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the Devoras for treaty negotiations, in 2367. In actuality, T'Pel was tle to welcome the Excalbian re-creation of President Abraham a Romulan agent named Subcommander Selok, and the trans- Lincoln aboard the ship in 2269. (“The Savage Curtain” [TOS]). fer was her means of escape into Romulan hands. (“Data's Day” [TNG]). dicosilium. Substance used by Dr. Nel Apgar to create reflective coils for the Krieger-wave converter he was trying to develop at Devos, Alexana. (Kerrie Keane). Chief of security for the Rutia IV the time of his death in 2366. The Enterprise-D delivered a shipgovernment in 2366. Devos was in charge of investigating an ment of dicosilium to Apgar at the Tanuga IV science station just incident in which Enterprise-D officers Beverly Crusher and Jean- before his death. ( “A Matter of Perspective” [TNG]). Luc Picard were kidnapped by Ansata terrorists. The abduction was a successful bid by the Ansata to force Rutian government ~~ “Die is Cast, The.” Deep Space Nine episode #67. Written by recognition of the Ansata demands for independence. Ronald D. Moore. Directed by David Livingston. No stardate Embitterad by the atrocities she had seen during her six-month given. First aired in 1995. After Garak is picked up by the renegade tenure in that sector, Devos had little sympathy for the Ansata attack fleet of Romulan and Cardassian ships, his loyalties are movement, but nevertheless agreed to work with the Enterprise- tested when he must torture Odo for information about the D crew in order to locate and rescue Crusher and Picard. (‘The Founders. “The Die is Cast” was filmed after "Through the Looking High Ground" [TNG]). Glass" (DSS), but aired first, because it is the conclusion to the storyline begun in “Improbable Cause” (DS9). GUEST CAST: Andrew Devron system. Planetary system in the Romulan Neutral Robinson as Garak, Elim; Leland Orser as Lovok, Colonel; Zone. In the anti-time reality created by the Q Continuum, a Kenneth Marshall as Eddington, Michael; Leon Russom as temporal anomaly originated in this system. ("All Good Toddman, Vice Admiral. Paul Dooley as Tain, Enebran; Wendy Things..." [TNG]) SEE: inverse tachyon beams. Schenker as Romulan pilot. SEE: Algira sector; Argelian massage facility; Barton; Belak; Chow-yun; Dominion; Eddington, Dewan. Ancient language, along with Dinasian and lccobar, Michael; Founders; Founders' homeworld; Garak, Elim; believed to have historic roots from the Iconian language. Jem'Hadar; Keldon-class warships; Koranak; Lovok, Colonel; “Contagion” [TNG]). Makar; Mekong, U.S.S.; Mila; Obsidian Order; Parmak, Dr.; plomeek soup; Porania, Legate; Portland, U.S.S.; Romulans; dexalin. Medication used aboard Federation starships to treat shape-shift inhibitor; Tain, Enabran; Tal Shiar; tetryon; oxygen deprivation. Dexalin was used to treat the survivors of the ~~ Toddman, Vice Admiral; Vicarian razorback; Willemheld. J'nali shuttle Taris Murn rescued by the Enterprise-D on stardate 45614. (“The Outcast” [TNG]). Dieghan, Liam. Neo-Transcendentalist philosopher of Earth's early 22nd century who advocated a simple life In harmony with Deyos. (Ray Buktenica). Vorta official in charge of Dominion nature. (“Up the Long Ladder" [TNG]). internment camp 371 in 2373 while Dr. Bashir, Worf, Elim Garak, Enabran Tain, and General Martok were imprisoned there. (‘By dielectric field. A semipolarized electromagnetic field. Inferno’s Light" [DS9)). Interplanetary spacecraft used by the inhabitants of planet Drayan Il employed a dielectric field to protect it from the kind of diagnostic. Engineering analysis programs used aboard electrodynamic turbulence found in the atmospheres of some Federation starships, intended to permit automated determina- Drayan moons. (“Innocence” [VGR]). tion of system performance and identification of any malfunctions. Most key systems had a number of such programs avail- diencephalon. Part of a humanoid brain, posterior to the foreable, ranging from level-5 diagnostics (the fastest, most auto- brain. The hypothalamus, thalamus, and epithalamus are conmated) to level-1 diagnostics (the most thorough, but the slow- tained in the diencephalon. Unusual levels of neurotransmitters est, requiring the most manual labor) were discovered in the diencephalons of the three Enterprise-D officers who were victims of telepathic memory-invasion rape by diamide. Metallic substance. Some Bajoran earrings were made ~~ Ullian researcher Jev in 2368. (“Violations" [TNG]). out of diamide-laced beritium. (“The Search, Part I" [DS9]). Dierdre, S.S. Freighter spacecraft. The Dierdre supposdiamond slot formation. An edly sent a distress call to the Starship Enterprise on aerobatic maneuver requir- al stardate 3497. The signal was a hoax sent by a Klingon ing five single-pilot space- ~ vessel, the second Klingon attempt to prevent the craft. The outer four craft Enterprise from returning to planet Capella IV. Upon form up in a diamond shape, - receipt of the fraudulent message, Chief Engineer with the fifth craft inserting itself Scott succinctly commented, “Fool me once, into the center or slot of the dia- shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on mond. The maneuver was used as a 38 me." (“Friday's Child" demonstration of piloting prowess by cadets at [TOS)). SEE: Carolina, Starfleet Academy. (“The First Duty” [TNG]). uss.

diboridium core. Small power-generation unit used in DiFalco, Chief. (Marcy Cardassian technology. A diboridium core was part of the apha- Lafferty). Starfleet offisia device found in the food replicators on Deep Space 9 in = cer. DiFalco served as 2369. (“Babel” [DS9]). relief navigator aboard 4) the Enterprise when it interdiburnium-osmium alloy. Metal used by the Kalandans to con- F cepted the V'Ger entity. She struct artificial planets. (“That Which Survives” [TOS]). SEE: replaced Ilia on the bridge after Kalandan outpost. llia was abducted by V'Ger. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture). Actor Dichromic Nebula. Interstellar gas cloud. A robotic probe sent Marcy Lafferty was the wife of by Bok in 2370 passed through the Dichromic Nebula, where it William Shatner. was exposed to intensive gravimetric distortion on the way to the Starship Enterprise-D. (“Bloodlines” [TNG]). differential magnetometer. Sensor device. Differential magnetometers were used on several probes launched from the runDickerson, Lieutenant. (Arell Blanton). Security officer aboard about Rio Grande while searching for the downed Yangtzee the original Starship Enterprise. Dickerson piped the bos'n whis- Kiang in the Gamma Quadrant in 2369. The magnetometers