Reap the Whirlwind

Sesrene, Ambassador—Tholian diplomat assigned to Starbase 47. (HAR)

sh’Dastisar, Ensign—Officer on the U.S.S. Endeavour who had a minor problem with the food slots. (STT)

Shear, Roger—Mining-consortium executive who went on a di

Shedai—Ancient species that once reigned supreme over the Taurus Reach, and plans to do so again. Not confined to any particular physical form, they don and shed bodies at will. Divided into two castes: Serrataal, “the Enumerated ones,” the elite; and the Nameless. (HAR/STT/RTW)

Shedai Carrier Wave—Signal emitted by the First Conduit and all Shedai Conduits that answer it. Had a debilitating effect on Starbase 47’s onboard systems until the S.C.E. was able to isolate the frequency and send a reply that canceled it. (STT)

Shedai Sector—Tholian name for the Taurus Reach. (HAR) Sheng, Captain Zhao—Commanding officer, U.S.S. Endeavour. (HAR) Killed by Shedai sentinel on Erilon in 2265. Succeeded in his command by his first officer, Atish Khatami. (STT)

Shepherd, Lieutenant Addison—Human female. Second-in-command of engineering operations on Starbase 47. (DEW)

sh’Neroth, Lieutenant—Member of Starfleet search party on Gamma Tauri IV. Andorian shen. KIA. (RTW)

sh’Ness, Sherivan—Fourth-year medical student in Vanguard Hospital on Starbase 47. Andorian shen. (RTW)

sh’Rassa, Zharran—Andorian religious leader on Starbase 47, representing the station’s eresh’tha. (HAR)

Sihanouk, Brother—Buddhist religious leader on Starbase 47. (HAR)

Sikal, Nurse—Vulcan female, member of medical staff on the U.S.S. Endeavour. (STT)

Singer, Commander Dean—Human male, S.C.E. team leader at the Ravanar IV outpost. KIA. (HAR)

slijm —Domesticated animal that resembles a dog crossed with a walrus. Features include a blubbery body covered in smooth brown hair, spindly legs that propel it with a waddling motion; wide nostrils, puffy cheeks, beady black eyes. Its chief means of self-defense is to rear up its wedge-shaped body and unleash a booming sneeze that propels caustic yellow-green snot in a wide arc, up to a range of several meters. (STT)

Sniffy—Slijm belonging to Zakdorn accountant Sakud Armnoj. (STT)

Sorak, Lieutenant—Vulcan male, 118 years old, Kolinahr master. Head of security and lead field scout, U.S.S. Sagittarius. (RTW)

Soral, Lieutenant—Vulcan male. Engineer, Starbase 47. (DEW)

Sovik—Federation diplomat. Envoy to the Tholian delegation on Starbase 47. (HAR)

Sozlok, Chief Petty Officer—Vaguely simian-looking non-commissioned officer who works the night shift, supervising the public storage facilities on Starbase 47. He seems to hate his job. (HAR)

Spencer, Ensign—Officer from the U.S.S. Endeavour assigned to the study of the Shedai Conduit on Erilon. Worked in the artifact control room. KIA during the first sentinel attack. (STT)

Sret, Proconsul—High-ranking member of the Romulan government in 2265. (STT)

Stano, Lieutenant Katherine—First officer, U.S.S. Endeavour, under the command of Captain Atish Khatami. (RTW)

Starbase 47—Watchtower-class Federation starbase located inside the Taurus Reach. Serves as the base of operations for Starfleet vessels in that sector and as an anchor for Federation colonization efforts. (HAR)

Stars Landing—Civilian residential and commercial cluster located in the Terrestrial Enclosure aboard Starbase 47. (HAR)

Steinberg, Dr.—Member of the Vanguard Hospital medical staff on Starbase 47. (RTW)

Sten—Former fiancé of T’Pry

Stotsky, Adam—Communications supervisor in the Federation Embassy on Starbase 47, under the supervision of Ambassador Jetanien. (HAR)

Sturka, Chancellor—Leader of the Klingon Empire in 2265; closely allied with Councillors Gorkon and Indizar. (HAR)

Stutzman, Lieutenant Commander (Walter)—Starfleet officer who had been “hitching a ride” to a rendezvous with the Starship Endeavour on the Starship Bombay when the Bombay was ambushed and destroyed at Ravanar. (HAR)

Sulok, Ensign—Vulcan male, engineer, U.S.S. Lovell. (STT)

Talagos Prime—Federation colony planet in the Taurus Reach. (HAR)

Tamaros III—Site of the Nemite Revolution in 147 B.C.E. (HAR)

Tamishiro, Ensign—Female human, Asian ancestry. Engineer, Starbase 47. (DEW)

Tan Bao, Ensign Nguyen—Human male, Vietnamese, medical technician, U.S.S. Sagittarius. Tarascans—Bipedal amphibian species with bulbous eyes, bulky bodies, and tapirlike snouts that waggle when they speak. Their blood is viscous and black. (HAR)

Tarcoh, Dr.—Deltan theoretical physicist in his late sixties, works in the Vault. (RTW)

Tarmelites—Large, muscular bipeds. Known for bad tempers and phenomenal physical strength. Morikmol, a Tarmelite enforcer for Ganz, was once described by Cervantes Qui

Tarris—Waifish young Elasian woman with caramel-colored skin, large, almond-shaped eyes, and snow-white hair. Member of Ganz’s extended criminal organization. (RTW)

Tashrene—Diplomatic attaché to Tholian Ambassador Sesrene on Starbase 47. (HAR)

Tas’v Tholis —Tholian warship, destroyed during its ambush of the Ravanar IV outpost and attack on the Starship Bombay. It was destroyed by being pulled with a tractor beam into a collision with its sister ship, the Kil’j Tholis. (HAR)

Taurus Key—Information sequence found in the Taurus meta-genome and the Shedai Carrier Wave. It is the Rosetta Stone for unlocking the secrets of the Shedai information string encoded in the meta-genome. (HAR/STT/RTW/DEW)

Taurus meta-genome—Mind-bogglingly complex engineered DNA string that contains millions of chromosomes. Only a tiny fraction of its chemical data is used to create living organisms; the rest is raw information, about whose purpose little is yet known. The discovery of the meta-genome in 2263 by the crew of the Starship Constellation initiated Operation Vanguard. (HAR)

Taurus Reach—A vast region of unexplored and unclaimed space beyond the Federation’s borders and between the territories of the Klingon Empire and the Tholian Assembly. (HAR)

Telinaruul —Shedai term for humanoid species that were not loyal subjects of their interstellar hegemony. Sometimes synonymous with “criminals” or “savages.” (STT, RTW)

Terath, Dr.—Klingon scientist who studied the Shedai artifacts on Palgrenax. KIA. (STT)

Terra Courser, S.S.—Federation colony transport ship that carried Jea

Terrell, Commander Clark—First officer, U.S.S. Sagittarius. (HAR/RTW)

T’Hana, Ensign—Vulcan female, engineer assigned to the S.C.E. team on Ravanar IV, under the command of Commander Dean Singer. Worked directly with the Shedai Conduit. KIA. (HAR)

Thaumaturge—Shedai Serrataal of tremendous age and power. Close ally of the Apostate. (RTW)

Thelex, Dr.—Andorian chan, chief of dentistry at Vanguard Hospital, Starbase 47. Wears distinctive octagonal-frame eyeglasses. (HAR)

Theriault, Ensign Vanessa—Science officer, U.S.S. Sagittarius. (HAR) Made official first contact with the Shedai. (RTW)

Thorsen, Lieutenant—Tactical officer, U.S.S. Endeavour. (RTW)