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X! board as part of Starfleet's new exchange program, he discusses the program
X! with Picard, who thinks an Enterprise officer should participate.
X! When Riker hears there's a Klingon vessel in the area, he volunteers eagerly.
X  
X! As the Enterprise heads to rendezvous with that vessel, the Pagh, Worf discusses
X! Klingon policy with Riker, particularly the idea that the first officer's duty
X! is to assassinate the captain should he become weak.
X! Riker later samples Klingon food in preparation for his new assignment.
X! Just before he leaves,
X! Worf gives him an emergency transponder to ensure his safe return.
X! 
X! When they arrive and rendezvous with the Pagh, the captain, Kargon, immediately 
X! orders Picard to beam Riker over.
X! On the bridge, Mendon notices a strange form of bacteria on the Pagh,
X! but says nothing.
X! Riker is wished well and beamed over.
X! 
X! One of the first things he does is answer a challenge to his authority as first
X! officer from his second officer, Lt. Klag.
X! Meanwhile, Enterprise sensors detect the same substance on its hull.
X! When Mendon mentions that he saw it earlier, he
X! is chastised for not reporting it then (though Benzite procedure required that 
X! he not mention the problem until he had a working solution).
X! He is put to work,
X! with Data, to analyze the bacteria and find out everything he can about them.
X! 
X! Riker, in the mess hall of the Pagh, deals with such novelties as live serpent
X! worms (``Gagh is always best when served live,'' says one Klingon), and two 
X! Klingon women expressing curiosity about how he would endure ``them''.
X! Meanwhile, Mendon and Data find out that the Pagh contains more of the compounds
X! the bacteria feed on, and thus are more vulnerable, and the Enterprise begins 
X! searching for the Pagh.
X! 
X! Kargon, however, has already found the damage, and is convinced this is 
X! Federation treachery.
X! He begins planning to attack the Enterprise, and doubles 
X! his efforts when they discover the Enterprise is on an intercept course.
X! When he orders Riker to give him the secrets of the Enterprise, however,
X! Riker refuses, saying it is possible for him to follow his oath to the
X! Pagh without breaking his oath to Starfleet.
X! Mendon figures out how to remove the bacteria, and 
X! Picard puts that in the hailing message, but Kargon still insists on attacking.
X! 
X! Riker then takes out his transponder and tricks Kargon into taking it.
X! When the Enterprise accidentally beams \f3Kargon\f1 onto the bridge,
X! Riker becomes captain of the Pagh, and orders the Enterprise to surrender.
X! Picard agrees, and commences repairs on the Pagh.
X! Kargon is returned to his ship, and throws Riker off it.
X! Riker returns to the Enterprise and commends Worf on his noble race.
X! .sp -1v
X  .HL
X***************
X*** 689,690 ****
X--- 828,830 ----
X  vessel which plans to attack the Enterprise.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .AC
X***************
X*** 693,694 ****
X--- 833,835 ----
X  A new assignment pits him against the Enterprise!
X+ .sp -1v
X  .TV
X***************
X*** 728,765 ****
X  .SY
X! When the U.S.S. Enterprise arrives at a newly established Starbase, Data is
X! ordered to serve under Captain [Commander] Bruce Maddox, who wishes to
X! disassemble and study him so that more androids can be made for Starfleet's use.
X! 
X! But after Data learns that Maddox may not be able to reassemble him, he
X! refuses to submit to the procedure.
X! When Captain Picard is unable to have
X! the orders changed, Data's only option is to resign from Starfleet.
X! His decision to resign, however, is challenged by Maddox on the basis that Data
X! is not a person with rights, but property of the Federation.
X! 
X! The J.A.G. (Judge Advocate General) officer of the Starbase, Phillipa
X! Louvois, an old acquaintance of Picard, rules that Maddox's contention is
X! supported by a twenty-first century precedent.
X! Picard announces that he will challenge that ruling at a hearing.
X! Insufficently staffed, Phillipa explains that as senior officer,
X! Picard would have to defend Data, while the next most senior officer,
X! Riker, would have to prosecute.
X! A stickler for the law,
X! Phillipa warns that if Riker does not give his best effort,
X! she will summarily rule in favor of Maddox.
X! 
X! In his prosecution, Riker contends that Data is simply a machine\-the creation
X! of man\-and dramatically emphasizes his point by approaching Data from behind
X! and switching him off, leaving him lifeless in his seat.
X! Certain of his defeat,
X! Picard has a discussion with Guinan and she suggests that the
X! Federation's desire to create and own a race of disposable androids
X! is the recreation of slavery.
X! 
X! Making an impassioned plea for Data's freedom, Picard declares that in a
X! sense, all beings are created but that does not necessarily make them the
X! property of their creator.
X! Phillipa agrees with him, asserting that Data may be a machine,
X! but he is owned by no one and has the right to make his
X! own decisions regarding his life.
X  .HL
X--- 869,923 ----
X  .SY
X! .IX "Acts of Cumberland"
X! .IX sentience
X! While at Starbase 173 for crew rotation, Picard runs into an old acquaintance,
X! Captain Phillipa Louvois,
X! who once prosecuted him in the Stargazer court-martial,
X! but is now working for the JAG (Judge Advocate General) office in this sector.
X! Also on hand is Commander Bruce Maddox, who once on board the
X! Enterprise, announces his intention to dismantle Data.
X! 
X! Maddox is an expert in cybernetics, and has worked for years to recreate the 
X! work of Dr. Soongh, and he believes examining Data will give him the boost he
X! needs to create many more androids like Data.
X! However, when Picard, wary of Maddox's vagueness,
X! declines the offer, Maddox produces orders transferring Data to his command.
X! 
X! After talking to Data, Picard goes to Phillipa to find a way to block the 
X! transfer.
X! Unfortunately, the only option is for Data to resign from Starfleet.
