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Louisiana was a region of the North American continent on the planet Earth, with boundaries that were created as the area was settled as a geopolitical subdivision of the United States of America nation.
History and specifics[]
Louisiana is located in the southern part of the United States. The eastern border of the state is at the Mississippi River, and to the south it is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico.
Louisiana bayous were brimming with mosquitos. (DS9 novel: The 34th Rule)
Swamp gas glowed in Louisiana. Patterson saw the effect in the 19th century. (TOS - Strange New Worlds VIII short story: "Shanghaied")
Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas natives sometimes spoke with a southern drawl accent. Cervantes Quinn affected the accent while talking to customs officer Ivan Vumelko in 2265. (VAN novel: Harbinger)
Captain Benjamin Sisko was a native of Louisiana, having been born in the city of New Orleans in 2332. His father Joseph Sisko lived in New Orleans, and owned a creole restaurant named Sisko's Creole Kitchen, in the French Quarter of the city. (DS9 episode: "Image in the Sand")
Jake and Benjamin Sisko once drank moonshine in the Louisiana bayous. (DS9 novel: Vengeance)
Keiko O'Brien knew that August was not the most comfortable month to visit southern Louisiana, but Miles O'Brien brought his family there for a visit in August 2376. (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Lesser Evil)
Early in the 25th century, Nog visited Jake's Louisiana residence in Terrebonne Parish. (ENT novel: The Good That Men Do)
In February 2423, Jake Sisko signed his history of the Undine War, The Needs of the Many, from Louisiana. (STO novel: The Needs of the Many)
Points of interest[]
Louisiana natives[]
- Pascal Boudreaux [2]
- Patterson [3]
- Esperanza Piñiero (Terrebonne Parish) [4]
- Benjamin Sisko (New Orleans) [5]
- Jake Sisko (Terrebonne Parish) [4] [6]
- Judith Sisko [7]
- Joseph Sisko (New Orleans) [5]
Appendices[]
Background[]
- Star Trek authors Myrna Culbreath and Sondra Marshak reside in Baton Rouge.
See also[]
- Baton Rouge-class
- USS Baton Rouge
- USS Baton Rouge (2360s-era starship)
- USS Baton Rouge (Defiant-class destroyer escort)
- New Orleans-class
- USS New Orleans
Connections[]
| Geographical regions of the United States of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| States and districts | Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Cibola • Colorado • District of Columbia • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Guam • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Puerto Rico • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming |   
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| Geographical and cultural regions | Midwest • New England • Pacific Northwest • The South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[]
- ↑ TOS - Worlds Apart novel: The Final Reflection
- ↑ ST - The Fall novel: A Ceremony of Losses
- ↑ TOS - Strange New Worlds VIII short story: "Shanghaied"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 STO novel: The Needs of the Many
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 DS9 episode: "Image in the Sand"
- ↑ ENT novel: The Good That Men Do
- ↑ DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Lesser Evil
- Decipher RPG module: Narrator's Guide
- Last Unicorn RPG - Starfleet Academy module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth
External links[]
- Louisiana article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Louisiana article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.