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THE STAR TREX ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE SUPPLEMENT ORBITAL WEAPON PLATFORM 845

Oo-mox for Fun and Profit. Short instructional book that Orb." Energy artifact created by life-forms in the Bajoran wormdescribed the various techniques for performing co-mox on a hole, said to be gifts to the Bajoran people from the Prophets. It Ferengi male. (“Profit and Lace” [DS9)] was said that the content of one’s Orb experience was a deeply personal matter and was not meant to be shared with others oo-mox.* Ferengi sexual foreplay. Some 0o-mox techniques Resurrection” [DS9]). Orbs were traditionally stored in small include the tympanic tickle, the eustachian tube rub, and the infa- ornate vaults called arks. (“Shadows and Symbols™ [DS9] mous auditory canal nibble. (“Profit and Lace" [DS9]) Orbital Flight Control. Starfleet operational unit responsible for optolythic data rod. Recording medium used by the Cardassian coordination and scheduling of spacecraft in the Sol sector. government for official record keeping. Information could only be ~~ Starfleet officers Young and Reiskin were assigned to Orbital transcribed on a rod once, and then could not be altered. The Flight Control in 2375, tasked with monitoring incoming vessels rods were manufactured only as needed on Cardassia Prime and from the Bolian Sector. (“In the Flesh” [VGR]). vere almost impossible to obtain by outsiders. SEE: Tolar, Grathon. (“In the Pale Moonlight” [DS9)) orbital skydiving. Sporting activity in which an individual, wearing a special optronic datacore. A key element of holographic technology used protective suit, leaps from a spacecraft at In a Federation starship's holodeck. Voyager captain Kathryn Jane- yrbital altitudes. The individual plunges vay gave an optronic datacore to a Hirogen hunter in 2374. Janeway hundreds of kilometers, soaring through hoped that the technology might someday help Hirogen society wean ~~ atmospheric entry, before landing safely itself from expending its energies on wasteful hunts, so that it might on the planet's surface. B'Elanna Torres return to cultural and scientific development. (“The Killing Game, Pat engaged in simulated orbital skydiving in I" [VGR a Voyager holodeck with the safety protocols disengaged. (“Extreme Risk” Orb of Contemplation. One of the sacred Orbs of the Bajoran VGRY)). The opening scenes of Star Trek people. In late 2374, the Orb of Contemplation was present on Generations were originally planned to Deep Space 9 during the Bajoran Gratitude Festival. While at the show Captain James Kirk engaging in orbital skydiving, but station, a Pah-wraith carried by Gul Dukat merged with the Ort the scenes were cut from the final film. Kirk's protective suit causing all of the Orbs to go dark and sealing the Bajoran worm- was Jater modified for Torres to wear in “Extreme Risk” (VGR) hole. (“Tears of the Prophets” [DS9]) . orbital weapon platform. Powerfu Orb of Prophecy.” One of the sacred Orbs of the J) : automated defense station devel Bajoran Prophets. In 2374 the Orb of Prophecy resided Hk oped by the Cardassian military for in the Bajoran shrine located on the Promenade of sta- Sits " (A use during the Dominion war. The tion Deep Space 9. Vedek Ossan permitted the mirror iB bY A & stations employed regenerative force version of Bareil Antos, who had transported from the { fields for hull protection and were mirror universe, to have an Orb experience with the Orb of tld Suen, SEL equipped with 1,000 plasma torpe Prophecy, in which he saw a possible future with himself i A = = Wo 4 A does. Power was supplied by subspace and Kira having a family on Bajor, although this was not 4] = FH J ~ nk from a central generator at a to be. (“Resurrection” [DS9)) <5 A hee BE remote site, typically a nearby 4 & x = moon. A network of orbital weaZR" Orb of the Emissary. One of \i mn : pons platforms were deployed $< the most mysterious of the \ \ in late 2374 to defend the orbs of the Prophets | § Chin'toka System. Cardas Existence of the Orb of 4 | sian strategists had hoped a the Emissary was not 4 - A ji =, that use of the platforms known even to the fo \ ll, Would permit reassign- red Bajorans until 2375. Ir ; ny ment of valuable warships a that year, Benjamin | to other systems, but 4 Sisko, the Emissary md ' allied Alpha Quadrant \ - experienced a vision from the Prophets. Based ll forces were able to destroy the devices, resulting in on this vision and on an ancient Bajoran inscrip — capture of the system by allied forces. (“Tears of the tion on a locket once belonging to his mother, Benjamin Sisko = Prophets” [DS9]) mounted an expedition to seek the Orb of the Emissary. (“Image ir 4 the Sand" [DS9]). Sisko found the Orb, buried in the sand on planet Tyree. When he opened the ark containing the Orb, the Prophets returned to the Celestial Temple, the wormhole was restored along with the other Orbs, and the Pah-wraiths were once again ban ished. (“Shadows and Symbols” [DS9] ; Orb of Time.* One of the sacred Orbs of <3 F a the Bajoran Prophets. The Orb of Time was kept at the Temple of Iponu on Bajor. In 2374, the Emissary intervened with temple . . officials to allow Kira Nerys to consult the ~ , Orb of Time to learn of her mother's fate A during the occupation. (“Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night” [DS9])

Orb of Wisdom.* One of the sacred Orbs of the Bajoran Prophets. Kai Winn consulted the Orb of Wisdom on stardate 50929, hoping for - nsight regarding whether Bajor should sign a nonaggression pact Deployment of Orbital Weapon Systems platforms with the Dominion. The Orb provided her no answers, and she at the Chin'toka System, 2574 stead sought guidance from the Emissary. (“In the Cards” [DS9]) - rao i