Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.answers,news.answers Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx!dnadams From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams) Subject: STAR TREK:TNG SIXTH SEASON PROMO SUMMARY Message-ID: <1993Jun16.034006.19418@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> Followup-To: rec.arts.startrek.misc Summary: Compilation of episode promos for the season. Sender: usenet@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (netnews admin account) Reply-To: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu Organization: Utopia Planitia Starfleet Yards, Mars Date: Wed, 16 Jun 93 03:40:06 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: Wed, 1 Sep 1993 06:01:00 GMT Lines: 1479 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.arts.startrek.misc:22436 rec.answers:1225 news.answers:9480 Archive-name: star-trek/promos/tng/season6 -------------------------------- STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION -------------------------------- SIXTH SEASON PROMO SUMMARY by Dean Adams June 14, 1993 Ep. Date PC Title ---- -------- --- ----------------------- 127. 09/19/92 227 Time's Arrow (part 2) 128. 09/26/92 228 Realm of Fear 129. 10/03/92 229 Man of the People 130. 10/10/92 230 Relics 131. 10/17/92 231 Schisms 132. 10/24/92 232 True Q 133. 10/31/92 233 Rascals 134. 11/07/92 234 A Fistful of Datas 135. 11/14/92 235 The Quality of Life 136. 12/12/92 236 Chain of Command (part 1) 137. 12/19/92 237 Chain of Command (part 2) 138. 01/23/93 238 Ship In A Bottle 139. 01/30/93 239 Aquiel 140. 02/06/93 240 Face Of The Enemy 141. 02/13/93 241 Tapestry 142. 02/20/93 242 The Birthright (part 1) 143. 02/27/93 243 The Birthright (part 2) 144. 03/27/93 244 Starship Mine 145. 04/03/93 245 Lessons 146. 04/24/93 246 The Chase 147. 05/01/93 247 Frame of Mind 148. 05/08/93 248 Suspicions 149. 05/15/93 249 Rightful Heir 150. 05/22/93 250 Second Chances 151. 06/12/93 251 Timescape 152. 06/19/93 252 Descent - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - ---------------------------- TIME'S ARROW PT.II (#227) ---------------------------- WILL DATA SURVIVE HIS SHOCKING DESTINY? [ Data and Guinan together; Riker with Picard, Riker hits a cop ] [ Picard examines Data's old head ] [ Man pointing a gun at Data ] Data (to man): It is imperative we continue our mission. [ Data driving a horse and carriage ] [ Geordi fights with male alien impostor ] HIS QUEST: TO STOP PREDATORS FROM INVADING 19TH CENTURY EARTH. [ Picard talking to female alien impostor; she begins to dephase ] Picard: Hunters? You're killers. HIS FATE: A TRAGIC SACRIFICE TO SAVE MANKIND. [ Data grabs a glowing cane from the alien, and is then enveloped by an energy field ] [ Riker and Worf on the bridge ] Riker: O'Brien, get him out of there! [ Clemens, Guinan, and Picard are thrown back by an energy burst ] Worf: Torpedoes away sir. [ Enterprise fires a photon torpedo barrage; Closeup of Data's old head ] ...ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: [ Riker (dressed as cop) fires a phaser at the cane; it transforms into the glowing ophidian ] DATA MUST FACE HIS OWN DEATH IN THE 19TH CENTURY, ON STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ----------------------- REALM OF FEAR (#228) ----------------------- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TRANSPORTING THROUGH SPACE BECOMES YOUR WORST FEAR? [ Worf, Geordi, and Beverly being transported ] [ Barclay cringes with fear ] [ Troi counsels Barclay, in her office ] Troi: Why have you kept it a secret? Barclay: Because my career in Starfleet would be over. TERROR TWISTS THE MIND AND CREATES BIZARRE HALLUCINATIONS [ Barclay "in transport", a large "worm thing" grabs his arm ] [ Reg awakens and sits up in bed; His arm is glowing blue ] [ Geordi in Engineering ] Geordi: Did you see something during transport? [ Barclay on the transporter platform ] Barclay: Either there's something in there, or i'm going crazy. [ Picard, Riker, Barclay, and Bev in the conference room ] [ Bev examines Barclay's arm ] Riker: