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in her image and implanted the android with her memories. given an opportunity to autopsy a Takaran. Crusher discovered Following the human Juliana’s death, Soong activated this new that the Takarans did not have organs in the traditional sense; android. This android believed herself to be Juliana Soong and rather, Takaran internal physiology was homogeneous throughbelieved that she had just recovered from a serious accident. out the body. This made the Takarans extremely difficult to injure Soong went to great lengths to ensure that the android Juliana or kill. Effective damage would have to be done on a cellular level. would not discover her true nature. He designed a feedback Crusher also discovered that Takarans were able to control the processor which sent out a false biosignal to fool sensor devices. rate of their cellular physiology, allowing them to put themselves He also programmed the android to shut down in the event that into a state resembling death. (“Suspicions” [TNG]). SEE: Jo'Bril. her design was discovered, so she would not discover the truth herself. For a time, Soong and his android creation were happy. Takarian bard. (Michael Ensign). Street poet on the Takarian But Juliana became unhappy with her life on Terlina Ill; eventually homeworld who recited passages from the “Song of the Sages” she left the planet and Soong. Sometime later Juliana met and in exchange for contributions. The bard wore an eye patch over marred Dr. Pran Tainer, an Atrean geologist. Juliana followed her one of his eyes for dramatic effect and sympathy. (“False Profits” son, Data, and his accomplishments, until she was finally able to [VGRY]). Michael Ensign previously portrayed Krola in “First reunite with him at Atrea IV in 2370. Though Juliana's true nature ~~ Contact” (TNG) and Lojal in “The Forsaken" (DSS). was discovered by Data, he honored Soong's wishes and allowed Juliana to live out the remainder of her days believing she ~~ Takarian mead. Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation was human. (“Inheritance” [TNG]). Fionnula Flanagan also por- of honey and water. Takarian mead was served at Quark's bar on trayed Enina Tandro in “Dax” (DS9). Deep Space 9. (“The Visitor” [DS9]). a” ha Tainer, Dr. Pran. (William Lithgow). Atrean ~~ Takarian merchant. (John Walter Davis). Takarian man who N Mall geologist who, along with his wife, Juliana heartily embraced the profit-centered philosophy preached by f- ‘ / Tainer, discovered the dangerous cooling the two Ferengi who posed as the Great Sages. (“False Profits” \! to reliquefy the core of his planet. (“Inher- Takarian sandal maker. (Alan Altshuld). Indigent craftsman and & > in the magma of Atrea IV in 2370. Dr. Tainer [VGR]). worked with the crew of the Enterprise-D / ~ itance” [TNG]) family man who lived in the poorest quarter of a city on the Takarian homeworld. He asked the Great Sages for some food Taitt, Ensign. (Alex Datcher). Bridge science officer aboard the and medicine, but they sold him a copy of the Ferengi Rules of Enterprise-D. Taitt was on duty during the encounter with the Acquisition instead. (“False Profits” [VGRY). Alan Altshuld previself-aware Borg in 2370. She did her Starfleet Academy senior ously played Pomet in “Starship Mine" (TNG) and Yaranek in honors thesis in solar dynamics. Taitt devised the plan that suc- “Gambit, Part I" (DS9). cesfully induced a solar-fusion eruption, destroying the enemy ship. (“Descent, Part II" [TNG]). SEE: metaphasic shield. Takarian temple. Building in Takar erected to honor the Great Sages. The two Ferengi from the Alpha Quadrant who claimed to Tajor, Glinn. (Mic Rogers). Aide to Gul Lemec during talks be the legendary Great Sages used the temple as their Divine aboard the Starship Enterprise-D in 2369. (“Chain of Command, Vault from their arrival in 2366 until their subsequent banishment Part I” [TNG)). in 2373 at the hands of the Voyager crew. (“False Profits” [VGR]).

Tak Tak consul. (Albie Selznick). Com- Takarians. Humanoid pre-industrial bronze-age civilization that mander of a Tak Tak spacecraft. In 2373, a ! existed on a Class-M planet in the Delta Quadrant. Takarian Tak Tak consul was assigned to destroy a | mythology held that Great Sages would come from the sky to rule Garan mining colony to protect the system \ )] over the people as benevolent protectors. The Takarians had a from a macrovirus invasion. (“Macrocosm” f po | flourishing society until two Ferengi from the Alpha Quadrant [VGR]) Na arrived in 2366 and pretended to be the Great Sages from ancient Re lore. The false demigods were banished by the U.S.S. Voyager Tak Tak. Humanoid society native to the crew in 2373. (“False Profits” [VGR]). SEE: Arridor, Dr. Delta Quadrant. The Tak Tak use ritualistic ‘ body language as their primary form of p takeo herbs. Bajoran plants valued for their medicinal value. Dr. communication and have a skeletal ridge g X Julian Bashir prescribed takeo herbs for Kira Nerys in 2373 to which protrudes from their forehead, around their nose, and into help her swollen ankles during her pregnancy. (“Looking for their chin. The Tak Tak had serious problems with macrovirus par’Mach in All the Wrong Places” [DS9]). infestations, and by 2373, had a strict policy of destroying any infected ship or colony. Captain Janeway described them as one takka berries. Edible fruit originating on planet Drayan Il of the more unusual species encountered in the Delta Quadrant, (*Innocence" [VGR]). and also as the most unforgiving people she had ever met. Captain Janeway unknowingly gave one of the worst insults pos- ~~ Takrit. Civilization in the Delta Quadrant. Takrit were mercenaries sible to a Tak Tak by placing her hands on her hips during anego- operating in the Sobras system. It was believed that the Takrit tiation meeting in 2373. ("“Macrocosm” [VGRY]). assisted the Trabe who plotted to assassinate a gathering of Kazon leaders on planet Sobras in 2372. (*Alliances” [VGR)). Takana root tea. Beverage found on a planet in the Teplan system located in the Gamma Quadrant. (“The Quickening” [DS9)). Tal Shiar. Elite Romulan imperial intelligence service. The Tal Shiar was a secret, often brutal, sometimes extragovernmental Takar loggerhead eggs. Breakfast food. Served by Neelix. (‘The agency that enforced loyalty among the Romulan citizenry and Cloud” [VGR])). military. Tal Shiar agents carried broad discretionary powers and were able to overrule field military commanders with little fear of Takar. Nation on a Class-M world in the Delta Quadrant. (“False reprisal from government authorities. Some elements of Romulan Profits” [VGR|) society, including members of the military, felt the Tal Shiar's tactics to be unnecessarily brutal, but such opinions were rarely Takaran wildebeest. Noisy animal. (“Crossfire” [DS9]). spoken publicly for fear of retribution that included the sudden “disappearance” of family members. Deanna Troi was coerced Takarans. Humanoid species whose members have vaguely rep- to assume the identity of Tal Shiar member Major Rakal as part tilian features. Little was known about the Takarans until 2369, of an elaborate plot to enable Romulan Vice-Proconsul when Enterprise-D Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher was ~~ M'ret to defect to the Federation. (“Face of the Enemy” [TNG]).