@page U.S.S.
@{"U.S.S."&}

Identifying prefix used as part of the names of Federation starships, as in U.S.S.
Enterprise.

Oddly enough, there is still some question as to what U.S.S. actually stands for.

Captains Pike and Kirk identified the Enterprise as a United Space Ship, but it was also
called a United Star Ship in other episodes.

We assume that ships with an S.S. prefix are usually vessels of Federation registry, but
not part of the Federation starfleet.

@page Ubean prison
@{"Ubean prison"&}

Rehabilitation facility under Ubean jurisdiction in the Delta Quadrant.

Wixiban was incarcerated in a Ubean prison for a year for smuggling contraband.

	@{"Fair Trade"stv055}

@page UESPA
@{"UESPA"&}

See:	@{"United Earth Space Probe Agency"}

@page Ufandi III
@{"Ufandi III"&}

Planet.

Ssite where the Enterprise 1701-D encountered an Yridian freighter carrying magnesite ore
in 2370.

	@{"Firstborn"tng173}

@page UFO
@{"UFO"&}

Twentieth-century Earth abbreviation for Unidentified Flying Object.

The Enterprise was detected as an unidentified flying object when it was observed in the
atmosphere by the Omaha Air Base on Earth in the year 1969.

	@{"Tomorrow Is Yesterday"tos021}

When Voyager visited Earth in 1996, it was similarly termed a UFO by the news media of the
time, although some authorities dismissed it as a hoax.

	@{"Future's End, Part 2"stv051}

See:	@{"Quark's Treasure"}

@page Ugly Bags of Mostly Water
@{"Ugly Bags of Mostly Water"&}

Term used by the crystalline microbrains of planet Velara III to describe crew members of
the Enterprise 1701-D.

Data noted that the term was an accurate description of humanoid life-forms, since they
are composed of over 90 percent water.

	@{"Home Soil"tng018}

@page UHC card
@{"UHC card"&}

Official document that could serve as proof of identification in 21st-century San
Francisco on Earth.

	@{"Past Tense, Part 1"ds9057}

UHC probably stands for Universal Health Care.

@page Uhlan
@{"Uhlan"&}

A junior rank in the Romulan guard.

	@{"Unification, Part 2"tng108}

@page Ullians
@{"Ullians"&}

A humanoid species of telepaths, characterized by skin involutions in the temporal area of
their skulls.

Though Ullians are able to read the minds of many other species, they themselves are
unreadable by certain other telepathic groups, particularly Betazoids.

Prior to the year 2068, Ullian society was plagued by violence, and cases of telepathic
memory invasion rape were common among the population.

But by the 21st century, the Ullians had evolved into a peaceful people, and such barbaric
acts virtually disappeared.

In the 2300s, certain members of the Ullian society received special training in the art
of telepathic memory retrieval and were using that talent to amass a library of individual
memories, not unlike a collection of oral histories.

By 2368, Ullian historians had compiled memories from 11 planets, but research was delayed
by the arrest of researcher Jev for several cases of telepathic rape.

	@{"Violations"tng112}

@page Ultima Thule
@{"Ultima Thule"&}

Planet.

Site of a purification plant that produced weapons-grade dolamide.

The Valerians supplied extremely pure dolamide, processed on Ultima Thule, to the
Cardassians during the occupation of planet Bajor.

	@{"Dramatis Personae"ds9018}

See:	@{"Sherval Das"}

The name is derived from a Greek term for the "end of the earth".

@page ultrasonic generator
@{"ultrasonic generator"&}

Device used to create high-frequency sonic energy.

Some crystal structures can be shattered by using an ultrasonic generator to set up a
sympathetic vibration.

	@{"Heart of Stone"ds9060}

@page ultraviolet satellite
@{"ultraviolet satellite"&}

Device capable of generating high levels of ultraviolet radiation.

Two hundred ten ultraviolet satellites were used to irradiate the surface of planet Deneva
in 2267 to eradicate the Denevan neural parasites that had infested the planet's
population.

	@{"Operation-Annihilate!"tos029}

@page ultritium
@{"ultritium"&}

A powerful chemical explosive, virtually undetectable by transporter scanners.

Large amounts of ultritium were found in the robes of the Antedean delegation to the
Pacifica conference of 2365.

It was subsequently learned that the Antedean delegates had planned to use the explosives
to blow up the entire conference.

