The interpersonal power struggle aboard the Enterprise during contagion-induced chaos, highlighted by Wesley Crusher’s unauthorized seizure of Engineering and command, opposed by senior officers including Picard, Riker, and MacDougal.
The interpersonal power struggle aboard the Enterprise during contagion-induced chaos, highlighted by Wesley Crusher’s unauthorized seizure of Engineering and command, opposed by senior officers including Picard, Riker, and MacDougal.
Events in This Arc
Amid the escalating contagion that undermines discipline aboard the Enterprise, Captain Picard decisively consolidates command on the bridge. Confronted with bizarre behavior—such as officers attending a metaphysics lecture and nonsensical …
In a shocking and unprecedented shift aboard the Enterprise, Chief Engineer MacDougal inexplicably arrives at the bridge reporting an order to relinquish command—an order Captain Picard emphatically denies issuing. Before …
Following the harrowing contagion crisis that nearly unraveled the Enterprise's crew, Captain Picard, Riker, and Data return to the bridge to reassert command and operational order. The crew, visibly relieved …
In Sickbay, Data reveals the existence of a hidden off-switch on his back to Dr. Beverly Crusher, entrusting her with this secret as a symbol of his vulnerability and autonomy. …
In Sickbay, the newly assembled android, later revealed as Lore, awakens and immediately asserts himself as Data's superior and intended replacement. This bold proclamation unsettles everyone present, especially Data, whose …