Changes: D'Arsay

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D'arsay pictograms

The D'Arsay were an alien race who originated in the D'Arsay system 87 million years ago.

During that period they built the D'Arsay archive which was later discovered by the crew of the USS Enterprise-D in the center of a rogue comet in 2370.

The archive contained records of artifacts and personalities from D'Arsay mythology. Using the ship's replicator, the archive transformed part of the ship into the setting of an epic drama involving Masaka, a sun goddess. The archive also altered the positronic brain programming of Lt. Commander Data to portray several characters from the D'Arsay myth. Among the D'Arsay characters portrayed by Data were a D'Arsay boy, Ihat, Masaka, a victim, and an elder who was Masaka's father. The archive transformed parts of the Enterprise-D into an aqueduct, a swamp, and a temple. It also filled a photon torpedo with snakes, and turned engineering into a fiery inferno.

Captain Picard portrayed himself as Korgano, another mythological figure whom he had deduced to be the D'Arsay moon god, in order to convince the archive to return the ship and Data back to their normal states. (TNG: "Masks")

The pictograms in the episode were designed by Wendy Drapanas and Jim Magdaleno, who based them loosely on ancient Aztec and Mayan designs. (Star Trek Encyclopedia 2nd ed., p . 96)

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-The '''D'Arsay''' were an [[alien]] race that built the [[D'Arsay archive]] over
+The '''D'Arsay''' were an [[alien]] race who originated in the [[D'Arsay system]] [[Millions of years ago|87 million years ago]].
-[[distant past|87 million years ago]]. The archive was discovered by the crew of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} in the center of a rogue [[comet]] in [[2370]]. The archive contained records of artifacts and personalities from D'Arsay [[mythology]]. Using the ship's [[replicator]], the archive transformed part of the ship into the setting of an epic drama involving [[Masaka]], a sun [[god]]dess. The archive also altered the [[positronic brain]] programming of  [[Lieutenant Commander|Lt. Commander]] [[Data]] to portray several characters from the D'Arsay myth. Among the D'Arsay characters portrayed by Data were a D'Arsay boy, [[Ihat]], Masaka, a victim, and an elder who was Masaka's father. The archive transformed parts of the ''Enterprise''-D into an [[aqueduct]], a swamp, and a [[temple]]. It also filled a [[photon torpedo]] with [[snake]]s, and turned [[engineering]] into a fiery inferno. [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] portrayed himself as [[Korgano]], another D'Arsay mythic figure, in order to convince the archive to return the ship and Data back to their normal states. ({{TNG|Masks}})
+During that period they built the [[D'Arsay archive]] which was later discovered by the crew of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} in the center of a rogue [[comet]] in [[2370]].
+The archive contained records of artifacts and personalities from D'Arsay [[mythology]]. Using the ship's [[replicator]], the archive transformed part of the ship into the setting of an epic drama involving [[Masaka]], a sun [[god]]dess. The archive also altered the [[positronic brain]] programming of  [[Lieutenant Commander|Lt. Commander]] [[Data]] to portray several characters from the D'Arsay myth. Among the D'Arsay characters portrayed by Data were a D'Arsay boy, [[Ihat]], Masaka, a victim, and an elder who was Masaka's father. The archive transformed parts of the ''Enterprise''-D into an [[aqueduct]], a swamp, and a [[temple]]. It also filled a [[photon torpedo]] with [[snake]]s, and turned [[engineering]] into a fiery inferno.
+[[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] portrayed himself as [[Korgano]], another mythological figure whom he had deduced to be the D'Arsay moon god, in order to convince the archive to return the ship and Data back to their normal states. ({{TNG|Masks}})
+{{bginfo|The pictograms in the episode were designed by [[Wendy Drapanas]] and [[Jim Magdaleno]], who based them loosely on ancient Aztec and Mayan designs. (''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' 2nd ed., p . 96)}}
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