Character

Hathaway Away Team (40 crewmembers)

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Forty unnamed crewmembers of the starship Hathaway (the away team) who are stranded during a Ferengi onslaught in Star Trek: The Next Generation — S02E21 'Peak Performance'. Their endangered, non‑combatant status compels Captain Picard to make a moral stand, converting a tactical debate into an ethical imperative and raising the human stakes of the episode.

3 appearances

Starfleet Operations

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Hathaway Away …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

3 moments

S2E21 · Peak Performance

Picard's Stand Under Fire

Endangered and uncertain (portrayed through Picard's protective stance rather than direct action).

Referenced rather than seen, the Hathaway Away Team represents forty stranded crewmembers whose survival is the moral fulcrum of Picard's decision and the reason he rejects withdrawal despite tactical peril.

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S2E21 · Peak Performance

Fragile Shields — Picard's Stand and the Ten‑Minute Ultimatum

Endangered and dependent — their subjective fear is implied but not voiced within this scene.

The Hathaway Away Team is the unseen endangered group whose presence drives Picard's refusal to retreat; they are referenced as the object of rescue and implicitly immobilized aboard the crippled …

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S2E21 · Peak Performance

Picard's Moral Stand and the Ten‑Minute Ultimatum

Unrepresented directly, their vulnerability registers through anxiety and moral urgency aboard the Enterprise.

The Hathaway Away Team are the absent but central stake: referenced as forty vulnerable crewmembers whose survival is the moral engine behind Picard's refusal to withdraw.

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