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The oscillation overthruster was a device in Soong-type androids. This device was located in the primary system module (torso) of the androids.

In 2365, when Commander William T. Riker was reviewing the technical specifications for Lieutenant Commander Data, this device was listed as one of the components in the primary system module. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")

As of 2401, an oscillation overthruster was stored on Daystrom Station. (PIC: "The Bounty")

This is one of the numerous references in Trek to The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. An actual Oscillation overthruster prop made an appearance on a number of occasions in several Star Trek series.
From the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 115), "A small hand prop from the 1982 motion picture The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, written by Earl Mac Rauch and directed by W.D. Richter. In the film, the overthruster was invented by Dr. Buckaroo Banzai and was the key to interdimensional travel. A replica of this prop was supplied to Star Trek by modelmaker Greg Jein for use in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, althought it was not actually seen in the film. It was used several times in various Star Trek episodes, but it was never called an overthruster. The first was as an isolinear chip reader used by Wesley Crusher in "11001001" (TNG). The overthruster was repainted and used again in "Pen Pals" (TNG) as a spectral analyser device in the planetary geosciences lab. In "The Best of Both Worlds" (TNG), it was once again repainted and used as a Borg surgical instrument. Dr. Bashir used it as a handheld sensor in "A Man Alone" (DS9). It was a Cardassian tool on at least one occassion. Additional replicas were later made, which appeared among the equipment installed in Zefram Cochrane's spaceship Phoenix during his historic warp flight in Star Trek: First Contact." Note: The film was released in 1984, not 1982.

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