when their run- Rossa was the biological mother of Jeremiah Rossa. She was about was destroyed by the Jem'Hadar at Torga IV. Rooney had killed in the 2356 Talarian attack on the Galen IV colony. played the trumpet, and on one occasion he had people dancing (“Suddenly Human" [TNG]). in the aisles of Quark’s bar. (“The Ship” [DS9]). Roswell. City in southwest New Mexico on Earth. In July, 1947, Roosevelt, U.S.S. Federation starship, Excelsior class, Starfleet an extraterrestrial spacecraft of Ferengi origin crashed near registry number NCC-2573. The Roosevelt was among the ships Roswell, and was taken by the American military for study to lost at the battle of Wolf 359. Dr. Riley Frazier was a science offi- Hangar 18 at Wright Field. The ship and its crew later escaped, cer aboard the Roosevelt before she was assimilated by the and the American government subsequently denied ever having Borg. (“Unity” [VGR]). Named for American president Theodore captured an alien ship. SEE: Quark’s Treasure. (“Little Green Roosevelt. Men" [DS9]). Some claim that one of the escaping Ferengi was left behind to fend for himself. He eventually made his way to root beer. Carbonated Earth beverage made with yeast and the Texas where, as befits a true Ferengi, he amassed a great fortune extracts of several plant roots. (“Facets” [DS9)]). Quark and Garak and ran (unsuccessfully) for U.S. president several times as an described root beer as being bubbly, cloying, and insidiously independent candidate. happy—a frightening metaphor for the United Federation of Planets. (“The Way of the Warrior” [DS9]). Nog, however, really Rousseau V. Location of a spectacular asteroid belt. Wesley liked the stuff. (“The Ascent” [DS9]). Crusher re-created Rousseau V on the holodeck for the benefit of the lovely young Salia of Daled IV. (“The Dauphin” [TNG]). root canal. Engineering slang used to describe a rebuilding of a computer system's software from the ground up. Usually per- Royale, Hotel. SEE: Hotel Royale. formed only when the system is considered to be beyond conventional repair. Miles O'Brien, who was distinctly unimpressed “Royale, The.” Next Generation episode #38. Written by Keith with Cardassian technology, devoutly wanted to perform a root Mills. Directed by Cliff Bole. Stardate 42625.4, First aired in 1989. canal on the Cardassian-built computers on Deep Space 9. An Enterprise-D away team is trapped in a bizarre re-creation of a (“The Forsaken” [DS9]), setting from a pulp novel, Hotel Royale. GUEST CAST. Diana Muldaur as Pulaski, Dr. Katherine; Sam Anderson as Assistant root command structure. The basic computer programs that ~~ manager; Jill Jacobson as Vanessa; Leo Garcia as Bellboy; Noble control the Borg collective. (*l, Borg” [TNG]). Willingham as Texas; Colm Meaney as O'Brien, Miles; Gregory Beecroft as Mickey D. SEE: Charybdis; Fermat's last theorem; rop’ngor. Disease that sometimes affects Klingon children, Hotel Royale; Mickey D.; NASA; Richey, Colonel Stephen; somewhat akin to terrestrial measles. As an adult, Worf came Theta 116; United States of America. down with a case of rop'ngor in 2365, much to his embarrassment. Sensitive to Worf’s feelings, Dr. Katherine Pulaski made up ~~ Roykirk, Jackson. Noted 21st-century Earth scientist, regarded an excuse for him: that he had been engaged in ritual Klingon as one of the most brilliant though erratic scientists of his time, fasting and thus was not at peak physical condition. (“Up the who designed the space probe Nomad. Roykirk's goal was to Long Ladder” [TNG]). build the perfect thinking machine capable of independent logic. The early interstellar probe, Nomad, was the result. (“The Ropal City. Community on one of the Volon colonies. Calvin Changeling” [TOS]). Hudson alleged that Cardassian authorities stoned two citizens on the streets of Ropal in 2370. (“The Maquis, Part I" [DS9]). Rozahn, Minister. (Betty McGuire). Member of the Bajoran Chamber of Ministers on Bajor. She, along with Vedek Sorad, Ross, Yeoman Teresa. (Venita Wolf). Crew member aboard the journeyed to Deep Space 9 in 2370 to inform Haneek that the original Starship Enterprise. Ross was abducted along with other ~ Skrreean request to settle on Bajor had been denied. bridge personnel to the planet Gothos by the entity Trelane in (“Sanctuary [DS9]) 2267. Trelane fancied Ross's presence, dressing her in a floorlength gown and making the yeoman his dancing partner. (“The Rozhenko, Alexander. (Brian Bonsall, Jon Steuer, James Squire of Gothos™ [TOS]). Sloyan). Son of Starfleet officer Worf and Federation Ambassador K'Ehleyr. Alexander was born in 2366, on the 43rd day of Rossa, Admiral Connaught. (Barbara Townsend). Starfleet offi- Maktag, and spent his infancy in the care of his mother. Worf cial. Rossa had two sons, both of whom served in Starfleet; and learned of Alexander's existence shortly before K'Ehleyr's death both were killed In the line of duty. For years, Admiral Rossa also in 2367, but was reluctant to acknowledge that Alexander was his believed her grandson, Jeremiah Rossa, to have been killed by son, for fear that Alexander would bear the disgrace of Worf's