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What are the 8 blue circles on the dorsal side of the Defiant on DS9?
What are the 8 blue circles on the dorsal side of the Defiant in Star Trek: DS9?
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In DS9: Paradise Lost, why is a vice admiral in charge of Starfleet?
In the Deep Space 9 episode, Paradise Lost (S04E12):
Why is Leyton considered the "head of Starfleet"? He is wearing a 3-pip admiral insignia, which is vice admiral, a solid two ranks ...
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Why do the Borg want to assimilate every planet in the universe?
This is a question that I was wondering about since I was introduced to the Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Why do the Borg want to assimilate every planet in the universe?
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In DS9, is the 25th hour ever explicitly mentioned?
In Star Trek: Deep Space 9, characters never fail to mention that the station (or even the Federation/Bajor/Cardassia, I'm not sure at this point) lives on a 26-hour day. There are multiple mentions ...
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Is there a picture of the Ferengi alphabet?
Is there a picture, anywhere, of the Ferengi alphabet? Even better, a translation of what the letters represent? Like, if you had a spoken sentence in Ferengi, something that would allow representing ...
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Are joined Trill effectively pansexual and gender fluid?
We are first introduced to the Trill in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Host" and learn that joined Trill are a combination of a humanoid host and a intelligent worm like ...
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In what context did Garak (ST:DS9) speak of a lie between two truths?
In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, there were a number of scenes of conversations between Garak and Dr. Bashir. I'm pretty sure there was one in which Garak says something like "a lie is most ...
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Does Odo really not have a sense of smell?
In a scene in the episode Improbable Cause, Odo is questioning an assassin posing as a perfume seller, and during the questioning asks the assassin to describe the fragrances of some of his wares, ...
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How to reconcile the events of the year 2024?
In Star Trek: Picard second series, Picard and friends travel back in time to 2024, in order to prevent Q from doing something to endanger the existence of the Federation.
But in Deep Space Nine ...
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Is there a canonical example in the Star Trek TNG/Voyager/DS9 era of a junior officer giving a mistake order that a senior must correct?
I know that there are lot of examples of senior officers doing something and then a junior dramatically shouts "Belay that order!". What I'm talking about is a situation in which a junior ...
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Were any families allowed to stay on board any Starfleet ships during the Dominion War?
Larger ships like the Galaxy class carried many families before the war, but were there any families that remained aboard starships after it began? It seems unlikely because of the possibility for ...
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During the Dominion War, were there any problems with deserters?
The Dominion war was brutal. Single battles like Wolf 359 or Sector 001 were devastating enough--in both cases, 10,000 or more lives were lost. But the Dominion War had several of those battles, some ...
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Does Starfleet accept the use of cannon fodder in battle?
In the DS9 episode "Sacrifice of Angels," during the Dominion War, there is a massive Dominion/UFP Alliance battle. In one scene, as the two sides clash, a pair of Miranda class ships are ...
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Does Odo retain his humanoid senses when regaining his morphing abilities?
When Odo became human he gained the ability to enjoy food in a way he could not as a changeling. When he was reverted to a changeling did he retain his sense of taste/ smell?
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Are there any full commanders in yellow shirts through ST:Voyager?
Are there any characters who carry the rank of full commander who served in the yellow-shirt era for security, engineering, or tactical? Did these positions max out at Lieutenant Commander?
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