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Gill, John. (David Brian). Federation cultural observer and noted Giotto, Lieutenant Commander. (Barry Russo). Enterprise professor of history. As a historian, Gill emphasized the study of security officer who worked with Janus VI mining colony personcauses and motivations rather than dates and events. He was an nel to locate the Horta, responsible for several deaths on the instructor at Starfleet Academy whose students included future planet prior to stardate 3196. (“The Devil in the Dark™ [TOS]) Enterprise Captain James T. Kirk. In the late 2260s, Gill was sta- Actor Barry Russo also played Commodore Wesley in “The tioned on planet Ekos, where he conducted a disastrous cultural ~~ Ultimate Computer” (TOS). Giotto's uniform had a commander's experiment in which he violated the Prime Directive in an effort braid. to give the planet a more efficient form of govern-ment, patterned after Earth's Nazi Germany, but based on more compassionate Giusti, Ensign. (Sabrina LeBeauf). Starfleet officer assigned to principles. The experiment failed terribly when those near him the Enterprise-D in early 2370. She operated the ops station on were corrupted by power and sought to create racial hatred the bridge during the ship's encounter with a band of mercenaragainst neighboring planet Zeon. Deputy Fuhrer Melakon mur- ies led by Arctus Baran. (“Gambit, Parts | and II” [TNG]). Giusti's dered Gill in 2268 when Gill sought to discredit the program of name was not mentioned in dialogue, but appeared in the show's genocide launched against Zeon. (“Patterns of Force” [TOS)). end credits. Sabrina LeBeauf is well known for her role as Sondra Huxtable on The Cosby Show. Gillespie, Chief. (Duke Moosekian). An Enterprise-D crew member and friend of Miles O'Brien. Suffering from paranoia induced gladst. Leafy brown Klingon foodstuff. (“Melora” [DS9)). No by a REM sleep-deprived state when the ship was trapped ina sauce, please. Tyken's Rift in 2367, Gillespie nearly incited a riot in the ship's Ten-Forward Lounge. (“Night Terrors” [TNG]) Gladstone, Miss. (Dawn Arnemann). A primary-school teacher aboard the Enterprise-D. (“The Child” [TNG]). Gilora Rejal. (Tracy Scoggins). Scientist from the Cardassian Ministry of Science. In 2371, Gilora and her colleague, Ulani glavin. A traditional weapon of the people of planet Ligon II, Belor, worked with Starfleet personnel at Deep Space 9 to test used in ritual combat. Resembling a gauntlet-length oversized a subspace radio relay station. This experiment was intended glove, the glavin has a large, vicious hook at the end and is covto allow communication between the Alpha and Gamma ered with poison-tipped spines. Tasha Yar fought Yareena with Quadrants through the Bajoran wormhole. While working with ~~ glavins. (“Code of Honor" [TNG]). Chief O'Brien on the project, Gilora mistook O'Brien's overt display of irritation toward her as an overture to mating, as is Gleason, Captain. Commanding officer of the U.S.S. Zhukov. Cardassian custom. (“Destiny” [DS9]). Gleason recorded satisfactory reports for Lieutenant Reginald Barclay and spoke very highly of his performance on the Zhukov, gilvos. SEE: Corvan gilvos. just prior to Barclay's transfer to the Enterprise-D in 2366. (“Hollow Pursuits” [TNG]). gimme. Early 21st century Earth slang, referring to a Sanctuary District resident who was mentally and physically fit and was look- Gleason, Ensign. (Todd Merrill). Enterprise-D officer assigned to ing for a job or a place to live. Unlike ghosts or dims, gimmes were battle bridge ops in early 2367 during the rescue of Captain genuinely in search of work. (“Past Tense, Parts | and II” [DS9)). Picard from the Borg ship. (“The Best of Both Worlds, Part II” [TNGI). gin rummy. Traditional Earth card game. Tuvok and Chakotay played gin rummy aboard the Starship Voyager, and Tuvok glebbening. Ferengi word that referred to a severe downpour of emerged the more skillful player. (“State of Flux” [VGR]). rain. ("Let He Who Is Without Sin...” [DS9]). gin’tak. Klingon term for an advisor so trusted as to become part glial cells. More specifically known as neuroglial tissue that of the family. The Alexander Rozhenko from 2410 posed as forms the supporting elements of the nervous system, which K'mtar, gin tak to the house of Mogh when he visited Worf in play an important role in reacting to injury or infection. Kobliad 2370. (“Firstborn” [TNG]). Rao Vantika placed his neural patterns or consciousness in a microscopic generator. He used a weak electrical charge as a ginger tea. Beverage made from the root of the reedlike plant bio-coded message, placing it under his fingernails. When Dr. Zingiber officinale. Captain Picard’s Aunt Adele served hot gin- Bashir found Vantika injured, the Kobliad scratched the physiger tea to treat the common cold. (“Ensign Ro" [TNG]). cian and introduced the microscopic generator into Bashir's skin, The bio-coded message was then transferred to Bashir's Ginsberg, Maury. (Maury Ginsberg). Spotlight operator at neuroglial cells and straight to his brain, where Vantika's conWoodstock, an outdoor music festival held on Earth in 1969. sciousness was stored. (“The Passenger” [DS8]). SEE: microWith the help of Quinn, a member of the Q Continuum, Ginsberg scopic generator. was able to notice an electrical problem that, if not discovered, might have shut down the concert for days. Ginsberg, who was glinn. A rank in the Cardassian militia, lower in stature than a gul. not aware of the extradimensional intervention at Woodstock, (“The Wounded” [TNG]). later became an orthodontist in the North American city of Scarsdale. He married and had four children. (‘Death Wish™ glob fly. Klingon insect, half the size of an Earth mosquito. The [VGRY). This character had a different name in early drafts of the glob fly has no sting, but has a characteristic loud buzzing sound. script, but according to executive producer Michael Piller, once (“The Outrageous Okona" [TNG]). actor Maury Ginsberg was cast, everyone liked his name so much that they named the character after the actor. global power grid. Utility network on 24th-century Earth that controlled the distribution of power throughout the planet. Gint. (Max Grodénchik, sort of). The In 2372, Earth's global power grid was sabotaged by Red first Ferengi grand nagus. Long ago, ~ Squad under orders from Admiral Leyton. ("Paradise Lost" Gint was one of the original authors (DS9)). of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. Quark dreamed that he met Gint in global warming. A gradual increase of a planet's mean atmos2372 and Gint advised him that life pheric temperature, eventually resulting in catastrophic environ was more important than fulfilling a “ mental damage. The magnetospheric energy tap of Alpha contract. Oddly enough, in Quark's Moon of planet Peliar Zel caused global warming on Beta Moon dream, Gint looked a lot like Rom. in 2367. (“The Host" [TNG]). SEE: greenhouse effect; Odan, (“Body Parts” [DS9)]). Ambassador.