X! This he does, immediately, but is interrupted while packing by Dr. Maddox,
X! who claims Data cannot resign.
X! Data says that he must, to protect Soongh's dream.
X! 
X! Maddox takes his complaint to Phillipa, and claims that since Data is property,
X! he cannot resign.
X! As she starts looking into this possibility, Data is thrown
X! a going-away party and wished well in whatever he chooses to do.
X! However, Phillipa then tells Picard and Riker that,
X! according to the Acts of Cumberland, Data \f3is\f1 the property of Starfleet,
X! and thus cannot resign, or even refuse to cooperate with Maddox.
X! Further, if a hearing is held to challenge this 
X! ruling, since Phillipa has no staff, serving officers must serve as counsel,
X! with Picard defending and Riker prosecuting.
X! 
X! Riker does some research and presents a devastating case for the prosecution,
X! turning Data off while talking about cutting Pinocchio's strings.
X! Picard, taken aback, asks for a recess, and talks to Guinan.
X! Guinan subtly gets Picard to realize that if Data, and his eventual successors,
X! are held to be ``disposable people'',
X! that's no better than slavery all over again.
X! Picard, renewed, presents his defense.
X! 
X! He asks Data why he values such things as his medals, a gift from Picard, and 
X! especially a holographic image of Tasha (surprising Phillipa with Data's 
X! statement that they were ``intimate'').
X! He calls Maddox as a hostile witness,
X! and demands from him the requirements for sentience.
X! Finally, Picard points out
X! that the possibility of thousands of Datas is becoming a race, and claims that
X! ``Starfleet was founded to seek out new life\-well \f3there it sits!!\f1''
X! Phillipa rules in favor of Data, who refuses to undergo Maddox's procedure.
X! Maddox cancels the transfer order, and Data comforts Riker, saying he will not
X! easily forget how Riker injured himself (by prosecuting) to save Data.
X! .sp -1v
X  .HL
X***************
X*** 768,769 ****
X--- 926,928 ----
X  Picard is enlisted to defend his rights in court.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .AC
X***************
X*** 770,773 ****
X  DATA FACES DESTRUCTION
X! 
X  He's fighting for survival after Starfleet decides to disassemble him!
X  .TV
X--- 929,933 ----
X  DATA FACES DESTRUCTION
X! .sp .5v
X  He's fighting for survival after Starfleet decides to disassemble him!
X+ .sp -1v
X  .TV
X***************
X*** 774,775 ****
X--- 934,936 ----
X  Data faces destruction on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .ED
X***************
X*** 824,826 ****
X  .ft 1
X! .sp .5v
X  .IX "Klavdia Three"
X--- 985,999 ----
X  .ft 1
X! 
X! .ps 9
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X  .IX "Klavdia Three"
X***************
X*** 830,871 ****
X  .IX "mousse, Thalian chocolate"
X! The U.S.S. Enterprise is assigned to escort a young girl and her guardian from
X! the planet Klavdia Three, where they have lived almost all of the girl's life,
X! to Daled Four, the planet she was born to rule.
X! .sp .5v
X! The sixteen-year-old Salia has a chance encounter with Wesley, who is instantly
X! and obviously smitten with her, much to the dismay of the girl's overprotective
X! guardian Anya.
X! After a short lesson in love from Guinan and Riker, a nervous
X! Wesley calls on Salia in her quarters, where he introduces her to Thalian
X! chocolate mousse.
X! All the while, Troi is concerned that the emotions she
X! senses from the new passengers don't seem to fit who they are.
X! .sp .5v
X! Meanwhile, during a tour of sickbay Anya discovers that there's a contagious
X! patient on board and insists that he be killed immediately.
X! When no action is taken,
X! Anya becomes a raging monster intent on murdering the patient herself.
X! Worf is barely able to fight off the monster before security arrives.
X! Dr. Pulaski suspects that the passengers are allasomorphs,
X! a species rumored to possess the power to change into other life forms.
X! In order not to provoke Anya further,
X! Picard orders Wesley to stay away from Salia.
X! .sp .5v
X! Disobeying Anya's wishes, Salia sneaks into Wesley's room, where the two
X! exchange passionate kisses.
X! When the angry monster suddenly appears,
X! Salia herself transforms into an even more frightening creature, resulting in a
X! tense stand-off between the girl and her guardian.
X! After they change back into their humanoid forms,
X! Wesley is left stunned at the discovery that the
X! girl of his dreams is not who he thinks she is.
X! .sp .5v
X! Nearing the end of her stay, Salia tries to apologize to Wesley for any pain
X! she may have caused him, but her pleas are met with indifference.
X! Telling Wesley that she loves him, Salia heads toward the transporter room.
X! When Wesley realizes his true feelings, he bursts into the transporter room
X! bearing a bowl of Thalian chocolate mousse just as Salia is about to be
X! beamed down to Daled Four.
X! The two share a last taste and a last embrace
X! before Salia bids Wesley a fond farewell.
X  .sp -1v
X--- 1003,1062 ----
X  .IX "mousse, Thalian chocolate"
X! The Enterprise arrives at Klavdia Three and picks up Salia,
X! future ruler of Daled Four, with her guardian Anya.
X! Geordi takes the opportunity to make some minor
X! adjustments to the warp engines, and sends Wesley for a magnet.
X! Wes gets it, and then runs into Salia,
X! and they seem immediately attracted to one another.
X! .sp .5v
X! While Troi expresses concern that Salia and Anya may not be exactly what they
X! appear to be (i.e. humanoid), Geordi sends Wesley out of Engineering until his
X! hormones calm down.
X! Wes consults with Worf, Data, and Riker about what to say
X! to Salia, but none are particularly helpful.
X! While Anya (whom we've seen change
X! her shape earlier) takes a tour of the ship, Wes lurks outside Salia's door, 
X! until she asks him in to find out how to work the food dispenser.