Let me get this straight, you think this thing was alive? NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO CROSS THE THRESHOLD OF NO RETURN... [ Enterprise approaching what appears to be a red giant losing a stream of stellar material to a neutron star ] [ Data and Geordi in Engineering; a console explodes, but is apparently contained by a force field ] ...AND FACE A PERSONAL NIGHTMARE. [ "worm" heading for Barclay's face ] [ O'Brien and Geordi in Transporter room ] O'Brien: We need to bring him back. [ Data and Geordi examine a glowing, unconscious Barclay ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: A terrifying vision forces the crew to cross a threshold of no return, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. --------------------------- MAN OF THE PEOPLE (#229) --------------------------- COUNSELOR TROI FALLS PREY TO AN ALIEN'S SEDUCTIVE POWERS... [ Troi and Alkar each holding a glowing rock ] Troi: Strength comes from love. [ Picard and Alkar talking ] Alkar: I have no intention of releasing her now or ever. ...AND A STARTLING METAMORPHOSIS RELEASES JEALOUS RAGE. [ In 10-Forward: Troi with gray hair, wearing very revealing dress ] [ Troi holding a knife, struggling with Picard in the transporter room ] [ Troi with Riker ] Troi: I need you. [ She rakes his neck with her nails, leaving multiple red scratch marks; Riker looks shocked ] [ Bev talking to Picard ] Bev: Deanna's condition is deteriorating rapidly. [ Gray haired Troi enters her quarters ] Troi: NO!!!!!! WILL TROI PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR UNBRIDLED PASSION? [ OLD Troi on biobed in Sickbay ] [ in Ready Room ] Picard: Counselor Troi is dying. ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Seductive alien powers force Troi to pay the ultimate price, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ---------------- RELICS (#230) ---------------- IN AN UNCHARTED CORNER OF THE GALAXY... [ The Enterprise is dwarfed by a large spherical artifact in space ] [ Riker and Geordi at a transporter console; Scotty is materializing ] ...A LEGEND HAS BEEN TRAPPED IN TIME FOR SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS. [ Picard and the main crew welcome Scotty in the Shuttle bay ] HAUNTED BY THE PAST... [ Closeup of Scotty; view of the NCC-1701 bridge ] ...HE YEARNS FOR ANOTHER CALL TO ACTION. [ Scotty sitting in his quarters ] BUT THE FUTURE HOLDS NO PLACE FOR HIM. [ Scott and Geordi in Engineering ] Scotty: As one engineer to another, I can do this. [ Picard, Riker, Worf, Data, Ensign Rager on the bridge; it is shaking ] CAN HE BECOME A HERO ONE LAST TIME? [ The Enterprise flies towards an exit in the Sphere ] [ Geordi and Scotty on the Jenolan bridge; Geordi in the Captain's chair ] Scotty: It's coming apart lad! [ an explosion on the Jenolan bridge ] SCOTTY RETURNS, ON STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: FOR SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS HE HAS BEEN TRAPPED IN TIME... [ Scotty with Geordi in Main Engineering ] Scotty: I'm here to help! SCOTTY RETURNS, ON STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ----------------- SCHISMS (#231) ----------------- WITHOUT WARNING AND NO EXPLANATION, AN EXPERIMENT IN TERROR HAS BEGIN. [ A patient collapses and Bev catches him ] [ Worf recoils from Mr. Mott's scissors ] [ Geordi, Riker and aliens in a holodeck room ] Geordi: I've been in this room before. Riker: We've all been in here before. HAVE CREW MEMBERS BEEN KIDNAPED AND MEMORIES ERASED? [ Riker unconscious on alien examination table ] [ Picard and Geordi talking to... ] Picard: I need to know if anyone comes on or off this ship. [ Bev and Med Tech in Sickbay, examining Riker ] Bev: It looks as though your arm has been severed and then reattached. AND WILL THEY BE SACRIFICED AS HUMAN GUINEA PIGS? [ Riker on table in alien lab, a green alien (Tetryon) examines him ] [ Worf and Picard on the bridge ] Worf: Commander Riker has been taken from the Enterprise. [ Riker awakens on alien examination table ] ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: