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had known their daughter. Deanna Troi, since childhood. Grax Great Monetary Collapse. Huge financial decline that struck contacted the Enterprise-D to inform the captain when Riker, Ferenginar during the mid-24th century. This decline involved Deanna Troi, and Lwaxana Troi were missing, kidnapped by rampant inflation and currency devaluation. Quark, who was Ferengi operatives. (“Ménage a Troi” [TNG]). serving on a freighter ship at the time, felt helpless being away while his homeworld was experiencing such a calamity. Grayson, Amanda. According to Original Series Star Trek writer (“Homefront” [DS9)). and story editor Dorothy Fontana, this was the full name of Spock's mother, first seen in “Journey to Babel" (TOS), although Great Sages. Demigods in Takarian mythology. Ancient Takarian the surname Grayson was not established in any regular episode lore held that Great Sages would descend from the sky and rule or film. The name was used in the animated episode, “Yesteryear,” over the people as benevolent protectors. In 2366, Arridor and Kol written by Fontana. SEE: Amanda. crash-landed into a Takarian village square and were believed to be the Great Sages whose arrival from the skies was prophesied long Grazerite. Humanoid species. Prominent Grazerites have includ- ago. Arridor and Kol used their advanced technology to convince ed Federation President Jaresh-Inyo. Grazerites evolved from the people that they were the sages and then began to exploit the herbivorous herd animals and as such abhorred violence and population for profit. In 2373, the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager forced confrontations. (“Homefront™ [DS9)). The name of these people the two interlopers to leave. (“False Profits” [VGR]). comes from the script. Gree. Life-form. Among the Gree, stimulation of follicles on the Gre'thor. In Klingon mythology, the place where the dishonored proboscis results in swelling of the auricular canal. (“Elogium” go to die. Gre'thor is guarded by the mythic Klingon figure, [VGR]). Fek’lhr. ("Devil's Due” [TNG]). green beans. Earth vegetable usually served cooked as a side Great Barrier, the. An energy field surrounding the center of the dish. Neelix prepared pot roast and green beans for the ThirtyMilky Way Galaxy. Long believed to be impenetrable by any star- Sevens during their brief visit to the Voyager in 2371. (“The 37's" ship, the Great Barrier was first traversed by the Starship [VGR]). Enterprise in 2287 when the ship was commandeered by Sybok in his quest for the planet Sha Ka Ree, which Sybok believed he Green, Colonel. (Phillip Pine). Twentywould find at the center of the galaxy. (Star Trek V: The Final first-century military figure who led a Frontier). Not to be confused with the galactic barrier at the edge genocidal war on Earth. The image of of the galaxy, first seen in “Where No Man Has Gone Before" (TOS). this notorious historical figure was recreated by the Excalbians in 2269 as Great Bird of the Galaxy, The. A mythic figure in the 23rd centu- part of their study of the nature of the ry. Sulu invoked same when he thanked Janice Rand for bringing human concepts of “good” and “evil.” him lunch, saying “May the Great Bird of the Galaxy bless your (“The Savage Curtain” [TOS]). SEE: planet.” (“The Man Trap" [TOS]). Great Bird of the Galaxy was also Yarnek. It is not clear what war Green Bob Justman'’s nickname for Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. fought, but it might have been World War Ill, mentioned in “Bread and Great Depression. Economic downturn that beset the planetary ~ Circuses” (TOS), “Encounter at Farpoint” (TNG), and Star Trek: financial system on Earth in the 1930s. Edith Keeler's Twenty- First Contact. First Street Mission was set up to help people survive during that time. (“The City on the Edge of Forever” [TOS)). Green, Crewman. (Bruce Watson). Enterprise crew member. Green was killed in 2266 on the surface of planet M-113 by the “Great Experiment, The." Unofficial term used to describe the salt vampire. Green's death was not discovered for several hours U.S.S. Excelsior, Starfleet's testbed vehicle for the unsuccessful because the M-113 creature subsequently assumed Green's transwarp drive development project. (Star Trek Ili: The Search identity and transported up to the ship. (“The Man Trap” [TOS]). for Spock). greenbread. Staple food from planet Yadera Il. (“Shadowplay” Great Hall. A massive fortress-like building that serves as the [DS9]). seat of government of the Klingon Empire, located in the First City on the Klingon Homeworld. The Klingon High Council greenhouse effect. A planetary atmospheric condition in which meets there. (“Sins of the Father” [TNG]). The design of the solar radiation is trapped in a planet's atmosphere, causing Klingon Great Hall (and other sets in the episode) won an Emmy increased temperature in that atmosphere. Enterprise-D personAward for Best Art Direction for Star Trek: The Next Generation nel used ship's phasers to release subterranean carbon dioxide production designer Richard James. The exterior of the Great Hall into the atmosphere of planet Penthara IV in 2368 in hopes that and the surrounding First City was a matte painting created by the resulting greenhouse effect would forestall a potential ice age Syd Dutton at Musion Arts. on the planet. (“A Matter of Time" [TNG]). SEE: global warming.

Great Link. Among the Founders of the Dominion, the intermin- ~~ Grendel. Mythical beast that terrorized the followers of King gling of a vast number of shape-shifters in their liquid forms. The ~~ Hrothgar in the epic Beowulf. In Harry Kim's holonovel version Great Link was the foundation of the changeling society. It provid- of this epic, the role of Grendel was taken over on stardate 48693 ed a meaning for their existence. The link was a merging of form by a photonic being who had accidentally been brought aboard and thought, the sharing of idea and sensation. (“The Search, Part the ship. The being discovered it could interact with the crew II" [DS8)). In 2372, the Founders compelled Odo to return to the through the holodeck and used the Grendel persona to kidnap Great Link by giving him a debilitating illness. Once back with his three Voyager crew members. (“Heroes and Demons” [VGR)). people, the Great Link judged him for having killed a changeling. In retribution, Odo's shape-shifting powers were taken away, and Grenthemen water hopper. A motor-driven aquatic vehicle. he was made human. (“Broken Link" [DS9]). But even when Odo's According to Geordi La Forge, a Grenthemen water hopper would shape-shifting abilities were removed, Odo's humanoid brain con- stall disastrously when the clutch was popped. Riker also had expetained trace amounts of morphogenic enzymes, a changeling rience with a hopper. (“Peak Performance” [TNG]). SEE: hopper. neurochemical. When a plasma storm subjected Odo to a powerful shock in 2373, the morphogenic enzymes were activated anda ~~ Greskrendtregk. Ktarian man who was the husband of Voyager telepathic response reached out to form a version of the Great officer Samantha Wildman. (“Dreadnought” [VGR)). Link with the minds of Sisko, Dax, and Garak, trapping all four in a memory from Odo's past. (“Things Past" [DS9]). Griffith Observatory. Astronomical observatory and science