Memory Alpha
Register
Memory Alpha
m (Robot: Automated text replacement (-. +. ))
Tag: apiedit
(29 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown)
Line 31: Line 31:
 
|aPrevInUniverseTimeline = Galaxy's Child (episode)
 
|aPrevInUniverseTimeline = Galaxy's Child (episode)
 
}}
 
}}
[[File:Brattain personnel.jpg|thumb|''Brattain'' personnel]]
+
[[File:Brattain personnel.jpg|thumb|''Brittain'' personnel]]
 
The ''Enterprise'' crew is affected when they are adrift in a remote area of space, and find themselves unable to dream.
 
The ''Enterprise'' crew is affected when they are adrift in a remote area of space, and find themselves unable to dream.
   
 
== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
   
The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} is given orders to find a lost [[Starfleet]] [[starship|vessel]], the {{USS|Brattain}}. They come upon the ship adrift in a [[binary star system]]. Beaming on board, an [[away team]] finds the entire crew murdered, except for a [[Betazoid]], who is [[catatonia|catatonic]].
+
The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} is given orders to find a lost [[Starfleet]] [[starship|vessel]], the {{USS|Brittain}}. They come upon the ship adrift in a [[binary star system]]. Beaming on board, an [[away team]] finds the entire crew murdered, except for a [[Betazoid]], [[Andrus Hagan]], the ''Brittain''{{'}}s scientific advisor who is [[catatonia|catatonic]].
   
Soon after encountering the disturbing scene on board the ''Brattain'', the ''Enterprise'' crew begins to experience her own problems, marked by an inexplicable increase in irritability and fatigue. Counselor Deanna Troi tries to reach the mind of the surviving (but catatonic) Betazoid, while [[Data]], [[Geordi La Forge]] and [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] unsuccessfully try to figure out the engine malfunctions aboard the ''Brattain''.
+
Soon after encountering the disturbing scene on board the ''Brittain'', the ''Enterprise'' crew begins to experience her own problems, marked by an inexplicable increase in irritability and fatigue. Counselor Deanna Troi tries to reach the mind of the surviving (but catatonic) Hagan, while [[Data]], [[Geordi La Forge]] and [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] unsuccessfully try to figure out the engine malfunctions aboard the ''Brittain''.
   
[[Doctor]] [[Beverly Crusher]] reports to [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]], telling him that there is no indication of a psychological or physiological disease based on the autopsies of the crew, leaving the growing madness on board the ''Brattain'', as detailed in the last log entry of Captain [[Chantal Zaheva]], unexplained.
+
[[Doctor]] [[Beverly Crusher]] reports to [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]], telling him that there is no indication of a psychological or physiological disease based on the autopsies of the crew, leaving the growing madness on board the ''Brittain'', as detailed in the last log entry of Captain [[Chantal Zaheva]], unexplained. She had her [[first officer]], Commander [[Brink]] "eliminated".
   
 
In the meantime, Counselor Troi has entered a rather intense dream. Spoken to by an unidentified voice, she asks the speaker "Where are you?". The voice repeats the phrases "eyes in the dark" and "one moon circles," as Troi is drawn toward two lights that are reminiscent of the binary star system in which the ''Enterprise'' is currently stationed.
 
In the meantime, Counselor Troi has entered a rather intense dream. Spoken to by an unidentified voice, she asks the speaker "Where are you?". The voice repeats the phrases "eyes in the dark" and "one moon circles," as Troi is drawn toward two lights that are reminiscent of the binary star system in which the ''Enterprise'' is currently stationed.
   
On the ''Brattain'', La Forge has to reassure a crewman who apparently heard some noises when no one was there, acknowledging that the 34 dead people found aboard would make anyone uneasy. And on the ''Enterprise'', conflict is spreading all over the ship; when [[Keiko O'Brien]] enters the O'Briens' quarters, she and [[Miles O'Brien|Miles]] quarrel, during which Miles displays a great deal of envy towards his wife's co-workers. Miles leaves their quarters and enters [[Ten Forward]], where he is warned by [[Chief]] [[Gillespie]] about the current events. O'Brien brushes the warning off, dismissing it as "ghost stories". In the meantime, Picard is in his ready room when the door chimes. He says, "Come," several times but no one enters, and yet the chimes repeat. He finally goes to the door and sees no one there. The door continues to chime and finally someone knocks. At the door are Troi and Crusher. They say that the occurrences of violence aboard the ''Enterprise'' are continuing to escalate so they must leave before what happened to the ''Brattain'' happens to them. Captain Picard gives the order for the ship to retreat to a safe distance from the ''Brattain'', only to find that all energy expended by the ship's engines is drained by the anomaly, rendering the ship unable to move.
+
On the ''Brittain'', La Forge has to reassure a crewman who apparently heard some noises when no one was there, acknowledging that the 34 dead people found aboard would make anyone uneasy. And on the ''Enterprise'', conflict is spreading all over the ship; when [[Keiko O'Brien]] enters the O'Briens' quarters, she and [[Miles O'Brien|Miles]] quarrel, during which Miles displays a great deal of envy towards one of his wife's co-workers, [[Tom Corbin]]. Miles leaves their quarters and enters [[Ten Forward]], where he is warned by [[Chief]] [[Gillespie]] about the current events. O'Brien brushes the warning off, dismissing it as "ghost stories". In the meantime, Picard is in his ready room when the door chimes. He says, "Come," several times but no one enters, and yet the chimes repeat. He finally goes to the door and sees no one there. The door continues to chime and finally someone knocks. At the door are Troi and Crusher. They say that the occurrences of violence aboard the ''Enterprise'' are continuing to escalate so they must leave before what happened to the ''Brittain'' happens to them. Captain Picard gives the order for the ship to retreat to a safe distance from the ''Brittain'', only to find that all energy expended by the ship's engines is drained by the anomaly, rendering the ship unable to move.
   
