| Name |
Notes |
| E-Mail [1] |
20th century method of communicating information from one computer to another. [1] |
| Elgol-red [2] |
A Cardassian code system. [2] |
| EPS Manifold [3] |
A component of Starship engine systems. Damage to the EPS manifold caused engine power loss and shutdown. In 2153, Captain Archer expected to take down the main power system of a Borg assimilated Tarkalean ship by destroying its EPS manifold with a pair of photon torpedo hits. He was unable to do so as the NX-01 was incapacitated. However, he did beam into the ship close to the EPS manifold and destroy it with grenades. [3]
When the NX-01 was captured by Triannon fanatics, the crew sabotaged the EPS manifold to cause the ship to lose power. On the NX-01 the system was located in on Deck D, section J-15. [4]
In 2154 Captain Archer disabled the alternate timeline version of the NX-01 by beaming its EPS manifold off the ship during combat. [5] |
| Eugene's limit [6] |
A limit which applies to warp drive systems. According to Eugene's limit Warp 10 could not be achieved because this involved travelling at infinite velocity. The Federation long suspected that the barrier could be circumvented to allow warp factors above 10 to be reached, and attempted to do this with the Excelsior class Starship. The attempt failed, and the Federation has never achieved a practical transwarp drive. The shuttle Cochrane did achieve warp 10 in 2372, allowing it to occupy every point in the universe simultaneously, but practical difficulties kept the system from being developed. Several examples of alien transwarp drives have been observed. [6] |
| Exocomp [7] |
A small robot designed to analyse problems and replicate the tools required to fix them. [7] |
| Electro-dynamic probe [8] |
A tool used by Entharan arms dealers. The probe can be fitted with a mono-filament stimulator, allowing it to manipulate neuro-transmitter levels. [8] |
| Eichner radiation [9] |
A type of radiation which can mutate plasma plague or accelerate its growth. In 2295 Doctor Susan Nuress used Eichner radiation to create new strains of plasma plague during an outbreak in the Oby System. Eichner radiation can be produced by produced by a subspace phase inverter and certain cyanoacrylates. [9] |
| Eisilium [10] |
An extremely rare mineral; until 2151 the Vulcans had never managed to study it in any detail. The NX-01 discovered large deposits of Eisilium on a comet in 2151. [10] |
| Exoskeleton [11] |
Any skeleton which is on the outside rather than inside of the body. Insects have exoskeletons. Borg drones have an artificial exoskeleton attached to their skin. [11] |
| Emergency manual monitor [12] |
Auxiliary control system on board Constitution class Starships. [12] |
| Emergency hand actuator [13] |
Backup system for opening a Starship door in the event of a system failure which renders the automatic opening system inopperative. Also known as a handle. [13] |
| EPS taps [14] |
Component of a Federation EPS system which diverts plasma from the warp drive in order to power the onboard systems. [14] |
| Exocomps [7] |
Created by Dr. Farallon to assist in the Particle Fountain project on Tyrus VIIA, the exocomp is a small computerized autonomous repair unit. Each exocomp is equipped with an antigrav unit which allows it to move around under its own power, a computer which allows it to analyse and diagnose faults and produce repair strategies independent of outside control, and a replicator unit which allows it to produce a wide variety of tools with which to conduct repairs. [7]
The exocomps were highly successful in their initial service, but quickly developed what appeared to be erratic behaviour. When an exocomp refused to enter a work area shortly before it exploded, Lieutenant Commander Data theorized that the devices had developed sentience and were acting in their own interests. The first tests designed to prove this hypothesis failed, but subsequently Data discovered that this had been because the exocomps had outwitted the tests. [7]
Before he could communicate this information to the Enterprise-D crew, an accident at the particle fountain put Captain Picard and Lieutenant La Forge in danger from high radiation levels. Commander Riker attempted to sacrifice the exocomps to save the officers, but was prevented from doing so by Data. Data argued that since the exocomps were in fact sentient, they had the right to decide for themselves whether to sacrifice their lives. [7]
Riker agreed, and three exocomps were allowed to board the particle fountain under their own control. They were able to successfully rescue both officers, although one of the exocomps was tragically lost in the operation. [7]
After this striking demonstration of their sentience, Dr. Farallon agreed to allow the exocomps full autonomy in all future work on the project. [7] |
| Ear reciever [15] |
Device used by Starfleet to allow audio information to be heard in private. [15] |
| Emergency transporter armband [16] |
Device used for the remote activation of a transporter. [16] |
| Extraction pumps [17] |
Device used in the mining of deuterium. [17] |
| EJ7 interlock [18] |
Device used on Deep Space 9 to open high-security panels. [18] |
| EPS [19] |
Electro Plasma System, a network of conduits which allows plasma to be routed around a ship in order to power the major systems. [19] |
| Emitter stage [20] |
Element of a Federation phaser weapon. [20] |
| EPS regulators [21] |
Element of Deep Space Nine's systems. If not calibrated properly they could interfere with the station's artificial gravity grid. [21] |
| EPS matrix converter [22] |
Element of Deep Space Nine's systems. [22] |
| EPS synchronizer [23] |
Element of the weapons systems of an NX class starship. If the synchroniser was not reset when connecting certain systems to the power grid, it could cause the person working on it to have their eyebrows singed. [23] |
| EMH [24] |
Emergency Medical Hologram, an artificial person who is intended to serve as a supplement or replacement for a ships medical officer in an emergency. EMH's can only exist within holographic facilities such as a suitably equipped sickbay or a holodeck. [24] |
| Exogenic field [25] |
Enery field that can surround a planet and cause a time shift in sub-space radio signals passing through it. Interaction with active sensor scans can cause a quantum reaction leading to a surge of metreon radiation which can be hazardous to ships. [25] |
| Exatanium [26] |
Exotic metal alloy [26] |
| Electroceramic [27] |
Material used as in the construction of Kazon spacecraft. [27] |
| Echo displacement [28] |
Method of projecting false sensor readings using a Starships deflector. [28] |
| E-band emissions [29] |
Signals emitted by a collapsing protostar. [29] |
| Electrophoretic activity [30] |
Slow movement of charged colloidal particles in a fluid under the influence of an electrical field. [30] |
| Escape pod [31] |
Small capsule which is ejected from a Starship when it seems certain that it will be destroyed. Escape pods can generally carry several people. [31] Kirk was ejected from the USS Enterprise in 2258 and landed on the the ice planet Delta Vega [32] |
| Electrodynamic turbulence [33] |
Strong currents in the upper atmosphere of some planets. This type of turbulence is a severe hazard to aircraft. [33] |
| Explosive matrix [34] |
System of the Xindi planet destroying weapon. An explosion of sufficient yield within the explosive matrix would set off a chain reaction sufficient to destroy the whole weapon. [34] |
| Engram transcriptor [35] |
System used by the Mari police force to record memories for later examination. [35] |
| EM base frequencies [16] |
Term which is used when measuring the electromagnetic wavelengths of a phaser beam. [16] |
| Event horizon [36] |
The region around a black hole at which the escape velocity reaches that of light. Certain types of singularity generate an event horizon in the form of an immensely powerful force field. [36] |
| Electro plasma conduit [21] |
Type of conduit used in the USS Defiant. [21] |
| Engineering section [15] |
Typically, the part of a Federation Starship in which the fuel, power, propulsion and other major systems are located. [15] Some designs such as the Miranda and Akira have merged the engineering hull into the Saucer section. [31] |
| Element 247 [37] |
Un-named element discovered by USS Voyager. The element was the first stable trans-Uranic element discovered. [37] |
