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This page is a list of appearances of the number [[47]].
 
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The number '''47''' makes frequent recurrences in dialogues and on computer screens in ''[[Star Trek]]''.
   
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The origin of the significance of 47 can be traced to {{S|TNG}} and {{S|VOY}} writer [[Joe Menosky]], who attended {{el|pomona.edu|Pomona College}} in California. There is a club at Pomona called {{el|47.net/47society|The 47 Society}}, which claims that there exists a mathematical proof that all numbers are equal to 47, and that the number 47 occurs with greater frequency in nature than other numbers – 74 makes frequent reappearances as well, as does 23 (half of 47 rounded down).
The tradition to include the number 47 in episodes after episodes was begun by [[Joe Menosky]], the Executive Story Editor during the fourth season of [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]. The number 47 has since then been used by many other editors.
 
   
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Joe Menosky first started including references to 47 in his scripts in the [[TNG Season 4|fourth season]] of TNG, and the [[in-joke]] quickly caught on among the rest of the staff. Since then, references to 47 have been included in many episodes and movies of all the modern series.
To read a more detailed explanation about the number 47 you can read the article [[47|about it]].
 
   
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According to [[Ronald D. Moore]], the number of 47 references in later seasons of {{S|DS9}} declined as the production staff tired of the joke. {{AOLchat|Ronald D. Moore|ron057|1997}}
==''The Next Generation''==
 
=== Season 4 ===
 
* Episode 2 : {{e|Family}} : At dinner with his brother's family, Picard incorrectly identifies wine served to him as being of '46 vintage when it is in fact <nowiki>'</nowiki>'''47'''. Before returning to the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise'']] his brother gives him a bottle of the '47.
 
* Episode 3 : {{e|Brothers}} : [[Data]] concocts a fiendishly long password in which the substring "'''47'''" occurs twice.
 
* Episode 4 : {{e|Suddenly Human}} : "''We will rendezvous with the warship [[Q'Maire]] at 0'''74'''0.''" (Picard) and [[Sector 21947]]
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|Remember Me}}: The computer claims that the universe is a spheroid region, 705 metres in diameter. [[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]] later says that it is collapsing at a rate of 15 metres per second. 705 divided by 15, gives '''47''' seconds.
 
* Episode 6 : {{e|Legacy}} : [[Ishara Yar]] tells the senior staff that the hostages' escape pod is at Level 3-C, section 5'''47'''.
 
* Episode 9 : {{e|Final Mission}} : A '''47''' was seen in a string of rapidly changing numbers on the ops display as the Nenebek left the shuttlebay.
 
* Episode 10 : {{e|The Loss}} : Arrival at the [[T'lli Beta system]] in "six days, thirteen hours and '''47''' minutes" (Data)
 
* Episode 11 : {{e|Data's Day}} : Data feeds [[Spot]] Feline Supplement #'''74'''.
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|Devil's Due}} : Stardate 44'''47'''4.5
 
* Episode 14 : {{e|Clues}} : ''"bearing 285.1'''47'''"'' ([[McKnight]])
 
* Episode 18 : {{e|Identity Crisis}} : "''Analyze audio elements from time index 14-'''4-7''' to ...''" ([[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]]). The archive footage of the [[USS Victory|USS ''Victory'']] was recorded on [[stardate]] 4016'''4.7'''. The [[LCARS]] screen with the different footprints is labeled 402'''74'''.
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|The Nth Degree}} : "''Shield failure in '''47''' seconds''" (Data) and Stardate 44704.2
 
* Episode 20 : {{e|Qpid}} : Picard gives a lecture on the archaeological mysteries of [[Tagus III]]. He says "''There have been 9'''47''' known archeological excavations conducted on the planet's surface. Of those, some '''74''' are generally believed to have revealed findings of major importance.''"
 
* Episode 21 : {{e|The Drumhead}} : [[Engineering]] [[sensor log]] playback 4'''47'''65.2. Also, [[Jean-Luc_Picard|Picard]] says: "''This hearing is convened at stardate 4'''47'''80''".
 
* Episode 24 : {{e|The Mind's Eye}} : Power is rerouted to auxiliary power distribution system code number 4'''47'''62.
 
* Episode 25 : {{e|In Theory}} : Picard asks how much further until the nebula perimeter is reached. The ''Enterprise'' responds "'''''4.7''' million kilometers''".
 
   
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When asked about the significance of the number, [[Rick Berman]] once joked, "47 is 42, corrected for inflation" referring to 42 being "the {{w|Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything}}" according to {{wt|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}} by {{w|Douglas Adams}}.
=== Season 5 ===
 
* Episode 2 : {{e|Darmok}} : The [[Computer]] tells [[Counselor]] [[Deanna Troi]] that there are '''47''' references to "[[Darmok]]" in the [[linguistic database]] for the current sector. [[Worf]] reports the particle gradient as '''4/7'''.
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|Disaster}} : '''47''' can be seen on a button on a panel as Picard and the children climb the [[turbolift]] shaft.
 
* Episode 6 : {{e|The Game}} : [[Nurse]] [[Alyssa Ogawa|Ogawa]] tells [[Wesley Crusher]] that she's on level '''47''' of the addictive game.
 
* Episode 10 : {{e|New Ground}} : [[William T. Riker|Riker]]: "''We need to evacuate sections 2'''4''' to 3'''7''', decks 35 to 38.''"
 
* Episode 14 : {{e|Conundrum}} : An athlete injures herself during [[holodeck]] Program '''47'''-C, ''[[Cliffs of Heaven]]''. During the scene where Data and La Forge attempt to access the medical records, the second button from the top of the keypad to the right of Data's viewscreen in Main Engineering bears the number '''47'''. Riker reads '''47''' Lysian probes around the perimeter of the Lysian central command.
 
