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Crusher, Beverly. Chief medical officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Crusher had to deal with numerous casualties inflicted on the crew of the Enterprise by the ship dubbed “the Beast,” though, mercifully, no one on the ship was killed (The Belly of the Beast).
Culloden. Ship owned and operated by Zilder, a Bolian, and attached to the subspace accelerator project on the planet Sarindar in the Nalori Republic. The ship was used to bring supplies to and from the planet (Invincible Book 1). The ship was encoded to Zilder’s DNA, and after he was killed by the monster shii, the rest of the SA team was initially unable to gain access to the vessel, though two engineers, Nomis and Repooc, were able to do so eventually, and most of the remaining workers escaped in the ship. Zilder left the ship to the Nalori Republic in his will (Invincible Book 2). The Culloden was named after the famous Battle of Culloden of 1745, in which the Jacobite rebels under Bonnie Prince Charlie were defeated.
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da Vinci, U.S.S. Federation starship, Saber-class, Starfleet registry number NCC-81623. The da Vinci was assigned to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers under the command of Captain David Gold (The Belly of the Beast). The ship has a crew complement of forty-two (Interphase Book 1), has limited crew quarters, and no guest quarters (The Belly of the Beast). The da Vinci has two shuttlecraft, the Franklin and the Archimedes (Fatal Error). The da Vinci was named after famous Renaissance artist/scientist Leonardo da Vinci.
Dakota’s Disease. Name given to a minor respiratory ailment discovered by a doctor named Dakota. It is relatively easy to fake the symptoms of Dakota’s Disease. A group of workers on the subspace accelerator team on Sarindar pretended to have Dakota’s Disease by way of a “ sick-out” protest against having their duty assignments changed (Invincible Book 1).
Danilova, Raisa. Assistant chief engineer on the U.S.S. Enterprise. Danilova gained a reputation as the slowest person in the Enterprise engine room, but during the Dominion War she blossomed, turning into one of the most reliable and fastest engineers, making lieutenant during the war. Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge made her assistant chief engineer after the war’s end (Fatal Error).
Data. Second officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise (The Belly of the Beast).
Deep Space 9. Space station formerly known as Terok Nor, currently under joint Federation and Bajoran administration. DS9 was attacked by renegade Jem’Hadar in 2376 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Avatar Book 1), and subsequent events forced station commander Colonel Kira Nerys to eject the station’s fusion core (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Avatar Book 2). Chief of operations Lieutenant Nog travelled to DS9’s sister station, Empok Nor, to retrieve its fusion core, and Kira diverted the U.S.S. da Vinci —which was originally assigned to aid in station repairs—to assist him in this endeavor (Cold Fusion).
Defiant, U.S.S. Federation starship, Constitution-class, Starfleet registry number NCC-1764 (“The Tholian Web” [TOS]). The Defiant was under the command of Captain Thomas Blair (Interphase Book 1). In 2268, the ship investigated an attack that wiped out a Klingon colony on Traelus II and found a device that was later revealed to be a web generator built by the Tholians. While on the run from Tholian pursuit, trying to bring the web generator to Starfleet Command, the Defiant fell into a spatial interphase (Interphase Book 2). This interphase had an adverse effect on humanoid neurophysiology, and caused mass insanity among the crew prior to the disappearance of the ship. The U.S.S. Enterprise attempted to rescue the ship, but was attacked by Tholians and unable to complete the salvage before the ship was drawn completely