
Who is Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott (Scotty)?
The main defensive system of a starship, often raised to "full power"
What are the (deflector) shields?
In The Inner Light, Picard lives a full life on the planet Kataan as this man
Who is Kamin?

Who is Q?
Before settling into his role as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, this actor was first offered the role of Mr. Spock
Who is DeForest Kelley?
This character joined the regular cast of The Original Series for seasons 2 and 3; during the Cold War, he represented Star Trek's vision of future human unity
Who is Pavel Chekov?
Galaxy-class starships have two of these key rooms: a main one and a battle one
What is a bridge?
In what is often cited as one of the worst TOS episodes, this key organ is stolen straight out of Spock's head
What is his brain?
Captain Kirk and the Enterprise defeat a cloaked Warbird in the TOS episode Balance of Terror; it is the first time the Vulcan-like ears of this key race are shown
Who are the Romulans?

Besides their usual billing in the opening credits, Patrick Stewart or Jonathan Frakes occasionally appeared again in the credits of TNG episodes at this key BTS role
What is the director?
The eldest son of Mogh
Who is Lt. Commander Worf?
Captain Picard commanded a Galaxy-class starship; Captain Kirk's Enterprise was of this "We the People" class
What is Constitution class?
The TOS episode The Gamesters of Triskelion sees Kirk, Uhura, and Chekov abducted and forced to fight each other in the style of these ancient Roman combatants
What are gladiators?
This superhuman, Kirk's nemesis, was introduced in the TOS episode Space Seed and defeated in the Battle of the Mutara Nebula
Who is Khan Noonien Singh?
This actress left TNG before the end of the first season; Gates McFadden (temporarily) and Wil Wheaton would later follow suit
Who is Denise Crosby?
She was the Chief Medical Officer of the Enterprise-D in 2365, while Dr. Crusher served as head of Starfleet Medical
Who is Dr. Katherine Pulaski?

Warp power is generated by reacting these two opposites together; the dilithium crystals help regulate the reaction rate
What are matter and antimatter?
During the Borg invasion of 2366-67, Captain Picard takes on a new identity as this character; the name derives from Latin and means "the one who speaks"
Who is Locutus of Borg?
Ensign Ro is not a human, but rather a member of this species, who were often under attack by the Cardassians
Who are the Bajorans?
This famous combat maneuver of Mr. Spock was improvised on-set, after Nimoy felt that the scripted blow to the head was too violent and illogical
What is the Vulcan nerve pinch?
Majel Barrett's first Star Trek role was as her: a regular assistant to Dr. McCoy
Who is Nurse Christine Chapel?
Subspace distortion is measured using these units, named after the inventor of warp drive
What are Cochranes?
After Spock steals the Enterprise and abducts Captain Pike in the first ever two-part episode of Star Trek, he turns himself in for this legal procedure; footage from the unaired pilot episode is then used to justify Spock's actions
What is a court-martial?
In season three of TNG, this non-humanoid, legalistic species threatens to take over a federation colony inside their space, until Picard delays negotiations by naming the hibernating Grizzelas as arbiters of the dispute
Who are the Sheliak?
Based on a college prank and introduced to TNG by writer Joe Menosky, this number appears frequently throughout the franchise as an Easter egg and in-joke
What is 47?