X! .sp .5v
X! Anya, meanwhile, is acting overly paranoid with respect to Salia's safety.
X! When she sees Geordi is making repairs,
X! she demands to know exactly what the problem is,
X! and says she'll be back to check his progress.
X! Worse yet, when she sees
X! someone in Sickbay with a contagious disease, she insists he be killed.
X! When Pulaski refuses, Anya changes shape into a hideous monster and tries
X! to do it herself,
X! but is stopped (more or less) by Worf and assumes her original shape.
X! Picard confines her to quarters, but confesses there may be a problem if Anya
X! changes shape again.
X! .sp .5v
X! Meanwhile, Wes has shown Salia many worlds in the holodeck, and is now eating 
X! with her in Ten-Forward.
X! She becomes depressed that she will probably never
X! leave Daled Four once they arrive.
X! (It is hoped that her leadership will unite two warring factions,
X! since she is a child of both, but it's also a full-time job.)
X! When Wes naively suggests staying on the Enterprise, she bursts into
X! tears and leaves.
X! Wes follows, but then the two are separated by Picard and
X! Anya, who's already noticed Salia's gone.
X! .sp .5v
X! As the ship departs for Daled Four (since Geordi's done with his repairs), Picard
X! explains to Wes that Anya's a shape-changer (allasomorph) and very dangerous.
X! Wes promises to stay away from her,
X! but allows Salia in when she sneaks out of her room while Anya's sleeping.
X! The two kiss, but are interrupted by Anya, again as a monster.
X! To Wes's shock, Salia then changes form herself, into something even worse.
X! .sp .5v
X! The ship arrives at Daled Four,
X! and Anya tells Salia that her task as protector is over,
X! and she is not coming to the planet, but returning to her home.
X! When Salia comes to Wes's quarters to say goodbye, however,
X! Wes is angry and hurt, and asks Salia to leave.
X! However, as she prepares to beam down, he brings her 
X! some Thalian chocolate mousse as ``a taste to remember me by.''
X! He watches her assume her natural form, one of wondrous light,
X! and then goes to Ten-Forward, where Guinan comforts him.
X! .ps
X! .ss
X! .vs
X  .sp -1v
X***************
X*** 872,874 ****
X  .HL
X- .sp -.5v
X  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION \- ``The Dauphin'' \-
X--- 1063,1064 ----
X***************
X*** 933,972 ****
X  .IX Romulans
X! The Enterprise enters the Neutral Zone in response to a desperate plea for
X! aid from the U.S.S. Yamato, which has been crippled by a series of a dangerous,
X! inexplicable malfunctions on its voyage to the homelands of the Iconians,
X! an extinct civilization.
X! 
X! When the Yamato's captain tries to explain his mission to Picard, the
X! transmission breaks up and the Yamato suddenly explodes.
X! Investigating the incident,
X! Picards learns that a mysterious probe was launched at the Yamato
X! several days earlier, emitting a burst of energy at the ship.
X! En route to Iconia to retrace the Yamato's course,
X! the Enterprise experiences system
X! failures similar to those the doomed vessel faced prior to its destruction.
X! Geordi informs Picard that the probe rewrote the Yamato software, causing its
X! disintegration, and that the Enterprise computer was infected when it
X! downloaded the Yamato log, prior to the ship's explosion.
X! 
X! In an effort to save the Enterprise, Picard and the Away Team beam down
X! to Iconia.
X! At the same time, a Romulan vessel orders the Enterprise to leave the
X! Neutral Zone and begins firing photon torpedoes at the ship, whose
X! malfunctioning shields cannot be raised.
X! Fortunately, the Romulan weapons suddenly disarm \-
X! it becomes clear that their ship is also ``infected.''
X! When Riker is finally able to activate the Enterprise shields,
X! he orders that they be kept up to deflect another Romulan attack \-
X! even though it will prevent the Away Team from being beamed back aboard.
X! 
X! Meanwhile, the Away Team discovers a gateway on Iconia which allows for time
X! travel.
X! When the power source which has been activating the probes tries to
X! rewrite Data's software, Worf saves him by carying him through the gateway in
X! which an image of the Enterprise has appeared.
X! Back on the Enterprise, Data's self-correcting mechanism begins
X! overriding the foreign program,
X! reminding Geordi that the Enterprise computers have the same capability.
X! After Picard destroys the power source on Iconia to keep it out of the
X! Romulan hands, he beams safely back to the Enterprise.
X  .HL
X--- 1123,1175 ----
X  .IX Romulans
X! The Enterprise warps into the Neutral Zone to help its sister ship, the Yamato,
X! which has been having strange systems failures.
X! Picard contacts Capt. Varley, who thinks the problems are symptoms of a
X! design flaw, and says he's in the Zone because he's found \f3Iconia\f1.
X! Unfortunately, just then, the Yamato
X! inexplicably explodes\-and a Romulan ship decloaks.
X! 
X! The Romulan commander demands an explanation for the Enterprise's presence in
X! the Neutral Zone, but Picard says only that they will leave once they are
X! convinced the Romulans were not responsible for the Yamato's destruction.
X! Upon downloading and examining the Yamato's logs,
X! Geordi becomes convinced it was not the Romulans,
X! but they decide to sit right where they are, just in case it is a design flaw.
X! Picard examines Varley's personal logs, and finds Varley obsessed
X! with getting to Iconia, a legendary planet of vast technological achievement, 
X! before the Romulans do.
X! He decides to travel to Iconia (or, at least, what 
X! Varley believed to be Iconia) himself, despite it being further in the Zone, 
X! and despite strange malfunctions that begin to occur on the Enterprise.
X! 
X! Upon arriving at Iconia, they are approached by a probe similar to one that 
X! scanned the Yamato, but manage to destroy it before it can scan them.
