While inspecting a new mining technique, the crew comes across a new invention known as exocomps, designed to perform maintenance tasks at the station. Data thinks they may be alive.
In fact, Data believes this to the point that he locks out the transporters to protect them, even though Picard and Geordi are trapped in an irradiated mining facility. Yeah, this is where Peanut Hamper comes from.
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Alien rocks read your mind and manifest your fantasies. Or you worst nightmares. You can imagine how much fun this could be. It's fun to see what is on the minds of Mariner, Boimler, and Rutherford. Tendi is up on the ship. Susan Gibney returns to 'Trek as Dr. Leah…
Wesley gets accepted into Starfleet Academy again and ends up on an old mining shuttle with Picard which crashes on a desert moon. https://youtu.be/-mrwcwPgd9s The whole reason for this episode is to provide a send-off for the Wesley Crusher character so they don't just kill him like they did to…
The Enterprise comes across an 85 million year old comet and they decide to... melt it. Inside is an ancient archive that begins to transform the ship and takes over Data with multiple personalities. Brent Spiner brings us Korgano, Ihat, the murderous Queen Masaka, and other characters. I think this…