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Jonathan Frakes, Merritt Butrick, Kimberley Farr, Richard Lineback, and Judson Scott in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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Symbiosis

Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Factual errors

When the Enterprise approaches the sun they intend to study, Picard announces they will be running with full deflectors up. Surely he meant shields as deflectors are used to clear matter whilst the ship is in motion?

Incorrectly regarded as goofs

Worf says that the freighter has entered the "planet's" atmosphere. The Enterprise is orbiting a star, not a planet; however, the distress signal was coming from the fourth planet of the star system, not the star.

Revealing mistakes

The security guards who escort the visitors out of the cargo bay have no rank insignia on their uniforms.

Miscellaneous

Langor states that each dose of felicium is 0.01 millilitres and each barrel contains over 4 billion doses, but this would be over 40,000 litres, about the volume of a small swimming pool.
Yar and Riker both say they have never heard of electrical discharge powers in humanoids. However, this power was observed in Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (1969) and as such should be part of the official Starfleet record.
When the Ornarans and Brekkians head to the cargo transporter to beam down to Ornara, the barrel of Felicium is already on the transporter pad. Until moments before, the ownership of the barrel was in dispute, so it should not have been readied for transport.

Plot holes

It's inconceivable that a ship as advanced as the Enterprise wouldn't be able to launch remote probes to study the sun, rather than put the Enterprise at such apparent risk.
The Enterprise was originally sent to this system to study its sun. After the rescue mission they should have gone back to complete their mission yet Picard just decided to leave without considering their next mission. The ship does not belong to its captain and the captain would not be allowed to fly around at random. He would have a list of missions to complete which would have been set up, perhaps years in advance, by Federation Command.
When he and other members of the senior staff head to the observation lounge, Picard leaves Geordi La Forge in command of the bridge. Geordi is a lieutenant junior grade. Troi is a fully commissioned officer with a rank of lieutenant commander, a full two ranks above Geordi. It makes no sense to leave a junior officer in command while a senior officer is present on the bridge. Troi is not a bridge officer, she would not have been put in charge. She took the Bridge Officer exam in season 7.
When asked about repairing their guests' ships, Data states that they have downloaded the specifications and, assuming the problem with the other ships is the same as that which caused the destruction of the first, suitable replacement parts could be fabricated. Earlier, the Enterprise was said to have suitable replacement coils in their stock: the problem was that the other ship's crew didn't know how to install them.
No explanation is given why both payment merchandise and purchase medication is on the same ship.Typically, payment cargo us unloaded before the bought merchandise is loaned.

Character error

As a doctor's son, Wesley would certainly have learned about the causes of drug dependency from his mother rather than asking Data and Tasha about it. He also would certainly have had classes dealing with the subject as part of his preparation for Starfleet Academy.
When Picard, Riker, and Crusher leave the bridge after speaking with the Ornaran official, Picard neglects to hand command over to another officer.

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