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for the leadership, and he used a bomb in an attempt to ensure his from Earth in 1996, was a DY-100-class ship. Sleeper ships like selection by eliminating Gowron, his competitor. It was also sus- the DY-100 fell from general use by 2018 because of significant pected that Gowron was responsible for K'mpec's death by poi- improvements in sublight propulsion technology. (“Space Seed” son. During the rite of succession, Duras also killed K'Ehleyr, [TOS)). A conjectural model of the Botany Bay, built by Greg Jein Worf's mate, when she was on the verge of discovering the truth for a photograph in the Star Trek Chronology, was equipped with about Duras's cover-up of his father's crimes. Duras was subse- several space shuttle-style solid rocket strap-on boosters, sugquently killed by Worf, who sought the right of vengeance under gesting how the 1996-vintage spacecraft might have gotten into Klingon law. (*Reunion” [TNG]). Following Duras's death, his family orbit. The model was seen as a desktop decoration in Rain continued to play a significant role in Klingon politics. Robinson's SETI laboratory in the 1996 scenes of “Future's End, (“Redemption, Parts | and II” [TNG], “Past Prologue” [DS9]). SEE: Parts | and II” [VGR)). Lursa; B'Etor; Toral. Durenia IV. Planet. Destination of the Enterprise-D in early 2367 w = 3 ping Dr. Beverly Crusher in a static warp bubble. The Enterprise- <a == - = when a warp field experiment by Ensign Crusher went awry, trap- L) — on

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Durg. (Christopher Collins). Alien mercenary hired to help Rao Ventika steal a shipment of deuridium being transferred from the Gamma Quadrant to station Deep Space 9 in 2369. Durg was DY-500. Interplanetary vessel, relatively primitive by 23rd-century killed by Ventika when he failed to carry out an order. (“The standards, but considerably more advanced than the older Passenger” [DS9]). DY-100 ships. (“Space Seed" [TOS]). The S.S. Mariposa, launched from Earth in 2123, was a DY-500 ship. (“Up the Long Ladder” duridium alloy. Metallic material used in the construction of [TNG]). throwing darts. (“By Inferno's Light" [DS9]). dylamadon. Drug used in euthanasia for humanoid patients. duritanium polyalloy. Metallic composite alloy. Used in the fabri- Though deadly, dylamadon was believed to be painless. (“Man of cation of starship hulls. (“Dreadnought” [VGR]) the People” [TNG]).

Durken, Chancellor Avel. (George Coe). The head of state on dynametric array. Scientific analytical tool. Used aboard station planet Malcor Nl in 2367. Durken led his people during the time Deep Space 9. (“Playing God" [DS9]). when Malcorian advances in spaceflight technology promised great benefits to his people. Unfortunately, more conservative dynoscanner. Sensor device used to detect low-level molecular elements in his government greatly feared the cultural risks of activity. (Star Trek Il: The Wrath of Khan, “Ethics” [TNG]). contact with extraterrestrial life. The discovery that Federation operatives had been conducting covert surveillance on his planet Dyson Sphere. A gigantic artifias a possible prelude to first contact provoked a violent reaction cial structure designed to comfrom these conservative elements, leading Durken to scale back pletely enclose a star in a hollow the Malcorian space program. Durken also asked Captain Picard sphere some 200 million kiloto postpone indefinitely any plans for Federation contact with the meters in diameter. The interior —— Malcorians. (“First Contact” [TNG]). SEE: Krola; Yale, Mirasta. surface of such a sphere, if con- a George Coe also played the head of Network 23 in the television structed to provide a life-sup- Ch series Max Headroom. porting environment, could the- = oretically provide the surface Durst, Peter. (Brian Markinson). Starfleet officer assigned to the area of literally hundreds of milU.S.S. Voyager. (“Cathexis” [VGR]). Durst was killed in 2371 while lions of planets. Dyson Spheres were long believed to be impraction an away mission to planet Avery lll for inspection of magne- cal to build, due to their extreme size and the astronomical amount site formations. Durst was captured by Vidiians, who harvested of raw materials required for construction. Nevertheless, a Dyson his organs to save the lives of more than a dozen Vidiians suffer- Sphere was discovered near Norpin Colony when the Enterpriseing from the phage. Vidiian doctor Sulan took Durst’s face and D found the transport ship Jenolen, which had crashed on the had it grafted onto his own so that the full-Klingon Torres he cre- sphere's surface in 2294. This object was built by an unknown civated might find his new appearance more pleasing. (“Faces” lization around a G-type star, and supported a Class-M atmos[VGRY). Brian Markinson played both Durst and Sulan. Lieutenant phere that clung to the interior surface of the sphere. The shell was Durst was first seen in “Cathexis” (VGR). Brian Markinson previ- composed of carbon-neutronium, with an interior surface area of ously played Vorin in “Homeward” (TNG). some 10" square kilometers. No signs of current habitation were found on that interior surface, apparently because the star was dust shrouds. Natural phenomenon located near the equator of undergoing severe bursts of radiation. (“Relics” [TNG]). The basic planet Rinax. Neelix once visited the equatorial dust shrouds concept was first proposed in the 1960s by Earth scientist Freeman with his favorite sister, Alixia. (“Rise” [VGR]). Dyson, after whom the sphere is named.

Dvorak, Antonin. Earth musical composer (1841-1904) known Dyson. Starfleet officer assigned to the Enterprise-E in 2373 for his adaptations of Bohemian folk music. Dvorak's works, (Star Trek: First Contact). including “The Slavonic Dances,” were among the music that Data studied in 2369. (“A Fistful of Datas” [TNG]). Dytallix B. Planet in the Mira star system, one of seven worlds owned by the Dytallix Mining Corporation. Although the mines DY-100. Ancient type of interplanetary space vehicle built on were long abandoned by 2364, the planet was the site of a covert Earth in the late 20th century. DY-100 vessels used nuclear-pow- meeting where Captain Walker Keel warned Jean-Luc Picard of ered engines and were equipped with suspended-animation his suspicions of an alien infiltration of Starfleet in that year. facilities for extended voyages. The 8.5. Botany Bay, launched (“Conspiracy” [TNG]).