Astro-theorists - Astro-theorists predict that an inversion nebula is so unstable that they're supposed to burn out in a few years. (Alter Ego)
Autonomous emitter - SEE: Mobile emitter. (Alter Ego)
Big Daddy-O Surf Special - Paris replicates a Big Daddy-O Surf special shirt to wear to the luau on the holodeck. (Alter Ego)
Dampening field - A dampening field in the inversion nebula keeps all of the strands from going up into flames; the dampening field only appears when one of the strands ignites. (Alter Ego)
Deflector dish - Kim thinks he can produce a dampening field similar to that of the inversion nebula's by using the deflector dish. (Alter Ego)
Enterprise - The Enterprise D was once taken over by a holodeck program and gained control of the ship from within the holodeck. (Alter Ego)
Garland - Neelix says that according to the Polynesian culture of Earth the flowering garland represents the flowering of love; Tuvok is the only one not wearing a garland at the luau; Marayna says that not wearing the garland sets him apart from everyone else and lets them know that he would rather be somewhere else. (Alter Ego)
Inversion nebula - Voyager is investigating an inversion nebula; this phenomenon has never been seen in the Alpha Quadrant; astro-theorists predict that they're so unstable they're supposed to burn out in a few years; the inversion nebula that Voyager finds is centuries old; Marayna appears on the holodeck the day that Voyager arrives at the inversion nebula. (Alter Ego)
Kal-toh - Vulcan chess; Marayna is playing Kal-toh on the holodeck; Tuvok says that Kal-toh is not about striving for balance but about finding the seeds of order even in the midst of profound chaos; Tuvok learned to play Kal-toh on Vulcan at the age of 5; Tuvok offers to teach Kim how to play Kal-toh. (Alter Ego)
K'ohnar - A Vulcan term for a feeling of being embarassed; Tuvok says that Kes's arrival with Marayna precipiated the K'ohnar for Kim. (Alter Ego)
Luau - The Voyager crew have a polynesian style luau on the holodeck. (Alter Ego)
Marayna (Sandra Nelson) - Kim falls in love with this holodeck character; she is tall, athletic, and blond; she is one of the entertainment directors in the luau holodeck program; she gives hydrosailing lessons; she learns how to play Kal-toh because she thought Tuvok might enjoy having an opponent; she appears in Tuvok's quarters after he shuts down the program; Marayna appeared on the holodeck the day Voyager arrived at the inversion nebula; the alien in the ship in the nebula is using Marayna as an interface to interact with the Voyager crew. (Alter Ego)
Mobile emitter - Marayna uses this device to transfer from the holodeck to sickby and then to Tuvok's quarters. (Alter Ego)
Neelix Resort Program - This is the name of Neelix's Paxau Resort Program. (Alter Ego)
Picard, Jean Luc - Captain of Enterprise-D when the Enterprise was taken over by a holocharacter. (Alter Ego)
Pineapple - Paris replicates a Hawaiian shirt with a pineapple motif for Kim to wear to the luau. (Alter Ego)
Plasma strand - The plasma strands in the inversion nebula burn them themself out without igniting the rest of the strands; Voyager hopes that they will be able to use what they learn from the plasma strands to find a new way to contain a warp core breach or any plasma reaction. (Alter Ego)
Polynesian - Neelix studied the Polynesian culture of Earth to help him plan the luau. (Alter Ego)
Shon- ha'lock - Tuvok tells Kim that he is experiencing shon'ha'lock, or the "engulfment"; it is similar to love at first sight; it is the most intense and psychologically perilous form of love. (Alter Ego)
Soolak - A Vulcan term for a third party who by his own disinterest trivializes another's. Tuvok says that Neelix was acting as Soolak when he didn't know who Marayna was. (Alter Ego)
Subspace signal - On the holodeck, Torres detects some sort of subspace signal coming from the inversion nebula; she traces the uplink to a hidden ship in the nebula. (Alter Ego)
T'an - Marayna attempts to create a spatial balance by placing the T'an on opposite sides of the Kal-toh; Tuvok says that this move is common among novice Kal-toh players and it is a strategy that will most certainly fail since Kal-toh is not about striving for balance but about finding the seeds of order even in the midst of profound chaos. (Alter Ego)
T'an s'at - A Vulcan technique of the intellectual deconstruction of emotional patterns; (Alter Ego)
Vorik (Alexander Enberg) - Vorik reserves a table with a view of the lakeside for Torres and himself. (Alter Ego)
Vulcans - Tuvok says that Vulcans have fellowships and associations without the emotional dimensions that most humans experience. (Alter Ego)
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