Will Riker's reputation and command legitimacy vs. Kolrami's contempt and the public spectacle of Strategema — an interpersonal arc where Riker must absorb humiliation, preserve crew morale, and prove command competence through action rather than rheto...
Will Riker's reputation and command legitimacy vs. Kolrami's contempt and the public spectacle of Strategema — an interpersonal arc where Riker must absorb humiliation, preserve crew morale, and prove command competence through action rather than rhetoric.
Events in This Arc
Kolrami unveils a clinical simulation: the Braslota system mapped on the observation lounge screen, the eighty‑year‑old Starcruiser Hathaway named as the target, and an uncompromising war‑game imposed with strict rules …
In Ten-Forward a ceremonial Strategema match erupts into an unexpectedly brutal public rebuke: Worf presides as the thimble-like interfaces and an awe-inspiring holographic board spring to life, only to freeze …
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 …