X! Geordi deduces that an alien computer program from the probe is what destroyed
X! the Yamato, and Picard, Data, and Worf beam down to the apparently long-dead
X! Iconia to look for anything that could help them solve their own problems.
X! You see, in taking the Yamato logs, they also took the program,
X! so it's gradually spreading.
X! 
X! Back in space, the Romulan vessel appears again.
X! As Riker calls for red alert, shields and weapons start failing at random.
X! The ship is helpless, but suddenly
X! it becomes clear that the same thing is happening to the Romulan ship.
X! Picard, meanwhile, finds a control center, and Data accidentally activates the
X! Iconian equivalent of a transporter, which can go anywhere.
X! Picard, not willing to risk Iconia falling into Romulan hands, decides to
X! destroy the installation\-but then Data is taken over by the program himself.
X! 
X! Picard orders Worf to take Data back the next time the image switches to the
X! Enterprise (which it's already done before), and quickly asks Data how to
X! destroy the installation.
X! Data, badly damaged, manages to tell Picard how to do this,
X! then he and Worf leave.
X! Data, in Engineering, completely shuts down,
X! then revives, intact except for a slight memory loss.
X! Geordi realizes that a complete shutdown and wipe of affected memory
X! will ``cure'' the Enterprise, and does that.
X! Picard, meanwhile, triggers the destruct and runs through the gate,
X! where he finds himself smack aboard the Romulan ship, where the auto-destruct
X! has engaged itself.
X! The Enterprise beams Picard back, and Riker and Geordi 
X! tell Torres how to save her ship, as the Enterprise warps away.
X  .HL
X***************
X*** 1028,1060 ****
X  
X! .IX "Air Force insignia"
X! .IX "NASA insignia"
X  .IX casino
X! In an unmapped solar system, the U.S.S. Enterprise discovers a jagged chunk
X! of metal bearing a United States Air Force [NASA] insignia.
X! 
X! The Away Team beams down to a building on a nearby planet,
X! hoping to find a connection between the structure and the ship fragment.
X! Riker, Worf and Data materialize in front of a revolving door that
X! leads them into the casino of the Hotel Royale,
X! and cuts off their communication with the Enterprise.
X! The away team is trapped by the revolving door,
X! which continually leads back into the casino lobby,
X! full of employees and patrons showing no signs of life.
X! 
X! While the Away Team searches for an exit, the drama of a bellboy preparing to
X! fight an evil gambler for the woman he loves unfolds before them.
X! In another one of the hotel rooms,
X! the crew discovers the body of an American Air Force
X! officer and among his remains,
X! a novel titled ``The Hotel Royale'', the story being lived out before them.
X! As communication with the Enterprise is restored,
X! Data reads from the officer's diary that the world was created by aliens who
X! misinterpretted the novel to reflect the preferred human way of life.
X! 
X! Back in the casino, Riker realizes that the key to their exit may be found in
X! the book.
X! Picard tells Riker that the story ends with ``foreign investors''
X! buying out the hotel, and life for the other characters going on as before.
X! Data, calculating percentages at the crap table, quickly breaks the bank,
X! buys the hotel and, buys their way out of the perpetual drama.
X  .HL
X--- 1231,1287 ----
X  
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X! .IX "NASA symbol"
X  .IX casino
X! While exploring a previously unmapped solar system, the Enterprise investigates
X! reports of debris orbiting an exceptionally nasty planet.
X! When they beam a fragment aboard, they're shocked to find a NASA symbol on it.
X! They detect one building down planetside,
X! with breathable air smack in the middle of a vicious storm system.
X! Riker, Data and Worf beam down.
X! 
X! They find only an antique revolving door.
X! When they go through, they find 
X! themselves in ``The Hotel Royale'', a hotel and gambling casino, and are 
X! welcomed by the desk clerk as three foreign gentlemen (expected, of course).
X! Communications with the ship are lost, and Geordi and Wes begin working on 
X! finding a frequency that will work.
X! Data, meanwhile, finds that none of the
X! figures they see around them are emitting life signs.
X! 
X! While Geordi and Wes continue their work, Data learns how to play blackjack from
X! Texas, one of the gamblers, and wins easily.
X! Riker, becoming less amused, 
X! assembles Data and Worf and the three try to leave, only to find they cannot.
X! The revolving door takes them back where they started, and no other exits can be
X! found.
X! (The walls are also phaser-resistant.)
X! Riker confronts the desk clerk
X! again, who doesn't seem to realize he's not on Earth, and is not at all helpful.
X! Then, Data detects signs of human DNA, and they go upstairs to investigate.
X! 
X! They find the remains of Steven Richey, pilot of the Charybdis, a ship launched 
X! in the mid-21st century.
X! From his diary, they discover that his ship was seized
X! by aliens, and all aboard but him were killed.
X! Out of guilt, the aliens made
X! him this locale in which to live, basing their ideas of a human lifestyle out of
X! ``The Hotel Royale'', a badly written novel one of the crew had with them.
X! Picard manages to get through to them, and the ship gets to work looking through
X! the novel for possible ways out.
X! 
X! After a climactic scene from the novel in which the bellboy is killed by the
X! gangster Mickey D. over a woman named Rita, Picard finds out that the novel ends
X! by three foreign gentlemen buying out the hotel.
X! Data starts playing craps, and after correcting the faulty dice,
X! easily wins the $12.3 million needed to buy the hotel.
X! The team buys out the hotel and leaves--with no injuries, but no answers.
X! .sp -1v
X  .HL
X***************
X*** 1064,1065 ****
X--- 1291,1293 ----
X  Royale'', a novel come to life.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .AC
X***************
X*** 1068,1069 ****
X--- 1296,1298 ----
X  The crew is caught in the grip of an alien game.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .TV
X***************
X*** 1100,1135 ****
X  .IX "Federation shuttle craft"
X! .IX "energy whirlpool"
X! .IX "Picard double"
X! The U.S.S. Enterprise encounters a Federation shuttle craft cartwheeling out
X! of control through space, and pulls it into the shuttle bay.
