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32 BAKED POTATO THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE

baked potato. Edible tuber of the Solanum tuberosum plant, Baltrim. (Terrence Evans). Resident of baked and served as a side dish, often garnished with butter or Jeraddo, a moon orbiting planet Bajor. sour cream and chives. (“The Chute" [VGR]). Baltrim, a Bajoran national, was made mute by the Cardassians. during the Cardassian baked Risan beans. Seeds from a leguminous plant indigenous occupation of Bajor. Baltrim escaped to to Risa, baked and served as a side dish. (“The Chute” [VGRI]). Jeraddo with his companion, Keena, in 2351 and started a new life. Teaming up with baktag. A Klingon insult. (“Redemption, Part II" [TNG]) farmer Mullibok, they lived peacefully until an energy-transfer project in 2369 forced the baktun. Measure of time used by the now-extinct Tkon Empire. evacuation of Jeraddo. (“Progress” [DS)). A baktun was a large number of years, possibly centuries or millennia. (“The Last Outpost” [TNG]) banana split. Earth dessert made from ice cream, various sweet toppings, and a sliced banana. Wesley Crusher described it to “Balance of Terror.” Original Series episode #9. Written by Paul Jono as “maybe the best thing there is in the universe.” Schneider. Directed by Vincent McEveety. Stardate 1709.2. First (“Suddenly Human" [TNG]) broadcast in 1966. Kirk matches wits with the commander of an invisible Romulan spaceship. This episode features the first Bandi. Humanoid civilization native to appearance of the Romulans and their cloaking device. GUEST planet Deneb IV. The Bandi, desiring CAST: Mark Lenard as Romulan commander; Paul Comi as to become a member of the FederStiles, Lieutenant: Lawrence Montaigne as Decius; Grace Lee MN ation, offered Starfleet the use of a Whitney as Rand, Janice; Stephen Mines as Tomlinson, newly constructed starbase called Lieutenant Robert; Barbara Baldavin as Martine, Ensign Farpoint Station. It was later learned Angela; Garry Walberg as Hansen, Commander: John that Farpoint Station had not been Warburton as Centurion; John Arndt as Fields, Engineer; Robert built by the Bandi, but was in fact a Chadwick as Romulan scanner operator; Walter Davis, Vince shape-shifting spaceborne life-form Deadrick, Sean Morgan, Romulan crewmen. SEE: Centurion; The life-form had been captured by cloaking device, Romulan; Decius; Hanson, Commander; ' the Bandi and coerced into assuming Icarus IV; Martine, Ensign Angela; Neutral Zone Outposts; the form of the station. Investigation Praetor; Remus; rodinium; Romulan Bird-of-Prey; Romulan by Enterprise-D personnel uncovered the coercion. and the lifeCommander; Romulan Neutral Zone; Romulan Star Empire; form was allowed to return to space, (“Encounter at Farpoint, Romulans; Romulus; Stiles, Lieutenant; Tomlinson, Robert. Parts | and II" [TNG]) Baldoxic vinegar. A salad dressing. Neelix used Baldoxic vine- Baneans. Spacefaring civilization from the gar on a salad of orchids. (“Tattoo” [VGR]). Delta Quadrant. The Baneans were at war with a neighboring culture, the Numiri, even Balduk warriors. A fierce group. Worf, however, found them not though the two once coexisted on one as frightening as a small angry child. (“New Ground” [TNG]). planet. In 2371, Starship Voyager crew members Thomas Paris and Harry Kim visited the Balfour Lake. Body of water. Location where Jack and Beverly Baneans, on a mission to request assistance Crusher took their young son Wesley on his first camping trip. in repairing Voyager's navigational array. The boy entertained himself by throwing manta leaves into the During the visit, Paris was accused and fire. (“Attached [TNG]) found guilty of having murdered Professor Tolen Ren (pictured), the inventor of Banean Ballard, Lieutenant. (Judyann Elder). Enterprise-D crew member warship technology. Paris was later found to have been framed by a and teacher at the ship's primary school when Data's daughter, Numiri operative (played by Aaron Lustig) who had sought to use Lal, briefly attended class in 2366. (“The Offspring” [TNG]) Paris as a courier for Banean military secrets. (“Ex Post Facto” [VGRY). The exterior shot of the Banean city was a re-use of a matte L Balok. (Clint Howard). Commander of painting first done for "Angel One” (TNG), BN the First Federation flagship Fesarius. . Balok conducted his people's first con- Baneriam hawk. Predatory bird. Quark told Odo that he resemtact with the United Federation of bled a Baneriam hawk looking for prey, when the security chief '‘] Planets in 2266. In an effort to ascertain ~~ was observing patrons at the bar on stardate 46853. (“If Wishes - the sincerity of Federation offers of Were Horses” [DS9]). Za friendship, Balok staged an incident in ~ 9 which he first threatened the Enterprise, ~~ banjo man. SEE: Caretaker. " —= 2 then later claimed his ship had suffered - “% severe damage. (“The Corbomite bantaca. Large stone spire built at the center of ancient Bajoran " Sh 1 Maneuver” [TOS]). Nearly 30 years after cities, said to mark the city's place in the cosmos. Bantacas were “The Corbomite Maneuver,” Clint about 11 meters tall, made of hundreds of stones fitted together Howard portrayed Grady in “Past Tense, Part Il" (DSS). Howard so tightly that they didn't require mortar. An ancient icon painting also played NASA mission control technician Sy Liebergot in the of B'hala showed a bantaca. Symbols carved into the spire 19895 feature film Apollo 13. helped provide clues leading to the discovery of the city in 2373. (“Rapture” [DS9)). The bantaca spire was designed by John Balosnee VI. Planet where the harmonies of the tides can cause Eaves and Fritz Zimmerman. stimulating hallucinations. Grand Nagus Zek couldn't decide if he wanted to spend his first vacation in 85 years at Risa or bantan. Spicy vegetable dish. One of Neelix's specialties. (“The Balosnee VI. (“The Nagus” [DS9)). Cloud” [VGR]) balso tonic. Drink. Federation Ambassador Odan was fond of “Bar Association.” Deep Space Nine episode #88. Teleplay by balso tonic. The Enterprise-D food replicator was, unfortunately, Robert Hewitt Wolfe & Ira Steven Behr. Story by Barbara J. Lee & unable to manufacture it. (“The Host" [TNG) Jenifer A. Lee. Directed by LeVar Burton. No stardate given. First aired in 1996. Quark's heavy-handed management is more than Balthus, Dr. Scientist. A botanist aboard the Enterprise-D and a his employees can stand, so with Rom’s leadership they form a colleague of Keiko O'Brien. (“Night Terrors” [TNG]) union and go on strike. GUEST CAST: Max Grodénchik as Rom;