Lost Era

Asteroid

Asteroid (TOS-58)
Asteroid (TOS-58)

Small celestial body composed of rock and metal, typically much smaller than a planet, often irregularly shaped. Asteroids often occurred in orbital belts within a star system, sometimes the debris remaining from the formation of that system, other times the fragments remaining from the disintegration of a planet. Larger asteroids were sometimes called planetoids.

In 2267, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 attempted to divert an asteroid that was on a collision course with an inhabited planet.[1] A Type-C asteroid crashed into an unpopulated continent of Penthara IV in 2367, threatening an ecological disaster until the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-170-D helped dispel its dust cloud.[2] Another asteroid from the Pelloris Field threatened Tessen III with the same type of destruction in 2368 before it was vaporized by the same starship. Its nitrium alloy core prevented a tractor beam lock, and it was undamaged when hit by photon torpedoes. It was later discovered to be the home of metal parasites.[3]
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Chakotay

Chakotay (VOY-106)
Chakotay (VOY-106)

Young Chakotay (VOY-125)
Young Chakotay (VOY-125)

Chakotay was born in 2335 on the colony world of Trebus, which had been settled generations before by Native American Humans in search of a new world on which they could return to their ancestral ways. (VOY-) In 2350, Chakotay traveled with his father, Kolopak, back to Earth. They searched throughout Central America for artifacts of their ancestors, the Rubber Tree People, who were descended from the Mayans. Throughout his youth, Chakotay had been disillusioned with his people’s culture, often rebelling against his father.[6]
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Humans

Jonathan Archer (ENT-31)
Jonathan Archer (ENT-31)

James T. Kirk (TOS-05)
James T. Kirk (TOS-05)

Jean-Luc Picard (TNG-165)
Jean-Luc Picard (TNG-165)

Benjamin Sisko (DS9-541)
Benjamin Sisko (DS9-541)

Kathryn Janeway (ST-10)
Kathryn Janeway (ST-10)

Species originating on Earth. According to the Talosians in the 2250s, “The customs and history of [Humans] show[s] a unique hatred of captivity. Even when it’s pleasant and benevolent, [they] prefer death. This makes [them] too violent and dangerous a species for [the Talosians’] needs.” The Talosians had scanned the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701‘s databanks, and had gleaned quite a bit of information about Human history.[1]

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Dilithium

Dilithium (TNG-147)
Dilithium (TNG-147)

Crystalline substance used in warp propulsion systems to regulate the matter/antimatter reactions that provide the energy necessary for faster-than-light speed. Naturally occurring dilithium was extremely rare and was mined on only a few planets, such as Coridan,[1] Troyius[2] and Rura Penthe.[4] In 2286, a method of recrystalizing dilithium was discovered, reducing the need for mining new deposits of the mineral.[3]

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Computer Interface

Custodian Controls (TNG-118)
Custodian Controls (TNG-118)

Computer Interface (TNG-178)
Computer Interface (TNG-178)

Holographic Computer Interface (TNG-107)
Holographic Computer Interface (TNG-107)

Iconic Display Console (TNG-193)
Iconic Display Console (TNG-193)

TCARS Interface (VOY-218)
TCARS Interface (VOY-218)

Computer Interface (TNG-178)
Computer Interface (TNG-178)

Method of interacting with a computer system. The computers aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 utilized tactile buttons and knobs, as well as motion-sensitive displays and consoles.[1] By the 24th century, touch-sensitive display panels had largely replaced the tactile interfaces,[2] though there were also some uses for holographic interfaces.[3]

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Computer chip

Computer chip (TNG-178)

Isolinear chips (TNG-103)

Data storage units.[1] In 2366, Beverly Crusher gave her son Wesley a computer chip with a hologram of his late father, recorded when he was an infant.[2]

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Computer

1960s Computer (TOS-21)

Data storage, retreival and computational device. Early computers on Earth were quite large and used magnetic tape to store information.[1]

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Chronometer

Chronometer (TOS-06)

Clock (ENT-11)

Timekeeping device. In 2265, the chronometers on the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 unexpectedly ran backwards while escaping the destruction of the planet Psi 2000, an initial indication that the ship was actually traveling backward through time.[1] In 2151, Jonathan Archer was presented with the gift of a clock by Prah Mantoos.[2]

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Chess, 3D

3D Chess (TNG-193)

3D Chess (TNG-193)

Three-dimensional version of the ancient Human game of chess. Captain Kirk and Commander Spock often played together aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701.[1] The game was also popular aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D more than a century later.[2]

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Anbo Jytsu

Anbo Jytsu (TNG-140)

Martial art form involving blindfolded participants. Kyle and William Riker both studied anbo jytsu.Link Entry[1]

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