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ghojmok. Klingon term for nursemaid. Kahlest was Worf's gho- Gideon. Class-M planet. Gideon had a germ-free atmosphere jmok, having helped raise him as a small child when his family and was once considered to be a paradise, but a spiritual inabililived briefly on Khitomer. (“Sins of the Father” [TNG]), ty to practice birth control resulted in a terrible population explosion, causing serious deterioration of the planet's environment. ghoptu. Klingon word for hand. (“Blood Oath” [DS9]). The government of Gideon applied for membership in the United Federation of Planets in 2268. During the admission review Ghorusda disaster. A first-contact mission gone awry. The process, Hodin, leader of the high council of Gideon, engineered U.S.S. Adelphi was assigned to make first contact with the an elaborate plan whereby Enterprise Captain James T. Kirk was Ghorusdans. The mission was a failure, and 47 people, including captured and placed on an exact copy of his ship, in an effort to Captain Darson and two of Commander Riker's friends from his confuse and disorient him. In this ersatz Enterprise, Kirk was academy class, were killed. A Starfleet Board of Inquiry later introduced to Odona, Hodin's daughter, so that she would confound Darson responsible for the incident because of careless- tract Vegan choriomeningitis, a disease carried in Kirk's bloodness in handling Ghorusdan cultural taboos, but a failure of mis- stream. Odona had volunteered to die from the disease in the sion specialist Tam Elbrun to warn Darson of Ghorusdan hostili- hope that her death would inspire others of her world to follow ty may also have been a factor. (“Tin Man” [TNG]) her example. Enterprise personnel located Kirk and Odona, successfuly treating her, but she did return to her planet to carry out GhoS! Klingon for “Make it so!” (“Redemption, Part II" [TNG]). the deadly plan of exposing other volunteers to lower her populaProducer Bob Justman wrote the line “Make it so!" for Patrick tion. (“The Mark of Gideon" [TOS)). Stewart to speak at the end of “The Last Outpost” (TNG) in tribute to Captain Horatio Hornblower, who uttered the same command gift box, Betazoid. A traditional in novels written by C.S. Forrester. Hornblower was one of the lit- } Betazoid means of presenting erary characters upon whom Gene Roddenberry modeled \ gifts of great value or importance, Captain Kirk. - these ornate containers were dec| . i ~ orated with the sculpted image of ghost. Ancient Earth term for a disembodied spirit of a deceased i a humanoid face. In the presence being that walks among the living. Ronin was believed to be the - of the intended recipient, the face Howard family ghost. (“Sub Rosa” [TNG). SEE: borhyas; Jat'yin. "Y on the gift box would briefly come to life, delivering a message or ghost. Early 21st century Earth slang, referring to a Sanctuary greeting before the box would District resident who didn't integrate into the Sanctuary society. open. Wyatt Miller's family sent Deanna Troi’s bonding gifts to Ghosts were often dangerous and tended to prey on other resi- her in such a box. (“Haven" [TNG]). The face on Deanna’s gift dents. (“Past Tense, Parts | and II" [DS9]). SEE: Coleridge, box was played by Armin Shimerman, who would later portray Biddle “B.C."; gimme. various Ferengi, most notably Quark in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Gi'ral. (Christine Rose). Klingon warrior believed killed at a perimeter outpost in the Khitomer massacre of 2346. Gi'ral gigajoule. Unit of energy measure, one billion joules. (“Business was held captive at the secret Romulan prison camp in the As Usual” [VGRY]). Carraya System. There, she married Romulan prison camp commander Tokath, and they had a daughter, Ba'el. Although gigaquad. Unit of computer memory storage, one billion quads. Gi'ral accepted her lot as a prisoner, she later supported the (“Cathexis” [VGR], “Threshold” [VGR]). During the U.S.S. wishes of some of the children in the camp to go free Voyager's brief encounter with a distortion ring being, 20 million (“Birthright, Parts | and II" [TNG]). gigaquads of new information was input into the starship’s computer memory banks. (“Twisted” [VGR]). By 2373, the computer Fe P Gia. (Kimberly Cullum). Young girl who memory used by Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram grew -w lived in a village on planet Barkon IV. to more than 15,000 gigaquads. This caused a level-4 memory [1 She and her father, Garvin, took Data fragmentation. ("The Swarm” [VGR)). SEE: kiloquad. | into their home when he stumbled into ’ their village suffering from amnesia in gik'tal challenge. Fictitious Klingon testing ritual. Worf told 2370. As Data could not remember his Ensign Sito Jaxa that she had to undergo the gik tal challenge in name, Gia called him Jayden. (“Thine order to qualify for his advanced Mok 'bara class. The ritual supOwn Self” [TNG]). posedly required the subjects to defend themselves while blindfolded. In actuality, gik'tal in Klingonese meant “to the death.” Gia. (Laura Lane Salvato). Bajoran woman who resided on station Worf concocted the ritual in order fo test Sito’s mettle as she was Deep Space 9 in 2372. (“Accession” [DS9]). Gia's name was being considered for a dangerous covert mission into Cardassian never mentioned in dialog but comes from the end credits. space. (“Lower Decks" [TNG]). Giamon. A spoken language. Giamon was one of the forty-plus Giles Belt. An asteroid belt. A possible destination of the Jovis, languages spoken by U.S.S. Aries First Officer Flaherty. (“The following the kidnapping of Data by Kivas Fajo in 2366. (“The Icarus Factor” [TNG]). Most Toys” [TNG]). Gibson, Bob. Professional baseball player and Hall of Fame Gilgamesh. Mythic figure of Earth's ancient Mesopotamia; a member who played for the St. Louis Cardinals on Earth from warrior king whose adventures were related on 12 incomplete 1959 to 1975. During his career, Gibson struck out atotalof 3,117 stone tablets. Captain Picard shared one of the stories of players and won the Cy Young Award as best pitcher in 1968 and ~~ Gilgamesh with Tamarian Captain Dathon, while the two of them 1970. (“The Homecoming” [DS9)). were together on El-Adrel IV. (“Darmok” [TNG]). Giddings, Dianna. (Lorine Mendell). Crew member aboard the Gilgo Beach. Seaside park on Earth. Benjamin Sisko met his Enterprise-D. Giddings was one of the beautiful women who future wife, Jennifer, at Gilgo Beach, shortly after graduating from attracted the attentions of Thadiun Okona. (“The Outrageous Starfleet Academy. (“Emissary [DS9)). Okona" [TNG]). Although Giddings was not given a name in dialog, her name comes from the sign on the door to her quarters. Lonne Mendel Gilhouly, Admiral. Senior Starfleet officer. In 2373, Admiral was an extra and a stand-in on Star Trek: The Next Generation. and ~~ Gilhouly commanded a task force that positioned itself at Deep she was seen in the background of numerous episodes. She was fea- Space 9 in anticipation of a Dominion invasion. (“By Inferno's tured as Keiko O'Brien's friend in "Power Play” (TNG). Light” [DS9]).