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“Omega Directive, The.” Voyager episode #89. Teleplay by Lisa Hower as Wildman, Samantha. SEE: bemonite; Delta Flyer; duraniKlink. Story by Jimmy Diggs & Steve J. Kay. Directed by Victor um; Flotter, The Adventures of; Flotter; Forest of Forever; Lobl. Stardate 51781.2. First aired in 1998. Captain Janeway holodeck and holosuite programs: Flotter, The Adventures of; ion leads Voyager on a mission to destroy a deadly, unstable sub- storm; Janeway, Kathryn; Kim, Harry; mitochondria; Neelix; Ogre stance that threatens the fabric of space. GUEST CAST: Jeff of Fire; Starfleet General Orders and Regulations: Regulation 476- Austin as Allos; Kevin McCorkle as Alien Captain. SEE: Allos; 9; Stinger; Trevis; Wildman, Naomi; Wildman, Samantha. arithrazine; Big Bang; Borg; boronite; Christmas Carol, A; Dell; Einstein, Albert; gravimetric torpedo; harmonic resonance “One Little Ship.” Deep Space Nine episode #137. Written by David chamber; Hickman, Ensign; kal-toh; Ketteract, Dr.; Lantaru Weddle & Bradley Thompson. Directed by Allan Kroeker. Stardate Sector; Marcus, Dr. Carol; Omega Directive; Omega molecule; 51474.2. First aired in 1998. When a runabout piloted by Dax, Particle 010; Prime Directive; protostar; security access code; O'Brien, and Bashir is shrunken to just a few centimeters in length, Seven of Nine; Species 262; Species 263; subspace phenome- the tiny ship and crew are Sisko's only hope as the Jem'Hadar overna: subspace rupture; terahertz; theta radiation. take the Defiant. GUEST CAST: Aron Eisenberg as Nog; Scott Thompson Baker as Kudak'Etan; Fritz Sperberg as Ixtana’Rax; Omega Directive. Classified Starfleet general order requiring the Leland Crooke as Gelnon; Christian Zimmerman as Lamat'Ukan. captain of a starship to notify Starfleet Command immediately SEE: Alpha; anti-back flow valve; asymmetric encryption circuit; upon detection of an Omega molecule. The directive authorizes bipolar flow junction; blast shutters; Coridan; Defiant, U.S.S.; the use of any and all means necessary to destroy an Omega Duran'Adar; Elder; Gamma; Gelnon; Ixtana’Rax; Jem'Hadar; molecule. The Omega Directive was deemed necessary because ~~ Klingons; Kudak'Etan; Lamat'Ukan; lateral microbrace; magof the extreme power and the extreme threat to interstellar civi- netic plasma guide; rectilinear expansion module; Rubicon, lization posed by even a single Omega molecule. The Omega U.S.S.; Seltan carnosaur; subspace phenomena: subspace Directive even authorized a starship captain to violate the Prime compression; transwarp; warp drive, class-7. Directive if necessary to erase knowledge of even the existence of Omega. (“The Omega Directive” [VGR)). One. (J. Paul Boehmer). Borg drone aa that was created aboard the U.S.S. — « 7 Omega molecule. Short-lived, highly Voyager in early 2375. One was the Fa unstable particle, believed to be the accidental result of a transporter mal- -_ F 4 1 » most powerful substance in the uni- function that fused Borg nanoprobes | 2 ’ « pa Rl verse. Some cosmologists theorize that with the Emergency Medical Holo- » - ir Omega existed in nature at the instant gram's mobile emitter. The combined am = | o eg 2a of the Big Bang, when the universe as device, responding to Borg assimila- . i « y we know it was born. An Omega mole tion protocols built into the nano3 p= cule would be so energetic that even a probes, sampled DNA from Ensign i = few such particles could theoretically Mulchaey, a member of the Voyager y power an entire planet. A single Omega molecule was synthe- crew. The Borg device used Mul- I sized in the late 23rd century by Dr. Ketteract, a Federation sci- chaey's DNA to produce a humanoid Ie entist. The particle remained stable for only a fraction of a sec- drone. This drone incorporated ex- [if 9 ond before it exploded, destroying