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ACB. See annular confinement beam.
Abramowitz, Carol. Noncommissioned Starfleet personnel assigned to the U.S.S. da Vinci as a cultural specialist (The Belly of the Beast). Abramowitz theorized that the Eerlik had a cultural bias against computer security because all their computer systems are linked through Ganitriul. Because of that, their cryptography is nonexistent, and Bart Faulwell and Fabian Stevens were able to hack into the systems of the Senbolma, a ship that was free of Ganitriul’s influence (Fatal Error). Abramowitz served as the liaison between the da Vinci crew and the Tholians during the S.C.E.’s salvage of the U.S.S. Defiant (Interphase Book 1). She also clandestinely monitored the Tholians’ coded communiqués, and after the Tholians fired on the da Vinci, she enlisted Faulwell’s aid in translating those coded messages (Interphase Book 2). Abramowitz is fond of Sinnravian drad music, particularly the recordings of Blee Luu. Her roommate, P8 Blue, objected to her constant playing of Luu’s latest recording, and was only assuaged when Lt. Commander Kieran Duffy, acting as temporary first officer, changed their duty shifts so they wouldn’t be in their quarters at the same time. As a way of making peace, Abramowitz traded her copy of Luu’s music to Lieutenant Nog of Deep Space 9 for an as-yet unspecified item (Cold Fusion).
Ambrushroi. Religion of some members of the Gallamite race. Followers of Ambrushroi who die are to have their bodies burned within six hours of death (Invincible Book 2).
Amuk. Worker assigned to the subspace accelerator project on Sarindar. Amuk was killed by the second monster shii when he, Entorr, and Kugot failed to properly spring a trap for it (Invincible Book 2).
Androssi. Civilization about which very little is known. They first appeared in the Alpha Quadrant in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between Cardassian and Federation space, offering to give technological aid to the Maquis rebels in the DMZ. They have made several appearances since the Dominion War ended, offering to provide technological aid, but often at a high price. The Androssi have a skin tone that ranges from yellow to brown to sepia, with similarly colored hair. Androssi society has a very hierarchical structure. The Elite appear to be the ruling class, and they finance individual ships, with a mandate to acquire technology for their Elite sponsors. Members of the officer class run the ships, and members of the worker class do most of the work on those ships. Among the officer and worker classes, the males generally have untrimmed beards, and both genders wear their hair long and tied back. Members of the officer and worker classes generally are not particularly emotional, and focus on their work. Regard for life appears to be fairly low in Androssi society, at least when it comes to the worker class and alien life. Androssi generally communicate with each other over distances through devices in their ears. They never use visual communication. Androssi ships are rectangular in shape, and tend toward the functional rather than the aesthetic (Cold Fusion). The name Androssi is a play on Andreassi, which is author Keith R.A. DeCandido’s mother’s side of the family, and also what the second of his middle initials stands for.
Androssi Protocol 1. Security procedure initiated by Lt. Commander Domenica Corsi of the U.S.S. da Vinci. During the da Vinci’s first encounter with the Androssi on Maeglin, they discovered that they could disrupt their equipment with a phaser shot at Level 2, or light stun. During their second encounter at Empok Nor, that protocol failed to stop an Androssi security device, forcing Corsi to