TNG 17x08 – “THE ILLUSION OF CHOICE”
Enterprise is at Vulcan, attending the opening of the Sarek School of Diplomacy. Picard meets a strange woman who makes odd pronouncements of doom. Ship’s counsellor T’Lana is also there, but she and Picard do not get along – she has disagreed with his every decision since she took the job. Once the crowds have gone, Spock arrives as well, and Picard invites him onboard. Picard tells Crusher about the strange woman’s predictions, but she shrugs it off. T’Lana encounters Spock in Enterprise’s lounge, and asks him how he resolves the path of logic with his lifelong friendship with humans, since she finds the two completely incompatible. One final consecration ceremony for the School is disrupted by the arrival of a small vessel, which drops off Seven of Nine. Picard demands an explanation. “Kathryn Janeway and all of humanity are in mortal danger from the Borg,” Seven replies. “Is this an inappropriate time?”
TTN 1x08 – “CIRCLE OF LIFE”
Riker is horrified at the idea of killing the star-jellies and reanimating their corpses as weapons, but Pa’haquel leader Qui’hibra insists that it is necessary. Riker offers to mediate, but they need to contact the jellies first. Keru speaks to Tellarite counsellor Haaj about his extreme reaction to Torvig’s innocent experiments. Troi pulls together all Titan’s telepaths in an attempt to reach out to the jellies. The creatures are sceptical, but they remember Enterprise’s help at Farpoint so they are willing to listen. Unfortunately the Pa’haquel use this as an opportunity for an ambush, and many jellies are killed. Titan manages to escape with one unclaimed body, and takes it back to the jellies’ breeding world, where it is ‘recycled’ to create a new jelly-baby. But the jellies take telepathic control of Tuvok, making him steal Titan’s sensor data on how to distinguish between live jellies and dead ones – now they can fight back.
VOY 10x08 – “ANN”
Seven of Nine wakes screaming, certain that something is wrong on the dead Borg ship. Admiral Jellico calls Einstein, which reports no problems... even though Janeway is right there as the new Queen. The entire ship and crew have already been assimilated. On Voyager, Chakotay worries that Janeway has not returned his call. Paris assures him she can handle anything that might happen. Seven arranges private passage to Sector 10 with freighter captain Antin Vargo. Thunderchild tries to stop her, but Vargo has his tricks and gets away. Seven reluctantly explains everything, and begs Vargo that if he will not go to Sector 10, then at least take her to Vulcan. On the cube, the female Q returns to talk to Janeway, wondering how she was assimilated with no drones onboard. It was the cube itself – it is alive. Janeway threatens even the Q with assimilation – once she is done with the Federation.
