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Star Trek is a fictional science fiction universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the mid-1960s. The term Star Trek collectively refers to six science fiction/fantasy television series spanning 726 episodes, eleven motion pictures and hundreds of novels. As well as these, there are Star Trek table-top role-playing games, trading card games, console and computer video games, action figures and model kit spaceships, and other works of fiction.
All of these fictional works and games are set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry between the early 1960s and the early 2000s. This universe depicts an optimistic future in which humankind has overcome sickness, racism, poverty, intolerance, and warfare on Earth. The central characters explore the galaxy, finding new worlds and meeting new civilizations, while helping to promote peace and understanding. Star Trek is one of the most popular names in science fiction entertainment, and it is one of the most popular franchises in television history.
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Star Trek: The Experience was a themed attraction at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, based on the Star Trek entertainment franchise. It opened in January 1998, closed in September 2008, and was scheduled to reopen in the Neonopolis Mall on May 8, 2009 in time for the premiere of the Star Trek movie. It has since been pushed back to 2010. The pavilion underwent one major renovation in 2004 which added the Borg Invasion 4-D attraction, which used state-of-the-art amusement technology where guests experienced an encounter with the Borg. Star Trek: The Experience was operated by entertainment management company Cedar Fair Entertainment Company after its June 2006 purchase of Paramount Parks from the CBS Corporation.[1]
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The Bajorans are a fictional extraterrestrial race in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. They were introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series and played an integral part in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series. In their TNG debut episode "Ensign Ro", they were referred to as the Bajora, but this term was only used twice more. Captain Jean-Luc Picard met and served with Bajoran Ro Laren, while Captain Benjamin Sisko served Starfleet near the Bajoran homeworld, Bajor, and worked with Major Kira Nerys. Like many aliens on Star Trek, the Bajorans are human-like in appearance, but have a distinctive symmetrical facial feature: ridges on the nose between the eyes. Despite their human-like appearance, there are several biological differences between the two species. During pregnancy, Bajoran women suffer from uncontrollable bouts of sneezing rather than morning sickness. Bajoran women gestate for five months, as opposed to the nine months of human women, due to high vascularization between the fetus and the mother. During childbirth they must be extremely relaxed, and they feel little or no pain during the process.
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Lt. Commander Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a main character in both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and also the films based on The Next Generation. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star Trek episodes than any other character. Worf was the only character to be a regular in more than one live-action Star Trek series (While Miles O'Brien was featured in both in The Next Generation and Deep Space 9, he was not a regular cast member in the former series).
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Data asks Worf to take care of Spot:
- Data: "He will need to be fed once a day. He prefers feline supplement number 25."
- Worf: "I understand."
- Data: "And he will require water. And you must provide him with a sandbox. And you must talk to him. Tell him he is a pretty cat — and a good cat."
- Worf: "I will feed him."
- Data: "Perhaps that will be enough."
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- Dr. Arik Soong is a fictional geneticist and later cyberneticist, portrayed by Brent Spiner on Star Trek: Enterprise. Soong appeared in a three-episode story arc consisting of "Borderland", "Cold Station 12", and "The Augments". Dr. Arik Soong is a criminal mastermind and follows the mad scientist archetype. While director of the Starfleet Medical facility Cold Station 12, he stole nineteen genetically enhanced "Augment" embryos placed in stasis after the end of the Eugenics Wars. He took the embryos to a remote and secluded planet, where he raised them and taught them they were gifted and superior. Read More...
- The Inner Light is a famous episode of Star Trek:The Next Generation detailing the attempts of a dying planet to preserve something of its culture. Hundreds of years later, after that planet's Extinction Level Event, the USS Enterprise discovers a probe in space. Their attempt to interface with it results in Picard being hit by an energy beam and entering a coma while the probe uploads. Read More...
- LCARS, standing for Library Computer Access and Retrieval System is the name of the computer information system on board Federation starships and space stations. LCARS can interface with Tricorders and PADD systems for easy access and upload/download facilities. Despite this, most research is done at stations, usually on the bridge or in quarters. Read More...
- Star Trek First Contact is a Star Trek film in which the Borg have come to the Alpha Quadrant to assimilate Earth. The USS Enterprise E is sent to patrol the romulan neutral zone during the battle, but the Enterprise disobeys orders and heads toward Earth to attack the Borg vessel. Read More...
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