Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Patrick Stewart | ... | Capt. Jean-Luc Picard | |
Jonathan Frakes | ... | Cmdr. William Riker | |
LeVar Burton | ... | Lt. Geordi La Forge | |
Denise Crosby | ... | Lt. Tasha Yar | |
Michael Dorn | ... | Lt. Worf | |
Gates McFadden | ... | Dr. Beverly Crusher | |
Marina Sirtis | ... | Counselor Deanna Troi | |
Brent Spiner | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Data | |
Wil Wheaton | ... | Wesley Crusher (credit only) | |
Vincent Schiavelli | ... | The Peddler | |
Marco Rodríguez | ... | Capt. Paul Rice | |
Vyto Ruginis | ... | Chief Engineer Logan | |
Julia Nickson | ... | Ensign Lian T'Su | |
George De La Pena | ... | Lt. Orfil Solis (as George De La Peña) |
The Enterprise encounters a message from a planet offering to sell them arms. The messenger, essentially a holographic image, invites them to the planet below. There, the away team led by Commander Riker comes under attack from a myriad of weapons leading Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher to also beam down to the planet. They too are attacked and Dr. Crusher is seriously wounded. Aboard the Enterprise, Lt. Laforge is left in command for the first time in a crisis situation. He not only has to deal with being under attack from these unknown weapons systems, but also deal with a colleague who feels he should be given command of the ship. Written by garykmcd
Answering a distress call on a planet long considered devoid of intelligent life, the Enterprise discovers it has triggered some kind of alarm system where a humanoid played by Vincent Schiavelli appears and offers the Enterprise all kinds of weaponry.
Schiavelli is just a hologram, but he does get some interesting lines in. It seems as though way back when this planet had a war of annihilation and his people sold both sides the weapons that did the job.
A few close calls for some TNG regulars as Patrick Stewart looks to get away from this place without triggering off weapons that are for sale like in a department store.
Some thought provoking ideas in this TNG story.