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ablative armor.* Starship outer hull layer through a vision quest. (“Mortal Coil” [VGR]). Later, Chakotay designed to vaporize under weapons used it to assist him in entering a lucid dreaming state when fire, thereby dissipating energy and pro- Voyager was threatened by a dream species. (“Waking tecting the ship's interior. In 2374, the Moments" [VGR]) experimental prototype Starship Prometheus was equipped with ablative armor. Alamo, Battle of the. Historic military engagement waged at a (“Message in a Bottle" [VGR]) Franciscan mission building in San Antonio, Texas, on the North American continent on Earth in 1836. Two hundred Texan volunaccelerated critical neural pathway formation.* legal med- teers, fighting for Texan independence against the nation of ical procedure intended to enhance the mental and physical Mexico, defended the Alamo against an overwhelmingly superiabilities of a humanoid child. The Federation ban on DNA rese- or Mexican military force for 13 days, but were eventually killed. quencing was based on the argument that if genetically Miles O'Brien suggested that the Battle of the Alamo might enhanced people were allowed to compete freely, all parents make a good holosuite program, but Bashir disagreed (“Wrongs would feel pressured to have their children enhanced so that Darker Than Death or Night” [DS9]) although by early 2375, the they could keep up. (“Statistical Probabilities” [DS9]). two were indeed planning such a simulation SEE: Crockett, Davy. “Afterimage” [DS9)]) acrybite. Mined substance. Acrybite futures were traded on the Ferengi Futures Exchange. (“Ferengi Love Songs” [DS9)) Alixia.* (Robin Stapler). Native of planet Talax. Sister to Neelix, Alixia died in the p= Adislo, Hars. (John Hostetter) war with the Haakonian Order. Neelix Nn Starfleet officer who served missed Alixia very much, and he kept as a $! aboard the Starship Enterprise-E memento a necklace that had once in 2375. Hars Adislo wrote a belonged to her. (“Mortal Coil" [VGRY]). a) research paper on thermionic transconductance, which he “All the Way." Popular mid-20th-century presented at the Nel Bato Earth song made famous by such singers y Conference in 2374. (Star Trek: as Frank Sinatra and Vic Fontaine. "All $i Insurrection). the Way" was Jadzia Dax's favorite song After Jadzia's death in late 2374, Worf Adventures of Captain Proton. SEE: Captain Proton, The repeatedly instructed the holographic re-creation of Fontaine to Adventures of; Proton, Captain. sing the song, Worf’s way of mourning his wife's passing (“Image in the Sand" [DS9]) Adventures of Flotter, The. SEE: Flotter, The Adventures of. Allied Forces. International military agency during Earth's “Afterimage.” Deep Space Nine episode #153. Written by second world war of the 20th century. Consisting of armed René Echevarria. Directed by Les Landau. No stardate given. forces from the United States of America, Great Britain, First aired in 1998. Ezri Dax struggles to win acceptance among Canada, France, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Jadzia's old friends in general and with Worf in particular while Republics, the Allies were successful in defeating the Axis Garak suffers from claustrophobia. Ezri Dax is promoted from army, led by Nazi Germany. SEE: World War Il. (“The Killing ensign to lieutenant junior grade and becomes station coun Game, Parts | and II" [VGRY). selor in this episode. GUEST CAST. Andrew Robinson as Garak, Elim, SEE: Alamo, Battle of the; Crockett, Davy; Dax, Allos. (Jeff Austin). Delta Quadrant quantum scientist. In 2374, Emony; Dax, Ezri; Dax, Tobin; Destiny, U.S.S.; Fanalian Allos created about 200 million Omega molecules in an toddy; Garak, Elim; holodeck and holosuite programs: attempt to help his resource-poor homeworld. (“The Omega Alamo, Battle of the; Ocean view; Kalandra Sector; kilm Directive” [VGR)). Jeff Austin previously played a Bolian in “The steak; Raymer, Captain; seamer; Seventh Fleet; Tain, Adversary” (DS9) Enabran; Talpet; Worf. Almar. Romulan subcommander serving on the Warbird T'Met Agrat-mot Nebula. Interstellar dust cloud located in B'omar in 2374. (“Message in a Bottle" [VGR]) space in the Delta Quadrant. The Agrat-mot Nebula was a key resource in the B'omar Sovereignty's trade negotiations with almond pudding. A soft dessert made from milk, flavored with the the Nassordin. (“The Raven" [VGR]). fruit of the almond tree Prunus amygdalus. (“Unforgettable” [VGRY]).

ahdar. Rank in the Son'a space service, approximately equiva- Alpha Centauri. Star. Alpha Centauri is located near Betazed, lent to a Starfleet commander. Ru’afo held the rank of ahdar in ~~ Vulcan, Andor, Earth, and Tellar. (“In the Pale Moonlight” [DSS]) 2375. (Star Trek: Insurrection). Alpha Quadrant.* One quarter of the entire Milky Way Akagi, U.S.S.* Federation starship. In 2374, the Akagi was a Galaxy; the region in which most of the United Federation part of the Ninth Fleet headquartered at starbase Deep Space of Planets, including Earth, is located. The civilizations of 9. ("You Are Cordially Invited” [DS9)) the Alpha Quadrant faced a grave threat during the bitter and costly Dominion war of the 2370s. Numerous Alpha and Akira-class starship.” Type Beta Quadrant powers, including the United Federation of of space vehicle used by the Planets, the Klingon Empire, and the Romulan Star Empire Federation Starfleet. Several banded together to prevent an invasion by the Founders of Akira-class vessels fought in the Dominion the combined Alpha Quadrant fleet that invaded Cardassia in Alpha-Hirogen. (Tiny Ron: Tony Todd; Danny Goldring). In late 2374, and three were Hirogen society, Alpha-Hirogen refers to the leader of a pack of destroyed by Cardassian orbital weapon platforms at the Hirogen hunters. One such alpha (played by Tiny Ron) comChin'toka System. (“Tears of the Prophets” [DS9]). manded a Hirogen ship and was in charge of a Hirogen relay station. (“Message in a Bottle” [VGRY]). This particular alpha akoonah.* Device used by some Native Americans to focus captured Voyager crew members Tuvok and Seven of Nine, their thoughts during a vision quest experience. Chakotay hoping to claim them as valuable prizes of the hunt. (“Hunters" allowed Neelix to use his akoonah in 2374 when guiding Neelix ~~ [VGR]). Another alpha believed Hirogen culture, which had