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Hankin as Gaunt Gary; Luigi Amodeo as Gigolo, The. SEE: Ailis coalescent organism. Rare microscopic life-forms that absorb paté; A-koo-chee-moya; akoonah; animal guide; bantan; other organisms, then assume the form of the organism they've Cardaway leaves, stuffed; Chakotay; CHAH-mooz-ee; Chez absorbed, right down to the cellular level. On a larger scale, this is Sandrine; coffee; Daliwakan; deuterium; Felada onion crisps; essentially a type of shape-shifter. Lieutenant Keith Rocha was Gaunt Gary; holodeck and holosuite programs; Janeway, apparently killed by a coalescent organism just prior to his Kathryn; Jung, Carl; Jupiter Station; MacAllister, James assignment to Relay Station 47 in 2369. The organism assumed Mooney; Marseilles, France; medicine bundle; Neelix; nuan- Rocha's form, and later threatened Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari, ka; nucleogenic cloud being; omicron particles; Paris, and killed her dog, Maura. (“Aquiel” [TNG]). Thomas; pool; quantum chemistry; replicator rations; Ricky; Saint Emilion; Sandrine; Takar loggerhead eggs; vision quest; Coalition. One of the two main rival factions in control of the Voyager, U.S.S.; Zimmerman, Lewis colony on planet Turkana IV following the collapse of the colonial government in 2337. Led by Hayne, the Coalition offered assisClown. (Michael McKean). Malevo- ~ tance to the Enterprise-D crew in their mission to rescue the crew lent character inhabiting the virtual EN of the freighter Arcos in 2367. Ishara Yar was a member of the reality created for the five hibernating \ Coalition. (“Legacy” [TNG]). survivors of the Kohl settlement. The Clown was created by the Kohl cobalt diselenide. Biochemical substance used as a biogenic hibernation system's control com- NY weapon. A nerve agent deadly to Cardassians, but harmless to puter, which read the minds of the many other humanoids. In 2373, the Maquis, lead by Michael sleepers and translated their fears into Eddington, used cobalt diselenide against the Cardassian colony an embodiment of evil. The Clown : on Veloz Prime. They used three stratospheric torpedoes to held the hibernating settlers captive spread the substance throughout the planet's biosphere. They and killed three of them, before the later poisoned the atmosphere of Quatal Prime. Cobalt diseremaining two could be rescued by lenide was very unstable and required refrigerated storage. (“For the crew of the Voyager in 2372. The the Uniform” [DS9)). Clown ceased to exist after the last survivor's mind was disconnected from the hibernation system. (“The Thaw" [VGR]). cobalt-thorium device. Weapon. In 2370 Maquis operative Sakonna purchased cobalt-thorium devices from Quark. (“The Club Martus. Casino on the Promenade Maquis, Part I" [DS9]). of station Deep Space 9, opened by Martus Mazur in 2370. The club boasted ~~ Cochrane deceleration maneuver. Classic battle tactic used by several gambling devices and was the Enterprise to defeat the Romulans at Tau Ceti. When Captain located across from Quark's bar. It drew Garth impersonated Kirk at the Elba Il penal colony in 2268, = away most of Quark's customers, but Spock asked the two to identify the maneuver in hopes of differwas only in business for a few days untilit ~~ entiating the two. The attempt was unsuccessful because the - was forced to close by a run of bad luck. maneuver was so well known that any starship captain would a (“Rivals"” [DS9]). know of it. (“Whom Gods Destroy” [TOS)). It is possible that this Romulan defeat may have been the incident depicted in “Balance “Clues.” Next Generation episode #88. Teleplay by Bruce D. of Terror” (TOS), but this is unclear. Arthurs and Joe Menosky. Story by Bruce D. Arthurs. Directed by Les Landau. Stardate 44502.7. First aired in 1991. When the Cochrane distortion. A characteristic fluctuation in the phase of Enterprise-D falls through a wormhole, a lot of little clues just don't a subspace field generated by a starship's warp engines add up. GUEST CAST: Colm Meaney as O'Brien, Miles; Pamela (“Ménage a Troi" [TNG]) Winslow as McKnight, Ensign; Rhonda Aldrich as Madeline; Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan; Patti Yasutake as Ogawa, Nurse Cochrane Medal of Excellence. Starfleet commendation for Alyssa; Thomas Knickerbocker as Gunman. SEE: Data; outstanding research in warp theory. In an alternate reality, Diomedian scarlet moss; Evadne IV; Gloria; Harrakis V; Hill, Ensign Harry Kim received the Cochrane Medal of Excellence Dixon; Locklin, Ensign; Madeline; McKnight, Ensign; Ngame while attending Starfleet Academy. (“Non Sequitur” [VGR). Nebula; Ogawa, Nurse Alyssa; Paxans; T-tauri type star system; Tethys lI; Trieste, U.S.S.; Underhill, Pell. Cochrane, Shuttlecraft. In 2372, U.S.5. Voyager Shuttlecraft Cochrane under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Paris Cluster NGC 321. Location of planets Eminiar VIl and Vendikar. broke the warp 10 barrier. “Threshold” [VGRY]). Named after the The Enterprise was sent there to open diplomatic relations with inventor of warp drive, Zefram Cochrane. Eminiar VII in 2267. (“A Taste of Armageddon” [TOS]). NGC stands for New General Catalog of nebulae and star clus- — ters, an actual list of objects visible from Earth, df ( compiled in the late 19th century by a | r CMO. SEE: chief medical VA = r, "> > Ba astronomer J.L.E. Dreyer. J 746 56 / officer. - Te _— Ep —— — maa —— = co-orbital satellites. A pair = A of objects (such as plane- 4 h- = | i" Ee — toids) whose orbits are very — certain circumstances, a il EJ close to each other. Under = —

near collision between the - two bodies can result in each object assuming the orbit previously occupied by the other. In Cochrane, Zefram. (Glenn Corbett, James Cromwell) Discovother words, the two objects trade orbits. Data described the erer of the space warp (2030-21177). Cochrane became one of phenomenon to Picard and Lwaxana Troi. (“Manhunt” [TNG]). history's most renowned scientists when he revolutionized space travel in 2063 with the invention of the warp drive, making CO. Abbreviation for commanding officer. (“Paradise Lost" [DS9)). faster-than-light travel possible. (“Metamorphosis” [TOS]).