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; Starfleet: Shorthand for the [[United Earth Starfleet]]; not to be confused with the [[United Federation of Planets]]' [[United Federation of Planets Star Fleet|Star Fleet]] (as noted by the two-word name). | ; Starfleet: Shorthand for the [[United Earth Starfleet]]; not to be confused with the [[United Federation of Planets]]' [[United Federation of Planets Star Fleet|Star Fleet]] (as noted by the two-word name). | ||
; Swarm: An existential crisis to the planet [[Earth]], wherein 17 metropolis-sized and attendant “flocks” of medium-sized asteroids threatened to impact the surface between the years of [[2031]] and [[2033]]; a planet-wide effort diverted all of the planetesimals. | |||
Revision as of 17:28, 10 December 2022
G
- Gravitic mine
- A type of explosive device used in the 23rd and 24th centuries in anti-starship and anti-personnel roles.
O
- OCU
- Original Cochrane Units, representing the original warp scale, where the warp factor cubed was the velocity in c, the speed of light.
S
- SCU
- Standard Cargo Unit, a typical unit of measurement of mass (6.75 mt) and cubic volume (1.9 m3).
- Standard Cargo Unit
- see SCU.
- Star Fleet
- Shorthand for the United Federation of Planets' Star Fleet; not to be confused with the United Earth Starfleet (as noted by the one-word name).
- Starfleet
- Shorthand for the United Earth Starfleet; not to be confused with the United Federation of Planets' Star Fleet (as noted by the two-word name).