Captain Jean-Luc Picard's internal moral and ethical struggle balancing Starfleet's Prime Directive of non-interference against the humanitarian crisis faced by the addicted Ornarans dependent on Felicium, compounded by political and economic pressures...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard's internal moral and ethical struggle balancing Starfleet's Prime Directive of non-interference against the humanitarian crisis faced by the addicted Ornarans dependent on Felicium, compounded by political and economic pressures from the Brekkians.
Events in This Arc
In Main Engineering, Kosinski commands the replication of previous warp trials, confidently instructing his assistant to execute the experiment identically. Wesley stands close, silently observing the proceedings. As warp speed …
In Sickbay, amid mounting uncertainty and the stranger-than-fiction reality that thought shapes their surroundings, Captain Picard forces the critically weakened Traveler awake to extract vital truths about their predicament. As …
Following the Enterprise's perilous odyssey through thought-shaped reality, the crew returns to normal space as the enigmatic Traveler vanishes permanently. Captain Picard solemnly announces the Traveler's departure and seizes the …
A derelict Enterprise shuttle is hauled into Shuttle Bay Two only to reveal an impossible duplicate: a second, identical shuttle bearing the same NCC-1701-D registration and an unconscious Captain Picard …
A decisive turning point: the living vortex annihilates a probe, lashes the bridge and encircles Picard Two in sickbay, proving the phenomenon is not random but focused on Jean-Luc. Troi …
The Enterprise rams the churning temporal funnel and punches through the vortex core; the maelstrom catastrophically implodes. As the whirlpool collapses, O'Brien watches the shuttle and the dazed duplicate Picard …
In the Captain’s Ready Room, Riker and Data outline the longstanding trade relationship between Ornara and Brekka, centered on Felicium, believed to be a life-saving medicine. Dr. Crusher delivers a …
In the charged privacy of the Brekkian guest quarters, Captain Picard and Dr. Beverly Crusher confront Langor and Sobi, uncovering the cold calculus behind the Felicium trade. Langor admits his …
In the cargo hold, Captain Picard faces the alien delegation with a painful but resolute decision: he will return the Felicium to Ornara but refuse to supply spare freighter parts …