The crew realizes that it is actually trapped inside a [[space-time]] anomaly known as a [[Tyken's Rift]]. The ''Enterprise'', after being adrift for 10 days, begins to mirror the state aboard the ''Brattain'' shortly before her crew succumbed to insanity and became violent. Picard and Riker talk in the [[turbolift]] while going to the Bridge and Riker says that sometimes he feels like someone is in his quarters. Picard relieves Riker for a few hours, telling him to get a nap. Riker obeys but as soon as he leaves and the door shuts, Picard thinks the turbolift ceiling is coming down on him. The door opens and the crew see him screaming. It's only a hallucination, but it's enough to make him feel that he needs Data for their continued survival while they try to find a solution to leave the Tyken's rift.
+
The crew realizes that it is actually trapped inside a [[space-time]] anomaly known as a [[Tyken's Rift]], named after a [[Melthusian]] named [[Bela Tyken]] who had escaped a similar rift by detonating his cargo of [[anicium]] and [[yurium]]. The ''Enterprise'', after being adrift for 10 days, begins to mirror the state aboard the ''Brittain'' shortly before her crew succumbed to insanity and became violent. Picard and Riker talk in the [[turbolift]] while going to the Bridge and Riker says that sometimes he feels like someone is in his quarters, waiting for him. Picard relieves Riker for a few hours, telling him to get a nap. Riker obeys but as soon as he leaves and the door shuts, Picard thinks the turbolift ceiling is coming down on him. The door opens and the crew see him screaming. It's only a hallucination, but it's enough to make him feel that he needs Data for their continued survival while they try to find a solution to leave the Tyken's rift.
   
With minimal energy reserves and no clear means of escape, Dr. Crusher hypothesizes that the rampant outbreaks of violence aboard both ships are due to lack of rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep, leading to fatigue, loss of concentration, extreme irritability, hostility and ultimately, insanity. However, this is not being caused by the Tyken's Rift. Crusher noted that Troi can sleep, and Troi notes that she is the only person aboard the ship who continues to be able to dream, perhaps due to her unique telepathic abilities, but that all of her dreams are nightmares.
+
With minimal energy reserves and no clear means of escape, Dr. Crusher hypothesizes that the rampant outbreaks of violence aboard both ships are due to lack of rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep, leading to fatigue, loss of concentration, extreme irritability, hostility and ultimately, insanity. However, this is not being caused by the Tyken's Rift. Crusher noted that Troi can sleep, and Troi notes that she is the only person aboard the ship who continues to be able to dream, perhaps due to her unique telepathic abilities, but that all of her dreams are [[nightmare]]s.
   
Meanwhile, the rest of the crew has their theories as to why they are behaving irrationally. Worf feels so helpless that he tries to commit [[suicide]]. He feels that he is no longer a warrior because he is afraid of whatever it causing their sleeplessness. Troi manages to convince him to put the knife down.
+
Meanwhile, the rest of the crew has their theories as to why they are behaving irrationally. Worf feels so helpless that he tries to commit [[suicide]] in his [[quarters]]. He feels that he is no longer a warrior because he is afraid of whatever is causing their sleeplessness. Troi runs to his quarters and manages to convince him to put the knife down.
   
 
With the ship's energy reserves reaching critically low levels, Data (not needing sleep at all) and Troi (still sleeping intermittently, but having the same recurring nightmares) attempt to analyze the counselor's dreams, hypothesizing that there may be some sort of telepathic communication from someone else trapped inside the rift. The messages and image repeated each time in Troi's dream, "eyes in the dark" and "one moon circles", are interpreted as a description of the binary star system and the atomic structure of [[hydrogen]] (one [[proton]] in the nucleus with one [[electron]] - one moon - orbiting it).
 
With the ship's energy reserves reaching critically low levels, Data (not needing sleep at all) and Troi (still sleeping intermittently, but having the same recurring nightmares) attempt to analyze the counselor's dreams, hypothesizing that there may be some sort of telepathic communication from someone else trapped inside the rift. The messages and image repeated each time in Troi's dream, "eyes in the dark" and "one moon circles", are interpreted as a description of the binary star system and the atomic structure of [[hydrogen]] (one [[proton]] in the nucleus with one [[electron]] - one moon - orbiting it).
   
The crew in Ten-Forward think the situation is an experiment and want to mutiny. Guinan realizes that something might happen and calls security. As soon as security enters, a fight breaks out. Guinan takes a weapon and fires it into the ceiling stopping the fight.
+
The crew in Ten Forward think the situation is an experiment and want to mutiny, led by Gillespie. Guinan realizes that something might happen and calls security. As soon as security enters, a fight breaks out. Guinan takes a weapon from behind Ten Forward's bar she acquired from [[Magus III]] and fires it into the ceiling stopping the fight.
   
 
Data then assumes the role of acting captain of the ''Enterprise'', ejecting the hydrogen into the space immediately in front of the ship through the [[Bussard collector]]s while Troi attempts to communicate their actions to the unknown beings in a dream.
 
Data then assumes the role of acting captain of the ''Enterprise'', ejecting the hydrogen into the space immediately in front of the ship through the [[Bussard collector]]s while Troi attempts to communicate their actions to the unknown beings in a dream.
   
Just after there is no longer sufficient power to maintain the hydrogen stream leaving the Bussard collectors, an explosion erupts in front of the ship, indicating that Troi was successful. Another alien vessel was apparently trapped inside the rift, and used telepathy to communicate with Troi. It was this telepathy that somehow prevented the crew of the ''Enterprise'' from entering REM sleep. Power and life support are restored to normal, allowing the ''Enterprise'' and the alien vessel to escape the rift, although the ''Brittain'' is apparently left behind. As his last duty as acting captain, Data orders Picard and the rest of the crew to their quarters to sleep.
+
Just after there is no longer sufficient power to maintain the hydrogen stream leaving the Bussard collectors, an explosion erupts in front of the ship, indicating that Troi was successful. Another alien vessel was apparently trapped inside the rift, and used telepathy to communicate with Troi. It was this telepathy that somehow prevented the crew of the ''Enterprise'' from entering REM sleep. Power and life support are restored to normal, allowing the ''Enterprise'' and the alien vessel to escape the rift, although the ''Brittain'' is apparently left behind. As his last duty as acting captain, Data orders Picard and the rest of the crew to their quarters to sleep. Data leads the ''Enterprise'' to [[Starbase 220]].
   