	@{"Manhunt"tng045}

Ultritium explosives were used by the crew of the Romulan scoutship Pi to destroy their
ship at planet Galorndon Core, inside Federation space, in 2366.

	@{"The Enemy"tng140}

The Jem'Hadar used ultritium concussion shells for artillery bombardment.

	@{"The Ship"ds9100}

The Dominion had once mined ultritium on an asteroid that was later converted into
Dominion internment camp 371.

	@{"In Purgatory's Shadow"ds9112}

@page Ulysses
@{"Ulysses"&}

Classic novel written by Earth author James Joyce.

Captain Picard took a copy with him on his vacation to Risa in 2366.

	@{"Captain's Holiday"tng067}

@page Ulysses, U.S.S.
@{"Ulysses, U.S.S."&}

Federation starship.

In 2371, the U.S.S. Ulysses, commanded by Captain Entebe, studied protoplanetary masses in
the Helaspont Nebula.

	@{"The Adversary"ds9072}

@page Umani sector
@{"Umani sector"&}

Section of space.

Jeyal's transport came from the Umani sector on its way to Deep Space 9.

	@{"The Muse"ds9093}

@page Umbato, Lieutenant
@{"Umbato, Lieutenant"&}

An Enterprise 1701-D crew member.

Umbato broke two ribs during a holodeck exercise the night of the Ishikawa-O'Brien
wedding.

	@{"Data's Day"tng085}

@page umbilical port
@{"umbilical port"&}

A series of exterior connection plugs on the outer hull of a starship.

When a ship was docked at a starbase or other support facility, umbilicals could be
connected to the ship to provide an external supply of power, atmosphere, and other
consumables to the ship.

	@{"Remember Me"tng079}

@page Umoth VIII
@{"Umoth VIII"&}

Planet.

location of a Federation colony in the Demilitarized Zone.

In 2370, Cardassian sabotage caused 35 colonists on Umoth VIII to be hospitalized after
eating from tainted public food replicators.

	@{"The Maquis, Part 2"ds9041}

@page uncertainty principle
@{"uncertainty principle"&}

Concept in quantum mechanics postulated by Earth scientist Dr. Werner Heisenberg in 1927.

The uncertainty principle states that increasing the accuracy of the measurement in one
observable quantity also increases the uncertainty of knowledge of other quantities in the
equation.

In returning Worf to his correct quantum reality, an alternate Data was unsure at what
time Worf would return, as the uncertainty principle made time a variable in his
equations.

	@{"Parallels"tng163}

See:	@{"Heisenberg compensators"}

@page Undalar
@{"Undalar"&}

Location on planet Bajor noted for its spectacular cliffs.

In 2372, while pregnant with her second child, Keiko O'Brien expressed an interest in
rappelling down the cliffs of Undalar to get a fungus sample.

Needless to say, Miles O'Brien was opposed to the idea.

	@{"Body Parts"ds9097}

@page undari
@{"undari"&}

In the Nausicaan language, a word meaning "coward".

	@{"Tapestry"tng141}

@page Underhill, Pell
@{"Underhill, Pell"&}

Twenty-second-century physicist who theorized that a major disruption of the time-space
continuity of an energy flow could be compensated for by trillions of small
counterreactions.

	@{"Clues"tng088}

@page undiscovered country, the
@{"undiscovered country, the"&}

In the literature of Shakespeare, the undiscovered country referred to the unknown future,
at least according to Chancellor Gorkon, who toasted "the undiscovered country" at a
diplomatic dinner prior to his abortive peace initiative in 2293.

	@{"Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country"tmp006}

Gorkon was quoting from the famous "To be, or not to be" soliloquy in Shakespeare's
Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1.

@page Unefra III
@{"Unefra III"&}

Planet.

Former Obsidian Order leader Enabran Tain lived on Unefra III after his retirement.

	@{"Improbable Cause"ds9066}

@page Uniform Code of Justice
@{"Uniform Code of Justice"&}

Federation legal guidelines governing the administration of justice.

Chapter 4, article 12 granted a witness the right to make a statement before being
questioned in a trial or hearing.

	@{"The Drumhead"tng095}

See:	@{"Seventh Guarantee"}

@page uniforms, Starfleet
@{"uniforms, Starfleet"&}

A variety of Starfleet uniforms have been featured throughout the various incarnations of
Star Trek.