X! 
X! Riker discovers that the shuttle craft belongs to the Enterprise,
X! and Dr. Pulaski finds an unconscious double of Picard inside.
X! Captain Picard accompanies his double to sickbay,
X! where Troi explains that the double is really Picard, but from another time.
X! Data tells Picard that the shuttle's
X! on-board clock shows it to be just six hours ahead of the Enterprise.
X! 
X! Scenes taken by the shuttle camera as it left the Enterprise show the Enterprise
X! surrounded by a whirlpool of energy.
X! The double, frightened and confused in a nightmare world of his own,
X! is unable to convey any information about the impending danger,
X! and a scan of the area reveals nothing similar to the force
X! filmed by the shuttle camera.
X! Picard begins to doubt himself and worries that the judgement he made,
X! as his double in the future,
X! may have left him and his crew in a never-ending cycle of torment.
X! 
X! Suddenly, the whirlpool is upon them.
X! Picard orders Geordi to take the Enterprise away at warp speed,
X! but when it is unable to move,
X! the Enterprise is forced to shut down before it is torn apart by the strain.
X! The whirlpool lashes a tongue of energy which strikes each Picard,
X! leading Troi to explain to Picard that the energy only wants him.
X! Learning of his double's resolve to again leave the ship,
X! Picard decides that they will never be able to move
X! forward until the cycle is broken.
X! He orders the Enterprise to charge directly into the vortex.
X! After a tense moment, the double, the shuttle and the whirlpool disappear,
X! leaving the Enterprise alone and on course again.
X  .HL
X--- 1329,1388 ----
X  .IX "Federation shuttle craft"
X! .IX "energy vortex"
X! .IX "Picard duplicate"
X! The Enterprise picks up an automated distress signal from a shuttlecraft, which
X! is without power.
X! They pick it up, and are stunned to find it's a duplicate of
X! an Enterprise shuttle, and contains a duplicate of Captain Picard!!
X! Pulaski inspects Picard-2, and says the life signs are confusing\-he's human,
X! but his brainwaves are ``out of phase''.
X! The unconscious Picard-2 is taken to sickbay,
X! and Picard consults with Troi, who says that really is him.
X! Data and Geordi begin working on extracting the shuttle logs,
X! but have difficulty doing so, due to odd phase differences.
X! When they finally extract what they can of the logs,
X! they notice the stardate is from six hours in the future.
X! 
X! Pulaski wakes Picard-2, who seems terrified and is completely incoherent.
X! Then, at the staff meeting, Geordi and Data play back the logs, which show the
X! Enterprise destroyed in 3 hours, 19 minutes' time, with only Picard escaping in
X! the shuttle.
X! Not knowing precisely how to avoid their fate, or even if they 
X! \f3can\f1, they decide to continue on course.
X! Pulaski, meanwhile, informs Picard
X! that Picard-2 should become more coherent as they approach the time he left.
X! A bit later, he's slightly more coherent,
X! but is still lost to where and when he is.
X! Picard gets angry and leaves.
X! 
X! A short time later, Riker suggests Picard restrain his ``natural'' tendency to 
X! immediately find an action appropriate to the problem\-to ``sit down, shut up
X! and wait,'' as Picard puts it.
X! Then, suddenly, a strange energy vortex appears
X! below the Enterprise and starts sucking them in.
X! Picard initially decides to investigate, but then changes his mind.
X! However, even maximum power isn't
X! enough to get them away, and it in fact becomes a problem, since they then need
X! to cut power for an instant, tightening the vortex's grip.
X! They launch a probe, which is quickly destroyed.
X! Then, a beam of energy strikes both Picards, and
X! after a second bolt hits, Troi senses the entity behind the vortex is centered
X! entirely on Picard now.
X! Picard realizes that Picard-2's idea was that if he 
X! left, it might distract the entity long enough for the Enterprise to get away.
X! 
X! He heads down to sickbay, and orders Picard freed and the evacuation of all 
X! personnel from shuttle bay 2.
X! Both Picards go to the bay, but Picard-2, though
X! coherent, is not listening to anything other than his own need to leave\-he's
X! locked into the path he's already taken.
X! After talking to Picard-2 for a short time,
X! Picard realize the ``other choice'' is to go \f3forward\f1, into the vortex.
X! Saying that before this can happen, ``the cycle must end'', he kills Picard-2,
X! and goes back to the bridge.
X! He orders the ship forward, heading directly for the center of the void.
X! As they travel, both Picard-2 and the duplicate shuttle
X! vanish, as does the void a few seconds later.
X! The crisis over, Picard goes to
X! the observation deck to ponder the questions this incident has raised.
X! .sp -1v
X  .HL
X***************
X*** 1138,1139 ****
X--- 1391,1393 ----
X  double of Captain Picard from six hours in the future.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .AC
X***************
X*** 1142,1143 ****
X--- 1396,1398 ----
X  Can the Captain and crew escape a deadly time warp?
X+ .sp -1v
X  .TV
X***************
X*** 1144,1145 ****
X--- 1399,1401 ----
X  Crew caught in deadly time warp on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .ED
X***************
X*** 1181,1183 ****
X  .SY
X- .IX Dreadnaught
X  .IX Aries
X--- 1437,1438 ----
X***************
X*** 1184,1217 ****
X  .IX "Starbase Montgomery"
X! .IX "punzo-gai-roku"
X! When Riker is offered a captain's position on the Starship Dreadnaught[Aries],
X! the U.S.S. Enterprise heads for Starbase Montgomery so he can be briefed
X! on the assignment.
X! 
X! Arriving at the Starbase, Riker is visibly shaken when his father Kyle,
X! whom Riker hasn't seen in 15 years, is beamed aboard to brief him.
