TNG 18x05 - “THE TIPPING POINT”
With the leaders of Deneva and Alpha Centauri both onboard, Enterprise arrives at Pacifica, where Crusher and Kadohata are working with the refugees. Given one wanted to return to Earth, and the other was already unhappy with Starfleet, both leaders are furious. They arrive to find tensions in the camps boiling over into violence. The Pacifican authorities suggest erecting a fence to keep people away from infected water, which Crusher fears will be seen as ghettos. Food replicators are overtaxed – they will have to reuse waste matter, no matter the distaste. Kadohata tries to keep the peace, but she somehow ends up surrounded by armed Pacifican soldiers. Luckily Choudhury beams down and defuses tensions. While the crew of Enterprise work hard to help the refugees, the Denevan and Centauri leaders explore the camps. They realise the state of affairs in the Federation, and that none of them can afford to be selfish...
TTN 2x05 - “OVER A TORRENT SEA”
Since the universal translator hurts them, Y’Lira and Eviku decode the squales’ language, and Lavena learns to “sing” it. Riker worries they broke the Prime Directive by contacting these people, so with Troi heavily pregnant, Riker himself accompanies Lavena to “talk” to the squales. An asteroid approaches the planet, so Vale tries to deflect it using phasers and tractors. But the asteroid’s radioactive composition causes a feedback pulse, damaging the ship, and the asteroid impacts the planet, killing hundreds of squales and causing tsunamis that trap Riker and Lavena on the surface. Titan loses contact with them, and nobody knows if they are alive or dead. Mid-counselling session, Troi and Tuvok are injured in the accident. Unfortunately Dr Ree’s reptilian child-rearing instincts take over – the giant Pakhwa-thanh doctor abducts the counsellor, rampaging through the ship until he can steal a shuttle and whisk her away...
VOY 11x05 - “THE DISTANCE”
B’Elanna is struggling to hold her tiny slipstream shuttle together. She received Tom’s secret message with coordinates for a rendezvous. Tom plans to quit as Voyager’s XO, rejoin his family, and then disappear into the Delta Quadrant never to be bothered by Klingon cults again. B’Elanna arrives at New Talax, glad to catch up with Neelix and explain everything he missed. But little Miral seems to be ill, and the Talaxians can’t help her. Voyager’s new chief engineer Nancy Conlon (formerly of USS Da Vinci) reports to Captain Afsarah Eden that the fleet’s benamite crystals, a vital part of the slipstream drive, are wearing out much faster than expected. Security chief Harry Kim detects anomalies in the comm system – Tom’s secret messages to B’Elanna. Seven is given a neural inhibitor by the Doctor, and must undergo sessions with Counsellor Cambridge. Worried about Miral, B’Elanna is desperate to rendezvous with Voyager, but when she sets course, she is intercepted by a Borg cube...