The original Starfleet uniforms were created by original Star Trek costume designer
William Ware Theiss, who also designed the original version of the arrowhead-shaped
Starfleet emblem.

Theiss's work included the versions designed for the two pilot episodes, as well as the
various black-collared costumes used during the series itself, and the dress uniforms.

Starfleet uniforms seen in the first four Star Trek movies were designed by Robert
Fletcher.

The variations added in Star Trek V were designed by Nilo Rodis, and in Star Trek VI by
Dodie Shepherd.

Bill Theiss also designed the original versions of the uniforms for the first season of
Star Trek: The Next Generation, while Robert Blackman and Durinda Rice Wood designed
additional versions and modifications in subsequent seasons.

Blackman also designed the Starfleet jumpsuits seen in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star
Trek: Voyager, Star Trek Generations, and Star Trek: First Contact.

See:	@{"insignia, Starfleet"}

@page United Earth Space Probe Agency
@{"United Earth Space Probe Agency"&}

Early operating authority for the first Starship Enterprise.

	@{"Charlie X"tos008}

Kirk mentioned the UESPA to Captain John Christopher when Christopher asked if the
Enterprise had been built by the Navy.

Kirk answered that they were a combined service and that their authority was the United
Earth Space Probe Agency.

	@{"Tomorrow Is Yesterday"tos021}

The term United Earth Space Probe Agency was actually devised by story editor John D. F.
Black early during the show's first season.

It was only used a couple of times before being replaced with Starfleet by @{"Court Martial"tos015}.

It was once abbreviated as UESPA, pronounced YOU-SPAH.

Later episodes have suggested that Starfleet existed even before the first pilot episode,
and we assume that Starfleet existed as far back as 2161, when the Federation was founded.

@page United Federation of Planets
@{"United Federation of Planets"&}

An intersellar alliance of planetary governments and colonies, united for mutual trade,
exploratory, scientific, cultural, diplomatic, and defensive endeavors, founded in 2161.

	@{"The Outcast"tng117}

In 2373, the Federation comprised more than 150 member planets, spread out across 8,000
light-years.

	@{"Star Trek: First Contact"tmp008}

Membership in the Federation was predicated on a number of factors, such as the existence
of a unified planetary government.

	@{"Attached"tng160}

Similarly, under the Federation charter, caste-based discrimination is not permitted on
member planets.

	@{"Accession"ds9089}

Federation members include Earth, Vulcan, and numerous other planetary states.

The Federation is governed by the Federation Council, composed of representatives from the
various member planets, that meet in the city of San Francisco on Earth.

The Council itself is led by the Federation president, whose office is in the city of
Paris on planet Earth.

	@{"Star Trek: The Voyage Home"tmp004}
	@{"Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country"tmp006}
	@{"Homefront"ds9083}
	@{"Paradise Lost"ds9084}

The economic structure within the Federation made very little use of money in the
20th-century sense of the term.

By the 24th century, the acquisition of wealth ceased to be the driving force in the lives
of the majority of Federation citizens.

	@{"The Neutral Zone"tng026}
	@{"Star Trek: First Contact"tmp008}

Although the Federation and its Starfleet have done an extraordinary job of maintaining a
generally peaceful climate in this part of the galaxy @{"Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan"tmp002}, the
Federation and its member planets have been involved in a number of armed conflicts over
the years.

Notable among these are the tensions with the Klingon Empire that lasted almost a century
until the Organian Peace Treaty of 2267, and later the Khitomer conference of 2293.

Still unresolved are conflicts with the Romulan Star Empire and the Tholian Assembly.

The Federation was involved in a protracted, bitter war with the Cardassians that dated
back to the 2350s.

An uneasy peace treaty with the Cardassian Union was reached in 2366.

	@{"The Wounded"tng086}

Conflict with the Cardassians continued at lower levels for years.

One particular hot spot was Bajor, after the end of Cardassian occupation of the planet in
2369, when the Federation took over operation of the old Cardassian mining station Deep
Space 9 in the Bajoran system near the newly discovered stable wormhole.

	@{"Emissary"ds9001}

There is no definitive list of members in the Federation, since the shows' writers need
the freedom to invent new members as specific stories require.

The 150-member figure was deliberately chosen to approximate the members in Earth's
present United Nations.

See:	@{"Constitution of the United Federation of Planets"}

@page United Nations, New
@{"United Nations, New"&}

An organization of nation-states on planet Earth, formed during the 21st century.