 
== Memorable quotes ==
 
== Memorable quotes ==
Line 66: Line 66:
   
 
"''First officer Brink and his men were behind it. They got to the engines, they don't work anymore. Had to eliminate Brink!''"
 
"''First officer Brink and his men were behind it. They got to the engines, they don't work anymore. Had to eliminate Brink!''"
: - '''Chantal Zaheva''', commanding officer of the ''Brattain'' during her captain's log
+
: - '''Chantal Zaheva''', commanding officer of the ''Brittain'' during her captain's log
   
   
Line 95: Line 95:
 
: - '''Data''', to Picard
 
: - '''Data''', to Picard
   
  +
== Background Information ==
 
  +
"''Pleasant dreams, sir.''"
  +
: - '''Data''', as Picard goes to his quarters to sleep
  +
 
== Background information ==
 
=== Story and production ===
 
=== Story and production ===
 
* Teleplay writer [[Jeri Taylor]] noted, "''This was a real tough episode. It was convoluted, it was a little mysterious, technical, quasi-supernatural. It was all over the map and there were a lot of different episodes to try and make cohesive. I rewrote and rewrote it, and I never thought we were ever going to put that one to bed. It was strange. Troi's dream sequences are not something you get to see every week.''" (''[[Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages]]'')
 
* Teleplay writer [[Jeri Taylor]] noted, "''This was a real tough episode. It was convoluted, it was a little mysterious, technical, quasi-supernatural. It was all over the map and there were a lot of different episodes to try and make cohesive. I rewrote and rewrote it, and I never thought we were ever going to put that one to bed. It was strange. Troi's dream sequences are not something you get to see every week.''" (''[[Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages]]'')
Line 104: Line 108:
 
=== Continuity ===
 
=== Continuity ===
 
*The explosion of the "rift" is reused footage of the explosion of the [[Genesis Device]] from {{film|2}}.
 
*The explosion of the "rift" is reused footage of the explosion of the [[Genesis Device]] from {{film|2}}.
*[[Brian Tochi]] previously played [[Ray Tsing Tao]] in {{TOS|And the Children Shall Lead}}.
+
*[[Brian Tochi]] ([[Kenny Lin]]) previously played [[Ray Tsing Tao]] in {{TOS|And the Children Shall Lead}}.
*[[John Vickery]] later played [[Rusot]] in three episodes of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''{{'}}s [[DS9 Season 7|final season]] and the Klingon [[Orak (Klingon)|Orak]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode {{e|Judgment}}.
+
*[[John Vickery]] later played [[Rusot]] in three episodes of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''{{'}}s [[DS9 Season 7|final season]] and the Klingon [[Orak (Klingon)|Orak]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' [[ENT Season 2|second season]] episode {{e|Judgment}}.
  +
*While trying to escape the [[Tyken's Rift]], Picard and Data both reference the use of the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[deflector dish]] to defeat the [[Borg]] in {{TNG|The Best of Both Worlds}} as a possible solution.
 
*A room is finally seen behind a seldom used sickbay door that doesn't lead to a corridor or the medical lab. Right after the teaser, Picard and Crusher leave this room which seems to be the [[morgue]] and enter the main sickbay room.
 
*A room is finally seen behind a seldom used sickbay door that doesn't lead to a corridor or the medical lab. Right after the teaser, Picard and Crusher leave this room which seems to be the [[morgue]] and enter the main sickbay room.
   
Line 154: Line 159:
 
* [[Rachen Assapiomonwait]] as [[Nelson (Starfleet)|Nelson]]
 
* [[Rachen Assapiomonwait]] as [[Nelson (Starfleet)|Nelson]]
 
* [[Michael Braveheart]] as [[Martinez]]
 
* [[Michael Braveheart]] as [[Martinez]]
* [[Clark]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Crewmembers|USS ''Brattain'' crewmember]]
+
* [[Clark]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Crewmembers|USS ''Brittain'' crewmember]]
 
* [[Tracee Cocco]] as [[Jae]]
 
* [[Tracee Cocco]] as [[Jae]]
 
* [[George Colucci]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Security officer (2366-2367)|security officer]]
 
* [[George Colucci]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Security officer (2366-2367)|security officer]]
* [[Gerard David, Jr.]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Crewmembers in morgue|USS ''Brattain'' crewmember]]
+
* [[Gerard David, Jr.]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Crewmembers in morgue|USS ''Brittain'' crewmember]]
 
* [[B.J. Davis]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Security crewman (2367)|security officer]]
 
* [[B.J. Davis]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Security crewman (2367)|security officer]]
 
* [[A. Flores]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Sciences division officer (2367)|science division officer]]
 
* [[A. Flores]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Sciences division officer (2367)|science division officer]]
 
* [[Margaret Flores]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female science officer|science division officer]]
 
* [[Margaret Flores]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female science officer|science division officer]]
 
* [[Keith Gearhart]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Operations/ Science division crewman|science division officer]]
 
* [[Keith Gearhart]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Operations/ Science division crewman|science division officer]]
* [[Melanie Gerren]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female science officer (2366-2368)|civilian]]
+
* [[Michele Gerren]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female science officer (2366-2368)|civilian]]
* [[Kai (actress)|Kai]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female medical officer (2367)|science division officer]]
+
* {{dis|Kai|actress}} as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female medical officer (2367)|science division officer]]
 
* [[Kast]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Officer at wedding ceremony|command division officer]]
 
* [[Kast]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Officer at wedding ceremony|command division officer]]
* [[Kim (actress)|Kim]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Female engineering crewmember (2366-2368)|operations division officer]]
+
* {{dis|Kim|actress}} as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Female engineering crewmember (2366-2368)|operations division officer]]
 
