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“Wire, The.” Deep Space Nine episode # 42. Written by Robert ~~ Wolf 359. Star located 7.8 light-years from Sol. Wolf 359 was the Hewitt Wolfe. Directed by Kim Friedman. No stardate given. First site of a terrible battle in which some 40 Federation starships tried in aired in 1994. Garak suffers crippling pain, and it is discovered to vain to prevent a Borg invasion of Earth in early 2367. Commanded be caused by a device planted in his brain by Cardassian intelli- by Admiral J. P. Hanson, the Starfleet armada was decimated by gence. GUEST CAST: Andrew Robinson as Garak, Elim; Jimmie the Borg ship, resulting in the loss of 39 ships and 11,000 lives. F. Skaggs as Boheeka; Ann Gillespie as Jabara; Paul Dooley as Among the vessels lost were the Starships Tolstoy, Kyushu, Tain, Enabran. SEE: Algorian mammoth; Arawath Colony, Melbourne, and Saratoga. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" Bashir, Dr. Julian; Boheeka; cranial implant; Dax, Tobin; [TNG]). Casualty figures from “The Drumhead” (TNG). Saratoga endorphins; Galipotans; Garak, Elim; hyperzine; I'danian established in “Emissary” (DS9). The aftermath of the battle of Wolf spice pudding; kanar; Ledonia Ill; leukocyte; Meditations on 359 was shown in “The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" (TNG), but three a Crimson Shadow; Never-ending Sacrifice, The; Merak Il; years after that episode was made, “Emissary” (DS9) had a dramat mycorrhizal fungus; Obsidian Order; postcentral gyrus; ic flashback that showed some of the battle itself, in which Ben Preloc; Saurian brandy; Rigel IV; Tain, Enabran; Tarkalean tea; Sisko 's wife, Jennifer Sisko, was killed in the destruction of the triptacederin. Saratoga. Wolf 359 is a real star. Located 7.8 light-years away in the constellation Leo, it is the fourth-closest star to Earth. Wise Ones. Ancient civilization also known as the Preservers. (“The Paradise Syndrome" [TOS)) “Wolf in the Fold.” Original Series episode #36. Written by Robert Bloch. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Stardate 3614.9. First aired in Wixiban. (James Nardin). Also 1967. Scotty is accused of murdering two women on a peaceful known as Wix. A member of the planet, but the culprit is an evil entity that was once known as Jack Talaxian race, Wix is a long-time the Ripper. GUEST CAST: John Fiedler as Hengist, Mr.; Charles friend to Neelix. Wix spent one year Macaulay as Jarvis; Pilar Seurat as Sybo: Charles Dierkop as in a Ubean prison for smuggling con- Morla; Joseph Bernard as Tark; Tania Lemani as Kara; John traband. Neelix was also involved in Winston as Transporter chief; Virginia Aldridge as Tracy, h this act, but escaped capture. While Lieutenant Karen; Judy McConnell as Tankris, Yeoman; Judi \ a prisoner in the Ubean prison, Wix ~~ Sherven as Nurse; John Winston as Argelian bartender; Suzanne was forced to eat worms to stay Lodge, Marlys Burdette, Serving girls; Majel Barrett as Computer i alive. He slept in a cell where vermin voice; Paul Baxley as Hengist's stunt double. SEE: Alpha Carinae \ chewed on him all night, and he was V; Alpha Majoris |; Alpha Proxima II; Argelians; Argelius II; punished terribly. Wix was forced to Argus River region; Beratis; Deneb II; drella; Hengist, Mr.; Jack live aboard the Nekrit Expanse the Ripper; Jarvis; Kara; Kesla; Martian Colonies; mellitus; Supply Depot for three years after his Morla; pi (1); psychotricorder; Redjac; Rigel IV; Scott, ship was confiscated by the Station Montgomery; Sybo; Tark; Tracy, Lieutenant Karen. Manager, Bahrat. Wix conspired to smuggle illicit drugs aboard the sta Woman. (Marnie Mosiman). A member of the interpretive Chorus tion for delivery to the Kolaati. During of mediator Riva from planet Ramatis Ill. Each member of the a failed attempt to deliver the drugs, Chorus represented a different part of Riva's personality. Woman Wix killed the alien Sutok in self-defense using a Federation represented harmony, wisdom, and the balance that bound phaser. Upon confessing his crimes to Bahrat, Wix and Neelix together passion and intellect. (“Loud as a Whisper” [TNG]). SEE helped capture Tosin and other members of the Kolaati. For his ~~ Scholar/Artist; Warrior/Adonis. efforts, Bahrat returned Wix's shuttle, and he was allowed to go on his way, reportedly back to a Talaxian colony. (“Fair Trade” [VGR]. wompat. Animal often kept as a pet by Cardassian children (“Chain of Command, Part II" [TNG]) Woban. (Jordan Lund). Leader of the Navot village on planet Bajor. Woban - Woo, Dr. Professor at the Daystrom Institute. Benjamin Sisko came to Deep Space 9 in 2369 to nego- — told Vash that Professor Woo was especially eager for her to tiate a land dispute with representa return to the institute to speak on her travels through the Gamma tives of the rival Paqu nation. (“The . Quadrant. (“Q-Less" [DS9)). Storyteller” [DS9)). See: Glyrhond; Varis Sul Woodstock. Open-air music festival held near Bethel, New York, on Earth Woden Sector. Region of space. Site in 1969, attended by about 500,000 where the Talarian warship Q'Maire was located when it persons. Woodstock came to symresponded to a distress call from a Talarian observation craft in bolize the solidarity of the genera2367. (“Suddenly Human" [TNG]). The sector was named as an tion of flower children, war protesthomage to the ship of the same name that was destroyed in “The ers, and youth in general, and was Ultimate Computer” (TOS). the most publicized counterculture happening of the decade. It was not Woden. Old-style ore freighter that was automated and carried generally realized that a spotlight no crew. The Woden was destroyed by the M-5 mutitronic unit in operator named Maury Ginsberg, with 2268 when that experimental computer malfunctioned seriously. the assistance of a mysterious person named Quinn, prevented a (“The Ultimate Computer” [TOS]). The Woden was a re-use of the ~~ sound-system malfunction that would have kept the concert from S.S. Botany Bay mode! from “Space Seed" (TOS). starting on time. (“Death Wish" [VGR]) y= Worf (mirror). (Michael Dorn). The mirror [mE ® 3 universe Worf was Regent and leader of PM - Pe = =z - 3 the Alliance of Cardassian and Klingon a St _— military forces. In 2372, he commanded Bat — A an Alliance battle fleet on a mission to Jig i Bi = (E8 retake station Terok Nor (mirror) from a Lo the Terran resistance. The Defiant (mir- ” a ror), commanded by this universe's Hr ~~ Wogneer creatures. Life-forms that lived in the Ordek Nebula. Captain Benjamin Sisko, successfully / Captain Picard played a part in protecting them. (“Allegiance” [TNG]). engaged the Alliance fleet with the help of