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to protect the Alpha Quadrant. They intended to execute the Devidians sent an expedition back in time to 19th-century Earth, Detapa Council and install an imperial overseer to put down any where they attempted to extract large amounts of neural energy further resistance. Gul Dukat helped the council flee the Klingon from victims of the cholera epidemic in the city of San Francisco. invasion fleet by evacuating them from Cardassia Prime aboard They were prevented from doing so by members of the the Prakesh, providing convincing evidence that the council had ~~ Enterprise-D crew who also traveled back in time. (“Time's Arrow, not been replaced by agents of the Dominion. (“The Way of the Parts | and I" [TNG]). Warrior” [DS9)) “Devil in the Dark, The.” Original Series episode #26. Written by Detrian system. Star system that experienced a collision of two Gene L. Coon. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Stardate 3196.1. First gas-glant planets in 2369. The combined mass of the two planets aired in 1967. A terrifying subterranean creature is found to be was sufficient to cause a self-sustaining fusion reaction; that is, simply a mother protecting her eggs. Stuntman Janos Prohaska the resulting object became a small star. The Enterprise-D not only played the Horta, he designed and built the creature. recorded the event for scientific posterity. (“Ship in a Bottle” GUEST CAST: Ken Lynch as Vanderberg, Chief Engineer; Brad [TNG)). Weston as Appel, Ed: Biff Elliott as Schmitter; George E. Allen as Engineer #1; Jon Cavett as Guard; Barry Russo as Giotto, detronal scanner. Medical instrument used to read and encode Lieutenant Commander; Dick Dial as Sam; Janos Prohaska as the DNA patterns of living tissue. (“Ethics” [TNG]). Horta; Eddie Paskey as Security guard; Frank da Vinci as Osborne, Lieutenant; Davis Roberts as Lewis. SEE: Appel, Ed; deuridium. Hare substance used by the Kobliad people to stabi- ~~ Giotto, Commander; Horta; Janus VI; pergium; phaser typelize their cell structures to prolong their lives. A shipment of 1; phaser type-2; PXK reactor; Schmitter; silicon-based life; deuridium from the Gamma Quadrant was delivered to Deep silicon nodule; thermoconcrete; Vanderberg, Chief Engineer; Space 9 in 2369. (“The Passenger” [DS9]). SEE: Vantika, Rao. Vault of Tomorrow; Vulcan mind-meld. deuterium control conduit. An integral part of a starship's warp ~~ “Devil's Due.” Next Generation episode #87. Teleplay by Philip propulsion system. Geordi La Forge and Wesley Crusher were LaZebnik. Story by Philip LaZebnik and William Douglas making routine adjustments on the deuterium control conduit on Lansford. Directed by Tom Benko. Stardate 44474.5. First aired in the Enterprise-D when the ship was assigned to transport Salia 1997. A planet that has enjoyed a thousand years of peace by to her homeworld of Daled IV. (“The Dauphin” [TNG]). signing a pact with the devil now has to make good on the deal. “Devil's Due” was originally written for the proposed Star Trek II deuterium maintenance. A technical support repair crew television series that had been planned in the late 1970s. A very aboard a Federation starship responsible for the ship's supply of early version of this story was part of Gene Roddenberry’s firstslush deuterium fuel. Captain Janeway ordered Neelix to serve draft proposal for Star Trek in the early 1960s. GUEST CAST: two weeks scrubbing the exhaust manifolds in 2373. (“Fair Marta DuBois as Ardra; Paul Lambert as Melian; Marcello Tubert Trade” [VGR]). as Jared, Acost; Thad Lamey as Devil monster, Tom Magee as Klingon monster. SEE: Ardra; Atheneum Vaults; Barnum, P. T.; deuterium. Isotope of hydrogen consisting of one proton and ~~ Clark, Dr. Howard; Contract of Ardra; Data; Devil; Fek'lhr; one neutron in the nucleus, around which circles a single elec- Gre'thor; Jared, Acost; Klingons; Ligillium, ruins of; Mendora; tron. Cryogenic (extremely cold) deuterium was the primary fuel ~~ Scrolls of Ardra; Scrooge, Ebenezer; Torak; Ventax II; Zaterl source for the fusion impulse-engine reactors in Federation star- emerald. ships. Deuterium was also used as one of the reactants in the matter/antimatter reaction system in those ships’ warp drive. Devil. (Thad Lamey). A mythic figure in several Earth cultures. The deuterium was the matter, and anti-hydrogen served as the The Devil, or Satan, was an angel who fell from grace with God antimatter. (“Relics™ [TNG]). Deuterium was also used as fuel in and came to rule the underworld, where the sinful would be punthe fusion reactors of the impulse drive as well as the reaction- ished for all eternity. In 2367, Ardra appeared on planet Ventax Il control thrusters of Federation starships. (“The Cloud” [VGR]). as the Devil, while trying to impress the Ventaxians with her allegedly supernatural powers. (“Devil's Due” [TNG]). There is no Devala Lake. Aquatic body. Geordi and Data once shared a sail- devil in Klingon mythology (“Day of the Dove” [TOS]), although a ing adventure at Devala Lake. Data decided to go swimming, but demonic figure named Fek’lhr was held to be the guardian of because he lacked buoyancy, he sank straight to the bottom. Gre'thor. (“Devil's Due” [TNG]). Data was forced to walk more than a kilometer along the bottom to reach shore. It required nearly two weeks to completely get all Devolin system. Solar system located in politically neutral the water out of his servos. (“Descent, Part II” [TNG]). space. The system had no discrete planets, but was rather a large mass of dust and rocks, some of them as large as moons. In Devidia Il. Class-M planet located in the Marrab sector. The 2370, the hulk of the U.S.S. Pegasus was discovered inside of occupants existed on the surface, but in a slightly different time one of the larger asteroids in the Devolin system. (“The Pegasus” continuum from the Enterprise-D. The Devidians used their ime- [TNG]). SEE: asteroid gamma 601. travel abilities to go back to 19th-century Earth. (“Time's Arrow, Part |” [TNG]). SEE: LB10445. Devor. (Tim Russ). Member of a group of terrorists who attempted to steal trilithium from the Enterprise-D in 2369. Devidian nurse. (Mary Stein). Shape-shifting person from Devor intercepted Captain Picard as he was returning to the ship Devidia II. This individual took human form in order to steal to fetch his saddle. Picard overpowered Devor and left him in the neural energy from humans on 19th-century Earth. (“Time's ship's sickbay. Devor was later killed by the baryon sweep. Arrow, Part II" [TNG]). SEE: neural depletion. (“Starship Mine" [TNG]). SEE: Remmler Array. Tim Russ also played T'Kar in “Invasive Procedures" (DS9), a lieutenant on the Devidians. Intelligent life-forms A bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise-B in Star Trek Generations, and native to planet Devidia Il. The Tuvok in Star Trek: Voyager. Devidians existed in a slightly different time continuum from | Devoras. A Romulan warbird, “normal” matter, and thus were commanded by Admiral only barely detectable to an Mendak. The Devoras met observer in “normal” time. The [| the Enterprise-D inside the energy that they stole from F sibly to transfer Federation Devidians thrived on neural ' Romulan Neutral Zone, osten-

dying life-forms. In 2368, the Ambassador T'Pel aboard