* [[Ampy Koran]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Ten Forward civilian (2367)|civilian]]
 
* [[Ampy Koran]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Ten Forward civilian (2367)|civilian]]
 
* [[Ken Lesco]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Security ensign/ Medical officer|civilian]]
 
* [[Ken Lesco]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Security ensign/ Medical officer|civilian]]
Line 174: Line 179:
 
* [[Lorine Mendell]] as [[Diana Giddings]]
 
* [[Lorine Mendell]] as [[Diana Giddings]]
 
* [[Michael Moorehead]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Bridge science ensign|science division ensign]]
 
* [[Michael Moorehead]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Bridge science ensign|science division ensign]]
* [[Moran (actor)|Moran]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Forward station officer|USS ''Brattain'' science division officer]]
+
* {{dis|Moran|actor}} as [[USS Brattain personnel#Forward station officer|USS ''Brittain'' science division officer]]
* [[Moriarty]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Crewmembers|USS ''Brattain'' crewmember]]
+
* [[S. Moriarty]] as [[Joseph A. Longo]]
 
* [[Terry Noel]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Female engineering officer|operations division officer]]
 
* [[Terry Noel]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Female engineering officer|operations division officer]]
 
* [[Frank Orsatti]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Science officer in Ten Forward (2367)|science division officer]]
 
* [[Frank Orsatti]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Science officer in Ten Forward (2367)|science division officer]]
Line 181: Line 186:
 
* [[Noriko Suzuki]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Female engineer|operations division ensign]]
 
* [[Noriko Suzuki]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Female engineer|operations division ensign]]
 
* [[Talbot]] as [[Ten Forward personnel#Ten Forward waitress|Ten Forward waitress]]
 
* [[Talbot]] as [[Ten Forward personnel#Ten Forward waitress|Ten Forward waitress]]
* [[Thompson (actress)|Thompson]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Female scientist|USS ''Brattain'' scientist]]
+
* {{dis|Thompson|actress}} as [[USS Brattain personnel#Female scientist|USS ''Brittain'' scientist]]
* [[Truman]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Male scientist|USS ''Brattain'' scientist]]
+
* [[Truman]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Male scientist|USS ''Brittain'' scientist]]
* [[Val]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Crewmembers|USS ''Brattain'' crewmember]]
+
* [[Val]] as [[USS Brattain personnel#Crewmembers|USS ''Brittain'' crewmember]]
 
* [[Unknown performers]] as
 
* [[Unknown performers]] as
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Female Ten Forward patrons (2367)|Civilian woman]]
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Female Ten Forward patrons (2367)|Civilian woman]]
** [[USS Brattain personnel#Crewmembers in morgue|Eight dead USS ''Brattain'' crewmembers]]
+
** [[USS Brattain personnel#Crewmembers in morgue|Eight dead USS ''Brittain'' crewmembers]]
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Bridge science division officer|Female science division officer]]
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Bridge science division officer|Female science division officer]]
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female medical officer (2366)|Female science division officer]]
 
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female medical officer (2366)|Female science division officer]]
Line 213: Line 218:
   
 
=== References ===
 
=== References ===
[[anicium]]; [[antimatter pod]]s; [[autopsy]]; [[Balthus]]; [[Betazoid]]; [[binary star system]]; [[biology]]; [[Borg]]; [[brain tissue]]; [[USS Brattain|''Brattain'', USS]]; [[Brink]]; [[Bussard collector]]s; [[calendenium]]; [[Cardilia]]; [[catatonia|catatonic state]]; [[coffee]]; [[Tom Corbin|Corbin, Tom]]; [[cortical scanner]]; [[deflector dish]]; [[deuterium injector]]; [[directed dreaming]]; [[distress call]]; [[drug]]s; [[electron]]; [[energy]]; [[entorhinal cortex]]; [[field generator]]; [[frequency]]; [[headache]]; [[hydrogen]]; [[impulse engine]]; [[isozyme]]; [[Kaladian thorn flower]]; [[Kenicki]]; [[laticifer]]; [[life support system]]; [[Magus III]]; [[Magus III energy weapon]]; [[magnetic containment]]; [[matter valve]]s; [[Melthusian]]; [[Melthusian starship]]; {{class|Miranda}}; [[mutiny]]; [[ontogeny]]; [[phaser]]; [[photon torpedo]]; [[plant biology]]; [[PGO signal]]; [[poison]]; [[polymorphism]]; [[positron emission sensor]]; [[power coil]]; [[propulsion system]]; [[proton]]; [[rat]]; [[REM sleep]]; [[scientific advisor]]; [[snake]]; [[somatic drug]]; [[Starbase 220]]; [[telepathy]]; [[theta wave]]; [[thruster]]; [[tractor beam]]; [[turbolift]]; [[Bela Tyken|Tyken, Bela]], [[Tyken's Rift]]; [[virus]]; [[visual cortex]]; [[warp drive]]; [[warp tow]]; [[yurium]]
+
[[anicium]]; [[antimatter pod]]s; [[autopsy]]; [[autopsy report]]; [[Balthus]]; [[Betazoid]]; [[binary star system]]; [[biology]]; [[Borg]]; [[brain tissue]]; [[USS Brattain|''Brittain'', USS]]; [[Brink]]; [[Bussard collector]]s; [[calendenium]]; [[Cardilia]]; [[catatonia|catatonic state]]; [[coffee]]; [[Tom Corbin|Corbin, Tom]]; [[cortical scanner]]; [[deflector dish]]; [[deuterium injector]]; [[directed dreaming]]; [[distress call]]; [[drug]]s; [[electron]]; [[energy]]; [[entorhinal cortex]]; [[field generator]]; [[frequency]]; [[headache]]; [[hydrogen]]; [[impulse engine]]; [[isozyme]]; [[Kaladian thorn flower]]; [[Kenicki]]; [[laticifer]]; [[life support system]]; [[Magus III]]; [[Magus III energy weapon]]; [[magnetic containment]]; [[matter valve]]s; [[Melthusian]]; [[Melthusian starship]]; {{class|Miranda}}; [[mutiny]]; [[Number one]]; [[ontogeny]]; [[phaser]]; [[photon torpedo]]; [[plant biology]]; [[PGO signal]]; [[poison]]; [[polymorphism]]; [[positron emission sensor]]; [[power coil]]; [[propulsion system]]; [[proton]]; [[rat]]; [[REM sleep]]; [[scientific advisor]]; [[snake]]; [[somatic drug]]; [[Starbase 220]]; [[telepathy]]; [[theta wave]]; [[thruster]]; [[tractor beam]]; [[turbolift]]; [[Bela Tyken|Tyken, Bela]], [[Tyken's Rift]]; [[virus]]; [[visual cortex]]; [[warp drive]]; [[warp tow]]; [[yurium]]
   
