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of emotional control; victims exhibit sudden bursts of emotion Child” (TNG). Benteen's first name was not mentioned in dialog and irrational anger. Diagnosis is made by culturing tissue from but is from the script. the patient's metathalamus. A dangerous side effect of Bendii Syndrome is that the loss of emotional control can be telepathi- Benton. (Seamon Glass). One of the three miners at the Rigel XII cally projected to others. Ambassador Sarek was afflicted with lithium-mining station in 2266. (“Mudd's Women" [TOS]). Bendii Syndrome at the age of 202, endangering his last diplomatic mission. (“Sarek" [TNG]). Sarek eventually succumbed to Benzan. (Kieran Mulroney). Son of Bendii Syndrome at his home on Vulcan, in 2368. (Unification, Secretary Kushell of the planet Straleb Part I" [TNG]). Benzan had been secretly engaged to marry Yanar of the planet Altec, and was the Benecia Colony. Federation settlement. The Karidian father of her child. Benzan nearly triggered Company of Players had been scheduled to perform at the an interplanetary incident in 2365 after givBenecia Colony following their engagement at Planet Q in 2266. ing Yanar the Jewel of Thesia as a pledge (“The Conscience of the King” [TOS]). Dr. Janice Lester had of marriage. (“The Outrageous Okona” hoped to send her former self, when it imprisoned the mind of [TNG]). James Kirk, to the Benecia Colony in 2269. Benecia's medical facilities were limited, so the chances of Lester's theft of Kirk's Benzar. Homeworld to the Benzites. (“Coming of Age” [TNG]) body being discovered were minimal. (“Turnabout Intruder” Benzar, a recent member of the Federation, has an atmosphere [TOS)) similar to Class-M norms, but Benzites in a Class-M environment need a respiration device to provide supplemental gases for them Benev Selec. One of the star systems in the Selcundi Drema to breathe. (“A Matter of Honor” [TNG]) sector. Wesley Crusher ordered Ensign Davies to conduct an icospectrogram on the Benev Selec system. (“Pen Pals” [TNG]). Benzites. Humanoid inhabitants of the > planet Benzar. Ensign Mendon served > Benil, Gul. (Christopher Carroll). Captain of a Galor-class briefly aboard the Enterprise-D as part of an “ - Cardassian warship. In 2371, Benil’s ship intercepted the Officer Exchange Program in 2365. &= Federation starship Defiant on a rescue mission to planet Benzites from the same geostructure often ~. Cardassia. (“Second Skin" [DS9)). SEE: holo-filter look identical to a non-Benzite. (“A Matter -' J of Honor” [TNG]). Captain Laporin, the - benijisidrine. Drug. Vulcan physicians prescribed benjisidrine for commander of a Federation starship that §_i treatment of Ambassador Sarek’s heart condition. (“Journey to was stormed by Klingons in 2372, was of Babel” [TOS]) Benzite ancestry. Benzites are sometimes called Benzenites (“Apocalypse Rising” [DS9]). By 2372, advances in Benzite medBennet, Ensign. (Richard Garon). Crew member aboard the ical technology made it unnecessary for Benzites to use a respiStarship Voyager. Bennet was killed in a shuttlecraft crash in ration device in a Class-M atmosphere. (“The Ship” [DS9)). 2372 during a geological survey mission to one of the moons of planet Drayan Il. (“Innocence” [VGR]). benzocyatizine. Medication used to adjust the levels of isoboramine in joined Trill. A benzocyatic regimen generally involves Bennett, Admiral Robert. (Harve Bennett) . frequent doses of benzocyatizine. (“Equilibrium” [DS9]) Starfleet chief-of-staff in 2287. Bennett \ assigned Kirk and the Enterprise-A to rescue . Beowulf. Ancient English epic Federation Representative St. John Talbot 3 ) poem. Probably written in at planet Nimbus Ill, despite the fact that / ! . Earth's eighth century, Beowulf the Enterprise was far from operational at - ’ 3 drew from Scandinavian histhe time. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier). ly J tory and folklore. The poem This character, whom Kirk addressed as Ld . recounted Beowulf's fight with “Bob,” had no last name in the movie or the script, but we're the water monster, Grendel, his calling him Admiral Bennett because he was played by Star Trek victory over a dragon, and his feature film writer-producer Harve Bennett, making a cameo "N » N 3 later death and funeral. In appearance. * a 2371, Harry Kim participated in a holonovel reenactment of the epic poem on the Starship Bennett, Rear Admiral. (J. Patrick McCormack). Starfleet offi- Voyager. While running the program, photonic beings from a cial. Bennett was part of Starfleet's Judge Advocate General nearby protostar entered the ship, resulting in the temporary loss and presided in the 2373 case of Richard Bashir for illegal of three Voyager crew members. The Beowulf program became genetic engineering. Bennett sentenced Bashir to two years at the setting for Emergency Medical Hologram's first away misthe Federation Penal Settlement in New Zealand. (“Doctor sion, as he was dispatched to investigate the disappearance of Bashir, | Presume?” [DS9]). those personnel. (“Heroes and Demons” [VGR]) Bensen, Bjorn. (Gerard Prendergast). Chief engineer of the Beratis. Name given to an unidentified mass murderer of women unsuccessful terraforming project at planet Velara Ill in 2364. on planet Rigel IV. SEE: Redjac. (“Wolf in the Fold" [TOS]). (“Home Soil" [TNG]). Berel. (George Hearn). Physician on planet 4 Benteen, Erika. (Susan Gibney). Starfleet Malcor Ill, and head of the Sikla Medical ; officer. Benteen served at Starfleet facility. In 2367, Berel cared for the injured { 1 Command as adjutant to Admiral Leyton in ~~ Malcorian Rivas Jakara, later found to be Pe 2372. (“Homefront [DSY)). Around stardate Starfieet officer William Riker on a covert sur"4 I 49170, Leyton promoted Benteen to the veillance mission on the planet. Berel was R rank of captain and assigned her to com- relieved as head of the medical facility when “ a mand the U.S.S. Lakota. Although Benteen he refused to endanger Riker's life for questioning by Malcorian was loyal to Leyton and supported his security. (“First Contact” [TNG]). attempted coup of the Earth government, she refused to obey an order from Leyton to destroy the starship ~~ Berellians. Society that is a member of the Federation. Berellians Defiant. (“Paradise Lost” [DS9]). Susan Gibney previously por- are not known for engineering skills, although this might be an trayed Dr. Leah Brahms in “Booby Trap” (TNG) and “Galaxy's unfair characterization. (“Redemption, Part II” [TNG])