* Episode 18 : {{e|Cause and Effect}} : At the end of the episode, it is revealed that the ''Enterprise'' had been caught in the temporal causality loop for 1'''7.4''' days. Also, during the crew's poker game, the numbers '''4''' and '''7''' appear frequently.
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|The First Duty}}
 
* Episode 22 : {{e|Imaginary Friend}} : During the entire episode, the ''Enterprise'' is investigating the [[FGC-47 Nebula|FGC-'''47''' Nebula]]. Upon generating the high-frequency warp field within the nebula, an irregular lattice composed of approximately '''47''' million strands of energy becomes visible.
 
* Episode 23 : {{e|I, Borg}} : The virus against the Borg was named "Topological Anomaly '''4747'''".
 
* Episode 26 : {{e|Time's Arrow}}
 
   
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The joke continued in [[J.J. Abrams]]' {{film|11}}, as there are frequent 47s to be found in the [[alternate reality]]. Abrams also used the number frequently in his previous TV series ''Alias''.
=== Season 6 ===
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Time's Arrow, Part II}} : [[Samuel Clemens]] tells Picard "''a frequency of, um, .0'''47''' on your phaser will correctly activate this... this creature.''"
 
* Episode 2: {{e|Realm of Fear}} : '''47''' can be seen on the control panel of the medical scanner Dr. Crusher uses on [[Reginald Barclay|Barclay]]. It is the second button down.
 
* Episode 4 : {{e|Relics}} : [[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]] is 1'''47''' years old.
 
[[Image:Rikerclock47.jpg|thumbnail|'''47''' can be seen on Riker's clock]]
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|Schisms}} : When [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] deactivates his alarm clock, one of the digits on the display is clearly '''47''', possibly the second indicator. Later while on the [[holodeck]] trying to recreate the dreams faced by the crew, [[Deanna Troi|Troi]] asks the computer to display a table. The computer states that there are 50'''47''' different classifications of tables in the holographic database. [[Lieutenant]] [[Edward Hagler|Hagler]]'s quarters are on Deck 9, Room 19'''47'''.
 
* Episode 6 : {{e|True Q}} : Data reports the temperature in the reaction chamber has risen '''47''' percent.
 
* Episode 7 : {{e|Rascals}}
 
* Episode 8 : {{e|A Fistful of Datas}} : Computer core subroutine C'''47''' was replaced by parts of [[Lieutenant Commander|Lt. Cmdr.]] [[Data]]'s programming. Subroutine C'''47''' controls the [[LCARS]] and recreational programs.
 
* Episode 11 : {{e|Chain of Command, Part II}} : [[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]] scans the [[Cardassian]] ship using Quantum Resonance Scan 0'''47'''.
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|Aquiel}} : [[Relay Station 47|Relay Station '''47''']] is mentioned as well as seen.
 
* Episode 15 : {{e|Tapestry}}
 
* Episode 16 : {{e|Birthright, Part I}} : A power surge from a [[Gamma Quadrant]] device knocks Data unconscious for '''47''' seconds.
 
* Episode 21 : {{e|Frame of Mind}} : When Riker first appears in the mental institution and asks where he is, he is told that he is in ward '''47''' of the Tilonus Institute for Mental Disorders.
 
* Episode 25 : {{e|Timescape}} : Lt. Cmdr. Data reports that the starboard [[warp nacelle]] of the [[runabout (Enterprise-D)|''Enterprise''-D runabout]] has been in continuous operation for '''47''' days.
 
* Episode 26 : {{e|Descent}} : According to [[Albert Einstein]], [[Stephen Hawking]] increased [[Data]]'s bet by '''4'''. He then wrongly says that this means he must play '''7''' to call. Stephen Hawking's winning hand contains four sevens. The [[outpost]] on [[Ohniaka III]] had a crew of 2'''74'''. The [[Shuttlecraft|shuttle]] carrying Data and the [[Borg drone]] is identified heading on a course 2'''47'''.059
 
   
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In ''[[Star Trek Online]]'', the MMORPG by [[Cryptic Studios]], a major hub for Federation players to interact inside [[Spacedock One]] is on Deck 47. Off to the side of the promenade on Earth Spacedock, a player can dance at Club 47.
=== Season 7 ===
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Descent, Part II}} : '''47''' people are left behind on the planet as the [[Borg Type 03|Rogue Borg ship]] forces the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} to leave orbit.
 
* Episode 3 : {{e|Interface}} : [[Data]] is studying an art form which contains an empty pause lasting for '''47''' minutes.
 
* Episode 4 : {{e|Gambit, Part I}} : As [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] is cataloging the artifacts, he labels one example "'''47'''8B".
 
* Episode 8 : {{e|Attached}}
 
* Episode 9 : {{e|Force of Nature}} : Geordi La Forge tells the computer to display and enhance grid Delta ('''4'''th letter of the Greek/Phonetic alphabet) '''seven'''teen.
 
* Episode 11 : {{e|Parallels}} : In an [[alternate reality]], [[Starbase 47|Starbase '''47''']] was being observed by [[Cardassians]]. [[Worf]]'s Log entry in the shuttle is from [[stardate]] '''47'''391.2.
 
* Episode 12 : {{e|The Pegasus}} : The registry number of the {{USS|Pegasus}} is NCC-538'''47'''. Captain Picard tells [[William T. Riker|Riker]] that a formal inquiry will be launched into the illegal [[interphase cloaking device]] when the ''Enterprise'' arrives at Starbase 2'''47'''.
 
* Episode 14 : {{e|Sub Rosa}} : [[Ronin]] was 'born' in 16'''47'''.
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|Genesis}} : The [[Computer]] tells [[Commander]] William Riker that for a [[security]] [[subspace]] channel to be opened to [[Starfleet Command]], an Alpha '''47''' authorization is required.
 