 
==== Okudagram references ====
 
==== Okudagram references ====
[[Adams Research Group]]; [[antimatter]] ([[antideuterium]]); [[avitable compound 283]]; [[Balter compound 298]]; [[Balter detonator]]; [[bio-genovesium]]; [[bioneutralization]]; [[Bishop/P 374]]; [[blitmanite]]; [[blitmanite 834]]; [[brown tricobalt 126]]; [[carbon]]; [[Cervantes fusion explosive]]; [[clancium oxide]]; [[class H]]; [[class K planet]]; [[class N]]; [[class R]]; [[deuterium]]; [[electrolytic fractioning]]; [[electrolytic recycling]]; [[electronic pulse actuator]]; [[emergency disconnect explosive bolt]]s; [[emergency thruster device]]; [[engineering]]; [[evora oxide]]; [[firefighting]]; [[fuel]]; [[fusion reactor]]; [[gamma pulse ignition device]]; [[Grant thermite 893]]; [[gronerium compound 3983]]; [[hoffmeisterite compound 239]]; [[hutzelite 27]]; [[hydrogen]]; [[impulse propulsion system]]; [[laser detonator]]; [[Lauritson solid 451]]; [[Lichfield suspension]]; [[long-range impact probe]]; [[low specific impulse]]; [[Luduvko IX]]; [[magnesium]]; [[magnetic confinement pod]]; [[medical tricorder]]; [[microfusion device]]; [[microwave pulse ignition device]]; [[microwave pulse detonator]]; [[mining]]; [[molnar composite (thermal)]]; [[mooride polyronite B]]; [[moyerite (Synthetic)]]; [[neussite 283]]; [[nuclear explosive]]; [[organic waste]]; [[oxygen]]; [[pastorium liquid 342]]; [[plutonium]]; [[plutonium ryanite]]; [[radioisotope]]; [[remote spectroscopy vaporization device]]; [[Rossium-K]]; [[R'M'Yr B'rneht Institute]]; [[Ryan Crystals 8489]]; [[sarium krellide]]; [[saurium krellide 024]]; [[standard year]]; [[Starfleet Regulations]]; [[sodium]]; [[solid rocket motor device]]; [[sternbachium]]; [[suicide]]; [[takemurium 9839]]; [[terraforming]]; [[thermal grantium compound]]; [[thermal pulse ignition charge]]; [[toddtracium]]; [[toxicity]]; [[tricorder]]; [[tri-nikolas powder]]; [[type VI reactor]]; [[Type 12 Hillebrand detonator]]; [[type 43 fusion detonator]]; [[ullage thruster device]]; [[ultritium]]; [[ultritium 283]]; [[ultritium 342]]; [[ultritium compound 902]]; [[vernier thruster device]]; [[walkerite 342]]; [[warp propulsion system]]; [[Wynsdey III]]
+
[[Adams Research Group]]; [[antimatter]] ([[antideuterium]]); [[avitable compound 283]]; [[Balter compound 298]]; [[Balter detonator]]; [[bio-genovesium]]; [[bioneutralization]]; [[Bishop/P 374]]; [[blitmanite]]; [[blitmanite 834]]; [[brown tricobalt 126]]; [[carbon]]; [[Cervantes fusion explosive]]; [[clancium oxide]]; [[class H]]; [[class K planet]]; [[class N]]; [[class R]]; [[deuterium]]; [[electrolytic fractioning]]; [[electrolytic recycling]]; [[electronic pulse actuator]]; [[emergency disconnect explosive bolt]]; [[emergency jettison thruster]]; [[engineering]]; [[evora oxide]]; [[firefighting]]; [[fuel]]; [[fusion reactor]]; [[gamma pulse ignition device]]; [[Grant thermite 893]]; [[gronerium compound 3983]]; [[hoffmeisterite compound 239]]; [[hutzelite 27]]; [[hydrogen]]; [[impulse propulsion system]]; [[laser detonator]]; [[Lauritson solid 451]]; [[Lichfield suspension]]; [[long-range impact probe]]; [[Ludovko IX]]; [[magnesium]]; [[magnetic confinement pod]]; [[medical tricorder]]; [[microfusion device]]; [[microwave pulse ignition device]]; [[microwave pulse detonator]]; [[mining]]; [[molnar composite (thermal)]]; [[mooride polyronite B]]; [[moyerite (synthetic)]]; [[neussite 283]]; [[nuclear explosive]]; [[organic waste]]; [[oxygen]]; [[pastorium liquid 342]]; [[plutonium]]; [[plutonium ryanite]]; [[radioisotope]]; [[remote spectroscopy vaporization device]]; [[Rossium-K]]; [[R'M'Yr B'rneht Institute]]; [[Ryan Crystals 8489]]; [[sarium krellide]]; [[saurium krellide 024]]; [[specific impulse]]; [[standard year]]; [[Starfleet Regulations]]; [[sodium]]; [[solid rocket motor device]]; [[sternbachium]]; [[suicide]]; [[takemurium 9839]]; [[terraforming]]; [[thermal grantium compound]]; [[thermal pulse ignition charge]]; [[toddtracium]]; [[toxicity]]; [[tricorder]]; [[tri-nikolas powder]]; [[type VI reactor]]; [[type 12 Hillebrand detonator]]; [[type 43 fusion detonator]]; [[ullage thruster device]]; [[ultritium]]; [[ultritium 283]]; [[ultritium 342]]; [[ultritium compound 902]]; [[vernier thruster device]]; [[walkerite 342]]; [[warp propulsion system]]; [[Wynsdey III]]
   
