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THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE—SUPPLEMENT THORIUM 671

tempura. Earth food, traditional to Japanese culture, consisting of “That Old Black Magic.” Musical composition popular on 20thvegetables and seafood fried in a light batter. Keiko O'Brien some- century Earth, telling of the mysterious power of humanoid love to times prepared tempura for family meals. (“Chrysalis” [DS9]). defy logical analysis. Mademoiselle de Neuf sang It in the French Resistance holodeck program. (“The Killing Game, Part I" [VGRY). Tendara Colony. Federation planet. Annika Hansen, the girl who became the Borg drone Seven of Nine, was born at the Tendara thermionic radiation. Hazardous energy form. Thermionic radiaColony on stardate 25479. (“The Gift” [VGR]). tion is present in the atmosphere of a Class-Y planet. (“Demon” [VGRI). Tenth Fleet. Tactical group of Federation starships formed during the war with the Dominion. In 2374, the Tenth Fleet was assigned thermolytic reaction. Energetic release of metaphasic radiation to defend Betazed and was unfortunately caught out of position The Son’a planned to use massive thermolytic reactions to plunder on a training exercise when the planet was captured by a the Ba'ku planet's ring structure of its rejuvenating metaphasic Dominion fleet. (“In the Pale Moonlight” [DS9)). radiation. (Star Trek: Insurrection). terahertz. Measure of frequency, one trillion cycles per second. theta radiation.” Hazardous energy. Theta radiation can be pro(“The Omega Directive” [VGR)) duced by an Omega molecule. Arithrazine was prescribed to treat cases of theta-radiation poisoning. (“The Omega Directive” terawatt power particle beam rifle. Powerful energy weapon. In [VGR)|). Industrial waste in the form of contaminated antimatter 2374, Entharan arms dealer Kovin attempted to sell a terawatt created by Malon energy production was responsible for dangerpower particle beam rifle to the crew of the Starship Voyager. ous levels of theta radiation in the region of space informally (Retrospect” [VGR)). known as the Void. (“Night” [VGR]). termination implant. Small device inserted into the brain stems “They Can't Take That Away from Me." Popular 20th-century of all Vorta that allowed them to commit suicide in the event that Earth song performed by such notable entertainers as Vic they were ever captured by an enemy. When triggered via physi- Fontaine and Frank Sinatra, written by George and Ira Gershwin. cal manipulation, the implant causes the Vorta individual to die Odo became fond of humming the piece after performing on stage within minutes, somewhat painfully. The sixth Weyoun clone with Vic Fontaine in a holosuite program. (“His Way" [DS9]). used his termination implant to kill himself in 2375. (“Treachery, Faith, and the Great River" [DS9]). Third Battalion. Military subdivision of the Cardassian First Order. Terok Nor.* Cardassian space station that later became known as “Death to All" was their motto. In Deep Space 9. The station became operational in 2346. (“Wrongs ~~ 2372, three soldiers of the Third Darker Than Death or Night" [DSS]). The earlier editions of this Battalion were given a massive encyclopedia (as well as the Star Trek Chronology) gave the date dose of psychotropic drugs, for the station's construction as 2351, as inferred from “Babel” placed in stasis tubes, and left on ~ (DS9), but “Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night” (DS9) clearly Empok Nor when the station [GE established the date as 2346. The name Terok Nor came back into was abandoned. The chambers ~~ YZ ~ use in 2374 when Deep Space 9 was returned to Cardassian con- revived the soldiers a year later >< trol during the Dominion war. (“Call to Arms” [DS9)]). when sensors detected intrud- Wo ers on the station. (“Empok Q \ /A Terrasphere 8. Species 8472 facility located in the Delta Nor" [DS9]). Tom Morga and \\ / Quadrant. Terrasphere 8 contained an elaborate re-creation of the ~~ Chris Doyle played the soldiers. A Federation's Starfleet Command complex in the city of San = Francisco on Earth, The purpose of the re-creation was to permit Third Fleet. Task force of the A [ Species 8472 operatives to familiarize themselves with Earth so Federation Starfleet. In 2374, nN they could infiltrate the planet on covert-intelligence missions. The the Third Fleet was assigned to 1h] re-creation included not only much of Starfleet Headquarters, but defend Earth from Dominion Ww part of the surrounding city of San Francisco, including the forces. (“Favor the Bold” [DS9]) \ Quantum Cafe. (“In the Flesh” [VGR]). Third Klingon Dynasty. Period Terrellian plague.” Dangerous disease. After Neelix served a in Klingon history after the Dark meal that he called “Rodeo Red's Red Hot Rootin’ Tootin’ Time. During the third dynasty a Chili” for the crew of the Starship Voyager in 2374, he feared that new imperial family was set up, his customers might be suffering from Terrellian plague, but med- members of which assumed the names and ical testing determined that they only had ordinary heartburn. titles of Emperor Reclaw'’s family to create the illusion of an (“Message in a Bottle” [VGR]) unbroken royal line. (“You Are Cordially Invited" [DS9)). tessipate.* Bajoran unit of land measure. Tessipates were subdi- Third Reich. Alternate name for the government of Nazi vided into kerripates. (“Children of Time" [DS9)). Germany during Earth's World War Il. (“The Killing Game, Parts | and II" [VGR]) tetraburnium alloy. Construction material used in the fabrication of spacecraft hulls. Tetraburnium alloys were stronger than titani- Tholian Assembly.* Civilization in the Alpha Quadrant. In 2373 um. The Delta Flyer and a Malon shuttle both had tetraburnium the Tholian Assembly signed a nonaggression pact with the alloy hulls. (“Extreme Risk" [VGRY]). Dominion, affecting the balance of power in the quadrant, a prelude to the devastating Dominion war. (“Call to Arms” [DS9]). tetryon pulse launcher. Powerful weapon used by the Federation. Jean-Luc Picard brought tetryon pulse launchers thorium. Radioactive metal element, atomic number 90. Thorium down to the Ba'ku homeworld in 2375 to use in preventing the isotopes, when subjected to neutron bombardment, can yield fisplanet's inhabitants from being forcibly removed by the Son'a. sile uranium isotopes, valuable for nuclear fuel. Caatati technol(Star Trek: Insurrection). ogy was dependent on thorium isotopes. When the Borg assimilated the Caatati in late 2372, the survivors lost their ability to proThalos VI. Planet. Gaila was arrested for vagrancy on Thalos VI. duce the metal until 2374, when Voyager crew member Seven of (“The Magnificent Ferengi” [DS9)). Nine provided the technology to them. (“Day of Honor" [VGR]).