* Episode 22 : {{e|Bloodlines}} : When Data scans the [[planet]] for Human life signs, we see a display of the eight people on an LCARS terminal. The numbers attached to each contact are difficult to make out but at least one, the one lowest down on the display, contains the substring "'''47'''"
 
* Episode 23 : {{e|Emergence}} : One of the containers in the cargo bay is labelled 47. La Forge says that the creation of the object in the cargo bay has drained the [[warp]] energy by '''47'''%
 
* Episode 25 and 26 : {{e|All Good Things...}} : Stardate for the unaltered timeline is '''47'''988. Starbase 2'''47''' is Admiral Riker's headquarters in the anti-time future.
 
   
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== Appendices ==
:''The number 47 appears on many TNG [[DVD]] menu screens. For example, all [[TNG Season 4 DVD]] episode menu screens have on them "1'''47'''" and "P-'''47'''".''
 
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=== See also ===
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* {{project|47 project|The 47 project}}
   
==''Deep Space Nine''==
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=== External links ===
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* {{wikipedia|47 (number)}}
The [[USS Defiant (NX-74205)|''Defiant'']]'s registry number is '''74'''205
 
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* {{el|schlock.net/the47s.html|The 47s|schlock.net|Schlock.net}}
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* {{el|magazine.pomona.edu/pomoniana/2015/02/13/the-mystery-of-47|The Mystery of 47|pomona.edu|Pomona College}}
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* {{bl|cartoons.sev.com.au/archivepage.php?cartoonid{{=}}s70|The Number 47}} at {{bl|sev.com.au|Sev Trek Cartoons}}
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* {{el|chakoteya.net/Voyager/fortyseven.htm|Forty-Seven (''Star Trek: Voyager'')|chakoteya.net|Chrissie's Transcripts Site}}
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* {{el|chakoteya.net/Enterprise/fortyseven.htm|Forty-Seven (''Star Trek: Enterprise'')|chakoteya.net|Chrissie's Transcripts Site}}
   
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=== Season 1 ===
 
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* Episode 1 + 2 : {{e|Emissary}} : The [[computer]] [[Okudagram|display]] indicated that the [[Idran system]] was located '''4.7'''234 [[light year]]s from the terminus of the [[Bajoran wormhole]].
 
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* Episode 5 : {{e|Babel}}
 
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* Episode 9 : {{e|The Passenger}}
 
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[[Category:Production]]
* Episode 13: {{e|Battle Lines}} : The number '''47''' is visible on a keypad on one of the front panels of the [[USS Yangtzee Kiang|USS ''Yangtzee Kiang'']].
 
* Episode 15 : {{e|Progress}} : [[Kira Nerys|Kira]] tells [[Mullibok]] that '''47''' others have already left [[Bajor]]'s [[Jeraddo|fifth moon]] and that he should leave too.
 
 
=== Season 2 ===
 
* Episode 2 : {{e|The Circle}} : The number '''47''' appears in the line underneath [[Bajoran Regional Comm Network]] during a communication on Odo's console.
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|Cardassians}}
 
* Episode 11 : {{e|Rivals}} : [[Ferengi Rules of Acquisition|Rule of Acquisition]] No. '''47''' is quoted: "''Don't trust a man wearing a better suit than your own.''"
 
* Episode 14 : {{e|Whispers}} : [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] asks the computer which [[planet]] is the largest in the [[Parada]] system. The computer responds "Parada '''4'''". When O'Brien asks how many [[moon]]s the planet has the computer replies "'''7'''".
 
* Episode 17 : {{e|Playing God}} : Opening between verteron nodes in the wormhole at 130 mark '''47'''.
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|Blood Oath}}
 
* Episode 20 : {{e|The Maquis, Part I}} : Quarters have been arranged on deck 7 in section 4 G &ndash; G being the 7th letter of the alphabet
 
* Episode 21 : {{e|The Maquis, Part II}} : When [[Gul]] [[Dukat]] gives the freighter ship fifteen seconds to lower its shields he begins to count down starting with "15...10..." but then changing from five second intervals instead counting "'''7'''...'''4'''..."
 
* Episode 22 : {{e|The Wire}}
 
 
=== Season 3 ===
 
[[Image:DS9 arboretum plan.jpg|thumb|'''47''' marks a control button on a PADD in "The House of Quark"]]
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|The Search, Part I}}
 
* Episode 2 : {{e|The Search, Part II}}
 
* Episode 3 : {{e|The House of Quark}} : [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] works a [[PADD]] with a control button labeled 9'''47'''.
 
* Episode 4 : {{e|Equilibrium}}
 
* Episode 6 : {{e|The Abandoned}}
 
* Episode 8 : {{e|Meridian}}
 
* Episode 9 : {{e|Defiant}} : The [[USS Defiant (NX-74205)|USS ''Defiant'']] blows up [[Cardassian]] Outpost '''47'''. [[Kira Nerys|Kira]]'s security code is "Kira Delta 5'''47''' Alpha".
 
* Episode 10 : {{e|Fascination}}
 
* Episode 17 : {{e|Visionary}} : Due to malfunctioning [[Replicator]]s, the [[Romulan]] delegation has to be moved to alternative quarters in section '''47''', level 2 of the [[Deep Space 9#Habitat Ring|Habitat Ring]].
 
* Episode 21 : {{e|The Die is Cast}}
 
* Episode 23 : {{e|Family Business}} : When [[Benjamin Sisko|Sisko]] is about to go to a [[cargo bay]], [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] mistakenly assumes and says he's going to cargo bay '''4'''. Sisko corrects him and says he's going to bay '''7'''.
 
