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Captain Picard during the time they were marooned together. combat rations. Starfleet emergency food provisions. The brown (“Liaisons” [TNG]). flattened ovoids were packaged in a silver plastic wrapper and were designed to provide a timed release formula of all the nutriColti, Admiral. Senior Starfleet officer. In 2373, Admiral Colti ents needed by a humanoid body for three days. Unfortunately, attended what was to have been a signing ceremony at Deep few Starfleet personnel found them especially palatable. (“The Space 9 for Bajor's entrance into the Federation. (“Rapture” [DS9)). Siege” [DS9)). For some reason, Miles O'Brien liked them. Columbia, S.S. Federation science vessel. The Columbiamadea Comic, The. (Joe Piscopo). An unnamed 20th-century comedian forced landing on planet Talos IV in 2254. The only survivor was re-created on the holodeck of the Enterprise-D by Data, who had a crew member named Vina, who was cared for by the natives of hoped to learn the concept of humor. Although The Comic that planet. (“The Cage,” “The Menagerie, Part I" [TOS]). tutored Data in stand-up comedy, the android found the concept difficult to grasp. The Comic's holodeck program was RW-93216. Columbia, U.S.S. Scout vessel, Starfleet registry number NCC- (“The Outrageous Okona™ [TNG]). The holodeck program menu 621. The Columbia was not seen, but was mentioned in a used by Data to select this simulation identified the comic's name Starfleet communique overheard at the Epsilon IX Monitoring as Ron Moore. By amazing coincidence, Visual Effects Station, ordered to rendezvous with the U.S.S. Revere by Coordinator Ronald B. Moore was one of the people who assemCommodore Probert, a gag reference to production illustrator bled the computer graphic on that holodeck readout. Andrew Probert. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture). “Coming of Age." Next Generation episode #19. Written by Columbus, Shuttlecraft. Registry number NCC-1701-2. Shuttle Sandy Fries. Directed by Mike Vejar. Stardate 41416.2. Originally attached to the original Starship Enterprise. This vehicle participat- aired in 1988. Wesley Crusher fails his first attempt to gain entry ed in a visual search for the Shuttlecraft Galileo, after the Galileo into Starfleet Academy. “Coming of Age” marks the first appearcrashed on planet Taurus Il in 2267. (“The Galileo Seven” [TOS]). ance of a shuttlecraft in Star Trek: The Next Generation, GUEST Named for terrestrial explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). CAST: Ward Costello as Quinn, Admiral Gregory: Robert ee Schenkkan as Remmick, Dexter; John Putch as Mordock: = Robert Ito as Chang, Tac Officer; Stephen Gregory as Kurland, NCC-1701/2 Combs Jake; Tasia Valenza as T'Shanik; Estee Chandler as Mirren, BE — 3 Oliana; Brendan McKane as Technician #1; Wyatt Knight as Technician #2; Daniel Riordan as Rondon. SEE: Beltane IX; Benzar; Bulgallian rat; Chang, Tac Officer; Crusher, Wesley; hyperspace physics test; Kurland, Jake; Mirren, Oliana; Mordock Strategy; Mordock; Picard, Jean-Luc; Psych Test; Quinn, Admiral Gregory; Relva VII; Remmick, Dexter; Rondon; Shuttlecraft 13; T'Shanik; Vulcana Regar; Zaldans. Colyus. (Kenneth Mars). A sentient holographic life-form, and the law enforcement authority on planet Yadera Il. As the Protector Commander Riker Day. Proposed school activity for the chilof his village, Colyus investigated the disappearance of 22 vil- dren of the Enterprise-D. Captain Picard suggested the activity in lagers in 2370. In fact, all of the villagers were living holograms, response to Riker's enjoyment of Captain Picard Day. (“The and the disappearances were the result of a malfunction in the Pegasus” [TNG]). hologenerator. (“Shadowplay” [DS9)). SEE: Rurigan. commodore. Title formerly given to high-ranking Starfleet officombadge. Personal communicator, incorporated into the cers such as those in charge of a starbase. The term comStarfleet emblem worn on the uniforms of Starfleet personnel. modore, used in the orginal Star Trek series, has fallen into disuse (“Encounter at Farpoint” [TNG]). Combadges were capable of since Star Trek: The Next Generation. broadcasting a subspace beacon. Starfleet combadges were programmed to activate automatically when the casing was communicator. Personal communications device used by destroyed, a feature designed to help rescuers locate a seriously Starfleet personnel. Communicators provided voice transmisinjured person. (“Time and Again” [VGR]). sion from a planetary surface to an orbiting spacecraft, and ik BRR | 1 '

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