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shii. Animal native to Sarindar. A silicon-based life-form, and a predator, a shii has four legs that end in triangle-shaped paws with razor-sharp points. Their heads are also triangle-shaped. The mechanical servants brought to Sarindar by the owners took on the form of shii, and were at first believed to be mutated shii (Invincible Book 1).
shii, monster. A creature from Nalori myth that hunts and beheads those who would try to tame the planet Sarindar. The mechanical servants brought to Sarindar by the owners took on the form of shii (Invincible Book 1). The owners eat the cranial matter of animals for food, so the “monster shii” would decapitate any living being they encountered, thus unintentionally fulfilling the role in the legend (Invincible Book 2). They horded the skulls of their kills in caves, presumably awaiting their consumption by the owners. The first monster shii was killed by Commander Sonya Gomez in self-defense (Invincible Book 1). Gomez tried to reason with the second one, but it was unable to break its programming and stop killing, so Gomez was forced to destroy it as well (Invincible Book 2).
silicon-based life. Biological forms whose organic chemistry is based on the element silicon, rather than the more common element, carbon (“The Devil in the Dark” [TOS]). Life forms native to Sarindar are silicon-based (Invincible Book 1).
Sinnrav. Planet. A type of music pioneered on Sinnrav is Sinnravian drad music, though it is not universally popular (Cold Fusion).
Sinnravian drad music. Style of music from planet Sinnrav. One of its subgenres is atonal minimalism, and one of that subgenre’s purveyors is Blee Luu. Most nonSinnravians, and many from Sinnrav, find drad music unlistenable, but both Carol Abramowitz and Lieutenant Nog are fond of it. Abramowitz’s roommate P8 Blue most assuredly is not (Cold Fusion).
Sinnravian. Native of the planet Sinnrav. The son of Captain Janna Demitrijian of the U.S.S. Sugihara is dating a Sinnravian (Cold Fusion).
Soloman. See 110/Soloman.
sonic weapons. Sound-based weapons. On Sarindar, the planet’s crystalline nature made using more traditional light-based energy weapons like phasers impractical, so the subspace accelerator team from the Nalori Republic used sonic weapons instead. When the monster shii started to attack the team, Commander Sonya Gomez cannibalized some of the sonic weapons in order to make a sonic barrier to deter the creature (Invincible Book 1).
spatial interphase. See interphase.
Speakers. Name given to the administrators of government on Eerlik (Fatal Error).
Starbase 42. Federation starbase. Prior to the salvage of the U.S.S. Defiant, the last time Kieran Duffy was left in command of the U.S.S. da Vinci was when Captain David Gold and Commander Sonya Gomez had a meeting at this starbase (Interphase Book 1).
Starbase 92. Federation starbase. Anthony Mark is assigned to Starbase 92 (Hard Crash).
Starbase 96. Federation starbase under the supervision of Commander Ju’les L’ullho (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Gateways Book 4: Demons of Air and Darkness). Captain Janna Demitrijian was unimpressed by Lieutenant Nog’s offer of shore leave on Deep Space 9 and Bajor, as all the facilities there could be matched at Starbase 96 (Cold Fusion). The U.S.S. da Vinci dropped Commander Sonya Gomez at Starbase 96, where she was picked up by the Culloden and taken to the planet Sarindar (Invincible Book 1).
Starbase 505. Federation starbase. The U.S.S. da Vinci was on its way to Starbase 505 to drop off Geordi La Forge and 110, but was diverted to Eerlik instead (Fatal Error). They resumed their route there, but were once again diverted to Intar (Hard Crash).
Starfleet Corps of Engineers (S.C.E.). Division of Starfleet. The S.C.E. was responsible for the construction of Dr. Carol Marcus’s underground laboratory at the asteroid Regula, at which the second phase of Project Genesis was conducted (Star