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R'Cho, M’Kota. Athlete, the first and only ernment. Tracer ships employed polarization cloaks and protonKlingon to play parrises squares. During based particle beam weapons. (“Unforgettable” [VGRY). the parrises squares championship finals of 2342, a referee called a controversial Ramurans. Technologically advanced humanoid civilization from penalty that angered M'Kota R'Cho. The the Delta Quadrant. Ramuran bodies produce a pheromone that furious player in turn strangled the referee. blocks long-term memory engrams in other species, so that any Harry Kim and B’Elanna Torres referred to M'Kota R'Cho in an encounter by a non-Ramuran is forgotten by the non-Ramuran alternate timeline while playing a game of trivia. (“Year of Hell, within a matter of hours. The Ramurans were fearful of contact Part I" [VGRY]), Obviously, Harry and B'Elanna were speaking of ~ with other worlds. They enhanced their biochemical trait technoprofessional parrises squares players, since Worf played the logically to prevent detection, using means including computer game in “11001001” (TNG). viruses that would erase any record of contact with the Ramurans, as well as polarization cloaks that prevented detecradiometric converter. Components of a Federation starship's tion of their ships. The Ramuran government did not allow any of energy by-product processing system. Radiometric converters its citizens to leave their society. The government employed were employed to purify reactants to eliminate any toxic waste. enforcement agents called tracers to track down any Ramuran The converters also absorbed hazardous theta radiation, recy- who tried to escape, then to erase any memory or record of the cling it so that it could be used to power a variety of subsystems. Ramurans that might be retained by non-Ramurans. Kellin and (“Night” [VGRY]). Curneth were Ramuran tracers. (“Unforgettable” [VGR]). RAF. Royal Air Force. Aerial military unit of the nation-state of “Random Thoughts.” Voyager episode #78. Written by Kenneth Great Britain, a component of the Allied Forces in Earth's World Biller. Directed by Alexander Singer. No stardate given. First aired War Il during the 20th century. (“The Killing Game, Part II" [VGR]). in 1997. Shore leave on a planet of telepaths turns sour when the SEE: Spitfire. peaceful inhabitants arrest B'Elanna Torres for the crime of having violent thoughts. GUEST CAST: Gwynyth Walsh as Nimira; Rafin. (Matt E. Levin). Photometric projection of a Vori defender, Wayne Péré as Guill; Rebecca McFarland as Talli; Jeanette Miller part of an elaborate mind-control technique used by the Vori mil- as Tembit; Ted Barba as Malin; Bobby Burns as Frane. SEE: tary to conscript new soldiers in their war against the Kradin. In chief examiner; engram transcriptor; engramatic purge; the simulation, Rafin was an inexperienced Vori soldier under the Frane; Guill; Malin; Mari Constabulary; Mari; neurogenic command of team leader Brone. (*Nemesis” [VGR]), restructuring; Nimira; renn; talchok; Talli; Tembit; waterplum. Rahmin. (Michael A. Krawic). Representative of the Caatati peo- ranjen. Title of religious honor bestowed upon Bajoran monks ple. Rahmin met with the crew of the Voyager in 2374 and request- engaged in theological research duties. Archaeologist Rakantha ed humanitarian aid in the form of food, medical supplies, and tho- held the largely symbolic title. (“The Reckoning” [DS9)). rium isotopes. (“Day of Honor" [VGRY). Michael A. Krawic previously played William Patrick Samuels in “Maquis, Part I” (TNG). Raven, U.S.S. Federation spacecraft, registry number NAR32450. While on a science mission, the ship was attacked by the Raimus. (Joseph Culp). Powerful member of Borg in 2354 and crashed on a Class-M moon in the Delta the notorious Orion Syndicate, based on Quadrant. All aboard were either killed or assimilated by the Farius Prime. Raimus had dealings with the ~~ Borg, including two well-known Federation scientists and their Dominion, and in 2374, he helped to organize young daughter. The girl, Annika Hansen, was assimilated by the an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate the Borg, becoming the drone designated as Seven of Nine. (“The Klingon ambassador to Farius Prime. The plot Raven” [VGR]). In “The Raven,” the art department assumed that was thwarted when Starfleet Intelligence the Raven was a vessel of Federation registry, but not a ship of the tipped off the Klingons about the planned Federation Starfleet; hence, the registry number (seen in the attack. SEE: Bilby, Liam. (“Honor Among matte painting) did not have an NCC prefix. Later, “Dark Frontier” Thieves” [DS9)). (VGR) made it clear that the ship was indeed a Starfleet vessel. Rakantha Province.* Farming community on Bajor. In 2374, “Raven, The.” Voyager episode #74. Teleplay by Bryan Fuller. Rakantha experienced serious floods, destroying two-thirds of Story by Bryan Fuller and Harry Doc Kloor. Directed by LeVar the region's wheat harvest. The flooding was interpreted asa sign ~~ Burton. No stardate given. First aired in 1997. Following a Borg of the coming of the Reckoning. (“The Reckoning” [DS9)). homing signal, Seven of Nine is drawn to the crash site of the ship on which as a child she and her parents were assimilated by the Ram Izad. Civilization in the Delta Quadrant. In an alternate time- Borg. GUEST CAST: Richard J. Zobel, Jr., as Gauman; Mickey line, the Ram Izad species were eradicated by the Krenim tem- Cottell as Dumah; David Anthony Marshall as Hansen, Magnus; poral weapon ship. (“Year of Hell, Part II" [VGR]). Nikki Tyler as Hansen, Erin; Erica Lynne as Hansen, Annika. SEE: Agrat-Mot Nebula; B'omar Sovereignty; B'omar; chadre Ramirez, Captain. Starfleet officer; commander of the Defiant- kab; Dalmine Sector; Dumah; Gauman; genetic resequencing class U.S.S. Valiant. In 2374, the Valiant took a group of 35 vector; Hansen, Annika; Hansen, Erin; Hansen, Magnus; cadets from Starfleet Academy's elite Red Squad on a training Janeway, Kathryn; Nassordin; Raven, U.S.S.; raven; Seven of cruise. Ramirez was seriously wounded in a Cardassian attack Nine; Species 218; Species 3259; Talaxians; tritanium. near El Gatark that took the lives of the ship's entire senior staff. Ramirez managed to repair his ship, ensuring the immediate sur- raven. Heavy-billed dark Earth bird (Corvus corvidae), indigevival of his remaining crew, but died a day later of his injuries, nous to much of that world's northern hemisphere. In early 2374, ordering cadet Tim Watters to take command of his vessel. Seven of Nine had flashbacks to her capture by the Borg when (“Valiant" [DS9]). she was a child. In her flashbacks she saw images of a menacing black raven, probably symbolizing the terror that she felt, and ramufta. Fancy culinary dish. Tora Ziyal prepared ramufta fora which also alluded to the U.S.S. Raven, the vessel on which she dinner in early 2374. (“Sons and Daughters” (DS9]). was traveling at the time of her capture. (“The Raven” [VGRY]). Ramura. Planet located in the Delta Quadrant, homeworld of the Raymer, Captain. Starfleet officer. In 2375, Raymer commanded technologically advanced Ramurans. (“Unforgettable” [VGR]). the Starship Destiny. (“Afterimage [DS9]). Ramuran tracer ship. Small, heavily armed warp-capable “Real Life.” Voyager episode #64. Teleplay by Jeri Taylor. Story spacecraft used by tracer units of the secretive Ramuran gov- by Harry Doc Kloor. Directed by Anson Williams. Stardate