* Episode 24 : {{e|Shakaar}} : If O'Brien had won one more [[darts]] match against [[Julian Bashir|Bashir]], it would've been his '''47'''th consecutive victory.
 
* Episode 25 : {{e|Facets}}
 
* Episode 26 : {{e|The Adversary}} : [[Jadzia Dax|Dax]] says that the [[USS Defiant (NX-74205)|''Defiant'']] has '''47''' people on board. Later in the episode, Kira says that the ''Defiant''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s course has been changed to 015.'''47'''.
 
 
=== Season 4 ===
 
[[Image:PresidentDatapadd.jpg|thumbnail|[[President]]'s PADD showing security codes]]
 
* Episode 3 : {{e|The Visitor}} : [[Jake Sisko]] works on a story on a PADD labeled "'''4747'''".
 
* Episode 4 : {{e|Hippocratic Oath}}
 
* Episode 8 : {{e|Little Green Men}} : When Jake asked [[Nog]] how long they'd stood at their spot on the [[promenade]], Nog joked "2,1'''47'''" : The latter half of the episode takes place in [[1947|19'''47''']].
 
* Episode 10 : {{e|Our Man Bashir}} : [[Hippocrates Noah]] plans to destroy [[Earth]] using a network of '''74''' lasers positioned at different locations on the [[planet]]'s surface.
 
* Episode 11 : {{e|Homefront}} : The [[Federation President]] uses a [[PADD|datapad]] on which many numbers begin with '''4''' and end with '''7'''. The number '''47''' also appears on a transport tube seen during the first view of [[Starfleet Headquarters]] on Earth.
 
* Episode 12 : {{e|Paradise Lost}} : [[Admiral]] [[Leyton]]'s security access code is Leyton 1 Omega '''47''' (seen on screen when Sisko and [[Odo]] break into Leyton's personnel assessment log). According to Sisko, the [[Red Squad]] [[cadet]]s returned to base at 19:'''47''' PST. The official name of Red Squad is ''Cadet Training Squadron '''47'''''. The number '''47''' also appears on a transport tube seen during the first view of [[Starfleet Headquarters]] on Earth.
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|Crossfire}}
 
* Episode 14 : {{e|Return to Grace}} : Timed target practice result from [[Cardassian]] freighter is 3:'''47'''. [[Kira Nerys|Kira]] tells [[Tora Ziyal]] that a Cardassian rifle's energy output is '''4.7''' megajoules.
 
[[Image:24th_Century_weapons_locker.jpg|thumb|Weapons Locker '''47''' on DS9]]
 
* Episode 15 : {{e|Sons of Mogh}} : Kira orders [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] to detonate the [[Klingon]]s' mines in grids twenty-two alpha through '''forty-seven''' gamma.
 
* Episode 17 : {{e|Accession}} : When [[Akorem Laan]] returns from the [[Bajoran wormhole]], he believes the year is 91'''74'''.
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|Hard Time}} : Thinking of suicide, O'Brien takes a [[phaser]] out of [[weapons locker|Weapons Locker]] '''47''' in a cargo bay.
 
* Episode 20 : {{e|Shattered Mirror}} : [[Operations center|Ops]] also has a Weapons Locker '''47''', Kira takes three phasers out of it before attempting to beam over to the [[mirror universe]].
 
* Episode 21 : {{e|The Muse}} : Jake is working on the same story on the same '''4747''' PADD as in "The Visitor"
 
* Episode 23 : {{e|To the Death}}
 
* Episode 26 : {{e|Broken Link}}
 
 
=== Season 5 ===
 
[[Image:PADD 2370s.jpg|thumb|Station Schematic '''4747''' in "The Assignment"]]
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Apocalypse Rising}} : [[Jadzia Dax|Dax]] shows an X-'''47''' [[polaron emitter]].
 
* Episode 4 : {{e|Nor the Battle to the Strong}} : [[Jake Sisko|Jake]] writes a news report on a different PADD with the number '''4747''' on it.
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|The Assignment}} : O'Brien works a PADD displaying "Station Schematic '''4747'''".
 
* Episode 12 : {{e|The Begotten}}
 
* Episode 17 : {{e|A Simple Investigation}}
 
* Episode 20 : {{e|Ferengi Love Songs}}
 
* Episode 23 : {{e|Blaze of Glory}} : [[Benjamin Sisko]] uses a security code - ''Sisko - A'''47'''1''
 
* Episode 24 : {{e|Empok Nor}}
 
 
=== Season 6 ===
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|A Time to Stand}} : [[Admiral]] [[William Ross]] shows Sisko the location of a [[ketracel-white]] facility on a map labeled "Stellar Cartography '''4747'''"
 
* Episode 6 : {{e|Sacrifice of Angels}} : A voice tells the [[Dominion]] forces to evacuate [[Terok Nor]] via airlocks '''4''', '''7''', and 12.
 
* Episode 9 : {{e|Statistical Probabilities}} : [[Julian Bashir|Bashir]] presents [[Benjamin Sisko|Sisko]] with a PADD labelled '''47'''.
 
* Episode 12 : {{e|Who Mourns for Morn?}} : [[Morn]]'s account number at the Bank of Bolias is C-J-5-'''74'''-36.
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|Far Beyond the Stars}} : [[Joseph Sisko]] quotes from the Bible (2 Timothy '''4:7'''), "''I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.''"
 
* Episode 14 : {{e|One Little Ship}}
 
* Episode 16 : {{e|Change of Heart}}
 
* Episode 18 : {{e|Inquisition}}
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|In the Pale Moonlight}} : Sisko and [[Elim Garak|Garak]] review a datapad with [[Vreenak]]'s bio, the pad is labeled '''47'''78.
 
* Episode 25 : {{e|The Sound of Her Voice}} : [[Odo]] tells [[Quark]] that his [[Dabo]] wheel breaks station protocol '''47'''21.
 
