Editing Self-Sealing Stem Bolt

[[Image:Self-sealing stem bolt.jpg|thumb|250px|right|packaged self-sealing stem bolts]]

Self-sealing stem bolts are mysterious devices of unknown use and origin. The field of application of the self-sealing stem bolts is shrouded in mystery; not even Miles O'Brien, who otherwise can fix anything, knew what they were for. (DS9: "Progress")

In 2369, Jake Sisko and Nog traded 5,000 wrappages of Cardassian yamok sauce for 100 gross self-sealing stem bolts, to a Lissepian freighter [[Rank|captain]]. (DS9: "Progress")

In 2371, an opportunity presented itself to Quark to get rid of the stash of self-sealing stem bolts sitting in Cargo Bay 11. He offered them to a wealthy prospective buyer named Emi for ten bars of gold-pressed [[latinum]]. Emi claimed that with the stem bolts, her family would be able to triple production of their [[Reverse-Ratcheting Routing Planer]]s. (DS9: "Prophet Motive")

While in captivity by the [[Jem'Hadar]], Bashir suggested a discovered escape tool might be either a self-sealing stem bolt or a reverse ratcheting router. (DS9: "By Inferno's Light")

When the Defiant returned from escorting a convoy, Worf complained that warriors should be doing "great deeds" and not guarding "shipments of stem bolts". (DS9: "Image in the Sand")

Apparently by late 2375, O'Brien did know what a self-sealing stem bolt was. When explaining his reasons to Dr. Bashir for taking a teaching post at Starfleet Academy, he quipped "somebody has to teach you officers the difference between a warp matrix flux capacitor and a self-sealing stem bolt" (DS9: "What You Leave Behind"). 

==See also:==

[[Stem Bolt]]


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