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beta-tachyon. Form of particle that can exist only at faster-than- ? Bhavani, Premier. (Elizabeth Hoffman). light velocities. In 2373, a female member of the Q Continuum ( x The head of the Barzan government showed the Voyager crew a method to increase shield power by Sony Because of her planet's inhospitable a factor of ten by remodulating the shields to emit a beta-tachyon nature, Premier Bhavani asked to use the pulse, then emitting a series of antiproton beams into the shield (2 Enterprise-D as a place to hold negotiabubble. (“The Q and the Grey" [VGR]). [ tions for rights to the Barzan wormhole in > | 2366. (“The Price” [TNG]). Betar Prize. Annual literary award. (In an alternate future in which Ben Sisko was believed killed aboard the Defiant in 2372, Jake bicaridine treatment. Regenerative therapy for fracture patients. Sisko won the 2391 Betar Prize for his second book, Collected It is used for patients who are allergic to metorapan. Beverly Stories. SEE: Sisko, Jake) (“The Visitor” [DS9]). Crusher recommended bicaridine when her son, Wesley, was injured in an accident at the Academy Flight Range in 2368. Betazed, Holy Rings of. Relics of great significance in Betazoid (“The First Duty” [TNG]). culture. Lwaxana Troi was the holder of the Holy Rings of Betazed. ("Haven” [TNG]) Big Bang. A massive explosion, about 15 billion years ago, in which the present universe and everything in it is believed to have been Betazed. Class-M planet; formed. At least two members of the omnipotent Q Continuum a member of the United = took refuge in the first moments of the cosmos. One of them, who Federation of Planets. - would later be known as Quinn, also tried to hide the Starship Homeworld to Deanna Troi. gr. Voyager in the maelstrom of creation. (“Death Wish” [VGRY]). (“Haven" [TNG]). As a young gas - - lieutenant, William Riker v - “Big Goodbye, The." Next Generation episode #13. Written by was once stationed on Tracy Tormé. Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan. Stardate 41997.7. Betazed, where he became First aired in 1988. Picard and company are trapped in a holodeck romantically involved with - simulation of fictional gumshoe detective Dixon Hill. This is the first psychology student (and episode to feature Picard’s fascination with the adventures of future Enterprise-D crew Dixon Hill. At one point, this episode had been scheduled for promember) Deanna Troi. duction after “11001001 " (TNG). If this had indeed happened, the (“Encounter at Farpoint™ computer modifications of the Bynars would have served to [TNG], “Ménage a Troi" explain the holodeck malfunctions in this episode. Robert Justman [TNG]). The biennial Trade scoured the Paramount studio music archives and selected a nosAgreements Conference was held on Betazed in 2366. talgic song, “You Came to Me From Out of Nowhere" for comCommander Riker and Counselor Troi took shore leave there fol- poser Dennis McCarthy to arrange, using a female singer for this lowing the conference. Riker, Troi, and Lwaxana Troi were subse- episode. Star Trek producers Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman, quently kidnapped from the surface of Betazed by the Ferengi, Robert H. Justman, and writer Tracy Tormé received a Peabody DaiMon Tog. (“Ménage a Troi” [TNG]). Archaeologist Vash was Award for this episode. GUEST CAST: Lawrence Tierney as persona non grata on Betazed. ("Q-Less" [DS9]). Lake Cataria Redblock, Cyrus; Harvey Jason as Leech, Felix; William Boyett was one of Deanna Troi's favorite places on Betazed. She had as Bell, Lieutenant Dan; David Selburg as Whalen; Gary devised a holodeck recreation of the locale on the Enterprise-D. Armagnac as McNary; Mike Genovese as Desk sergeant; Dick (“All Good Things..." [TNG]). Miller as Vendor; Carolyn Allport as Bradley, Jessica; Rhonda Aldrich as Secretary; Erik Cord as Thug. SEE: Amazing Detective Betazoids. Civilization of humanoid telepaths from the Federation ~~ Stories; baseball; Bell, Lieutenant Dan; “Big Goodbye, The"; planet Betazed. (“Haven [TNG]). Most Betazoids develop their Bokai, Buck; Bradley, Jessica; DiMaggio, Joe; Hill, Dixon; telepathic abilities in adolescence, although a few individuals are Jarada; Leech, Felix; London Kings; Long Dark Tunnel, The; born with their telepathy fully functional. These troubled individu- McNary; Madeline; Redblock, Cyrus; Torona IV; Whalen. als generally require extensive therapy to survive in society, since they lack the ability to screen out the telepathic noise of other peo- “Big Goodbye, The.” Short story featuring the first adventures of ple. Tam Elbrun was one such person. (“Tin Man” [TNG]). fictional San Francisco gumshoe detective Dixon Hill. Published Betazoids are, however, incapable of reading Ferengi, Breen, or 1934 on Earth in Amazing Detective Stories magazine. (“The Big Dopterian minds, possibly a result of the unusual four-lobed con- Goodbye" [TNG]). struction of their brains. (“Menage a Troi” [TNG], (“The Forsaken” [DS9)). Betazoids are also unable to read Ullians (“Violations" big daddy-0. Twentieth-century American slang expression, [TNG]). The normal gestation period of a Betazoid is ten months. referring to a subculture of beach and surf popular in the states of (“The Child" [TNG]). Sometimes pregnant Betazoid women can Hawai'i and California. When Neelix held a luau in his Polynesian sense the thoughts of their unborn babies. (“The Muse” [DS9]). resort program on the Voyager's holodeck, Tom Paris wore a Hawaiian-style shirt that he said was an exact re-creation of the Beth Delta I. Planet. Location of the city of New Manhattan. Dr. 1962 “big daddy-O" surf special, an American classic. (“Alter Paul Stubbs jokingly promised to take Deanna Troi there for Ego” [VGR]). champagne. (“Evolution” [TNG]) Biko, U.S.S. Federation supply ship Olympic Class, Starfleet regBetreka Nebula Incident. An 18-year-long conflict that occurred istry number NCC-50331. The Biko was scheduled to rendezvous several years ago between the Klingon Empire and the with the Enterprise-D on stardate 46271 at planet Deinonychus Cardassian Union. (“The Way of the Warrior” [DS9)). VII. (“A Fistful of Datas” [TNG]). Named for Steven Biko, South African civil rights activist, martyred in 1977. Beumont, Neffie. Young lady whom a youthful Benjamin Sisko once had an intense crush on, (“Paradise Lost” [DS9]). Bilana Ill. Federation Class-M planet. Site where soliton wave based propulsion was developed by Dr. Ja'Dar. In 2368, the beverages. SEE: food and beverages. Enterprise-D participated in the first practical test of the new technology. The soliton wave was generated by an array of mas“Beyond Antares.” Love song. Uhura sang it for Kevin Riley sive generators on the surface of Bilana Ill and projected toward when he was feeling depressed; she also gained Nomad's atten- a sister facility on the planet Lemma Il. (“New Ground" [TNG]) tion by humming it on the bridge. (“Conscience of the King" [TOS], “The Changeling” [TOS]). Music by Wilbur Hatch, lyrics by ~~ Bilar. (Ralph Maurer). Citizen of the society on planet Beta Ill who Gene L. Coon, performed by Nichelle Nichols. was under the control on the machine entity Landru. When an