Masada

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Masada was a Starfleet officer, assigned to the USS Constellation as science officer in 2267.

When the Constellation encountered an extragalactic "planet killer," Masada was beamed down to L-374 III with the rest of the Constellation's complement by Commodore Matthew Decker, and was killed when the device destroyed that planet. (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine")

Contents 1 Appendices 1.1 Background 1.2 Apocrypha 2 External link

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[edit] Background

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, Masada was possibly "named for the hilltop fortress where Jews defied Roman legions, eventually committing suicide en masse rather than surrender." (p.291)

[edit] Apocrypha

In several Pocket Books novels, Masada was named Guillermo Masada, and was a Starfleet lieutenant who was also Decker's second officer.

The USS Masada was a hijacked Ptolemy-class Federation tug in Interplay's Star Trek: 25th Anniversary game.

[edit] External link

• Guillermo Masada at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works