 
=== Season 7 ===
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Image in the Sand}} : In the first scene after the opening title sequence, [[Kira Nerys|Kira]] is holding a PADD labeled '''4774'''. Later, while Ben Sisko is using a PADD recreating [[Sarah Sisko]]'s face, the program he used was called: Facsimile Construction Program 0'''47'''.
 
* Episode 4 : {{e|Take Me Out to the Holosuite}} : During the [[baseball]] game, [[Kasidy Yates]]' number is '''47'''.
 
*Episode 5 : {{e|Chrysalis}} : [[Lauren]] is holding a PADD containing [[Nog]]'s personal details. The PADD is labeled number '''4774'''. Also, just after Jack asks Bashir for subspace field generators, the camera pans to a shot of the display "How to avoid DISASTER". The serial number in the bottom right corner of the screen is 546545-'''47'''.
 
* Episode 8 : {{e|The Siege of AR-558}} : At the end, [[Major]] Kira says there are 1730 new casualties posted. 17+30='''47'''.
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|Field of Fire}}: [[Joran Dax]] says that they have '''47''' [[Vulcan]] suspects to eliminate from the list.
 
* Episode 17 : {{e|Penumbra}} : [[Sector 04-70|Sector 0'''4-7'''0]] is the official designation for the region otherwise described as the "Badlands."
 
* Episode 23 : {{e|Extreme Measures}} : While inside [[Luther Sloan]]'s mind, [[Julian Bashir|Bashir]] and [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] are fired upon and collapse to the floor against the wall. Finally, O'Brien decides to try one more door. The panel next to the door he tries has buttons arranged vertically reading, from top to bottom, 51, '''47''', 88, 3, 69, 40, and 77. The button numbered '''47''' is the one that O'Brien taps. Another reference is the book Bashir is reading. He was at page 294: '''4''' and 9 - 2 = '''7'''. (or 94 / 2 = '''47''')
 
* Episode 24 : {{e|The Dogs of War}} : [[Brunt]] offers [[Quark]] '''4'''0 bricks of [[latinum]], to which Quark claims '''7'''0 would do. When [[Benjamin Sisko|Sisko]], [[William Ross|Ross]], [[Martok]] and the [[Romulan]] reunite to discuss the [[Dominion]] situation, there is a large computer panel displaying a map: there is a number 5'''47''' on the top rule. On the horizontal yellow bar below, there is another figure: 8'''47'''-9588.
 
 
==''Voyager''==
 
''The ''Star Trek: Voyager'' Complete Series on [[DVD]] contains a total of '''47''' discs.''
 
*Any episode with [[Species 8472|Species 8'''47'''2]] has substring '''47''', starting with {{e|Scorpion}}.
 
 
=== Season 1 ===
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Caretaker}} : The interval between each energy pulse from the [[Caretaker's array|Array]] increases by "point '''four seven'''" seconds in frequency.
 
* Episode 3 : {{e|Parallax}} : [[The Doctor]] is programmed with the experience of '''47''' medical officers. The Doctor tells [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] to switch to channel '''47''', the Emergency Holographic Medical Program Channel.
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|Phage}} : The Doctor says [[Neelix]] will survive another '''47''' minutes. [[Harry Kim|Kim]] says they are 5'''47''' meters away from source.
 
* Episode 9 : {{e|Emanations}} : The crew discover the 2'''47'''th element.
 
* Episode 10 : {{e|Prime Factors}} : A screen in engineering shows a Quantum Analysis number '''74'''29
 
* Episode 12 : {{e|Heroes and Demons}} : The Doctor says he had to work for '''74''' hours to create a cure for a disease.
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|Cathexis}} : The Doctor reports that for 1 minute and '''47''' seconds that [[Tom Paris]]' memory patterns changed.
 
* Episode 16 : {{e|Learning Curve}} : [[Tuvok]] reports there are '''47''' gelpacks remaining.
 
 
=== Season 2 ===
 
* Episode 3 : {{e|Projections}} : The [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']] crew is stored in memory block '''47'''-Alpha.
 
* Episode 4 : {{e|Elogium}} : [[Harry Kim]] reports that [[shield]]s are down to '''47'''%.
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|Non Sequitur}} : Harry Kim lives in flat '''4'''G - G being the '''7'''th letter of the alphabet. He also works in [[Starfleet Headquarters]] on Level 6, Subsection '''47''' of the main building.
 
* Episode 10: {{e|Cold Fire}} : [[Tanis (Ocampa)|Tanis]] says [[Suspiria]] will contact ''Voyager'' within '''47''' hours.
 
* Episode 11: {{e|Maneuvers}} : [[Seska]] orders [[Culluh]] to deploy photonic charges at coordinates 12'''4''' by 21'''7'''.
 
* Episode 12 : {{e|Resistance}} : ''Voyager'' must set a course 219.'''47''' to hide in an electrical storm.
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|Prototype}} : The [[android]] is [[Automated Unit 3947|Automated Unit 39'''47''']].
 
* Episode 17 : {{e|Dreadnought}} : The last time [[B'Elanna Torres|Torres]] was on board ''Dreadnought'' was stardate '''47'''582. The episode itself takes place on stardate 49'''47'''7
 
* Episode 21 : {{e|Deadlock}} : B'Elanna Torres says she's tried remodulating the carrier five times on '''47''' different frequencies. Kim reports that 3'''47''' [[Vidiian]]s have boarded the ship.
 
* Episode 22 : {{e|Innocence}} : Torres is looking at a planetary scan labeled 0'''47'''.
 
* Episode 25 : {{e|Resolutions}} : During a Vidiian attack, [[Lieutenant]] [[Tom Paris|Paris]] reports the shields were down to '''47'''%.
 