In 2036, the New United Nations declared that no Earth citizen could be made to answer for
the crimes of their race or forebearers.

The New United Nations had ceased to exist by the year 2079, in the aftermath of World War
III.

	@{"Encounter at Farpoint"tng001}

@page United States Constitution
@{"United States Constitution"&}

Legal document providing the foundation for the representative democracy that formed the
basis of the government of the United States of America on Earth.

The United States Constitution provided for extensive protection of individual rights,
including the right to face one's accuser.

	@{"Court Martial"tos015}

The Yangs of planet Omega IV adopted the United States Constitution and an American flag
as symbols of their fight against their enemies the Kohms.

	@{"The Omega Glory"tos054}

@page United States of America
@{"United States of America"&}

Nation-state on planet Earth, founded in 1776, that world's first large-scale experiment
in representational democratic government.

The United States was responsible for many of Earth's early achievements in space
exploration.

The United States' flag of 2033 had 52 stars, a number that was maintained until 2079.

	@{"The Royale"tng038}

It is not known if the United States ceased to exist in 2079 or if a 53rd state was added
then.

That year does appear to coincide with the end of the World War III nuclear holocaust.

@page units of measure
@{"units of measure"&}

See:
	@{"AMU"}			@{"AU"}
	@{"baktun"}			@{"denkir"}
	@{"gigajoule"}		@{"gigaquad"}
	@{"GSC"}			@{"isoton"}
	@{"kellicam"}		@{"kellipate"}
	@{"kilodyne"}		@{"kiloquad"}
	@{"kolem"}			@{"kph"}
	@{"melakol"}			@{"MEV"}
	@{"microdyne"}		@{"micron"}
	@{"millicochrane"}		@{"onkian"}
	@{"parsec"}			@{"Ritter scale"}
	@{"selton"}			@{"terawatt"}
	@{"tessipate"}		@{"trisec"}
	@{"roentgen"}		@{"warp factor"}

@page universal translator
@{"universal translator"&}

Device used to provide real-time two-way translation of spoken languages.

It operated by sensing and comparing brain-wave frequencies, then selecting comparable
concepts to use as a basis for translation.

Kirk used a handheld universal translator to communicate with the life-form known as the
Companion in 2267.

"Metamorphosis" TOS]

A software version of the universal translator was programmed into the Enterprise 1701-D's
main computer.

This enabled real-time communications with such life-forms as the nanites.

	@{"Evolution"tng049}

The combadges worn by Starfleet personnel in the latter half of the 24th century
incorporated miniature universal translators.

	@{"The 37's"stv020}

Even smaller versions of the universal translator could be inserted into the outer ear,
providing unobtrusive operation.

Such devices could, however, be disrupted by exposure to beta radiation.

	@{"Little Green Men"ds9079}

The universal translator generally requires an adequate sample of a language in order to
establish a translation matrix.

	@{"Sanctuary"ds9030}

The universal translator aboard the U.S.S. Voyager had great difficulty in translating the
language used by a mysterious civilization called the Swarm in 2373.

	@{"The Swarm"stv046}

Actually, we figured that Paramount somehow managed to install universal translators in
everyone's television receivers, which could also explain why so many of the galaxy's
life-forms seem to be speaking English and other Earth languages.

@page universe, parallel
@{"universe, parallel"&}

See:	@{"mirror universe"}

@page University of Betazed
@{"University of Betazed"&}

Educational institution on planet Betazed.

School at which Deanna Troi studied psychology prior to her joining Starfleet.

As a student at the university, she helped care for Tam Elbrun.

	@{"Tin Man"tng068}

@page uridium
@{"uridium"&}

Unstable mineral substance.

Even in its raw form, uridium ore could explode if subjected to a strong electrical
charge.

Cardassian mining station Terok Nor, in orbit around planet Bajor, processed raw uridium
ore using the forced labor of Bajoran prisoners during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.

	@{"Civil Defense"ds9053}

We therefore assume that Bajor was a source of uridium ore, although it is not clear if
there are any uridium deposits left after the Cardassian departure from Bajor.

The Cardassians used uridium alloy in their starship sensor arrays.

	@{"Indiscretion"ds9077}

@page Urodelean flu
@{"Urodelean flu"&}

Mild affliction with symptoms that include an imbalance in the K-3 cell count, increased
intravascular pressure, and heightened electrophoretic activity.

Most humans have a natural immunity against the disease.