X! Although it immediately becomes apparent that their relationship is strained,
X! Riker summarily rejects Kyle's efforts to reconcile with his son.
X! 
X! Meanwhile, Worf is showing increased hostility toward the crew,
X! for no apparent reason.
X! Wesley's investigation into the cause of Worf's uncharacteristic
X! behavior soon reveals that he is feeling culturally isolated because it is
X! the tenth anniversary of his Age of Ascension, a ritual marking a new level
X! of Klingon spiritual attainment.
X! 
X! To help Worf celebrate his anniversary, Data, Geordi and Wesley surprise him
X! by recreating a Klingon ritual chamber in the holodeck.
X! They are, in turn,
X! surprised to learn that the ritual is a test of a Klingon's ability to endure
X! pain at the hands of his friends.
X! 
X! While Riker packs for his new assignment, Kyle's attempts at reconcilliation
X! are again rebuffed, prompting him to challenge his son to a punzo-gai-roku
X! match, the ultimate martial art.
X! The match gives Kyle the opportunity he needs
X! to finally resolve his conflicted relationship with his son.
X! 
X! As the crew sullenly prepares to leave the Starbase without Riker, he surprises
X! them by appearing on the bridge,
X! declaring his intent to stay on as First Officer.
X  .HL
X--- 1439,1482 ----
X  .IX "Starbase Montgomery"
X! .IX "Age of Ascension"
X! While the Enterprise is docked at Starbase Montgomery for ``engineering
X! consultations'', Riker discovers he's been offered command of the USS Aries, a 
X! small exploration ship on the frontier.
X! He has 24 hours to decide whether to take the post,
X! and Starfleet sends a civilian advisor to brief Riker on the mission.
X! To Riker's chagrin, the advisor is his long-estranged father, Kyle.
X! 
X! Kyle is something of a Starfleet legend\-he knows everyone, and everyone knows
X! him (including Dr. Pulaski, who apparently was once in love with him).
X! Several times, Kyle tries to talk with Will, but is always coldly rebuffed.
X! Even at the briefing, when Kyle says he's ``here with my hand out,
X! son'', Will leaves in a huff.
X! Pulaski engineers a meeting between Kyle and Troi, which ends with Troi
X! sternly telling Kyle he should consider ``why you're so competitive with your
X! own son.''
X! 
X! Meanwhile, Wesley has noticed that Worf is out of sorts, and it seems to have
X! nothing to do with Riker's imminent transfer.
X! He enlists Geordi's and Data's
X! help, and eventually determines the cause: it is the tenth anniversary of Worf's
X! ``Age of Ascension'', and he has no Klingon friends or family to celebrate with.
X! The three decide to program the holodeck for an Ascension rite and to attend as
X! Worf's family.
X! Naturally, as it's a Klingon ceremony, pain figures rather highly in the rite.
X! 
X! A short time later, Will discusses command with Picard, who tells him that both
X! staying and leaving have merit, but says confidentially that ``there really is 
X! no substitute for holding the reins.''
X! After saying goodbye to Troi, Will tries to get his father to leave.
X! An argument ensues, and they decide to clear the air by engaging in an
X! Ambo-Jitsu match, despite objections from both Troi and Pulaski.
X! 
X! Troi, meanwhile, leads Worf to the holodeck, where he finds the rite all 
X! prepared, with Data, Geordi, Wes, O'Brien, and Pulaski in attendance.
X! He undergoes the rite, and suffers excruciating pain, but is grateful.
X! In the Ambo-Jitsu ring,
X! Kyle and Will finally release some of the emotions they've 
X! kept pent up for years (such as Will's anger that it was his mother who died and
X! not Kyle), and they part as friends.
X! Finally, Will, citing ``motivated self-interest'',
X! decides to stay aboard the Enterprise.
X  .HL
X***************
X*** 1257,1291 ****
X  .SY
X! .IX "Selcundi Drema planetary system"
X! .IX "Drema Four"
X! Data fights for a friend's life and Wesley is put to the test when the U.S.S.
X! Enterprise probes dangerous geological activity in the Selcundi Drema planetary
X! system.
X! 
X! Unbeknownst to the crew, Data has become pen pals with a little girl named
X! Sarjenka, who lives on Drema Four, one of the planets under investigation.
X! When Data tells Picard of his communications with Sarjenka, he learns that
X! her planet is in danger of imminent self-destruction as a result of growing
X! stresses beneath its surface.
X! 
X! Meanwhile, to help further Wesley's education as a Starfleet Ensign, Riker
X! puts him in charge of the mineral surveys which will determine what's causing
X! the quakes and volcanic eruptions on Drema Four.
X! Against better judgement,
X! Wesley allows the older crew members under his command to talk him out of
X! ordering a detailed and time-consuming analysis.
X! Later, a discussion with
X! Riker gives Wesley the confidence to order the tests, which soon reveal the
X! cause of the geological disturbances.
X! 
X! Shortly thereafter, Picard agrees to enlist the Enterprise's resources to
X! help save the inhabitants of Drema Four.
X! When Data loses contact with Sarjenka,
X! he beams down to the planet to guide her to a place where she can wait safely
X! until the Enterprise launches probes which will save her homeland.
X! 
X! But soon, realizing that Sarjenka's planet will tear itself apart more quickly
X! than anticipated, Data has the girl beamed aboard the Enterprise for
X! safekeeping.
X! After Sarjenka witnesses the launching of torpedoes which will
X! prevent a geological disaster, she is beamed back to her now safe home.
X  .HL
X--- 1522,1580 ----
X  .SY
X! .IX "Selcundi Drema Four"
X! The Enterprise is investigating unusual geologic activity in several planetary
X! systems.
X! Riker, wanting to give Wes a taste of command, puts him in charge of 
X! the planetary mineral surveys and tells him to assemble his team.
