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THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE—SUPPLEMENT HOGAN B15

cant influence on Gene Roddenberry 's development of the orig- Command, as well as a number of personal messages addressed inal Star Trek television series. to members of the Voyager from family members and friends. (“Hunters” [VGRY). hematological scan. Medical diagnostic study of a patient's blood factors. (“Mortal Coil" [VGR]) Hirogen ship. Small but heavily armed cruiser spacecraft used herbal tea. Hot Earth beverage made from aromatic plants such . hd i by Hirogen hunters in the Delta as chamomile. (“Unforgettable” [VGR]). 7 se Quadrant. Usually piloted by { e two hunters, these vessels were “Here's to the Losers.” Popular 20th-century Earth musical 4) Er) equipped with monotanium composition that spoke of the challenges of attracting a suitable hd armor plating. (“Hunters" [VGR]) mate in humanoid society. The song was performed by such Hirogen ships had dicyclic warp entertainers as Vic Fontaine and Frank Sinatra. The holograph- signatures. (“Prey” [VGR]) ic re-creation of Fontaine sang it to Julian Bashir and Quark when the two were commiserating over their failure to win the romantic Hirogen SS Officer. (Mark Deakins). Persona attentions of Jadzia Dax. (“Tears of the Prophets” [DS9]) assumed by a Hirogen hunter aboard the Starship Voyager in 2374 in the French heresy. In some repressive societies, heresy is the crime of holding ~~ Resistance holodeck simulation. In the simuor expressing beliefs that might tend to challenge the authority of lation, the SS Officer was a military security the established power structure in that society. In such societies, operative in the army of Nazi Germany. (“The prosecution of heresy can be a means of silencing those who hold ~~ Killing Game, Parts | and II" [VGR]) beliefs that those in power find objectionable. SEE: Voth Doctrine. (“Distant Origin” [VGR]). Hirogen. Spacefaring civilization in the Delta Quadrant. The Hirogen social structure is organized around packs of hunters, Hesterman. Noted 21st-century author. Hesterman's works each led by a Hirogen designated as alpha. Status within each included Beyond the Galactic Edge. A replica of Starfleet officer pack is determined by possession of prizes from hunts, usually Valerie Archer created by Species 8472 in 2375 found body parts obtained from prey. Hirogen spacecraft roamed the Hesterman's works to offer insight into the human species. (“In Delta Quadrant, either alone or in small groups, seeking prey. By the Flesh” [VGR]) the 24th century, the nomadic Hirogen no longer identified any single planet as their homeworld. (“Hunters” [VGR], “Prey” [VGR]) heuristic subprocessor. Data-processing device used by SEE: Alpha-Hirogen. Hirogen culture requires a hunter to study his Starfleet computing systems, such as those used to control a prey to understand its abilities, believing that such study is essenstarship’s dilithium articulation frame. (“One Little Ship" [DS9]) tial to prevent a hunter from becoming the hunted. (“The Killing Game, Parts | and II" [VGR]). The Hirogen civilization was not only hexadrin. Medication used in the treatment of Yarim Fel syn- ancient, but possessed extremely advanced technology. Some drome. (“Ties of Blood and Water” [DS9]). 100,000 years ago, they built a far-flung communications network throughout the Delta Quadrant that Hickman, Ensign. Starfleet officer assigned to the Astrophysics continued to operate into the 24th ft section of the U.S.S. Voyager. Hickman sometimes did imitations ~~ century. (“Message in a Bottle" % of Captain Janeway's voice to amuse her fellow crew members. [VGR]). SEE: Hirogen relay station. [d (“Scorpion, Part I" [VGR), “The Omega Directive” [VGR]) Yet by that time, Hirogen society put 3 nearly all of its energy into increas- ~ A Highway 1. Land roadway built along the Pacific coast of the ingly unproductive hunts in increas- = Lad North American continent on Earth during the 20th century, (“Vis ingly exhausted territories, bringing a 4 aVis" [VGR])) cultural and scientific advancement 3 — to a near standstill. (“The Killing 3 Hippocratic Oath.* Traditional Earth code of ethics for physi- Game, Parts | and II" [VGR]) clans. The Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram provided emergency care for injured Romulan soldiers on board the “His Way” Deep Space Nine episode #144. Written by Ira Steven U.S.S. Prometheus in 2374, noting that the Hippocratic Oath Behr & Hans Beimler. Directed by Allan Kroeker. No stardate required him to render aid, even to the enemy. (“Message in a given. First aired in 1998. Odo receives lessons in love from a holoBottle" [VGRY]). graphic 1960s lounge singer. Kira and Odo become romantically involved in this episode, which marked the first appearance of Vic Hirogen medic. (Mark Metcalf). Hunter who participated in a Fontaine, who sang several Sinatra favorites. Nana Visitor, in the takeover of the Federation starship Voyager in late 2374 in which role of Lola Chrystal, sings “Fever.” GUEST CAST: James Darren an alpha used the ship's crew to simulate a variety of historic bat- as Fontaine, Vic; Debi A. Monahan as Melissa; Cyndi Pass as tles on the holodeck. This hunter was assigned to repair Voyager Ginger SEE: Borge, Victor; Caesar salad; chateaubriand; crew members who became injured or were killed during the sim- cherries jubilee; Chrystal, Lola; “Come Fly With Me"; Dunes; ulations, SEE: French Resistance. (“The Killing Game, Parts | Felix; “Fever”; Fontaine, Vic; Ginger; groat; Harvey; holodeck and II" [VGRY]). and holosuite programs: Vic Fontaine; “I've Got You under My Skin”; Jessel, George; Kennedy, John F.; Kira Nerys; Las Hirogen relay station. Component of a far-flung communication Vegas; Liberace; light bulb; Martin, Dean; Melissa; Odo; oysnetwork operated by the Hirogen in the Delta Quadrant; the series ters Rockefeller; Sands; Sinatra, Frank; square; “They Can't of network stations constructed by the Hirogens on the edge of Take That Away from Me"; Walker, Ensign; warp core breach; the Delta Quadrant. In 2374 the U.S.S. Voyager established con- “You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You”; Zevians. tact with the Hirogen relay stations, which enabled a holographic data stream to be sent to the Starship Prometheus located inthe Hogan.* Starfleet officer who was killed in the Delta Quadrant Alpha Quadrant. (“Message in a Bottle” [VGR]). SEE: Alpha- while serving aboard the Starship Voyager. Hogan's skeletal Hirogen. The relay system was built approximately 100,000 years remains were retrieved in late 2373 from Hanon IV by Voth ago, and individual stations relied on an extraordinary power tech- archaeologist Forra Gegen, where they provided powerful evinology using emissions from captured quantum singularities. The dence to support Gegen's Distant Origin Theory, suggesting Voyager crew accessed the Hirogen relay system a second time that Voth and human people shared a common ancestor. several weeks later. By making a close approach to a relay station, (“Distant Origin” [VGR]). they succeeded in downloading a message from Starfleet