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Duras family forces during the Klingon civil war in 2367-2368. borders. The universal translator aboard § 7 a 3 (“Redemption, Part II" [TNG]). The Sutherland was a modification the Voyager had great difficulty in transof the Nebula-class U.S.S. Phoenix. The upper sensor pod and lating the language used by the Swarm. supporting struts were changed for the Sutherland. The (“The Swarm” [VGR]) Sutherland was named for Horatio Hornblower's flagship in the classic C. S. Forester novels that served as one of Gene swarm. Spaceborne life-form native to Roddenberry's original inspirations for Star Trek. the Delta Quadrant. The swarm was a colony of about 2000 individuals that Sutok. (Steve Kehela). Trader who frequented the Nekrit Supply propelled themselves at speeds in Depot station in the Delta Quadrant. Sutok dealt in such contra- excess of 3000 kilometers per second by band as Rhuludian crystals. Sutok was killed by Talaxian trader means of flagellation. These creatures Wixiban during a failed narcotics deal in 2373. (“Fair Trade” [VGR]). absorbed nutrients directly from space through their porous outer skin. One of the life-form’s sexes was ™ Sutter, Clara. (Noley Thornton). Daugh- very large in relation to the opposite sex, comparable in size to a ter of Enterprise-D crew member Daniel Federation starship. (“Elogium” [VGR]). Sutter. Because she had changed starships (and therefore homes) so many Swenson, Science Officer. Enterprise-D crew member. times in her young life, Clara invented an ~~ Swenson was scheduled to participate in a martial-arts competi“invisible friend,” Isabella, to keep her tion aboard the ship just prior to Tasha Yar’s death in 2364. (“Skin company. Clara was at first pleased, then of Evil" [TNG]) frightened, when her imaginary companion suddenly became very real. (“Ima Swinn, Ensign. (Bahni Turpin). Starfleet officer assigned to the ginary Friend” [TNG]). Noley Thornton engineering section on the U.S.S. Voyager. (“Tuvix" [VGR] [7 also played Taya in “Shadowplay" (DS9) “Resolutions” [VGR])

Sutter, Ensign Daniel. (Jeff Allin). An Enterprise-D officer and ~~ Switzer. A renowned Federation archaeologist who attended the part of the engineering staff. Sutter had served on several star annual symposium of the Federation Archaeology Council in ships before his posting to the Enterprise-D in 2368. His daugh- 2367. (“QPid" [TNG]) ter, Clara Sutter, lived with him. (“Imaginary Friend” [TNG]). “Sword of Kahless, The." Deep Space Nine episode #81 Suvin IV. Planet. Archaeologist Dr. Langford invited Captain Teleplay by Hans Beimler. Story by Richard Danus. Directed by Picard to join her in exploring the ruins at Suvin IV. (“Rascals” LeVar Burton. No stardate given. First aired in 1995. Kor sets out [TNG]). with Worf and Dax on a quest to find the mythical Sword of Kahless, which has been missing for a millennium. GUEST CAST: “Swarm, The.” Voyager episode #49. Written by Mike Sussman John Colicos as Kor; Rick Pasqualone as Toral; Tom Morga as Directed by Alexander Singer. Stardate 50252 3. First aired in Soto. SEE: Alvanian cave sloth; bat’leth; cave-rat; Degebian 1996. Voyager crosses into a section of space belonging to a mountain goat; Hall of Heroes; Hur'q planet; Hur'q; Kahless mysterious culture that does not tolerate trespassers. The Doctor the Unforgettable; Kang; Koloth; Kor; Korma Pass; Lethean; begins to suffer memory failure, prompting the crew to take dras- Maj ram; No’Mat; Sabak's armor; serpent of Xol; Shroud of tic measures. GUEST CAST: Carole Davis as Diva: Steven the Sword; Soto; Sword of Kahless; T'nag; Toral; Torch of Houska as Chardis; Maje! Barrett as Computer voice. SEE: G'boj; Torna IV; Worf; Yridian brandy. adaptive heuristic matrix; Bristow, Fred; Callas, Maria; Chardis; cortical analeptic; Emergency Medical Hologram; Sword of Kahless. The first bat'leth forged by Kahless the Freni, Mirella; gigaquad; holodeck and holosuite programs: Unforgettable around fifteen hundred years ago. In the cenhydrocortilene; interferometric pulse; Jupiter Station; Jupiter turies following Kahless's death, the sword became a sacred Station diagnostics; La Bohéme; Lake Como; level-4 memory icon of the Klingon people, until it was taken by the Hur'g about fragmentation; matrix overlay program; Mislen; multitronics; one thousand years ago during their invasion of the Klingon

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neuroelectric weapon; Nicoletti, Susan; “O soave fanciulla”; Homeworld. The Sword of Kahless had been wrapped in a cloth parrises squares; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pentangeli, Giuseppina; that also became a revered object. After the disappearance of the polaron; preganglionic fiber; Puccini, Giacomo; resonant sword, numerous fakes of the Shroud of the Sword emerged over particle wave; Soral; surgical scrubber; Swarm; T'Penna; the centuries. The true shroud was Tabran monk; tachyon detection grid; universal translator; discovered by a Vulcan geological Zimmerman, Dr. Lewis. team, inspiring Dahar Master Kor to enlist the help of Jadzia Dax and Worf = Swarm. A highly territorial civilization native to the Delta to set out on a quest for the leg- - "a Quadrant. The Swarm employed neuroelectric weapons and endary artifact in 2372. (“The Sword [] Ld thousands of small ships in swarmlike formations. They used of Kahless™ [DS9]). Kor, Worf, and 3 sensor nets employing interlaced tachyon beams to monitor their Dax actually found the Sword of