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THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE T0 THE FUTURE DRAIN 121 Windom as Decker, Commodore Matt; Elizabeth Rogers as Dosi. Humanoid civilization from the 4 Palmer, Lieutenant. John Winston as Kyle. Mr; Richard Gamma Quadrant. The Ferengi attempted [le ’ Compton as Washburn; John Copage as Elliot; Tim Burns as to purchase a large amount of tulaberry [ii8 Russ; Jerry Catron as Montgomery, Security guard; Vince wine from the Dosi in 2370. It was believed a Deadrick as Decker's stunt double. SEE: antiprotons; that the Dosi had some ties to the [7s Constellation, U.S.S.; Decker, Commodore Matt; impulse Dominion. (‘Rules of Acquisition” [DS9)). 4 Vv drive; Kyle, Mr; L-370; L-374; Masada; neutronium; Palmer, SEE: Inglatu; Zyree. S — Lieutenant; planet killer; Starfleet General Orders and Regulations; Washburn. Douwd. A little-known civilization of sentient energy beings capable of assuming the appearance of other life-forms. doomsday machine. SEE: planet killer. Possessing awesome powers of creation and destruction, the Douwd considered themselves to be immortal beings of disdoor in the universe. Term used to describe an interdimensional guises and false surroundings. One member of the Douwd passageway created by Lazarus, connecting our universe with assumed a human Identity around 2312, named himself Kevin an antimatter continuum. (“The Alternative Factor” [TOS]). Uxbridge, and settled on planet Delta Rana IV in 2361. (“The Survivors” [TNG]). Doosodarians. Ancient civilization. Doosodarian art included an unusual form of poetry that contained empty spaces, or lacunae, Down the River Light. Literary work in 17 volumes written by during which the poet and audience were encouraged to Caster. Audrid Dax once read the entire work to her daughter, acknowledge the emptiness of the experience. Data learned of Neema. (“Nor the Battle to the Strong” [DS9]). these ancient people and their works during his study of poetry. (“Interface” [TNG]). Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. Novelist (1859-1930) from old England on Earth, writer of the classic Sherlock Holmes adventures. Dopa system. Planetary system located within the Cardassian ~~ Enterprise-D operations manager Data was a fan of Doyle's work, Union. (“Return to Grace" [DS9]). the Sherlock Holmes character in particular. (“Elementary, Dear Data” [TNG], “Ship in a Bottle” [TNG]). SEE: Moriarty, Professor Dopterians. Humanoid species whose brains have certain James. structural similarities to the Ferengi. One characteristic of the Dopterians is that neither they nor the Ferengi can be empathi- Dozaria. Class-M world with a hot desert-llke climate. The cally sensed by a Betazoid. A Dopterian stole Lwaxana Troi's ~~ Cardassian ship Ravinok was forced to crash-land on Dozaria in precious latinum hair-brooch on station Deep Space 9 in 2369, 2366 after being attacked by two Breen warships. The surviving but she was unable to sense any feeling of guilt from the thief, for crew and passengers of the ship were forced by the Breen to this reason. (“The Forsaken® [DS9]). Gorta was a Dopterian labor in their dilithium mines on Dozaria. The laborers were resaccomplice to the Duras sisters’ magnesite ore mining opera- cued in 2372 by Kira Nerys and Gul Dukat. (“Indiscretion" [DS9)). tion on Kalla Ill in 2370. (“Firstborn” [TNG]). The Dozaria exterior scenes were filmed at a rock quarry in Soledad Canyon, north of Los Angeles. Doraf I. Planet in Federation space. The Enterprise-D was assigned to a terraforming project at Doraf | in 2368. The mission ~~ Drabian love sonnet. Poetry. In 2373, Q used Drabian sonnets in was canceled when the ship was recalled to Starbase 234 to an unsuccessful bid to convince Kathryn Janeway to have his receive orders to investigate the disappearance of Ambassador child. (“The Q and the Grey” [VGR]). Spock. (Unification, Part I" [TNG). Draco lizards. Species of flying reptile indigenous to southeast dorak. Monetary unit used by the inhabitants of the village on Asia on planet Earth. The Draco lizard was extinct by the year Barkon IV. (“Thine Own Self” [TNG]). 2000. (“New Ground" [TNG]). Dorek syndrome. A very rare and incurable disease that afflicts ~~ Draebidium calimus. Type of plant. Keiko O'Brien carried a one out of every five million Ferengi. In 2372, Dr. Orpax misdiag- specimen of Draebidium calimus with her when the Shuttlecraft nosed Quark with Dorek syndrome during Quark’s annual insur- ~~ Fermi passed through an energy cloud in 2369. When the shuttle ance physical. (“Body Parts" [DS9]). crew transported back to the Enterprise-D, the plant was reduced to a seedling. (“Rascals” [TNG]). Dorian. Transport vessel attacked near planet Rekag-Seronia in 2369 while attempting to deliver Ambassador Ves Alkar to that Draebidium froctus. Type of plant. Upon returning to the planet in hopes of mediating peace there. (“Man of the People” Enterprise-D from planet Marlonia, Ensign Ro mistook a [TNG]). The Dorian was a re-dress of the Straleb transport ship Draebidium calimus for a Draebidium froctus. (“Rascals” originally built for “The Outrageous Okona” (TNG). [TNG)). Dorias Cluster. Cluster of some 20 star systems near the Drafting Room 5. Part of Starfleat's Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards Dichromic Nebula. In 2370, Ferengi government officials reported on Mars, where the Galaxy-class U.S.S. Enterprise-D was that former DaiMon Bok had been sighted in the Dorias Cluster. designed. This was the workplace of Dr. Leah Brahms. Geordi (“Bloodlines” [TNG]). SEE: Vigo, Jason. La Forge re-created Drafting Room 5 on the Enterprise-D holodeck when trying to escape an ancient Menthar booby trap Dorvan V. Class-M planet located in the border area between in 2366. (“Booby Trap” [TNG]). Federation and Cardassian space. A group of North American Indians from Earth settled there in 2350 and established a village drag coefficient. Measurement of the frictional force on a body in a small valley on the southern continent. These people had traveling through a fluid medium such as air or water relative to originally left Earth 200 years ago in order to preserve their cul- the body's speed in that medium. The drag coefficient on the tural identity. In 2370 the Federation-Cardassian treaty placed Enterprise-D through the tenuous interstellar dust and gas of Dorvan V under Cardassian jurisdiction. As a result, Enterprise-D nebula FGC-47 increased inexplicably when the ship explored captain Picard was ordered by Admiral Necheyev to evacuate the nebula in 2368. This increase was later found to be due to a the colonists by any means necessary. The settlers refused to life-form living in FGC-47. (“Imaginary Friend” [TNG]) leave, but succeeded in convincing Starfleet to allow them to renounce their Federation citizenships. In doing so, the colonists ~~ Draim. Powerful member of the Orion Syndicate. Draim specialwillingly placed themselves under Cardassian rule. (“Journey's ized in blackmail and extortion from his base of operations on End" [TNG]). SEE: Anthwara, Finnea Prime. (“A Simple Investigation” [DS9)). SEE: Arissa.