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Malcorian authorities in exchange for a very personal favor. (“First Trek Il: The Wrath of Khan. The Reliant's upper “roll bar" was Contact” [TNG]). Bebe Neuwirth was a regular on Paramount's removed to tum it into the Lantree. The Lantree bridge (seen briefly television series, Cheers. in a screen readout) was a re-dress of the Enterprise-D battle bridge. Lang cycle fusion engines. Ancient power plant used aboard lapling. A small creature with a long Promellian spacecraft a millennium ago. Picard knew of this snout. These defenseless animals technology, and hoped an ancient Promellian battle cruiser dis- were believed to be extinct. A single Pa covered near Orelious IX would still have its Lang cycle engines living member of the species was >» - intact. (“Booby Trap” [TNGI). discovered in Kivas Fajo's collection aboard the Jovis in 2366. (“The Most fw 7 ¢’ Lang, Lieutenant. (James Farley). Enterprise security officer. Toys” [TNG]). Ay ] v. Lang was killed at planet Cestus Ill while on a mission investigat- aa ing the destruction of the Earth outpost there. (“Arena” [TOS)). Laporin, Captain. Commander of a [44 | Federation starship. Laporin was N= “ Lang, Natima. (Mary Crosby) killed when his bridge was stormed \ v Cardassian political dissident and by Klingons in 2372. Laporin had former correspondent for the Car- attended Starfleet Academy with dassian information service. While Benjamin Sisko. (“Apocalypse she was serving on station Terok Rising” [DS9)). Laporin was Benzite. Nor in 2363, Lang became romantically involved with Quark. Their rela- Lapsang souchong tea. Beverage. It was enjoyed by Helena tionship, which began when Lang Rozhenko. (“New Ground” [TNG]). learned that Quark had been selling food to Bajorans, ended a month Larg. (Michael E. Hagerty). A Klingon captain, loyal to the Duras later when Lang discovered that family during the Klingon civil war of 2367-2368. He commandQuark had been using her personal - ed a vessel that engaged and heavily damaged Kurn's ship, the access code to steal money from the "YY Hegh'ta. (“Redemption, Part II” [TNG]). communication service. Lang sub- [| sequently left Terok Nor and began / y Largo V. Planet. Destination of Captain Jaheel's ship in 2369 teaching as a Professor of Political | when his ship was detained because of the aphasia virus. Jaheel Ethics. Her unorthodox political ~ was scheduled to deliver a shipment of Tamen Sahsheer views brought her into the Cardas- \ (“Babel” [DS9)). sian underground movement, and by 2370 she was eventually regard- - larish pie. Cardassian food served at Quark's. Woban, leader of ed by Cardassian authorities as a dangerous terrorist and marked the Navot nation on planet Bajor, complimented the Cardassian for death. She fled Cardassia with two of her students, Rekelen replicators for the tasty larish pie. (“The Storyteller” [DSS]. and Hogue, and took refuge at Terok Nor (now called Deep Space 9) when her shuttle was fired on by a Cardassian warship. Larosian virus. Mild disorder. Dr. Julian Bashir feared that The three escaped Cardassian authorities with the aid of Quark, Jadzia Dax might have contracted Larosian virus on stardate who still loved Lang, and Garak, who believed he was acting in ~~ 46853. In truth, a replica of Dax, created by unknown aliens from the best interests of Cardassia. (“Profit and Loss” [DS9]). Mary the Gamma Quadrant, was responsible for Dax's unexpectedly Crosby Is famous as the person who shot J.R. amorous behavior toward Bashir. (“If Wishes Were Horses” [DS9)) Lang. (Deborah Levin). Crew member aboard the Starship Lars. (Steve Sandor). Drill thrall on planet Triskelion in 2268. Voyager. Ensign Lang served ops duty on the bridge. (‘Blood Lars was responsible for training Uhura to fight there. (“The Fever” [VGR]). Gamesters of Triskelion” [TOS]). Langford, Dr. Archaeologist who studied the ruins on Suvin IV in Larson, Lieutenant Linda. (Saxon Trainor). An Enterprise-D staff 2369. Dr. Langford invited Captain Picard to join her in exploring engineer. Larson worked to solve the reactor failure of the Argus for ancient artifacts on planet Suvin IV. (“Rascals” [TNG]). Array in 2367 (“The Nth Degree” [TNG]). Langor. (Kimberly Farr). A citizen of the planet Brekka, Arrogant LaSalle, U.S.S. Federation starship. Deneva class, Starfleet regand aristocratic, she was dedicated to maintaining the exploitive istry number NCC-6203. LaSalle personnel reported the presrelationship her planet had with the people of planet Ornara. ence of a series of radiation anomalies in the Gamma Arigulon “Symbiosis” [TNG]) System in 2367. (“Reunion” [TNG]). Lantar Nebula. Nebula containing planet Hoek IV. Q offered Lasca, Lieutenant. (Mark Kiely). Starfleet officer. Lasca, part of archeologist Vash the chance to view the Sampalo relics located the Starfleet Engineering Corps, worked with Starship design in the Lantar Nebula, but she declined. (“Q-Less” [DS9)). specialists. In an alternate reality, Lasca and Harry Kim designed a prototype runabout, the U.S.S. Yellowstone, in 2372. (“Non ¢ E—— Lantree, U.S.S. Feder- Sequitur” [VGR]). ation starship, Miranda ~ = class, Starfleet registry number laser fusion initiator. Component of some fusion reactors that N— 4 NCC-1837, a class-6 supply ship use intense pulses of coherent light to create the high temperacommanded by Captain L. Isao Telaka, normal crew complement tures necessary {o begin a fusion reaction. Integral component in of 26. The ship was equipped with class-3 defensive armaments. station Deep Space 9's main fusion reactor. Laser fusion initiaThe Lantree's crew was killed in 2365 after being exposed to a tors were necessary to keep the reactor active. Disengaging the group of genetically engineered human children whose immune initiators would shut down the reactor. (“Civil Defense" [DS9)) systems actively sought out and attacked potential sources of disease, including the Lantree crew. The U.S.S. Lantree was laser pulse system. A low-power directed energy device destroyed by a single photon torpedo fired by the U.S.S. employing coherent light transmission. A modified laser pulse Enterprise-D in order to prevent further transmission of the deadly beam system was installed aboard the Enterprise-D and the antibodies. (“Unnatural Selection” [TNG]). The Lantree was a minor Hathaway in 2365 for the Starfleet battle simulation exercise modification of the U.S.S. Reliant model originally built for Star (“Peak Performance” [TNG]).