Enterprise crew vs Nagilum's cosmic experimentation and violation of autonomy

The Enterprise encounters a perplexing void in space—an absence of matter and energy defying all known physics. Data's scientific uncertainty sets the tone ('I do not know'), while Worf's unease …

The Enterprise crew's scientific curiosity turns to primal terror as the cosmic entity Nagilum manifests as a colossal, inspecting eye on the viewscreen—directly naming Data before clinically probing Pulaski's biology …

In the aftermath of Nagilum's chilling proclamation to sacrifice up to half the crew for its experiments, Captain Picard gathers his senior staff for an emergency conference in the Observation …