 
====Dedication plaque references====
 
====Dedication plaque references====
[[2345]]; [[40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards]] ([[40 Eridani A]]); [[Advanced Technologies Division]]; [[Dick Brownfield (Captain)|Brownfield, Dick]]; [[Cardilia]]; [[Mandy Chamberlin (Captain)|Chamberlin, Mandy]]; [[Joe Chess (Captain)|Chess, Joe]]; [[Exploratory Division]]; [[Fleet Administration]]; [[Fleet Operations]]; [[Fleet Yards Operations]]; [[Richard James (Admiral)|James, Richard]]; [[Les Landau (Admiral)|Landau, Les]]; [[Robert Legato (Vice Admiral)|Legato, Robert]]; [[Mission operations|Mission Operations]]; [[John Nesterowicz (Captain)|Nesterowitz, John]]; [[Orbital Operations]]; [[Bill Peets (Captain)|Peets, Bill]]; [[Marvin Rush (Admiral)|Rush, Marvin]]; [[Adele Simmons (Vice Admiral)|Simmons, Adele]]; [[Bob Sordal (Captain)|Sordal, Bob]]; [[Starfleet Academy]]; [[Stellar Imaging Division]]; [[Tactical Command]]; [[Brad Yacobian (Vice Admiral)|Yacobian, Brad]]; [[Yoyodyne Division]]
+
[[40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards]] ([[40 Eridani A]]); [[Advanced Technologies Division]]; [[Dick Brownfield (Captain)|Brownfield, Dick]]; [[Mandy Chamberlin (Captain)|Chamberlin, Mandy]]; [[Joe Chess (Captain)|Chess, Joe]]; [[Exploratory Division]]; [[Fleet Administration]]; [[Fleet Operations]]; [[Fleet Yards Operations]]; [[Richard James (Admiral)|James, Richard]]; [[Les Landau (Admiral)|Landau, Les]]; [[Robert Legato (Vice Admiral)|Legato, Robert]]; [[Mission operations|Mission Operations]]; [[John Nesterowicz (Captain)|Nesterowitz, John]]; [[Orbital Operations]]; [[Bill Peets (Captain)|Peets, Bill]]; [[Marvin Rush (Admiral)|Rush, Marvin]]; [[Adele Simmons (Vice Admiral)|Simmons, Adele]]; [[Bob Sordal (Captain)|Sordal, Bob]]; [[Starfleet Academy]]; [[Stellar Imaging Division]]; [[Tactical Command]]; [[Brad Yacobian (Admiral)|Yacobian, Brad]]; [[Yoyodyne Division]]
   
 
===External ink===
 
===External ink===
*{{Wikipedia|Night Terrors (Star Trek: The Next Generation)}}
+
*{{Wikipedia-quote|Night Terrors (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Night Terrors}}
   
 
{{TNG nav|season=4|last={{e|Galaxy's Child}}|next={{e|Identity Crisis}}}}
 
{{TNG nav|season=4|last={{e|Galaxy's Child}}|next={{e|Identity Crisis}}}}
  +
   
 
[[de:Augen in der Dunkelheit]]
 
[[de:Augen in der Dunkelheit]]
 
[[es:Night Terrors]]
 
[[es:Night Terrors]]
[[fr:Night Terrors]]
+
[[fr:Night Terrors (épisode)]]
 
[[it:Terrori notturni (episodio)]]
 
[[it:Terrori notturni (episodio)]]
[[ja:TNG:謎めいた狂気]]
+
[[ja:謎めいた狂気(エピソード)]]
 
[[nl:Night Terrors]]
 
[[nl:Night Terrors]]
 
[[pl:Night Terrors]]
 
[[pl:Night Terrors]]

Revision as of 09:36, 4 April 2016

Template:Realworld

Brattain personnel

Brittain personnel

The Enterprise crew is affected when they are adrift in a remote area of space, and find themselves unable to dream.

Summary

The USS Enterprise-D is given orders to find a lost Starfleet vessel, the USS Brittain. They come upon the ship adrift in a binary star system. Beaming on board, an away team finds the entire crew murdered, except for a Betazoid, Andrus Hagan, the Brittain's scientific advisor who is catatonic.

Soon after encountering the disturbing scene on board the Brittain, the Enterprise crew begins to experience her own problems, marked by an inexplicable increase in irritability and fatigue. Counselor Deanna Troi tries to reach the mind of the surviving (but catatonic) Hagan, while Data, Geordi La Forge and Commander Riker unsuccessfully try to figure out the engine malfunctions aboard the Brittain.

Doctor Beverly Crusher reports to Captain Picard, telling him that there is no indication of a psychological or physiological disease based on the autopsies of the crew, leaving the growing madness on board the Brittain, as detailed in the last log entry of Captain Chantal Zaheva, unexplained. She had her first officer, Commander Brink "eliminated".

In the meantime, Counselor Troi has entered a rather intense dream. Spoken to by an unidentified voice, she asks the speaker "Where are you?". The voice repeats the phrases "eyes in the dark" and "one moon circles," as Troi is drawn toward two lights that are reminiscent of the binary star system in which the Enterprise is currently stationed.

