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Soyuz-class starship. A variant on Yellowstone from Spacedock.) (“Non Sequitur” [VGRY). The only the Miranda-class starship used shot of the Spacedock in “Non Sequitur” was of the doors, which by the Federation Starfleet. Soyuz- - were first seen as the Dyson Sphere doors from “Relics” (TNG). class ships featured an enlarged aft — cargo and shuttlebay section, as spatial interphase. Time-space phenomenon in which two or well as several large outboard sen- more dimensional planes briefly overlap and connect. The sor pods. The Soyuz class was with- Starship Defiant disappeared into such a phenomenon in 2268 drawn from service by Starfleet in 2288. (“Cause and Effect” and Enterprise Captain James Kirk also became briefly trapped [TNG)). It was originally hoped that a new design could be devel- there while on a rescue mission. The interphase phenomenon oped for the Soyuz-class U.S.S. Bozeman, but practical consid- also had debilitating effects on humanoid nervous systems and erations dictated the reworking of the existing Miranda-class apparently caused the crew of the Defiant to mutiny and eventuU.S.S. Reliant mode! originally built for Star Trek Il. The modifica- ally kill each other. (“The Tholian Web" [TOS]) tions were designed by Greg Jein and Mike Okuda. The class was named for the Russian spacecraft that shuttled cosmonauts up to spatial orientation systems. Subsystem of a holodeck computthe Salyut and Mir space stations. er, responsible for the attitude of objects in the holodeck environ ment. The spatial orientation systems aboard the Enterprise-D “Space Seed." Original Series episode #24. Teleplay by Gene L holodeck were suspected of malfunctioning in 2369 when Coon and Carey Wilber. Story by Carey Wilber. Directed by Marc holodeck characters began changing their dominant hands; that Daniels. Stardate 3141.9. First aired in 1967. The Enterprise is Is, characters who were intended to be right-handed became commandeered by 20th-century genetic “superman” Khan left-handed and vice versa. (“Ship in a Bottle" [TNG]) Noonien Singh, who has survived for centuries aboard a "sleeper ship." This episode was the predecessor to the feature film Star spatial orientation test. Holographic examination that was part Trek Il: The Wrath of Khan. GUEST CAST: Ricardo Montalban as of the entrance requirements for the Starfleet Academy preparaKhan; Madlyn Rhue as McGivers, Lieutenant Marla; Blaisdell tory program. (“Facets” [DS9]). Makee as Spinelli, Lieutenant; Mark Tobin as Joaquin; Kathy Ahart as Crew woman; John Winston as Transporter technician; spatial scission. A divergence of subspace fields. Spatial scisJoan Johnson as Botany Bay elite female guard; Bobby Bass as sions can cause a small region of space, and any matter in it, to Guard; Barbara Baldavin as Baker, Angela; Joan Webster as be duplicated. A spatial scission in the Delta Quadrant caused Nurse; Jan Reddin, John Arndt, Crewmen; Gary Coombs as the Starship Voyager to be duplicated in 2372. The commander Kirk's stunt double; Chuck Couch as Kahn's stunt double. SEE of the duplicate Voyager orderad her ship destroyed so that the Botany Bay, S.S.; Ceti Alpha V; DY-100; DY-500; decompres- original ship would be safe. (“Deadlock” [VGR]) sion chamber; Eugenics Wars; Gamma 400 star system; Harrison; Joaquin; Kyle, Mr.; McGivers, Lieutenant Marla; spawn beetle. Insectoid life-form. Kes used spawn beetles lo McPherson; Milton; Otto; Rodriguez; Singh, Khan Noonien; cross-pollinate vegetation in the airponics bay. (“Elogium” sleeper ship; Spinelli, Lieutenant; Starbase 12; Thule [VGR]) space door. Outer portal of an airlock or hangar deck that opens ~~ Speaker, Tris. Famous Earth athlete who played baseball from directly into space. (“Threshold” [VGR]). 1907 to 1928. A holographic version of Speaker was available in a baseball holosuite program enjoyed by Jake and Benjamin space station. SEE: Deep Space 9; Deep Space Station K-7; Sisko on station Deep Space 9. (“If Wishes Were Horses” [DS8)) drydock; Earth Station McKinley; Lysian Central Command; SEE: Bokai, Buck Regula |; Spacedock Spectral Analysis Department. Enterprise-D science departspace warp. SEE: subspace; warp drive. ment that studied the composition of stars and stellar phenomena. Neela Daren once wanted Spectral Analysis to have more space-normal. Technical term describing slower-than-light (i.e. time monitoring the Borgolis Nebula, but the sensor array was non-warp speed) travel. ("The Galileo Seven” [TOS)). SEE allocated to engineering. (“Lessons” [TNG]). impulse drive. spectral line profile analysis. Astrophysics study, used in the Spacedock. Massive station orbiting science lab on station Deep Space 9. (“Playing God" [DS9)). / planet Earth, providing service facilities “KE; for Starfleet vessels. The U.S.S. Enter- spectral rupture. Translated Vhnori term for subspace vacuole. TN prise returned to Spacedock in 2285 fol (“Emanations” [VGR]). SEE: subspace phenomena, subspace SSN lowing the battle with Khan in the vacuole. Mutara Nebula. At the time, the ship was scheduled to be scrapped, but Kirk “Spectre of the Gun.” Original Series episode #56. Written by stole the Enterprise from Spacedock in Lee Cronin. Directed by Vincent McEveety. Stardate 4385.3. First his effort to rescue Spock. Also sta- aired in 1968. Kirk and company are trapped in a bizarre re-cretioned at Spacedock at the time was the ation of the ancient American West and forced to fight in the gunU.S.S. Excelsior, undergoing tests of fight at OK Corral. This was the first episode produced for the third its experimental transwarp drive. (Star season of the original Star Trek series. It was filmed under the title ¥ Trek Ili: The Search for Spock). The “The Last Gunfight,” later changed to “Spectre of the Gun" duning 7 Spacedock model was designed by the editing process. Lee Cronin was the pen name for Gene L / David Carson and Nilo Rodis. It was Coon. GUEST CAST: Ron Soble as Earp, Wyatt; Bonnie Beecher built at ILM. The model was re-used more than once in Star Trek: as Sylvia; Charles Maxwell as Earp, Virgil; Rex Holman as Earp, The Next Generation, \ Morgan; Sam Gilman as Holliday, Doc; Charles Seel as Ed: Bill “11007001” (TNG). (In an LT — Sofaer as Melkotian voice; Gregg Palmer as Rancher; Richard notably for Starbase 74 in JERE Zuckert as Behan, Johnny; Ed McCready as Barber; Abraham

alternate reality created by a Anthony as Rider; Gregory Reece, Paul Baxley, Bob Omison, Men timestream, the runabout - in bar; James Doohan as Melkotian buoy's voice; Mike Minor as U.S.S. Yellowstone was ry Mask. SEE: Claiborne, Billy; Clanton, Billy; Clanton, Ike; Earp, stolen from Spacedock in - Morgan; Earp, Virgil; Earp, Wyatt; Ed; Holliday, Doc; 2372 by Ensign Harry Kim, g - McLowery, Frank; McLowery, Tom; Melkotians; OK Corral; and Tom Paris stole the Sylvia; Tombstone, Arizona; Vulcan mind-meld.