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Nostrene. Commander of an experimental Tholian vessel that was testing a new propulsion system. Nostrene thought that the Tholians’ nonagression pact with the Dominion that kept them out of the Dominion War was wise, as he felt the Tholians would fare poorly against the Jem’Hadar. Nostrene was surprised when the Tholian High Magistrates gave the order for him to fire on the U.S.S. da Vinci and the U.S.S. Defiant when a crew from the former salvaged the latter and unwittingly uncovered evidence of a century-old atrocity committed by the Tholians (Interphase Book 1). Initially driven off by the da Vinci, Nostrene returned with five other ships to finish it and the Defiant off with a newer version of the infamous Tholian web. The Starfleet ships were able to break the web, however (Interphase Book 2).
Nyn. Science officer on the U.S.S. Defiant. In 2268, Nyn was the first to theorize that the Defiant fell into interphase (Interphase Book 1).
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Oberth, U.S.S. Federation starship, Oberth-class (“Hero Worship” [TNG]). Sonya Gomez transferred to the Oberth for a project after she made full lieutenant (Invincible Book 1). The project lasted one year, and ended in a confrontation with the Romulans (Invincible Book 2). The Oberth class was established in “Hero Worship,” although the Grissom from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was also of this class. One assumes there’s a ship that the class is named after.
O’Brien, Miles Edward. Instructor at Starfleet Academy, former transporter chief of the U.S.S. Enterprise, former chief of operations for Station Deep Space 9. O’Brien supervised Fabian Stevens on DS9 (“Starship Down” [DS9]), and worked with Lt. Commander Duffy on the Enterprise (“Hollow Pursuits” [TNG]).
officer class. Subsection of Androssi society that is in charge of their ships. Ranks are indicated by the number of nose rings worn by the officer. The highest rank is overseer (five nose rings), followed by sub-overseer (four nose rings) (Cold Fusion).
Olisu. Language with similarities to the Omearan tongue (Hard Crash).
Omearan pilot. See pilot.
Omearans. Race of humanoids. Omearans have extended ribcages and longer fingers than humans. They also have two hearts and several organs that neither Dr. Elizabeth Lense nor Emmett could identify when they did their autopsy of Jaldark Keniria. Their language is a branch of the Taklathi language, with some grammatical elements of Nemar, Olisu, Xlatitigu, and Pe. The Omearans fought a brutal war with the Sarimun some time prior to 2376, and that left them short of pilots for their Starsearcher ships. After the war, the Starsearchers were sent out to seek out new worlds for the Omearans to colonize. The U.S.S. da Vinci’s encounter with the Starsearcher Friend led to relations with the Federation (Hard Crash).
Osina. Insectoid race, part of the Nalori Republic (Invincible Book 1).
overdrive. Name given to the warp drive on an Androssi ship (Cold Fusion).
overseer. Rank in Androssi society given to one who runs a ship (Cold Fusion).
owners, the. Name given to quadrupedal beings who made an archaeological expedition to Sarindar. They brought two mechanical servants with chameleon circuits that allowed them to assume the shape of local flora. Those servants took on the form of shii. Since the owners fed on the cranial matter of animals, the servants would decapitate animal life they came across as a means of gathering food. The owners died off, apparently of a disease, but the servants remained, and their actions mirrored those of the legendary monster shii out of Nalori myth (Invincible Book 2). The exact name of the owners’ race was never given.
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P-38. Designation for Starfleet equipment used to open doors and hatches. The Starfleet Corps of Engineers team on the U.S.S. da Vinci used P-38s to open hatches on a Pakled ship that had suffered systems failure