 
=== Season 3 ===
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Basics, Part II}} : This one is barely on screen for more than a second but as [[The Doctor]] receives a message from [[Tom Paris]] he is viewing ''Vessel Schematic '''4747'''''
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Basics, Part II}} : As [[Lon Suder]] tries to disable the secondary [[phaser]] couplings and is shot by a [[Kazon]], he reaches for a button to push. The button directly above it is labeled "2'''47'''".
 
* Episode 3 : {{e|The Chute}} : The '''47'''th ''Voyager'' episode. [[Tom Paris]] is wrongly convicted of killing '''47''' Akritirian patrollers.
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|False Profits}} : [[Arridor]] tells [[Kol]] that they must turn to the [[Ferengi Rules of Acquisition|Rules of Acquisition]] for guidance, to the fully annotated edition with all '''47''' commentaries.
 
* Episode 8 : {{e|Future's End}} : [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] says to [[Chakotay]] that Southern California sank in the sea in 20'''47'''. The police unit that chases [[Captain]] [[Braxton]] down the alley identifies itself as "2'''47'''". [[Kes]] and [[Neelix]] are watching television shows from the [[Earth]]. In the bottom of the screen the number 1'''47''' can be seen. After [[Tuvok]] destroyed the hard drive of [[Rain Robinson]]'s computer, the message "Fatal System Error #00'''47'''" can be seen on the bottom of the screen. As Braxton is running away from the police, the male officer reports as "2'''47'''" over the radio.
 
* Episode 9 : {{e|Future's End, Part II}} : [[Henry Starling|Starling]]'s assistant uses communication satellite SATCOM '''47''' to beam Starling off [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']]. Aboard the ''[[Aeon]]'' Starling enters the information "penetration point at 96 mark 0'''47'''" to the computer.
 
* Episode 11 : {{e|The Q and the Grey}} : [[Harry Kim]] reports a [[supernova]] at bearing 217 mark '''47'''.
 
* Episode 12 : {{e|Macrocosm}} : The Doctor enters a mine and proceeds on "vector 1'''47'''".
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|Fair Trade}} : According to Paris, the proper container for [[bio-mimetic gel]] is [[Starfleet]] Standard issue container L6'''47'''X7.
 
* Episode 14 : {{e|Alter Ego}} : As B'Elanna Torres tries to enter the holodeck after the briefing, the numbers 34 and xx7 (not sure what the x's are) appear on top of each other, making a "'''47'''" vertically. Just before Tuvok beams over to [[Marayna]]'s station, Chakotay reports "Shields down to '''47''' percent." When Tuvok returns, he makes a log entry dated 50'''47'''1.2.
 
* Episode 15 : {{e|Coda}} : On the crashed shuttle craft, you can barely make out "NCC-'''74'''" something on the hull during the lightning flashes.
 
* Episode 17 : {{e|Unity}} : Chakotay has to beam over to module '''47''' Omega section 9 in order to activate the neuroelectric generator.
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|Rise}} : Once Neelix stabilizes the mag-lev carriage, he reports: "''Velocity: '''47''' kilometers per hour and holding.''"
 
* Episode 21 : {{e|Before and After}} : During one of Kes' flashbacks, Kim tells her it is stardate 569'''47'''. The temporal variance of the [[Krenim]] torpedo causing Kes's travel backwards through time is 1.'''47''' microseconds.
 
* Episode 22 : {{e|Real Life}} : Tuvok reports astral eddy "bearing down on us, 0'''47''' mark 19."
 
* Episode 23 : {{e|Distant Origin}} : A [[Voth]] scientist says that the skeleton they found is "''from a species found nowhere in known space. And yet, we share '''47''' genetic markers with this being.''" Later, when The Doctor examines a Voth, he also counts '''47''' genetic markers in common.
 
* Episode 25 : {{e|Worst Case Scenario}} : At the staff meeting, Chakotay reports the holoprogram ''Insurrection Alpha'' "''has been accessed '''47''' times by 33 different crewmembers.''" When Tuvok accesses the program to continue editing, he states "''Security clearance Tuvok '''4-7-7-4'''.''" He uses the same code when he tries to abort an auto-destruct sequence later.
 
* Episode 26 : {{e|Scorpion}} : The identification sign for a console that a few crewmen transfer through the corridors states the number '''47'''. Later, a medical display states 'Image Enhancement '''47''''.
 
 
=== Season 4 ===
 
* Episode 2 : {{e|The Gift}} : The communications node that [[Seven of Nine]] notices in main engineering has [[Starfleet]] ID 59S'''47'''B. [[Annika Hansen]] was born on [[stardate]] 25'''47'''9 at the [[Tendara colony]].
 
* Episode 7 : {{e|Scientific Method}} : As the ship passes through the pulsars, there are hull breaches on decks '''4''', '''7''', 8, and 12.
 
* Episode 8 : {{e|Year of Hell}} : The temporal variance of the [[Krenim]] torpedo is still 1.'''47''' microseconds, but the timeline has changed so that [[Kes]] is not there to be affected by it. The episode also shows "Day '''47'''" of the Year of Hell.
 
* Episode 11 : {{e|Concerning Flight}} : [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']]'s main [[computer core]] is capable of "simultaneous access to '''47''' million data channels."
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|Waking Moments}} : Chief Medical Officer's Log, Stardate 51'''47'''1.3.
 
* Episode 14 : {{e|Message in a Bottle}} : Janeway says "''We're in the [[Delta Quadrant]], at coordinates 18 mark 205 mark '''47'''.''" Back in the [[Alpha Quadrant]], a [[Romulan]] [[commander]] who's commandeered the [[USS Prometheus (Prometheus class)|USS ''Prometheus'']] calls for "''Attack pattern beta-'''four-seven'''.''"
 
