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B50 PROPHETS THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE—SUPPLEMENT

€ r= e—— So p— TEX 4 bs S - QC IE] TE EE) 9 7A 4 . iN as — A\ al. 4 Ea EEL Ey ns 8 5% — aE a = y- 2 4 N= = 3 3 A | | § y v A [; . fag | = CTE FET A, fo as = SR LEC JSS Proton, Captain. Title character in The — I WR Ro Te program. By his own admission, Proton by series production designer Richard James, using re z was a Spaceman First Class, Protector of dressed portions of the re-created Starship Excelsior bridge that Earth, and the Scourge of Intergalactic Evil. Tom Paris (who James had made for “Flashback” (VGR), as well as the Voyager devised the stories) portrayed the heroic Captain Proton when he sickbay in addition to new sets. Actor Tony Sears, who played the and Harry Kim ran the program in early 2375. SEE: Captain Prometheus officer killed by the Romulans, previously worked in Proton, The Adventures of. (*Night" [VGR]) the Star Trek: Voyager art department ¥- protonebula. Newly forming interstellar dust cloud. The U.S.S Prophets.* Energy life-forms Voyager encountered a protonebula in the Delta Quadrant in early from the Bajoran wormhole 2375. This protonebula was growing quickly, giving off plasma surges v central figures in the Bajoran with intense internal gravimetric shear forces. (“Drone [VGR]) |.) religion, also known as worm = ) v hole aliens. Although the Protostar.* Early development stage of a star. A type-6 proto Prophets considered them star could theoretically be detonated to create a wormhole selves to be above corporeal (“The Omega Directive” [VGR]) matters, they acknowledged that they were “of Bajor.” They proximity transceiver. Borg device that permits the collective to also respected Benjamin Sisko sufficiently that they acceded to '0cate a drone if it becomes separated from the collective. A his request to intervene on behalf of the Bajoran people in 2374, drone’s proximity transceiver is activated in the presence of anot destroying a massive Dominion invasion fleet in the wormhole ©f drone. Seven of Nine's transceiver was activated in early 2375 before it could reach Bajoran space. (“Sacrifice of Angels” [DSg]). When a drone, later designated as One, was created on the Shortly thereafter, the Prophets sent one of their number to station Starship Voyager. One's transceiver later alerted a nearby Borg Deep Space 9 to battle an errant Pah-wraith in a long-prophesied ~~ SPhere to Voyager's presence. (*Drone” [VGR]) conflict called the Reckoning. Kai Winn interfered before it could A 2 reach a conclusion. (“The Reckoning” [DS9]). The Prophets van psychotropic drug. Any of a variety of pharmaceuticals intended ished after the wormhole was sealed in late 2374 (“Tears of the 10 alter the psychological behavior of a patient. Powerful psy Prophets” [DS9)), but they returned several months later when the ~~ Chotropic drugs were sometimes used by the Cardassian military Emissary opened the ark containing the long-lost Orb of the © amplify xenophobic tendencies in its soldiers. Such conditioning Emissary. Sisko long wondered why the Prophets had chosen Was performed on three soldiers stationed on the abandoned him as their Emissary. In fact, he was destined for the role from the ~~ Cardassian station Empok Nor to defend the facility against time of his conception, which was brought about when a prophet intruders. (*Empok Nor” [DS9)). SEE: Garak possessed the human woman who would become his mother. This woman later gave birth to Benjamin Sisko. SEE: Sisko, Puppet Masters, The. Twentieth-century science-fiction novel Sarah. (“Shadows and Symbols” [DS9]). Benjamin Sisko fulfilled Written on Earth by Robert Heinlein, first published in 1951 by his destiny in late 2375, when he fought with agents of the Pah Galaxy Science Fiction magazine. The Puppet Masters was a tale wraith known as Kosst Amojan and succeeded in returning the of an extraterrestrial invasion of planet Earth. Darlene Kursky Pah-wraiths to their prison in the fire caves on Bajor. Having ful thought it was an even better st ry than Benny Russell's “Deep filled the destiny for which he was born, Benjamin Sisko left the Space Nine.” (“Far Beyond the Stars” [DS9]) linear domain of existence and entered the realm of the Celestial Temple. ("What You Leave Behind” [DS9]).

protomatter nebula. Interstellar dust cloud containing pockets of naturally occurring protomatter. On stardate 51449.2, the U.S.S. Voyager encountered a protomatter nebula in the Delta Quadrant. (“Mortal Coil" [VGR])

protomatter.* Hazardous, energetic substance. Protomatter makes an effective, albeit unstable, source of energy. Neelix had experience handling protomatter, and he used to trade in it. On stardate 51449 the Voyager encountered a class-1 nebu la containing pockets of protomatter. (“Mortal Coil" [VGR])

proton weapon. Energetic charged-particle armament. Ramuran starships employed tightly focused proton-based beam weapons ("Unforgettable [VGR|)