the research station and tremely advanced technology assimi- N causing subspace ruptures extending across several light-years, lated from the Doctor's mobile emitmaking warp travel impossible in the region. Starfleet Command ter, which had originated in Earth's H 4 immediately realized that the use of even a few Omega mole- 29th century, several centuries in H cules could effectively end spacefaring civilization as we know it. Voyager's future. As a result, this drone ly Starfleet not only banned research into Omega, but issued the was substantially more sophisticated Omega Directive, ordering the destruction of any Omega mole- than other Borg drones of the 24th cules and the suppression of any knowledge of the particle's century. He had reactive body armor, Ji existence. Other cultures did, however, have knowledge of multidimensional adaptability, and J { Omega. The Borg, which referred to it as Particle 010, regarded internal transporter nodes. Being sepOmega with near-reverence. The collective believed it to exist in arated from the collective, he was curi- ‘ a flawless state and was willing to go to any lengths to assimilate ous about his Borg origins. At the same It. Another civilization in the Delta Quadrant was actually suc- time, encouraged by Seven of Nine, who served as a role model, cessful in synthesizing some 200 million Omega molecules in the drone came to accept the cultural values of the Federation 2374, although Starship Voyager personnel destroyed the mole- Starfleet. He even chose the designation “One” for himself, cules before damage to the subspace continuum could result emphasizing his individuality. By the time One accidentally sum(“The Omega Directive” [VGR]) moned a nearby Borg sphere spacecraft, he had accepted the value of individual diversity to the point where he did not wish to Omega Sector. Area of Federation space in the Alpha Quadrant be assimilated into the Borg collective. He transported to the A remote outpost in the Omega Sector was the last known loca- Borg ship, destroying it to prevent assimilation of the Voyager tion of the two scientists who were the parents of Annika Hansen, and its crew. In the process, One became gravely injured, but the girl who would later become the Borg drone Seven of Nine. subsequently refused medical treatment, allowing himself to die (“The Gift" [VGR]). to prevent his advanced 29th-century technology from falling into Borg hands. (“Drone” [VGRY|). J. Paul Boehmer was previously omicron particle.” Subatomic product of matter/antimatter seen as the Nazi Kapitan in “The Killing Game, Parts | and II" reactions. In early 2374, Chakotay, on a survey mission in a shut- (VGR), tlecraft, detected omicron radiation in the atmosphere of a planet inhabited by the Vori and the Kradin peoples. (“Nemesis” [VGR]). “One.” Voyager episode #93. Written by Jeri Taylor. Directed by Kenneth Biller. Stardate 51929.3. First aired in 1998. While the omnicordial life-form. Type of being that dwelled in Galactic Cluster Voyager crew seeks refuge in stasis, Seven of Nine must pilot the 3. Species 259 was an omnicordal life-form. (“The Gift" [VGR]) ship through a dangerous nebula while facing her greatest fear: being alone. GUEST CAST: Wade Williams as Lo-Tarik, Trajis; “Once Upon a Time." Voyager episode #99. Written by Michael Ron Ostrow as Borg drone. SEE: antipsychotic; holodeck and Taylor. Directed by John Kretchmer. No stardate given. Young Naomi holosuite programs; Kim, Harry; Lo-Tarik, Trajis; MutaraWildman loses herself in a holodeck fairy tale while her mother fights for ~~ class nebula; nutritional supplement 14-beta-7; Paris, her life on a distant planet. GUEST CAST. Wallace Langham as Flotter; Thomas Eugene; potato salad; stasis unit; subnucleonic radiJustin Louis as Trevis; Scarlett Pomer as Wildman, Naomi; Nancy ation; Torres, B'Elanna.