* Episode 15 : {{e|Hunters}} : [[Harry Kim|Kim]] reports the [[Hirogen]] ship is "on a heading 2'''74''' mark 13".
 
* Episode 18 : {{e|The Killing Game}} : The bar takings are 1,2'''47''' francs. While decoding the BBC's weather report, Janeway writes '''74''' on the wine label.
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|The Killing Game}} : While attempting to disable the neural interfaces from the sickbay, [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] accesses a computer terminal labeled "Auxiliary Systems 0'''47'''0"
 
* Episode 25 : {{e|One}} : Seven orders the computer to "adjust heading by .3'''47''' degrees starboard"
 
* Episode 25 : {{e|One}} : As in Season 3, episode 1, [[The Doctor]] consults "vessel schematic '''4747'''" when accessing [[Mission Ops]] I.
 
* Episode 26 : {{e|Hope and Fear}} : [[Admiral]] [[Hayes (Male Admiral)|Hayes]] says that '''47''' test flights have been made with the new slipstream drive. We learn that Janeway was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana &ndash; a very deep in-joke for the trackers of 47 references; Bloomington's zip code is '''47'''401.
 
 
=== Season 5 ===
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Night}} : The Patient Biomedical Status reports "Cellular degradation 13.'''47'''" and the [[Theta radiation]] levels fluctuate, but end with .'''47''' most of the time.
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Night}} : [[Tom Paris|Paris]] reports the time to reach the vortex is '''47''' seconds.
 
* Episode 2 : {{e|Drone}} : The [[Borg]]/EMH emitter hybrid known as [[One]] was able to assimilate '''47''' billion teraquads of information from ''Voyager''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s computers.
 
* Episode 3 : {{e|Extreme Risk}} : [[Chakotay]] said to [[B'Elanna Torres|Torres]] she has run the program for '''47''' seconds.
 
* Episode 4 : {{e|In the Flesh}} : [[Boothby]] says Chakotay's registration number is '''47'''-Alpha-612.
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|Once Upon a Time}} : Worried about her mother, [[Naomi Wildman]] quotes [[Starfleet]] regulation '''47'''6-9, "''All away teams must report to the [[bridge]] at least once every 24 hours.''"
 
* Episode 7 : {{e|Infinite Regress}} : Naomi Wildman tells [[Seven of Nine|Seven]] that she knows all '''47''' suborders of the [[Prime Directive]].
 
* Episode 9 : {{e|Thirty Days}} : When [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] tells [[Burkus]] the cause of his ocean world's containment problem, he complains "''I'm supposed to go back and explain this to '''47''' regional sovereigns?''"
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|Gravity}} : Janeway promises to rescue the away team in 30 minutes and tells them about the time differential, that "''according to our calculations, the differential ration is .'''47'''44 seconds per minute.''" [[Tuvok]] calculates that "''according to that formula, 30 minutes would translate to 2 days, 11 hours and '''47''' seconds.''"
 
* Episode 18 : {{e|The Fight}} : In [[sickbay]], as [[The Doctor]] puts Chakotay back in his vision quest, the display reads "14:'''47'''".
 
* Episode 22 : {{e|Someone to Watch Over Me}} : One of the log entries in Seven's study of Paris and Torres is from [[stardate]] 526'''47'''.
 
* Episode 24 : {{e|Relativity}} : As Captain Janeway beams aboard ''Voyager'', [[Admiral]] [[Patterson]] asks her what the threshold of the H<sub>2</sub> molecule is, which she answers correctly with "1'''4.7''' electron-volts".
 
 
=== Season 6 ===
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Equinox, Part II}} : While the doctor from the [[USS Equinox|USS ''Equinox'']] is finding the frequency of [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']]'s shields, he accesses a screen named "Subspace Comm Protocols 0'''47'''".
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|Alice}} : In [[Main Engineering]], [[Harry Kim]] reports, "''Power fluctuation's down to '''4'''.'''7'''%.''"
 
* Episode 7 : {{e|Dragon's Teeth}} : As the ship is heading to the planet to escape the [[Turei]] attack, Tuvok announces "shields at 53%," indicating a '''47'''% loss.
 
* Episode 8 : {{e|One Small Step}} : As [[Chakotay]] asks [[Tom Paris|Paris]] if the [[tractor beam]] is ready there is a screen in the background which is labeled "Vessel Status '''4747'''".
 
* Episode 11 : {{e|Fair Haven}} : [[Seven of Nine]] shows Borg classification 3'''47'''2, a particle density anomaly, on the view screen in [[astrometrics]] to some of the senior crew.
 
* Episode 26 : {{e|Unimatrix Zero}} : The panel in the [[cargo bay]] where [[Tuvok]] is performing the [[Vulcan mind meld|Bridging of Minds]] is marked "Neural/Synaptic Monitor 1'''47'''".
 
 
=== Season 7 ===
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|Unimatrix Zero, Part II}} : At the beginning of the episode, [[The Doctor]] is working on a science station titled "Neural Circuitry Pattern 2'''47'''" (this is also the episode's production number).
 
* Episode 2: {{e|Imperfection}} : Captain Janeway says she was born in [[Bloomington]], [[Indiana]]. The main ZIP code for Bloomington is '''47'''401.
 
* Episode 9 : {{e|Flesh and Blood}} : In [[astrometrics]], while searching for the rogue hologram ship, the number '''47''' can be seen on the main screen.
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|Author, Author}} : At the end of the episode, the hologram of The Doctor that is working on the [[Federation]] dilithium processing facility in the [[Alpha Quadrant]] suggests to another hologram that he should view holoprogram '''47''' beta during his diagnostic.
 
