Mintakans
Local cultural and social order on Mintaka Three; subject of anthropological observation and Prime Directive ethical concernDescription
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On the bridge Picard frames a routine resupply: repair a malfunctioning reactor at a covert observation post. Troi defines the Mintakans as peaceful, proto‑Vulcan people …
The duck blind's holographic rockface shorts out in a cascade of blue sparks and the camouflage collapses, revealing the metal observation port carved into the …
A quiet, intimate father‑daughter moment establishes Oji's formal assumption of the community's memory-keeping role. Walking to the sundial at zenith, Liko teases his daughter's nervousness …
Liko and his daughter Oji covertly approach the duck blind and witness a medic and Warren dematerialize — an apparently miraculous disappearance. When Liko peers …
Data confirms the hologram generator is functional while Geordi and Riker race to bring a crippled reactor back online. Geordi's adjustment hums the unit to …
Disguised as Mintakans, Riker and Troi try to contain cultural damage as Liko publicly recounts being healed and insists he met a supernatural 'Overseer'—naming him …
Riker and a wounded Palmer rematerialize in Sickbay where Dr. Crusher and a medic shove Palmer onto a biobed and begin triage. Riker, aching and …
In the Observation Lounge Picard, Riker and the injured anthropologist Barron collide over how to contain the Mintakans' sudden worship. Barron urges pragmatic intervention — …
In a moral crucible aboard the Enterprise, Picard, Riker and anthropologist Barron argue over how to contain the Mintakans' sudden worship. Barron urges Picard to …
Picard takes Nuria to the observation lounge to unmake a god. He gently reframes the Mintakans' awe as a failure of perspective: tools become miracles …
In the captain's ready room Nuria expresses profound gratitude but makes a devastating, intimate request: can Picard bring back six Mintakans who died in a …
In the Captain's ready room Nuria, grateful and desperate, asks Picard to restore six Mintakans who died in a winter flood. Invoking Beverly's healing of …
In Nuria's absence, panic hardens into zealotry: Oji and Fento report the leader missing, Hali confirms Riker and Palmer have slipped away, and thunder rakes …
Orbiting Mintaka Three, a wounded Jean‑Luc Picard records a supplemental captain's log that functions as moral closure. He commits to revealing and dismantling the covert …
Picard, his wounded shoulder already treated, deliberately exposes the camouflaged observation post to the gathered Mintakans. La Forge drops the rockface; surprise ripples through the …
Picard deliberately unmasks the camouflaged observation post and confronts the Mintakans with the uncomfortable truth: the Federation had been watching to study, not to rule. …
Picard unmasks the camouflaged observation post, confronting the Mintakans with the truth of the Federation presence. He calmly explains the Prime Directive and why the …