McHENRY, LIEUTENANT MARK
Navigator aboard the U.S.S. Excalibur.McHenry is capable of performing course calculations faster than the ship's computer. And while he's doing that, he can also be determining pi to the 50th decimal place.
MEGGAN
A young girl, one of the refugees rescued by Captain Hufmin and later held hostage by Laheera of Nelkar. Meggan was rescued from captivity by the timely action of the crew of the U.S.S. Excalibur.
MEYER, SECURITY OFFICER
A security officer aboard the U.S.S. Excaliburwho beamed down to the planet Nelkar with the ship's ops officer, Lieutenant Robin Lefler. Meyer is a slim and wiry man with blue eyes, and has a reputation as having the fastest quick-draw with a phaser on the ship.
MOJOV STATION
An independent starport facility that serves as a convenient way station to several nearby frontiers and borders.
NALDACOR
Refuge of the Dogs of War.
NELKAR
Homeworld of the Nelkarites, located within the former Thallonian Empire.
NELKARITES
The Nelkarites are a humanoid species with golden skin and no apparent hair. Their voices have a musical sort of vibrato, and some consider their appearance "angelic."
As a species, they generally are regarded as fairly harmless, having never started any conflicts and willingly submitted to Thallonian rule. However, the Nelkarites are a scavenger race, pilfering abandoned alien technology and cobbling together their space vessels from various foreign parts, even though they don't always understand those technologies.
OKUR
One of two guards who protected Laheera of Nelkar. Okur also was Laheera's lover. He died defending her during a popular uprising.
PAIGE, LIEUTENANT
A tactical officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise1701-E.
PEOPLE'S MEETING HALL, THE
The new name of the Thallonian throne room, following the popular uprising and ouster of the royal family.
PIT, THE
An area of Xenex roughly 30 miles across, known for its inhospitable clime—unpredictable weather, dust storms, and torrential rain followed by scorching drought, among other horrors—and its vicious local fauna. The Pit also is regarded by some local dwellers to have supernatural overtones, and it sometimes is referred to as a rift in reality or as a nexus for multiple realities. Until recently, it was the destination for a Xenexian coming-of-age ritual known as the "Search for Allways."
PLAINS OF SEANWIN
Site of a battle on Xenex in which rebel forces led by M'k'n'zy of Calhoun defeated a Danteri force led by Falkar.
PROMETHEAN SPACE
Populated by a mysterious and advanced race who have a variety of names, depending upon what race you're speaking to. Large and powerfully built, the members of that race are extremely advanced and have a philosophy that is the opposite of the Prime Directive. Namely, they believe that it is their obligation to impart knowledge to various races who pass through their section of space. Unfortunately, there is a significant downside to this practice: Thus far, the vast majority of races who have made use of the Promethean knowledge have come to an untimely and fairly ugly end.
QUIET PLACE, THE
Unlike visitors to Darkshade, pilgrims have returned from the Quiet Place, a system that consists of a single world. They are inevitably transformed in some way, although whether it is for good or ill is not always easy to discern at first. Some return claiming to have seen the dead, or being able to predict the future, or possessing arcane knowledge that they'd never had before. Some claim to have looked upon the face of God, or gods. Others come back as pale and wretched things, shadows of their former selves who can barely string two sentences together.
RESPLER 4-A
A world of the Thallonian Empire on which dissidents who opposed the royal family were executed.
ROJAM
A henchman of Zoran.
RYJAAN
A Danterian representative who opposed direct Federation involvement in Sector 221-G following the collapse of the Thallonian Empire. His father, Falkar of the House of Edins, was a Danteri military commander who was killed while attempting to hunt down M'k'n'zy of Calhoun.
SEARCH FOR ALLWAYS, THE
A coming-of-age ritual for adolescent Xenexians that entails traveling into the dangerous region of Xenex known as the Pit and wandering its wastes until one experiences visions of one's future and discerns one's true purpose in life. The ritual of the Search vanished from modern Xenexian traditions as its death toll mounted, but it continues as an underground challenge or dare, a test of bravery and ego.
SECTOR 221-G
Location of the collapsed Thallonian Empire.
SELAR, DR.
Selar is the Vulcan chief medical officer of the U.S.S. Excalibur.A former member of Dr. Beverly Crusher's medical staff aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise,Selar is an accomplished physician but she has been accused of lacking bedside manner.
One of the most important moments in Selar's life was the death of her mate, Voltak, during the early moments of Pon Farr. This premature disruption of the Vulcan mating ritual resulted in a delayed-reaction mating urge, which forced Selar to resume Pon Farr less than three years after the death of Voltak.
Selar's delicate problem has not escaped the notice of her shipmate Burgoyne 172, who has made hish amorous intentions toward Selar quite clear. Selar has expressed no reciprocal interest in Burgoyne 172, but in truth she is conflicted on the matter.
SELINIUM
Capital city of the planet Nelkar.
SHELBY, COMMANDER ELIZABETH PAULA
Shelby has survived quite a bit of action in her time in Starfleet; she was part of an elite team assembled to study and find weaknesses in the Borg. That assignment landed her aboard the Enterprise 1701-Dduring the Battle of Wolf 359. Following the abduction of Captain Picard by the Borg and Commander William Riker's temporary promotion to acting captain of the Enterprise,Shelby was named Riker's first officer. After assisting in the rescue of Picard, Shelby graciously vacated the first officer's post for Riker, who found her to be both exasperating and highly skilled as a first officer.