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572 YORKTOWN, USS. THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TD THE FUTURE a — ID —— Yosemite, U.S.S. Federation starship, Oberth class, registry PE ——— — — number NCC-19002. The Yosemite was severely damaged while A ~~ conducting a study of the plasma streamer between a binary oF Es star pair in the Igo Sector in 2369. During transport of plasma ) o I samples to the ship, quasi-energy microbes caused an explo So a——rl * sion of a sample container, resulting in severe damage to the ship mid and the death of at least one crew member. (“Realm of Fear” Yorktown, U.S.S. Federation starship, Constitution class [TNG]). The ship was named for Yosemite National Park Starfleet registry number NCC-1717. The Yorktown was scheduled to rendezvous with the Enterprise in 2268 to transfer critical- Yoshimitsu computer. Electronic data-processing device. Some ly needed vaccines for planet Theta VII. The Enterprise was 225 Yoshimitsu computers were carried aboard the S.S. unable to make the rendezvous with the Yorktown until the inves- Mariposa when it set out for the Ficus Sector in 2123. (“Up the tigation and destruction of the dikironium cloud creature was Long Ladder” [TNG]) complete. (“Obsession” [TOS]). The Yorktown was disabled by an alien space probe approaching Earth in 2286. The ship's chief Yranac. (Alan Altshuld). Yridian trader. Enterprise-D personnel engineer rigged a makeshift solar sail to provide emergency encountered Yranac in a bar on Dessica Il. Yranac had witpower. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home). SEE: Probe, the. Named nessed the apparent death of Captain Picard there in 2370 for the American aircraft camer that fought in the Pacific theater Yranac was brought aboard the Enterprise-D for interrogation. during World War Il. The captain of the Yorktown, seen onacom- (“Gambit Part I” [TNG]). Alan Altshuld also portrayed Pomet in munications viewer in Starfleet Command, was played by Vijay “Starship Mine" (TNG). Armitraj. His character's name, according to the script, was captain Joel Randolph. Also seen on one of the big Starfleet screens Yridian brandy. Alcoholic beverage. In 2372, Worf shared with was Go-Gos singer (and Star Trek aficionado) Jane Wiedlin, who Kor a bottle of Yridian brandy that he had been saving for a speplayed an alien communications officer. According to the script, cial occasion. (“The Sword of Kahless” [DS9]) she was officer Trillya of the Starship Shepard, but this was not established in the final version of the film. Yorktown was the orig Yridian freighter. Cargo vessel of Yridian registry. An Yridian inal name of Star Trek's spaceship, before the ship was called freighter commanded by Yog received a shipment of magnesite Enterprise, from Gene Roddenberry's first draft of the series out- ore from the Duras sisters in 2370. (“Firstborn” [TNG]) ine written in 1964. Roddenberry reportedly suggested that the second Starship Enterprise, NCC-1701-A, launched at the end of ~~ Yridian tea. Beverage. Deanna Troi enjoyed Yridian tea. ("Eye of Star Trek IV, had previously been named the Yorktown, since it the Beholder” [TNG]) seems unlikely that Starfleet could have built an all-new ship so quickly. If this was the case, the Yorktown may have made it safely ~ Yridian yak. Grazing animal known for its large size back to Earth and been repaired and renamed, or perhaps there (“Accession” [DS9)). was a newer, replacement Yorktown already under construction at the time of the probe crisis. Yridians. Civilization of humanoids known as interstellar dealers of information. Yridian agents, working for Cardassian interests Yorktown, U.S.S. Federation starship, Zodiac class, Starfleet were responsible for the murder of archaeologist Richard Galen registry number NCC-61137. (In the anti-time reality created by in 2369, in an effort to steal his research data. The Romulans the Q Continuum, Admiral William Riker ordered the Yorktown intercepted communications between the Yridians and the to make long-range sensor sweeps of the Devron system in Cardassians, making the Romulans aware of the importance of search of a temporal anomaly.) (“All Good Things...” [TNG]). Galen's work. (“The Chase” [TNG]). SEE: humanoid life. Jaglom Shrek, who sold Worf information about Mogh, was Yridian Yorktown, U.S.S. The second Federation starship to bear the (“Birthright, Part |" [TNG]). Yridian operatives were suspected of name. Tuvok's father served aboard the Starship Yorktown in helping Cardassians transfer weapons into the Demilitarized 2293. (“Flashback” [VGR]). Zone in late 2370. This claim was never proven. (“The Maquis, Part I” [DS9)). In 2371, Garak listed an unnamed Yridian national Yoruba mask. Ancient African artifact from Earth. Benjamin as someone who might want Garak dead. (“Improbable Cause’ Sisko's collection of African art included a 2,000-year-old Yoruba [DS9)). mask. (“The Search, Part I" [DS9]) Yukon, U.S.S. Danube-class runabout assigned to station Deep Yosemite National Park. One of the most beautiful places on Space 9. Starfleet registry number NCC-74602. In 2372, Major planet Earth, set aside as a nature preserve in 1890. Yosemite, Kira and Chief O'Brien used the Yukon to make an inspection tour located in northern California on the North American continent, of the Bajoran colonies along the Cardassian border. (“Sons of was a favored shore-leave spot for Captain Kirk, and he was Mogh" [DS9]). The Yukon was destroyed by the Starship Defiant oined there by shipmates Spock and McCoy for a camping in 2373 when a changeling infiltrator hijacked it in an effort to expedition in 2287. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier). destroy the Bajoran sun with a trilithium explosive. (“By Inferno's Light" [DS9]). The Yukon replaced the runabout Orinoco, which a N was destroyed in "Our Man Bashir" (DS9). The Yukon was named -@ after the river in Northwest Canada and central Alaska flowing 1,979 miles to the Bering Sea. The Yukon was destroyed in “By - Inferno’s Light” (DS9). - Yuta. (Lisa Wilcox). An Acamarian and - to member of the clan Tralesta, she was \ | | Sovereign Marouk's chef and chief food 4 & ¥ taster. Yuta was the last surviving mem[ ber of the Acamarian Tralesta clan that had been massacred in 2286 by the rival Lornak clan. Though she appeared to be . a woman in her twenties, her body had i) been altered to dramatically reduce her \ rate of aging so that she could exact 3 a revenge against the Lornaks. Her body Wim i