'Birthright' (Part I) (Story Code 242) by Brannon Braga

The U.S.S. Enterprise is docked at Deep Space Nine to assist the Bajorans with aqueduct repairs, a result of the Cardassian occupation. While on the space station, Lieutenant Worf is approached by a Yridian named Jaglom Shrek, who claims that the Klingon’s father, Mogh, did not die at Khitomer twenty-five years ago, but in fact survived the massacre and was taken by the Romulans to a remote prison camp; Shrek offers to divulge the location of the site for the right price, but Worf refuses to believe him, angrily stating that a Klingon would rather die with honour than live as a prisoner. Worf returns to the Enterprise, where his rage is soon noticed by Counselor Troi; she suggests that Worf's doubts over the honour of his father could be resolved if he were to personally verify Shrek’s story. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Commander Data, Lieutenant LaForge, and DS9’s Doctor Bashir examine an old field generator found in the Gamma Quadrant; the final power connections are made to the dilithium chamber, but when LaForge activates the device it sends out an energy arc that knocks Data off his feet; the android finds himself in a surreal vision, in which he walks along a corridor and encounters a blacksmith working at an anvil, and with surprise sees that the smith’s face is that of a young Doctor Noonien Soong - his creator. After ‘waking up’ in Engineering, Data attempts to interpret his vision by referring to images from other cultures, but when Captain Picard advises him to determine what it means to him personally, he decides to paint a picture of his dream; he returns to his quarters and begins to paint -and paint, and paint… Meanwhile, Worf obtains the location of the prison camp from Shrek; he journeys to the Carraya Sector and lands on a planet covered with dense jungle. He then sets off on the long, gruelling trek to find his father…

Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Thomas Riker), LeVar Burton (Chief Engineer Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Security Chief Lieutenant Worf), Gates McFadden (Doctor Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Councelor Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lieutenant Commander Data), Siddig El Fadil (Doctor Julian Bashir), James Cromwell (Shrek), Cristine Rose (Gi'ral), Jennifer Gatti (Ba'el), Richard Herd (L'Kor)

Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Produced by Peter Lauritson
Co-Produced by Ronald D. Moore
Co-Executive Producer Jeri Taylor
Executive Producers Michael Piller and Rick Berman

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22nd February, 1993

Notes:
*Featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas Riker, Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Security Chief Lieutenant Worf, Doctor Beverly Crusher, Councelor Deanna Troi, Lieutenant Commander Data and Doctor Julian Bashir

*This is a cross-over with ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’