Hathaway survival gambit — the tactical, interpersonal crisis between the Enterprise (Picard, Riker, engineering team) and the Ferengi attack (Bractor) that forces high‑risk engineering improvisation and morally fraught command decisions (the two‑secon...
Hathaway survival gambit — the tactical, interpersonal crisis between the Enterprise (Picard, Riker, engineering team) and the Ferengi attack (Bractor) that forces high‑risk engineering improvisation and morally fraught command decisions (the two‑second/millisecond warp gambit).
Events in This Arc
A sudden, lethal escalation forces Picard to convert a simulated exercise into a life‑and‑death command test. As Ferengi weapons mass and Enterprise systems fail, Data reports shields near collapse while …
Picard and his senior officers commit to a razor‑thin deception to save the stranded Hathaway: the Enterprise will fire four photon torpedoes while the crippled ship — under Riker, Geordi …
Picard refuses to sacrifice the crippled Hathaway and executes a high-stakes ruse: the Enterprise fires four photon torpedoes while a Klingon feint convinces the Ferengi they've been outmaneuvered. Bractor panics …