Trekkin' Through The Alphabet (O) Quiz

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1. What was the name of the Cardassian organisation of which Garak was a member prior to his exile on "Deep Space Nine"?

Answer: Obsidian Order

The details of Garak's fall from grace were never made clear during "DS9's" run, however it is clear he felt that he had not committed the crime that resulted in his exile. His father, Enabran Tain, was the former head of the Obsidian Order and at on learning of Garak's illness was prepared to give Doctor Bashir the cure only to enable his suffering in exile to continue.

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2. Kes was a member of the ________________ race on "Star Trek: Voyager."

Answer: Ocampa

The Ocampa only lived 9 years and were protected by the Caretaker. The Caretaker felt that he owed them a great debt for inadvertently destroying the surface of their planet.

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3. What substance did Starfleet require must be destroyed at all costs, even to the exclusion of the Prime Directive?

Answer: Omega particles

The Omega Directive required all Starfleet captains to take any action required to destroy Omega particles when discovered. Captain Janeway had to explain to her staff about the directive when "Voyager" came upon a society attempting to harness this power, describing the danger as possibly affecting subspace for many light-years around, negating the ability of space travel.

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4. At the beginning of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's" third season, the senior staff travel through the wormhole in the Defiant to look for the Founders. In which region of space was their homeworld located?

Answer: Omarion Nebula

From the moment that Odo saw an image of the Omarion Nebula, he was drawn to it. After the Defiant was attacked, he chose to save Major Kira and head to the nebula in a shuttlecraft.

After it was discovered in "The Search", the Founders chose to move to a new homeworld. A wise precaution as a combined Romulan-Cardassian fleet entered the nebula in order to destroy the Founders.

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5. "O" is for O'Brien. Fill in the blank to complete this statement about this very popular "Star Trek" character. Miles O'Brien leaves the Enterprise to accept a Chief of _______ position on Deep Space 9.

Answer: Operations

He came to Deep Space 9 with his wife, Keiko, and daughter, Molly. Keiko eventually becomes the teacher on the station. In his position as Chief of Operations, O'Brien seemed to be constantly fixing things that went wrong on the starbase. Engineering was definitely part of his duties. Remember that Deep Space 9 had been a former Cardassian space station.

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6. On which planet were Data and Lore found?

Answer: Omicron Theta

Lore was the first android created by Doctor Noonian Soong, however he was made too perfectly and the other colonists on Omicron Theta were threatened by his superiority.

The colony was destroyed by the Crystalline Entity after Lore had told it about the colony's existence.

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7. When the Bajorans discovered the changeling that would one day become the Head of Security on "DS9", he had not yet learned to assume a humanoid body. His gelatinous form was put in a container and labeled 'unknown sample'. What did the Cardassians translate this as in their own language?

Answer: odo'ital

Odo'ital literally translates as 'nothing' from Cardassian. Odo was one of one hundred changelings sent through the wormhole by the Founders to explore the galaxy.

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8. In "Star Trek: Enterprise", the medical equipment was not as advances as seen in later series (chronologically). Which of these was used by Doctor Phlox to cure patients?

Answer: Osmotic Eel

Doctor Phlox's Osmotic Eel was first seen in the pilot episode of "Enterprise", "Broken Bow". After Captain Archer had been injured, Phlox used the Osmotic Eel to aid the healing process. It was also used on Ensign Sato after the Xindi mission to counteract the neural parasites that had been placed into her bloodstream by the Reptillians.

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9. "O" is for O'Brien. In the "TNG" episode, "The Wounded," O'Brien said the following quote to somebody who was on the Enterprise to take part in a mission to stop a renegade Starfleet captain: "It's not you I hate, ______ , I hate what I became because of you."

Answer: Cardassian

"The Wounded" ("TNG") is about how the Enterprise has to go after a renegade Starfleet captain on the USS Phoenix when his hatred of Cardassians completely takes him over to the point of destroying one of their stations. To prevent war, captain Picard is ordered to cooperate with the Cardassians so they can apprehend captain Maxwell. Maxwell has lost his entire family years before during the war with the Cardassians when they had attacked civilians on the planet Setlik III.

It turns out that captain Maxwell has been a former captain of Miles O'Brien, who still admires and feels loyal to his former captain. When O'Brien had been part of Maxwell's crew they had responded to the attack on Setlik III and it was the first time he had killed anybody. He was still deeply affected by this and the horrors he had encountered on the planet. All this brought up buried negative emotions towards the Cardassians when they come on board the Enterprise. The quote in this question explains why.

Ultimately, O'Brien is instrumental in apprehending Maxwell and getting him to step down and give himself up. This is a very powerful episode and we learn a lot more about Miles O'Brien.

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10. In "Star Trek: The Original Series" the crew met a race of aliens that would feature prominently in the "Star Trek" universe from then on - the Klingons. On what planet did they encounter them?

Answer: Organia

The introduction of the Klingons made for an interesting continuity problem for "Star Trek" writers when later Klingons are shown with large bony skullplates not seen in "TOS". As Worf related on "DS9":

Bashir: "Those are Klingons?"
Waitress: "All right. You boys have had enough."
Odo: "Mister Worf?"
Worf: "They are Klingons, and it is a long story."
O'Brien: "What happened? Some kind genetic engineering?"
Bashir: "A viral mutation?"
Worf: "We do not discuss it with outsiders."

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