On the Brittain, La Forge has to reassure a crewman who apparently heard some noises when no one was there, acknowledging that the 34 dead people found aboard would make anyone uneasy. And on the Enterprise, conflict is spreading all over the ship; when Keiko O'Brien enters the O'Briens' quarters, she and Miles quarrel, during which Miles displays a great deal of envy towards one of his wife's co-workers, Tom Corbin. Miles leaves their quarters and enters Ten Forward, where he is warned by Chief Gillespie about the current events. O'Brien brushes the warning off, dismissing it as "ghost stories". In the meantime, Picard is in his ready room when the door chimes. He says, "Come," several times but no one enters, and yet the chimes repeat. He finally goes to the door and sees no one there. The door continues to chime and finally someone knocks. At the door are Troi and Crusher. They say that the occurrences of violence aboard the Enterprise are continuing to escalate so they must leave before what happened to the Brittain happens to them. Captain Picard gives the order for the ship to retreat to a safe distance from the Brittain, only to find that all energy expended by the ship's engines is drained by the anomaly, rendering the ship unable to move.

The crew realizes that it is actually trapped inside a space-time anomaly known as a Tyken's Rift, named after a Melthusian named Bela Tyken who had escaped a similar rift by detonating his cargo of anicium and yurium. The Enterprise, after being adrift for 10 days, begins to mirror the state aboard the Brittain shortly before her crew succumbed to insanity and became violent. Picard and Riker talk in the turbolift while going to the Bridge and Riker says that sometimes he feels like someone is in his quarters, waiting for him. Picard relieves Riker for a few hours, telling him to get a nap. Riker obeys but as soon as he leaves and the door shuts, Picard thinks the turbolift ceiling is coming down on him. The door opens and the crew see him screaming. It's only a hallucination, but it's enough to make him feel that he needs Data for their continued survival while they try to find a solution to leave the Tyken's rift.

With minimal energy reserves and no clear means of escape, Dr. Crusher hypothesizes that the rampant outbreaks of violence aboard both ships are due to lack of rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep, leading to fatigue, loss of concentration, extreme irritability, hostility and ultimately, insanity. However, this is not being caused by the Tyken's Rift. Crusher noted that Troi can sleep, and Troi notes that she is the only person aboard the ship who continues to be able to dream, perhaps due to her unique telepathic abilities, but that all of her dreams are nightmares.

Meanwhile, the rest of the crew has their theories as to why they are behaving irrationally. Worf feels so helpless that he tries to commit suicide in his quarters. He feels that he is no longer a warrior because he is afraid of whatever is causing their sleeplessness. Troi runs to his quarters and manages to convince him to put the knife down.

With the ship's energy reserves reaching critically low levels, Data (not needing sleep at all) and Troi (still sleeping intermittently, but having the same recurring nightmares) attempt to analyze the counselor's dreams, hypothesizing that there may be some sort of telepathic communication from someone else trapped inside the rift. The messages and image repeated each time in Troi's dream, "eyes in the dark" and "one moon circles", are interpreted as a description of the binary star system and the atomic structure of hydrogen (one proton in the nucleus with one electron - one moon - orbiting it).

The crew in Ten Forward think the situation is an experiment and want to mutiny, led by Gillespie. Guinan realizes that something might happen and calls security. As soon as security enters, a fight breaks out. Guinan takes a weapon from behind Ten Forward's bar she acquired from Magus III and fires it into the ceiling stopping the fight.

Data then assumes the role of acting captain of the Enterprise, ejecting the hydrogen into the space immediately in front of the ship through the Bussard collectors while Troi attempts to communicate their actions to the unknown beings in a dream.

Just after there is no longer sufficient power to maintain the hydrogen stream leaving the Bussard collectors, an explosion erupts in front of the ship, indicating that Troi was successful. Another alien vessel was apparently trapped inside the rift, and used telepathy to communicate with Troi. It was this telepathy that somehow prevented the crew of the Enterprise from entering REM sleep. Power and life support are restored to normal, allowing the Enterprise and the alien vessel to escape the rift, although the Brittain is apparently left behind. As his last duty as acting captain, Data orders Picard and the rest of the crew to their quarters to sleep. Data leads the Enterprise to Starbase 220.

Memorable quotes

"Eyes in the dark... one moon circles."

- Counselor Troi's recurring nightmare, later determined to be a telepathic message from another vessel trapped in the rift


"First officer Brink and his men were behind it. They got to the engines, they don't work anymore. Had to eliminate Brink!"

- Chantal Zaheva, commanding officer of the Brittain during her captain's log


"All 34 of them appear to have killed each other."
"What could have caused such an event? Drugs? A virus? Poison?"

- Beverly Crusher and Jean-Luc Picard


"There is an inevitable conclusion to this pattern and if I can't find a way to stop it... we will all go insane."

- Crusher, on the crew's lack of REM sleep


"I will need to rely on you from now on. We may need to count on you for our very survival."
"I will do my best, sir."

- Picard and Data, as the situation aboard the Enterprise continues to deteriorate


"To admit that you're afraid gives you strength."

- Troi to Worf


"What is that?"
"This is a little souvenir I picked up from Magus III. That was setting number one. Anyone wanna see setting number two?"

- Gillespie and Guinan regarding her phaser rifle


"Sir... as my final duty as acting captain... I order you to bed."

- Data, to Picard


"Pleasant dreams, sir."

- Data, as Picard goes to his quarters to sleep

Background information

Story and production

  • Teleplay writer Jeri Taylor noted, "This was a real tough episode. It was convoluted, it was a little mysterious, technical, quasi-supernatural. It was all over the map and there were a lot of different episodes to try and make cohesive. I rewrote and rewrote it, and I never thought we were ever going to put that one to bed. It was strange. Troi's dream sequences are not something you get to see every week." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
  • Michael Piller noted that the pace of the show was so slow that the episode ran nine minutes over and had to be severely cut. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion) According to the call sheets there were scenes planned but cut which were filmed on the engineering set, in front of Troi's office, in sickbay, and on the main bridge.
  • "Night Terrors" was filmed between Monday 7 January 1991 and Tuesday 15 January 1991 on Paramount Stage 8, 9, and 16. Additional blue screen shots were filmed on Tuesday 22 January 1991 on Paramount Stage 13. This was the first episode filmed in 1991.
  • First UK airdate: 12 October 1994

Continuity

Reception

File:Filming Night Terrors.jpg

Sirtis' stunt double filming in front of a blue screen.

