In season 6, Dr Crusher tries to help a murdered Ferengi scientist prove that a shield technology works. In that episode, a rival scientist hi-jacks a shuttle that has the modified shields and Dr Crusher on-board. This scientist, Dr. Jo'Brill, is played by James Horan. In this episode of Decent, James Horan plays a Lt. Barnaby in which the metophasic shields are mentioned and used to protect the Enterprise.
The shielding is used to enter the suns corona to escape a borg ship that is chasing them thru an uncharted part of the galaxy, while the crew of the ship is stranded on a planet, looking for Lt. Cmdr. Data.
The shielding is used to enter the suns corona to escape a borg ship that is chasing them thru an uncharted part of the galaxy, while the crew of the ship is stranded on a planet, looking for Lt. Cmdr. Data.