Reginald Barclay contracted Urodelean flu because the T-cell in his DNA that would
normally fight off the infection was dormant.

Dr. Beverly Crusher activated his dormant gene with a synthetic T-cell to help him fight
off the flu.

	@{"Genesis"tng171}

Well T-cells are white blood cells, which definitely will not fit inside of genes.

Actually, it probably should be the DNA in his T-cell.

@page user code clearance
@{"user code clearance"&}

A password required to access the control systems of a starship.

	@{"Hero Worship"tng111}

See:	@{"security access code"}

@page Ustard, Subcommander
@{"Ustard, Subcommander"&}

Romulan officer who was killed in a transporter accident during the time that Elim Garak
was a gardener at the Cardassian Embassy on Romulus.

	@{"Broken Link"ds9098}

@page Utopia Planitia
@{"Utopia Planitia"&}

Location on planet Mars first explored by the automated space probe Viking 2, which
soft-landed there on September 3, 1976, part of Earth's first attempt to employ
spaceflight in the search for extraterrestrial life.

It is also the site of the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards where the Starship Enterprise
1701-D was built in the mid-24th century.

	@{"Booby Trap"tng054}

Tom Paris's idea of a perfect date was a visit to the hills overlooking Utopia Planitia on
Mars, in a 1957-model Chevy.

	@{"Lifesigns"stv035}

The city of Utopia Planitia in "Lifesigns" was a matte painting by Dan Curry, based on
designs by Anthony Fredrickson and Doug Drexler.

The fact that the Enterprise 1701-D was supposed to have been built at Utopia Planitia was
inscribed on the dedication plaque for the ship located on the main bridge.

A copy of the dedication plaque was included in a CD-ROM collection of art and literature
assembled by the Planetary Society and was launched toward the surface of Mars aboard the
Russian Mars `96 space probe, although the probe never made it out of Earth orbit due to a
launch vehicle malfunction.

@page Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards
@{"Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards"&}

Starfleet shipyards in orbit around the planet Mars and on the surface of the planet.

The Enterprise 1701-D was built there.

Members of the Galaxy-class Starship Development Project team included Dr. Leah Brahms.

	@{"Booby Trap"tng054}

The actual construction of the Enterprise 1701-D was supervised by Commander Orfil
Quinteros.

	@{"11001001"tng015}

Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Sisko was assigned to Utopia Planitia for some three years
following the tragic death of his wife aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga in early 2367, prior to
his assignment to station Deep Space 9 in mid-2369.

	@{"Emissary"ds9001}

While at Utopia Planitia, Sisko participated in the design of the new Starship Defiant,
which was intended to help Starfleet defend against an anticipated Borg offensive.

	@{"The Search, Part 1"ds9047}

Starfleet records show that an accidental plasma discharge occurred while the Enterprise
1701-D was being constructed in 2362, and three individuals were killed.

In 2370 it was learned that Lieutenant Walter J. Pierce had murdered Marla Finn and her
lover, then committed suicide.

	@{"Eye of the Beholder"tng170}

In an alternate quantum reality visited by Worf in 2370, some unknown entity was using the
Argus Array to covertly survey the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards.

	@{"Parallels"tng163}

See:	@{"Martian Colonies"}

Part of the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards on the surface of Mars was very briefly glimpsed
as a view from deep space in @{"Parallels"tng163}, while Brahms's drafting room
(presumably in the orbital part of the yards) was re-created in @{"Booby Trap"tng054} and
@{"Galaxy's Child"tng090}.

@page uttaberries
@{"uttaberries"&}

A blueberrylike fruit found on Betazed.

Mr. Homn liked uttaberries.

	@{"Menage a Troi"tng072}

@page uttaberry crepes
@{"uttaberry crepes"&}

Food.

Benjamin Sisko ordered uttaberry crepes at Quark's bar on Deep Space 9.

	@{"Armageddon Game"ds9033}

@page Ux-Mal
@{"Ux-Mal"&}

Star system.

A group of noncorporeal criminal life-forms were exiled from Ux-Mal to a moon of planet
Mab-Bu VI during the 18th century.

The criminals remained at Mab-Bu VI for four centuries before they made an unsuccessful
attempt to escape aboard the Starship Essex in 2167.

Two centuries later, they made a second attempt to escape their prison when the Starship
Enterprise 1701-D visited that moon.

	@{"Power Play"tng115}