  • As mentioned in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, this episode is considered to be one of the weakest of the fourth season and many members of the production staff were unhappy with it. The scenes with Troi "flying" were said to be a "terrible" mistake by Jeri Taylor and Robert Legato described them as "horrible". Marina Sirtis commented that her desire for more action scenes had backfired; she had to grapple with an intense fear of heights in order to film them. Sirtis recalled, "The terror on my face was actually real. I was absolutely terrified." (Selected Crew Analysis: Year Four - Crew Profile: Counselor Troi, TNG Season 4 DVD special features)
  • Jonathan Frakes remarked, "That was a yawner, wasn't it? That was a shitty piece of special effects work when Troi was flying with those cloud[s] around her. That was below our standard." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
  • Marina Sirtis opined, "I liked the storyline of that episode because it was about the dreamworld, and I'm of Greek descent so I totally believe dreams mean something. And not the Freudian thing, all this hocus pocus. So that was another one that I could relate to really strongly. But I did hate the flying." (Selected Crew Analysis: Year Four - Crew Profile: Counselor Troi, TNG Season 4 DVD special features)
  • Rick Berman commented, "The sleep disorder was that our people were not getting enough REM sleep [and] they were all going mad which, in fact, is what would happen. It was all medically accurate, but it was kind of hard to follow and got convoluted. I don't think there was anything very terrifying in it." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
  • Michael Piller concluded, "[I]t was the first show right after Christmas hiatus and I don't think everybody was quite back on their feet yet. As a result, the energy level was way down and the timing was off and the nature of the problem made everybody start reading slowly...The bottom line was that it was no longer a script because they were dream deprived. They were all talking slowly and after a while that gets pretty boring, and the middle of that show sagged and was slow, boring and disappointing." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
  • A mission report for this episode by John Sayers was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 16, pp. 42-44.
  • Director Les Landau blocked this episode out and prefers not to discuss it, for reasons he won't elaborate. It had something to do with Troi floating in space. (The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 21, p. 45)

Video and DVD releases

Links and references

Starring

Also starring

Guest stars

And

Special guest star

Co-star

Uncredited co-stars

Stunt double

Stand-ins and photo doubles

References

anicium; antimatter pods; autopsy; autopsy report; Balthus; Betazoid; binary star system; biology; Borg; brain tissue; Brittain, USS; Brink; Bussard collectors; calendenium; Cardilia; catatonic state; coffee; Corbin, Tom; cortical scanner; deflector dish; deuterium injector; directed dreaming; distress call; drugs; electron; energy; entorhinal cortex; field generator; frequency; headache; hydrogen; impulse engine; isozyme; Kaladian thorn flower; Kenicki; laticifer; life support system; Magus III; Magus III energy weapon; magnetic containment; matter valves; Melthusian; Melthusian starship; Miranda-class; mutiny; Number one; ontogeny; phaser; photon torpedo; plant biology; PGO signal; poison; polymorphism; positron emission sensor; power coil; propulsion system; proton; rat; REM sleep; scientific advisor; snake; somatic drug; Starbase 220; telepathy; theta wave; thruster; tractor beam; turbolift; Tyken, Bela, Tyken's Rift; virus; visual cortex; warp drive; warp tow; yurium

Okudagram references

Adams Research Group; antimatter (antideuterium); avitable compound 283; Balter compound 298; Balter detonator; bio-genovesium; bioneutralization; Bishop/P 374; blitmanite; blitmanite 834; brown tricobalt 126; carbon; Cervantes fusion explosive; clancium oxide; class H; class K planet; class N; class R; deuterium; electrolytic fractioning; electrolytic recycling; electronic pulse actuator; emergency disconnect explosive bolt; emergency jettison thruster; engineering; evora oxide; firefighting; fuel; fusion reactor; gamma pulse ignition device; Grant thermite 893; gronerium compound 3983; hoffmeisterite compound 239; hutzelite 27; hydrogen; impulse propulsion system; laser detonator; Lauritson solid 451; Lichfield suspension; long-range impact probe; Ludovko IX; magnesium; magnetic confinement pod; medical tricorder; microfusion device; microwave pulse ignition device; microwave pulse detonator; mining; molnar composite (thermal); mooride polyronite B; moyerite (synthetic); neussite 283; nuclear explosive; organic waste; oxygen; pastorium liquid 342; plutonium; plutonium ryanite; radioisotope; remote spectroscopy vaporization device; Rossium-K; R'M'Yr B'rneht Institute; Ryan Crystals 8489; sarium krellide; saurium krellide 024; specific impulse; standard year; Starfleet Regulations; sodium; solid rocket motor device; sternbachium; suicide; takemurium 9839; terraforming; thermal grantium compound; thermal pulse ignition charge; toddtracium; toxicity; tricorder; tri-nikolas powder; type VI reactor; type 12 Hillebrand detonator; type 43 fusion detonator; ullage thruster device; ultritium; ultritium 283; ultritium 342; ultritium compound 902; vernier thruster device; walkerite 342; warp propulsion system; Wynsdey III

Dedication plaque references

40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards (40 Eridani A); Advanced Technologies Division; Brownfield, Dick; Chamberlin, Mandy; Chess, Joe; Exploratory Division; Fleet Administration; Fleet Operations; Fleet Yards Operations; James, Richard; Landau, Les; Legato, Robert; Mission Operations; Nesterowitz, John; Orbital Operations; Peets, Bill; Rush, Marvin; Simmons, Adele; Sordal, Bob; Starfleet Academy; Stellar Imaging Division; Tactical Command; Yacobian, Brad; Yoyodyne Division

External ink

Previous episode:
"Galaxy's Child"
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4
Next episode:
"Identity Crisis"