Summary[]
The Enterprise is on a visit to Angosia III, a planet which has applied for Federation membership, when a criminal named Roga Danar escapes from a high-security prison. Prime Minister Nayrok asks Picard for help in apprehending Danar. After initially eluding the Enterprise Danar is finally arrested.
Deanna senses Danar's anger, and she finds out that he is not a criminal but actually a biochemically and psychologically conditioned soldier left over from the Tarsian Wars. He and the other veterans of his kind have been exiled because they would not fit in now that Angosia is peaceful. Picard decides to extradite him nonetheless.
Danar, however, manages to escape from the Enterprise, frees his fellow veterans and takes the Angosian government hostages. Picard, who has learned that there is a treatment to revert the veterans' condition that the government denies them, leaves Nayrok and Danar with the statement that if the government should survive, they might be accepted by the Federation at a later time.
Errors and Explanations[]
Nit Central[]
- Anonymous on Monday, January 03, 2000 - 8:42 pm: In the Next Generation Guide, many of the nits picked dealt with the unauthorized terbolift acces. One not mentioned, the turbolifts are the mass transit system on board the Enterprize, a ship with civilian population. What constitutes unauthorized access? Boarding the things? Does Data's console bleep every time some kid goes to their classroom? To the arboretum? When the waiters go to Ten Forward to work? Are there stairs somewhere that all the non-Starfleet personel have to use? mak on Wednesday, January 05, 2000 - 11:27 am: Maybe it's the destination that needs authorization. yes mak on Friday, April 06, 2001 - 4:59 pm: Yes, definitly it's the destination. Anyone can get into the turbolift, but not everyone can take it to engineering. Mike Nuss on Monday, February 02, 2004 - 6:53 pm: Regarding "unauthorized" turbolift access, here is my theory: recall that Picard ordered all crew members to general quarters, except for security teams. Therefore, any use of the turbolifts, except by security officers, would be unauthorized!
- Keith Alan Morgan (Kmorgan) on Sunday, July 22, 2001 - 2:24 am: Data is in charge of the Bridge and is a much higher rank than Wes, yet when Wesley is telling Data about the missing drive section he calls Data, "Data." Shouldn't he refer to Data as "Sir"? This is the Bridge, not Ten Forward, and they are engaged in official business. Would he refer to Picard as Jean-Luc, or Riker as Will? Data probably uses a less formal command style than Picard and Riker,
- Picard ordered the Cargo Bay flooded with anestisene gas, but then Security has to wait until the gas is emptied from the room before they can enter. Wouldn't it make more sense to have Security put on suits or breathing equipment so they can grab the unconscious person without giving them a chance to wake up? The gas is prbably formulated to keep the person unconscious long enough for the gas to clear sufficently for the security team to enter.
- Angosia wants to be in the Federation. However, the Federation is an equal opportunity organization. So why weren't any of the Angosian soldiers women? Picard even says, They are your brothers and sons.", but doesn't mention sisters or daughters. Either Angosian women were unable to survive the modification process, the female soldiers were all killed in the war, any women at Lunar V wern't seen during the events of this episode, or Angosians are all male who reproduce through non sexual means.
- John A. Lang on Monday, December 30, 202 - 9:23 pm: At one point, Danar jumps out of a transporter beam. I'd sure like to know how he did that with his molocules half de-materialized. This could be a side-effect of the biological modifications performed on him.
- John A. Lang on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 12:25 pm: HOW did Danar lower the forcefield in the hallway? He's not a part of the Enterprise or Starfleet. Where did he get the authorization (or codes) to lower the forcefield? Mike Nuss on Monday, February 02, 2004 - 6:53 pm: He knocked out a security officer, then used his comm badge to request deactivation of the forcefield.