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The <I>U.S.S. Enterprise</I> receives a distress call from the <I>U.S.S. Yamato</I>; while travelling to the planet Iconia the vessel suffered inexplicable malfunctions, and it now lies adrift in the Neutral Zone. However, shortly after Captain Picard makes contact with the ship, it explodes; investigation of the <I>Yamato</I>'s logs shows that it recently encountered a probe from the extinct Iconian civilisation; the craft transmitted a computer virus that rewrote the ship's systems, causing an antimatter containment failure. Unfortunately, by downloading the <I>Yamato</I>'s records, the <I>Enterprise</I> computer has also been infected. In an attempt to find a way to save the ship, Picard, Lieutenant Commander Data and Lieutenant Worf beam down to the surface of Iconia, where they discover an Iconian outpost containing a portal that allows instant transportation to distant locations, both on- and off-world. Meanwhile, a Romulan vessel appears in orbit and orders the <I>Enterprise</I> to leave the Neutral Zone; it then proceeds to open fire on the defenceless Federation starship...

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Patrick Stewart (<B>Captain Jean-Luc Picard</B>), Jonathan Frakes (<B>Commander William Thomas Riker</B>), LeVar Burton (<B>Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge</B>), Michael Dorn (<B>Security Chief Lieutenant Worf</B>), Marina Sirtis (<B>Councelor Deanna Troi</B>), Brent Spiner (<B>Lieutenant Commander Data</B>), Wil Wheaton (<B>Wesley Crusher</B>), Diana Muldaur (<B>Doctor [Commander] Katherine ‘Kate’ Pulaski</B>), Thalmus Rasulala (<B>Donald Varley</B>), Carolyn Seymour (<B>Taris</B>), Dana Sparks (<B>Tactician</B>), Colm Meaney (<B>Transporter Chief Miles O’Brien</B>), Folkert Schmidt (<B>Doctor</B>)

<BR><BR><B>Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan 
<BR>Produced by Burton Armus, John Mason and Mike Gray
<BR>Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry 
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<BR>20th March, 1989

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<BR>*Featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas Riker, Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Security Chief Lieutenant Worf, Councelor Deanna Troi, Lieutenant Commander Data, Doctor [Commander] Katherine ‘Kate’ Pulaski, Transporter Chief  Miles O’Brien and Wesley Crusher

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