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not the conflict mentioned in several episodes as World War Ill, event horizon. Gravitational boundary surrounding a quantum since the Eugenics Wars were concluded by 1996, but World War singularity, from which no light or space-normal object can Ill took place in the mid-21st century. escape. In 2371, the Voyager became trapped within the event horizon of a type-4 quantum singularity. The crew found a small European Hegemony. A loose political alliance on 22nd-century rupture in the event horizon and were able escape using a dekyEarth. The European Hegemony was considered to be among on beam. (“Parallax” [VGR]). the beginnings of a world government on that planet. (“Up the Long Ladder” [TNG]). Everest, Mount. A peak in the Himalaya mountain range In eastern Nepal, the highest known point on the Earth's surface, meaEvadne IV. Destination of the Enterprise-D following the ship's suring some 8,800 meters high. In Julian Bashir's secret agent encounter with an unstable wormhole in the Ngame Nebula in holosuite program, Dr. Hippocrates Noah maintained a strong2367. (“Clues” [TNG]). hold near the top of Mount Everest. (“Our Man Bashir” [DS9]). Evans, Charles. (Robert Walker, Jr). “Evolution.” Next Generation episode #50. Teleplay by Micha! The sole survivor of a transport crash Piller. Story by Michael Piller and Michael Wagner. Directed by on planet Thasus in 2252. Charlie, Winrich Kolbe. Stardate 43125 8. First aired in 1989. A lab acciwho was only three years old at the p J dent causes microscopic robots to evolve into an intelligent lifetime, was raised by the Thasians, - form. This was the second episode filmed for the third season, a noncorporeal species. Charlie a although it was the first episode aired for that season; thus it claimed to have survived by learning 4 p4 marked the return of Dr. Beverly Crusher. “Evolution” was the first from the ship's computer tapes, but episode written by Michael Piller, who would later serve as execuIt was later found that the Thasians — tive producer of Star Trek: The Next Generation and co-creator of gave Charlie extraordinary mental Py Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. GUEST powers in order for him to survive on g CAST: Ken Jenkins as Stubbs, Dr. Paul; Whoopi Goldberg as Thasus. Charlie was rescued at age Guinan; Mary McCusker as Nurse; Randal Patrick as Crewman 17 by the crew of the science vessel v #1. SEE: baseball; Beth Delta I; computer core; Crusher, Dr. Antares, but his inexperience with hi 111 - Beverly; Crusher, Wesley; Dakar, Senegal; Egg; gamma radialiving in human society, combined with his mental powers, made tion; Guinan; Kavis Alpha IV; Kavis Alpha Sector; La Forge, him too dangerous to live with humans, and the Thasians took him Geordi; linear memory crystal; nanites; nanotechnology; neuback to live on Thasus. (“Charlie X" [TOS)). tron star; neutronium; New Manhattan; Stubbs, Dr. Paul; universal translator. Evansville, John. (John Rubinstein). Twenty-fourth century inhabitant of the human settlement on the former Briori home- “Ex Post Facto.” Voyager episode #8. Teleplay by Evan Carlos world in the Delta Quadrant. Evansville's civilization numbered Somers and Michael Piller. Story by Evan Carlos Somers more than 100,000, the descendants of 300 persons abducted Directed by LeVar Burton. No stardate given. First aired in 1995 from Earth in 1937 by the Briori. Evansville invited the Voyager Paris is wrongly convicted of murder on an alien world and as a crew to stay and live with his people on their world. (“The 37's" punishment must repeatedly relive the last moments of the vic[VGR)). SEE: Thirty-Sevens. tim'’s life. GUEST CAST: Robin McKee as Ren, Lidell; Francis Guinan as Kray, Minister; Aaron Lustig as Doctor; Ray Reinhardt evasive pattern. Any of numerous Starfleet tactical maneuvers as Ren, Tolan: Henry Brown as Numiri captain. SEE: autonomic used to avoid enemy attack in combat situations. Evasive pat- response analysis; Baneans; Emergency Medical Hologram; terns were usually designated by a combination of Greek letters engram; evasive pattern; Galen; Kray, Minister; LN, exhaust and numbers. Evasive pattern Beta 140 was employed by the conduits; Marob root tea; Neeka; neodextraline solution; Starship Voyager in 2371 when encountering a Numiri ship. (“Ex Numiri; phase emitters; Ren, Lidell; Ren, Tolen; rolk; Salk, Dr. Post Facto” [VGR]). Jonas Edward; Spock, Dr. Benjamin McLane; Teluridian IV; thalmerite; Tuvok; Vulcan mind-meld. Evek, Gul. (Richard Poe). Cardassian officer, =» commander of the Vetar, a Galor-class exanogen gas. An extremely cold gaseous compound. £ warship. In 2370, he led a mission to planet Exanogen can be used to retard the feeding and growth of nitriDorvan V to survey the buildings and equip- um metal parasites. (“Cost of Living" [TNG]). .- 4 ment that would be left behind when the ~~ Native American settlers evacuated. When Exarch, Official from the Nehelik Province of planet Rakhar. In the colonists refused to leave, it appeared an 2369, he demanded that the Rakhari fugitive Croden be extradit— armed conflict would ensue. Evek, who had ed from Deep Space 9. (“Vortex” [DS9)). lost two of his three sons in the war with the Federation, agreed to withdraw his troops ~~ Excalbia. Uncharted planet whose surface was molten lava and from the surface until some solution could be the atmosphere poisonous. The original Starship Enterprise visitreached. (“Journey's End” [TNG]). Following the incident at Dorvan ed there in 2269. (“The Savage Curtain” [TOS]). SEE: Excalbian. V, Gul Evek remained in the Demilitarized Zone. Later that year, Eve's ship came under attack by Maquis ships, The Enterprise-D ~~ Excalbian. Life-form indigenous to planet intervened and was able to halt the Maquis attack. (“Preemptive Excalbia. These rock-based, intelligent Strike” [TNG]). When Deep Space 9 personnel contacted Evek for entities possess ethics and values draadvice on eradicating a vole infestation, Evek wryly suggested that matically different from those of many a Federation withdrawal from Bajor might help. (“Playing God” humanoid species. They are intensely curi[0S9)). Evek interrogated suspected Maquis terrorist William ous about other life-forms and have capSamuels. He later confronted a group of Federation colony leaders tured such forms, to observe their behayon Volon lll, accusing them of taking part in a Starfleet plot to arm ior in dramatic situations created by the the colonists in the Demilitarized Zone, in violation of the new ~~ Excalbians, They were shape-shifters Federation-Cardassian Treaty. (“The Maquis, Part I" [DS9)). Evek and used their ability to alter their molecwas responsible for the arrest of Starfleet officer Miles O'Brien in ular form to remake themselves into 2370. Evek later testified against O'Brien during his trial. (“Tribunal” characters to support such dramas. One [DS9)). Gul Evek commanded the Galor-class warship that pur- such experiment, conducted in 2269, sued Chakotay's Maquis craft into the Badlands in 2371, where involved the capture of Kirk and Spock, Evek was believed killed. (“Caretaker” [VGR]). who were placed into a conflict with various