X! Wes quickly becomes intimidated by how much older and more experienced
X! all of his team are.
X! Meanwhile, while Data conducts an experiment to boost sensor output, he picks 
X! up a faint RF signal, which translates to ``Is anybody out there?''
X! 
X! Eight weeks later, Wes is having problems with Ensign Davies, one of his team
X! members.
X! Davies thinks running an icospectrogram on the samples they've 
X! obtained would be a waste of effort, and badgers Wes into agreeing with him.
X! Then, we see Data talking to Picard on the holodeck.
X! He tells Picard that he answered the call, that it was from a young child,
X! and that her species does not yet know of extraterrestrial cultures.
X! Picard, understandably, quietly says, ``Oops.''
X! Data is worried that Sarjenka is in trouble from the increasing 
X! geologic instability of her planet, but realizes that saving her is a flagrant
X! violation of the Prime Directive.
X! Picard decides to call a conference to decide
X! what to do, but orders Data in the meantime to cease all conversation with her. 
X! 
X! The next day, after a pep talk from Riker, Wes loses some of his uncertainty, 
X! and simply orders Davies to run the icogram.
X! Then, at the staff meeting, 
X! opinions on what's to be done run the gamut of possibilities.
X! Picard eventually
X! orders Data to sever all contact with Sarjenka, but when Data calls up her voice
X! one last time (ostensibly to isolate the signal), Picard changes his mind, 
X! saying that the ``voice from the darkness'' has now become a plea.
X! 
X! As the Enterprise orbits Selcundi Drema Four, Sarjenka's world, Wes tells Picard
X! that he and his team have found the reason for the instability, but that they 
X! need more time to find a solution.
X! As they work on finding one, Data asks to 
X! convey Sarjenka to a safer location.
X! His request is granted, but then he finds 
X! he cannot get a message through to her, because of the atmospheric interference.
X! He then asks Picard to \f3beam down\f1 to the planet,
X! saying that his message has not yet been delivered.
X! Picard grumbles extensively about Data's ``in for a 
X! penny, in for a pound'' attitude, but eventually allows it.
X! 
X! Data beams down and finds Sarjenka, but her family has already left for a safer
X! location\-she remained behind to wait for his call.
X! Judging that she can not long survive in the rapidly worsening environment,
X! Data has O'Brien beam them both up.
X! Data comes onto the bridge to assist in Wesley's solution to Drema's
X! instability, with Sarjenka firmly in tow, who refuses to leave Data, and is too
X! scared to be forced to.
X! The planet quickly quiets, and Picard orders Data to take Sarjenka to sickbay,
X! where Pulaski will remove her memories of Data and of the Enterprise.
X! Data, somewhat distraught, allows this, but when he returns her
X! to the planet, he leaves her with a souvenir from the Enterprise.  
X! .sp -1v
X  .HL
X***************
X*** 1294,1295 ****
X--- 1583,1585 ----
X  doomed for destruction.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .AC
X***************
X*** 1298,1299 ****
X--- 1588,1590 ----
X  Data desperately tries to save his friend before her planet self-destructs.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .TV
X***************
X*** 1331,1365 ****
X  .IX Borg
X! Picard's nemesis, the malevolent being named Q, hurls the U.S.S. Enterprise
X! into a distant galaxy after Picard refuses to let him become a member of the
X! crew.
X! 
X! Immediately upon arriving in the strange new world, the Enterprise encounters
X! an alien ship.
X! Suddenly, two Borgs \- part organic and part artificial
X! beings \- appear in the Main Engineering room.
X! Unfortunately, the Enterprise's
X! defenses are helpless against the powerful aliens,
X! who begin draining information from ship's computers.
X! 
X! Then, having surveyed the ship's weakened defensive capability, the Borg
X! vessel demands the surrender of the Enterprise.
X! When Picard refuses, a short but fierce battle ensues,
X! leaving both ships badly damaged and 18 Enterprise crew members dead.
X! Desperate to learn more about his seemingly invincible
X! enemy, Picard sends an Away Team to investigate the Borg ship, which is
X! controlled by the collective minds of all the Borgs, rather than by an
X! individual leader.
X! 
X! When Data reports that the Borgs are busy repairing their vessel, Picard
X! quickly orders the Away Team to beam back so that the Enterprise can make
X! its escape while the aliens are dormant.
X! But as soon as the ship begins moving, the Borgs give chase.
X! 
X! With the Borg vessel gaining on the Enterprise, Q appears on the bridge to
X! taunt Picard with insults about the inadequacies of the Enterprise.
X! As the Borgs close in and prepare to finish off the ship and crew,
X! Picard admits to Q that he needs his help.
X! Delighted with the captain's confession, Q instantly
X! hurls the Enterprise out of the distant galaxy and back to safety.
X  .HL
X  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION \- ``Q Who'' \-
X--- 1622,1683 ----
X  .IX Borg
X! When Picard enters a turbolift to go clean his uniform after a young Ensign
X! spills hot chocolate all over it, he finds upon leaving that he's in a shuttle,
X! with Q piloting.
X! When Picard reminds Q of his promise never to trouble the 
X! Enterprise again, Q shows Picard that they're nowhere near his ship.
X! .sp .5v
X! Guinan, visibly jumpy, asks the bridge if everything is all right.
X! Unsettled, Riker and company quickly discover Picard is missing,
X! and begin the search, which proves unsuccessful.
X! When Picard tells Q that if he is returned, he will at least give Q's request
X! a fair hearing, they immediately reappear in Ten-Forward,
X! clear of all personnel but Guinan, who claims to have had ``dealings''
X! with Q two centuries ago.
X! After a brief argument with Guinan, Q tells Picard and Riker that he's been
X! asked to leave the Q-continuum, and he wishes to become a member of the crew.
X! When Picard initially refuses, Q claims they need him as 
X! a guide, saying that humanity is not prepared for what awaits them.