* Episode 24 : {{e|Endgame}} : [[Seven of Nine|Seven]] says that there are at least '''47''' [[Borg]] [[Borg cube|cubes]] within the [[nebula]].
 
 
==''Enterprise''==
 
=== Season 2 ===
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|Judgment}} : Regarding the larger fragment of the ring system, [[T'Pol]] mentions "bearing 22'''7.4'''".
 
* Episode 23 : {{e|Regeneration}} : The hull marking 1'''47'''2 can be seen above a doorway aboard the [[Borg]]'s assimilated transport.
 
 
=== Season 3 ===
 
* Episode 1 : {{e|The Xindi}} : [[Hoshi Sato]] tells T'Pol the three alien cargo vessels are at "warp '''4''', ETA '''7''' minutes".
 
* Episode 2 : {{e|Anomaly}} : The [[viewscreen]] sensor data display showing the [[Osaarian]] ship's ion trail contains the number 6'''74'''832.
 
* Episode 5 : {{e|Impulse}} : The crew complement of the ''[[Seleya]]'' is 1'''47'''.
 
* Episode 10 : {{e|Similitude}} : [[Sim]]'s space coffin's ID number (visible during final scene) begins with 2'''47'''.
 
 
=== Season 4 ===
 
* Episode 13 : {{e|United}} : [[Travis Mayweather]] reports that [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']] will take '''47''' minutes to intercept the [[prototype]] [[Romulan drone-ship]] at maximum [[warp]].
 
* Episode 15 : {{e|Affliction}} : Close-ups of [[Malcolm Reed]]'s [[tactical]] console display references of '''47'''.
 
* Episode 16 : {{e|Divergence}} : In ''Enterprise'''s [[brig]], [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] tells [[Lieutenant]] Reed that the [[starship]]'s [[warp reactor]] will breach in '''47''' minutes if measures aren't taken to save the ship.
 
* Episode 19 : {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}} : [[T'Pol (mirror)|Mirror T'Pol]] tells [[Jonathan Archer (mirror)|mirror Archer]] that '''47''' crew members from the [[ISS Enterprise (NX-01)|mirror ''Enterprise'']] made it to the [[USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|''Defiant'']].
 
* Episode 20 : {{e|Demons}} : Trip is invited to a [[Terra Prime]] meeting at level '''7''' junction '''4'''.
 
* Episode 21 : {{e|Terra Prime}} : The hybrid baby is held in chamber 03-'''47'''.
 
* Episode 22 : {{e|These Are the Voyages...}} : The ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Next Generation]]'' section of this episode starts on [[stardate]] '''47'''457.1.
 
 
==Movies==
 
* {{film|7}} : '''47''' out of 150 [[El-Aurian]] refugees were saved by the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)|USS ''Enterprise''-B]]. [[Data]] says that the [[nexus]] will arrive at [[Veridian III]] in '''47''' minutes. When the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise''-D]]'s [[Deflector shield|shields]] operate at a frequency of 25'''7.4'''.
 
* {{film|8}} : The code entered by [[Lieutenant]] [[Hawk (Lieutenant)|Hawk]] to release the Magnetic Interlock is 32'''47'''82398'''47'''9578393. [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]]'s voice [[authorization code]] was "Picard-'''4'''-'''7'''-Alpha-Tango". The screen on which the coordinates for [[Gravett Island]] are entered is labeled "Evacuation Pod II-'''47'''".
 
* {{film|9}} : The [[LCARS]] control panel that Picard uses to call up the lyrics to ''[[A British Tar]]'' has a button labeled '''47''' at the far right. This panel appears in many TNG, DS9, and VOY episodes. It is recognizable by the sequence of numbers, from top to bottom: 51, '''47''', 88, 3, 69, 40, 77.
 
* {{film|10}} : The scan which compared Picard's and [[Shinzon]]'s [[DNA]], is labeled "DNA Comparison Scan 029'''47'''". A message from Captain Picard sent to [[Deanna Troi]] during the battle with the ''[[Scimitar]]'' contained the string "Auto Confirmation '''47''' 765'''4 7'''839".
 
 
==Other==
 
* [[Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force]] : When briefing the [[Hazard Team]] about their new mission, [[Tuvok|Lt. Tuvok]] stated that the Harvester ship is 3 hours and '''47''' minutes away from [[USS Voyager|Voyager]].
 
 
==External Links==
 
* [http://www.pomona.edu/Welcome/Trek/trek.shtml About the number 47 in Star Trek]
 
 
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Weapons locker, 2372

The use of 47 on a DS9 weapons locker

For the year 47, please see 1st century.

The number 47 makes frequent recurrences in dialogues and on computer screens in Star Trek.

The origin of the significance of 47 can be traced to Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager writer Joe Menosky, who attended Pomona College in California. There is a club at Pomona called The 47 Society, which claims that there exists a mathematical proof that all numbers are equal to 47, and that the number 47 occurs with greater frequency in nature than other numbers – 74 makes frequent reappearances as well, as does 23 (half of 47 rounded down).

Joe Menosky first started including references to 47 in his scripts in the fourth season of TNG, and the in-joke quickly caught on among the rest of the staff. Since then, references to 47 have been included in many episodes and movies of all the modern series.

According to Ronald D. Moore, the number of 47 references in later seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine declined as the production staff tired of the joke. (AOL chat, 1997)

When asked about the significance of the number, Rick Berman once joked, "47 is 42, corrected for inflation" referring to 42 being "the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" according to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

The joke continued in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, as there are frequent 47s to be found in the alternate reality. Abrams also used the number frequently in his previous TV series Alias.

In Star Trek Online, the MMORPG by Cryptic Studios, a major hub for Federation players to interact inside Spacedock One is on Deck 47. Off to the side of the promenade on Earth Spacedock, a player can dance at Club 47.

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