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Defiant, U.S.S. Federation starship, Defiant-class, Starfleet registry number NX-74205. The prototype for its class, the Defiant was originally designed to combat the Borg, and was later assigned to Station Deep Space 9 (“The Search Part 1” [DS9]). When Fabian Stevens was assigned to DS9, he primarily served as an engineer on the Defiant (“Starship Down” [DS9]). Because of that, Stevens was especially interested in the earlier ship called the Defiant that the U.S.S. da Vinci was sent to salvage (Interphase Book 1). The Defiant was destroyed during the Dominion War (“The Changing Face of Evil” [DS9]) and replaced with the Sao Paolo, which was rechristened after being assigned to DS9 (“The Dogs of War” [DS9]). When the Defiant and the U.S.S. Aldebaran were attacked by renegade Jem’Hadar, the entire Alpha Quadrant was put on yellow alert (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Avatar Book 1), which disturbed Lt. Commander Kieran Duffy (Invincible Book 1).
Demitrijian, Janna. Commanding officer of the U.S.S. Sugihara. Captain Demitrijian’s son is dating a Sinnravian. She was willing to aid in the towing of Empok Nor from the Trivas system to Deep Space 9 —against the better judgment of her chief engineer Lieutenant Barbanti —if Lieutenant Nog obtained an original recording of Blee Luu’s most recent recording for her son’s girlfriend (Cold Fusion).
dimensional shifts. Technological aid used by the Androssi. They are able to shunt items into an alternate dimension, which can serve to disguise technology that is actually present or to dispose of it or store it for later retrieval (Cold Fusion).
Dlyax. Scientist serving on experimental Tholian vessel under the command of Nostrene (Interphase Book 1).
Dolahn. Doctor assigned to the subspace accelerator project on Sarindar. A Gallamite, Dolahn was an expert in silicon-based life, hence his being assigned to the project by the Nalori Republic. According to rumor, he took the job with the Nalori because no other hospital would take him. Dolahn wore a hat so that the workers would not see his transparent cranium. His hospital was primitive by twenty-fourth-century standards, and included among its equipment an X-ray machine (Invincible Book 1). Dolahn discovered that the monster shii weren’t true natives of the planet, but were made to look like shii. He was killed by the second monster shii when it attacked the secondary hospital (Invincible Book 2).
Dominion War. Extended conflict between the Dominion and many of the major powers of the Alpha Quadrant. Primary combatants were the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, and the Romulan Empire against the Dominion, the Cardassian Union, and the Breen. Sonya Gomez served on the U.S.S. Sentinel during the war, and received a commendation for modulating the ship’s warp field so that the Breen thought the ship to be a Cardassian freighter (The Belly of the Beast). She also modified an away team’s phasers so that they would function in a Breen scattering field (Fatal Error). Bart Faulwell served as a cryptographer during the war (Interphase Book 2). Elizabeth Lense served on the U.S.S. Lexington as chief medical officer, where she treated large numbers of wounded, leading to her requesting a transfer to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers after the war (Hard Crash). Salek served on the U.S.S. da Vinci as first officer and head of the S.C.E. team during the war until his death (The Belly of the Beast). The planet Eerlik was able to stay out of the war (Fatal Error). The Tholians