X! When Picard insists they are,
X! Q snaps, ``we'll just have to see how ready you are!'', snaps his fingers,
X! and hurls them seven thousand light-years away, well out of any explored space.
X! Guinan, whose people know this sector, merely tells them that 
X! ``if I were you, I'd start back now.''
X! Picard decides to investigate anyway, and finds evidence of destruction
X! similar to that of the outposts along the Neutral Zone.
X! Soon, a ship appears, identified by Guinan as the Borg, and soon after that,
X! a Borg appears in Engineering (having beamed right \f3through\f1 the shields).
X! .sp .5v
X! The intruder taps into their computers, then tries to seize control of the ship.
X! When Worf manages to ``kill'' the first one with his phaser,
X! a second appears\-with a deflector shield.
X! It finishes downloading the information the first one obtained, and leaves.
X! In a conference, Guinan tells the crew that the Borg 
X! destroyed her world, that they are a collective intelligence (a mixture of 
X! organic and artificial life), and that they cannot be reasoned with.
X! Suddenly, the Borg lock on a tractor beam.
X! All attempts at escape fail, and when shields 
X! go down, the Borg extract a slice of the saucer, killing 18 crewmembers.
X! Several full-power phaser shots manage to damage the Borg enough to terminate
X! the beam, and Riker, Data, and Worf decide to beam over to their ship,
X! since no life signs are detected.
X! .sp .5v
X! What they find is chilling.
X! After seeing all the Borg (still quite living) working as part of a collective
X! intelligence, and visiting the Borg nursery, they discover that the Borg's
X! collective effort is going into repairing the ship.
X! When Picard hears this, he immediately beams the team back and orders
X! the ship to flee.
X! The Borg give chase, and eventually knock down both the
X! Enterprise's shields and the warp engines.
X! No weapons seem to be able to harm it.
X! When Q appears one last time to say goodbye, Picard admits to Q that they
X! are inadequate, and says he needs Q.
X! Q smirks, snaps his fingers, and returns 
X! them to their own space, impressed by Picard, but still reminding them that 
X! space is ``not for the timid.''
X! Picard is relieved, but Guinan reminds him that
X! since the Borg now know of the Federation, they will be coming...  
X! .sp -1v
X  .HL
X+ .sp -.5v
X  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION \- ``Q Who'' \-
X***************
X*** 1367,1375 ****
X  destruction by a race of half-human, half-robot aliens known as the Borgs.
X  .AC
X  Q STRIKES AGAIN!
X! 
X  Picard's malicious nemesis sets up the crew for disaster!
X  .TV
X  Q tries to destroy the crew on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
X  .ED
X  The Paramount press release has the title as ``Q-Who?''
X--- 1685,1699 ----
X  destruction by a race of half-human, half-robot aliens known as the Borgs.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .AC
X+ .sp -.5v
X  Q STRIKES AGAIN!
X! .sp .5v
X  Picard's malicious nemesis sets up the crew for disaster!
X+ .sp -1v
X  .TV
X+ .sp -.5v
X  Q tries to destroy the crew on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
X+ .sp -1v
X  .ED
X+ .sp -.5v
X  The Paramount press release has the title as ``Q-Who?''
X***************
X*** 1410,1449 ****
X  .IX "Starfleet exams"
X! During a journey to a distant starbase, Geordi is taken hostage by an alien
X! race and Captain Picard must fight for his life after a simple surgical
X! procedure goes awry.
X! 
X! In order for Wesley to complete his Starfleet exams, he must travel to
X! Starbase 515.
X! He is unexpectedly joined on his trip by Captain Picard,
X! who has been ordered by Dr. Pulaski to undergo a cardiac replacement operation.
X! 
X! While Picard and Wesley are away, the crew responds to a distress call from the
X! Pakleds, a race of lethargic humanoids.
X! It seems that their ship, the Mondor,
X! requires extensive repairs and to help expedite the process, Riker beams
X! Geordi aboard the Pakled vessel.
X! Sensing that the Pakleds' intentions are less than friendly,
X! Troi expresses concern for Geordi's safety.
X! 
X! After making the necessary repairs, Geordi prepares to return to the
X! Enterprise, but he is suddenly disarmed by the Pakleds, who refuse to release
X! him until Riker surrenders all of their computer information.
X! Hoping to buy time and outsmart the dim-witted Pakleds,
X! Riker implies that Geordi is a weapons expert.
X! The Pakleds then abandon thoughts of computer information and
X! demand that Geordi upgrade there defensive capabilities.
X! 
X! Unable to reason with the Pakleds, the Enterprise crew considers a show of
X! force to rescue Geordi.
X! Just then, an emergency summons is received from
X! Starbase 515 indicating that complications in Picard's heart surgery have left
X! him near death.
X! The Enterprise quickly fires a harmless blast of light at the
X! Pakleds, which frightens them enough to secure Geordi's release and allow the
X! crew to race to Picard's side.
X! 
X! On Starbase 515, Picard regains consciousness and learns that his life was
X! saved, thanks to the surgical skill of the Enterprise's own Dr. Pulaski.
X! Wesley soon rejoins Picard on the ship, having passed his Starfleet exams
X! with flying colors.
X  .HL
X--- 1734,1776 ----
X  .IX "Starfleet exams"
X! When Pulaski orders Picard to go to Starbase 515 for an as-yet unspecified
X! medical procedure, he joins Wesley, who is going to the base for Starfleet
X! exams, in a shuttle.
X! Just as they go out of range, the Enterprise picks up a
X! distress signal in the nearby Rhomboid-Dranagar sector and answer it.
X! 
X! They find the Pakleds, a seemingly slow race who are lucky to have space travel
X! in the first place.
X! When they say their ship is ``broken'', Geordi, amused, beams over to help
X! (over the objections of Worf, who does not want to risk the Chief Engineer).
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