Picard's moral calculus: whether to preserve the present (save the visible survivors) or restore the correct timeline by sending the Enterprise‑C back—an agonizing duty that pits empirical proof and casualty counts against Guinan's visceral temporal kn...
Picard's moral calculus: whether to preserve the present (save the visible survivors) or restore the correct timeline by sending the Enterprise‑C back—an agonizing duty that pits empirical proof and casualty counts against Guinan's visceral temporal knowledge.
Events in This Arc
A battered U.S.S. Enterprise‑C materializes through a jagged temporal rift, forcing the Enterprise‑D bridge into an immediate ethical and tactical crisis. Data confirms the ship's identity and Wesley reminds everyone …
In the Observation Lounge converted into a war-room, Guinan abandons argument for an urgent, personal appeal: she cannot prove the timeline is wrong, but every instinct screams that the Enterprise‑C …
When the battered Enterprise‑C emerges through the rift, young Lieutenant Castillo steps forward and offers to lead the crippled ship back into its doomed past — invoking Captain Garrett’s wishes …