TNG 18x01 - “LOSING THE PEACE”
Surrounded by endless death reports, Starfleet begins a massive relief effort. Millions have been displaced from worlds damaged or destroyed by the Borg, and need to be found new homes. Choudhury wonders whether it was a good idea to sleep with Worf just for comfort, but Worf is surprisingly un-Klingon about it – he will not pressure her. While Enterprise undergoes repairs, Kadohata returns home to Cestus III, desperate to reunite with her family. Picard and Crusher are at the family vineyard, relaxing in the knowledge that the Borg are truly gone. He is called to a meeting of admirals, at which Akaar (who has been made Starfleet C-in-C) recounts the scale of the devastation. He informs them that Starfleet’s reconstruction efforts are not working, and asks Picard to become a roving problem solver aboard Enterprise. Picard will have wide latitude to handle any crisis he finds, however he deems necessary...
TTN 2x01 - “WATCHING THE CLOCK”
Captain Riker thinks Titan and its crew should stay and help the Federation rebuild. Admiral Masc insists the exploration mission is more important – symbolically, politically and tactically. But many have doubts about joining them, Tuvok included. While they repair and recrew, three Temporal Investigations agents – Dulmer and Lucsly (DS9 “Trials and Tribble–ations”) plus field agent Meyo Ranjea – interview the crew about the Caeliar’s predestination loop and the time-displaced Erika Hernandez. The crew are already tense, but being needled by the DTI pushes them to the point of resignations and transfer requests. Ranjea is the DTI’s greatest diplomat, and has met Troi after previous similar incidents, so between them they are able to ease the tensions. Dulmer and Lucsly return to the DTI’s head office in Greenwich, but Ranjea stays on board Titan as a permanent mobile DTI presence, as they head back out to unexplored space...
VOY 11x01 - “FULL CIRCLE, pt 1”
Captain Afsarah Eden leads Project Full Circle, Starfleet’s enquiry into Voyager’s scientific and cultural discoveries in the Delta Quadrant. Admiral Batiste is impatient for Eden’s final report because, with Admiral Janeway no longer around to block it, Starfleet has finally approved his plan to send Voyager back to the DQ. The Full Circle fleet will comprise nine ships, all fitted with slipstream drives, with a mission to investigate former Borg space, confirm they really have gone, and reestablish relations with DQ cultures. Batiste will command the fleet, but who will command Voyager? Tom Paris hikes out into the wilds of Canada, hunting for Chakotay. The captain does not want to come back to the world, but Paris insists. Chakotay must undergo psychological evaluation before being handed back his command. But given Starfleet’s losses, Voyager’s counsellor Hugh Cambridge is the only one available to evaluate him, and the two have never got along...