Deanna Troi's internal moral crisis: torn between immediate personal attraction to Devinoni Ral (and the private intimacy he offers) and her professional/ethical duty to protect the negotiation's integrity and the crew.
Deanna Troi's internal moral crisis: torn between immediate personal attraction to Devinoni Ral (and the private intimacy he offers) and her professional/ethical duty to protect the negotiation's integrity and the crew.
Events in This Arc
At a convivial Ten Forward introduction, the charismatic negotiator Devinoni Ral arrives with an accessory companion and immediately disarms the room—most dangerously, Counselor Deanna Troi. Mendoza casually dubs him a …
In a candlelit, intimate exchange that doubles as a moral standoff, Deanna Troi forces Devinoni Ral to own the way he "absorbed" the Caldonian bid by hiding and using empathic …
In Troi's quarters Devinoni Ral makes one last intimate, self-revealing appeal—part confession, part seduction—asking Troi to abandon her post and act as his conscience. He admits moral compromise and stages …