The crew of the Enterprise become helpless victims of deadly alien experiments, on Star Trek: The Next Generation. ---------------- TRUE Q (#232) ---------------- WHEN HUMAN FEELINGS COLLIDE WITH ALIEN POWERS... [ Bev hugs Amanda ] [ Ready Room: Q (in Captain's uniform) appears next to Picard ] [ Q with Amanda ] ...DANGEROUS CHOICES MUST BE MADE. [ Q talking with Picard ] Q: If this child does not learn how to control her power, she may accidentally destroy herself... or all of you. [ Amanda throws Q across the room ] [ Picard and Amanda talking ] Amanda: I know I can resist. WILL HER EXTRAORDINARY GIFT GO OUT OF CONTROL? [ in Ten-Forward: Amanda sitting with Bev and Deanna, Riker with a woman; Amanda and Riker suddenly vanish ] [ Amanda and Riker in costumes; Riker kissing her ] Amanda: Do you love me? Riker: More than anything. ...OR WILL A GREATER POWER STOP HER DEAD IN HER TRACKS? [ Q appears behind Amanda ] [ Q grabs Amanda's face ] [ in Ready Room: Picard and Q talking ] Picard: Does she live or does she die? ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: [ Geordi and Data in Main Engineering; Amanda suddenly appears ] THE DISCOVERY OF EXTRAORDINARY POWERS COULD COST A YOUNG GIRL HER LIFE, ON STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. [ Amanda in Main Engineering; gas escaping from Warp Core ] ----------------- RASCALS (#233) ----------------- A TRANSPORTER MALFUNCTION TRANSFORMS THE CREW INTO CHILDREN... [ Picard and crew in Shuttlecraft; energy discharges visible outside ] [ Young Picard and crew on transporter platform ] [ Bev and Young Picard in Ready Room ] Young Picard: Are you here to relieve me of duty? I am still Jean-Luc Picard. ...AND A POWERLESS YOUNG CAPTAIN IS ABOUT TO LOSE HIS SHIP TO HOSTILE ALIENS. [ Young Picard on the bridge ] [ Bird of Prey vessels firing on the Enterprise ] [ Two Ferengi's storm the bridge ] Riker: Computer, deactivate all command functions, authorization: Riker-Omega-three. Ferengi: We have secured the bridge. STRIPPED OF COMMAND, CAN PICARD STOP A SAVAGE ATTACK? [ Ferengi drags Young Picard into a room with other children ] Ferengi: I will execute every child on this ship. ...ON STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: When a transporter malfunction turns the crew into children, aliens take over the Enterprise, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ---------------------------- A FISTFUL OF DATAS (#234) ---------------------------- DATA'S MEMORY MALFUNCTION TURNS A WILD WEST FANTASY INTO A REAL LIFE SHOOTOUT [ Data in Engineering; opticable connected to his head ] [ Worf and Alexander in a western town, wearing 'sheriff' badges ] [ In a saloon, Data's two henchmen start shooting at Worf ] [ Troi talking to Worf ] Troi: My god, you've been shot! NOW, WITH ONLY PRIMITIVE DEFENSES... [ Worf punches a man in the saloon ] ...CAN WORF STOP A GANG OF MURDEROUS OUTLAWS? [ Alexander abducted... ] [ Worf confronts Data, who is in a jail cell ] Worf: Where have they taken my son? ..AND WITH NO ESCAPE, CAN HE SURVIVE A VIOLENT SHOWDOWN? [ Troi aims a rifle at Data ] [ Worf and Troi talking ] Troi: There's a gunfighter out there who has the speed and accuracy of an android. [ Data and Worf in the street, ready for the shootout ] [ Worf draws; Data 'fanning' a revolver ] ...ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: A computer malfunction turns a wild west fantasy into a real life shootout, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ----------------------------- THE QUALITY OF LIFE (#235) ----------------------------- A POWERFUL NEW INVENTION LEADS TO A STARTLING DISCOVERY... [ Data, Picard, Geordi, and an alien woman examine a device on the station ] Data: I have reason to believe the exocomps are alive. ...BUT A CRISIS WILL FORCE DATA TO CHOSE BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE. [ Data in Engineering, grabs the device and walks away ] [ Picard and woman (Doctor) on the station ] Picard: Doctor, the station must be evacuated. [ Riker and Data on the bridge ] Riker: Prepare for emergency transport. Data: I have locked out the controls. WILL HE SACRIFICE HIS OWN CAPTAIN TO PROTECT A NEW LIFE FORM? [ Picard and Geordi on the station ] [ Riker and Data in the conference room ] Riker: You release that transporter lockout now! Data: I can not do that sir. [ explosion on the station ] ...ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Will Data sacrifice Picard and Geordi to protect a living machine? ...on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ------------------------------- CHAIN OF COMMAND PT.I (#236) ------------------------------- TOP SECRET ORDERS FORCE PICARD TO RELINQUISH COMMAND... [ Enterprise facing off Cardassian warship ] [ New Captain (Jellico) in Ready Room ] Jellico: I want this ship ready for action. [ Shuttle leaving Enterprise ] DUTY SENDS HIM TO STOP PRODUCTION OF THE MOST FEARED WEAPON IN THE GALAXY. [ Picard, Worf, and Bev (in commando garb) breaking through a door in an underground Cardassian installation ] [ Picard talking while on Shuttle ] Picard: Destroy it. At any cost. [ A tunnel starts to collapse up Bev ] Picard: Beverly! Get out of there! HAS STARFLEET SENT HIM ON A SUICIDE MISSION? [ Picard, Worf, and Bev break into a room ] Picard: It's a trap. Come on! [ Worf in doorway; he is hit by a Cardassian phaser blast ] Worf: Captain! [ Picard is hit by phaser blast; Cardassians walk in with phasers drawn ] [ Captain Jellico talking with Cardassian in Ready Room ] Jellico: You are preparing for War. Cardassian: We are preparing to defend ourselves. ...ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Starfleet orders Picard on a suicide mission to destroy the ultimate enemy weapon, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. -------------------------------- CHAIN OF COMMAND PT.II (#237) -------------------------------- HELD CAPTIVE AS A PRISONER OF WAR, PICARD MUST ENDURE THE CRUELEST PUNISHMENT IMAGINABLE... [ Picard (in shackles) is escorted into a room by two Cardassians ] [ A shirtless Picard is tortured by a Cardassian with a hand weapon ] [ Riker and Jellico in an Enterprise corridor ] Riker: You cannot just abandon him. Jellico: He's gone. WILL TORTURE LEAVE HIM A FORGOTTEN CASUALTY OF WAR? [ Cardassian hits Picard in the face ] [ Riker and Jellico *yelling* at each other ] Riker: I can't believe you're willing to sacrifice Captain Picard's life as a negotiation tactic!! Jellico: Are you questioning my judgment, Commander?! ...OR CAN HE SURVIVE THE MOST BRUTAL TEST OF COURAGE IN HIS LIFE? [ Picard is hung in the air by his wrists ] [ Picard sitting in a chair being interrogated ] Picard (yelling/crying): You cannot hurt me!! [ Cardassian activates weapon; Picard falls out of chair onto the floor ] ...ON STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Captain Picard faces a shocking test of cruelty as a prisoner of war, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. -------------------------- SHIP IN A BOTTLE (#238) -------------------------- A MIRACLE TURNS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER INTO REAL LIVE FLESH AND BLOOD. [ Moriarty materializes in a (blank) holodeck ] [ Picard, Data, Barclay, and Moriarty in a Holmesian setting ] [ Moriarty walks out of the Holodeck ] [ Bev examining Moriarty in Sickbay ] Bev: As far as I can tell, he's real. [ Picard talking, in Ten-Forward ] Picard: According to the laws of physics, this is impossible. BUT THIS NEW LIFE FORM POSSESS A CRIMINAL MIND... [ on the bridge ] Moriarty: I'm afraid I have no choice but to take control of your vessel. [ two stellar objects begin impacting with each other ] ...AND HIS RUTHLESS POWER PUTS THE ENTIRE SHIP IN JEOPARDY. [ Data examines readings at a bridge console ] Picard: Unless we move to a safe distance, this vessel will be destroyed. [ Nova-type explosion, shock waves heading for the Enterprise ] ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. [ new ST:TNG logo sequence ] Short version: [ Barclay working on a console in the Holodeck, Moriarty materializes ] A FICTIONAL CHARACTER COMES TO LIFE AND ENDANGERS THE ENTERPRISE, ON STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ---------------- AQUIEL (#239) ---------------- THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A COLD BLOODED KILLER BEHIND AN UNSPEAKABLE MURDER. [ View of Enterprise, Bird of Prey, and other craft ] [ Bev and Worf checking for evidence; Worf uses a phaser to cut a floor panel section ] [ Two Klingons being questioned in the Briefing room ] Klingon: I killed no one. Riker: We know you were there. ...AND BLIND PASSION TRAPS GEORDI WITH THE PRIME SUSPECT. [ Klingon delivers Aquiel into room ] [ Geordi and Aquiel talking ] Aquiel: Do I seem like the kind of person who would murder someone? [ Geordi and Riker talking ] Riker: There's a lot about her we don't know. Geordi: And there's a lot about her that I do know. And if she's innocent, I want to help her prove it. NOW, WILL HE BE THE NEXT TARGET FOR DEATH? [ Geordi in crew quarters; tries to get away from a large glowing orb ] [ Aquiel and Geordi arguing ] Aquiel: I didn't kill him. Geordi: Then explain this! [ Riker aims phaser at Aquiel ] Riker: Step away from him Lieutenant. [ Geordi fires phaser at orb ] ...ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. --------------------------- FACE OF THE ENEMY (#240) --------------------------- TROI IS FORCED TO IMPERSONATE A ROMULAN OFFICER... [ Onboard a Warbird, Romulan Troi looks into a mirror ] Troi: [ Warbird cloaks... ] [ Troi talking to Romulan ] Troi: I've been kidnaped, surgically altered, put in danger... ...IN A DARING MISSION TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A GOVERNMENT DEFECTOR. [ Troi examines an unconscious Romulan man ] [ Romulan and Troi talking ] Romulan: You're only chance to get off this ship alive is to do what I say. [ Warbird approaching a planet ] NOW AT THE RISK OF GETTING CAUGHT, CAN SHE ESCAPE A SHOWDOWN WITH HER OWN CREW? [ Romulan guard pointing phaser at Rom-Troi ] [ Enterprise on Romulan viewscreen ] [ Rom-Troi sitting in Romulan command chair ] Troi: Destroy them. [ Warbird fires on Enterprise ] [ Enterprise computer screen: GRID SEARCH RECORD .. SEARCH PATTERN .. KALEB SECTOR .. ] [ Cargo ship explodes in front of Warbird ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Troi becomes a Romulan for a secret mission and is forced to attack the Enterprise, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ------------------ TAPESTRY (#241) ------------------ STRUCK BY A LETHAL BLOW... [ Picard on table in Sickbay; a large phaser burn on his chest ] Bev: He's in cardiac arrest. ...WITH LITTLE HOPE FOR SURVIVAL, PICARD JOURNEYS TO THE OTHER SIDE. [ Picard in bright, all-white room; Q appears, wearing a white robe ] Q: Welcome to the afterlife, Jean-Luc... you're dead. NOW Q OFFERS HIM MAN'S ULTIMATE DESIRE, TO CHANGE HIS OWN DESTINY. [ Young Picard stabbed in the heart ] BUT WILL HE ALTER THE PAST TO STAY ALIVE? [ Picard refights the same battle ] Q: I gave you something most mortals never experience. ...OR DIE ON THE OPERATING TABLE. [ Bev works on Picard in Sickbay ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: When Picard's life hangs by a thread, the evil Q controls his destiny... on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ------------------------------ THE BIRTHRIGHT, PT.I (#242) ------------------------------ ON A MISSION TO DEEP SPACE NINE, TWO FORGOTTEN SONS MAKE A DESPERATE SEARCH FOR THEIR LONG LOST FATHERS... [ Enterprise docked on Station pylon ] [ Data connected to computer ] [ Worf looking around the station ] [ Worf and alien in a station corridor ] Worf: My father is dead. Alien: No, he's not. FOR DATA, A BIZARRE VISION COMPELS HIM TO SUBMIT TO A DEADLY EXPERIMENT. [ Data connected to computer ] [ Data sees Doctor Soong (Data's age) ] [ Device in Engineering sends an energy bolt into Data ] [ Data and Soong talking face to face ] Soong: You've crossed over the threshold, i'm proud of you son. FOR WORF, ITS A JOURNEY TO A ROMULAN PRISON CAMP. [ Worf outside camp, wearing commando gear ] [ Worf in room with various Klingons ] Klingon: We are not leaving here. [ Worf fights with Klingons; Romulan guards appear at door ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: On a mission to Deep Space Nine, Worf and Data risk death to find their long lost fathers, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ------------------------------- THE BIRTHRIGHT, PT.II (#243) ------------------------------- TRAPPED IN A ROMULAN PRISON, WORF VOWS TO LIBERATE HIS FELLOW KLINGONS [ Worf captured, Romulan phasers pointed at his head ] [ Worf takes a weapon from Ba'el ] [ Shrek talking to Worf, with Romulan commander watching ] Shrek: You will grow accustomed to life here. Worf: Never. BUT CAN ONE MAN END YEARS OF CAPTIVITY? [ Romulan Commander talking to Worf ] Romulan: I won't allow you to destroy what we have. [ Worf talking to group of Klingons ] Worf: Are you afraid to die while escaping? [ Worf arms a detonator; storage containers explode ] ..AND MUST HE SACRIFICE HIMSELF TO START A REVOLUTION? [ Worf climbs over the prison wall; Romulans chasing him ] [ Ba'el knocks Worf down in the jungle ] [ Worf and Ba'el talking inside the prison ] Ba'el: They will kill you. [ Romulan firing squad prepares to shoot Worf; Klingons watching ] Romulan: Raise your weapons. Take aim... ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Worf struggles to escape a Romulan prison camp, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ----------------------- STARSHIP MINE (#244) ----------------------- DURING A SHIP-WIDE EVACUATION, ALIEN THIEVES TARGET THE ENTERPRISE... [ Enterprise docked at a station ] [ Two aliens work on a device in Main Engineering ] [ An alien with a phaser rifle challenges Data ] Alien: Stay right where you are. ...AND THE CREW IS TAKEN HOSTAGE IN A BRUTAL ASSAULT. [ Alien fires phaser rifle (killing?) a crewman, with Troi and Data watching ] [ Alien fighting with Riker, and knocks him to the floor ] NOW, PICARD IS TRAPPED ALONE WITH THE ENEMY! [ Picard attacks a terrorist in a corridor ] [ Picard points phaser at the terrorist ] Picard: Who are you? ...BUT CAN HE STOP THEIR DEADLY PLAN, AND SAVE THE ENTERPRISE? [ Picard fires a large crossbow, hitting an alien in the leg ] [ Picard, holding crossbow, talking into a communicator ] Picard: I would rather destroy the ship, than allow that resin to fall into the hands of terrorists. [ Picard fires a weapon into a container ] [ An explosion goes off in front of two alien terrorists ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Picard fights alone to stop alien thieves from sabotaging the Enterprise, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ----------------- LESSONS (#245) ----------------- PASSION UNLOCKS CAPTAIN PICARD'S HIDDEN EMOTIONS... [ Picard kissing a woman (Cdr. Darren) ] [ Cdr. Darren and team on the transporter platform ] [ Picard and Darren talking, in his quarters ] Darren: Didn't we agree not to let our relationship get in the way of our work? ...BUT FATE FORCES HIM TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ROMANCE AND DUTY. [ Enterprise in orbit around a planet ] [ Picard and Darren talking ] Picard: I'm so sorry. Darren: Don't say you're sorry. NOW, WHEN A RAGING FIRESTORM THREATENS HUNDREDS OF LIVES... [ Darren and science team beam down ] [ On the planet, a large firestorm is approaching ] [ Darren with three other sciences officers ] Darren: Darren to perimeter teams, we've got a problem. [ Picard on the bridge, looking towards the viewscreen ] ...HE MUST RISK SENDING THE WOMAN HE LOVES TO HER DEATH. [ Bev examining Riker in Sickbay; Picard questions him ] Picard: Which teams are missing? [ Darren watches as the firestorm approaches ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Romance could turn to tragedy, when Picard orders his new love on a dangerous mission, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ------------------- THE CHASE (#246) ------------------- THE HUNT BEGINS FOR THE MOST INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY OF THE 24TH CENTURY. [ Worf, a Klingon, Bev, and Picard exploring down on a planet ] [ Bev points out a planet on a viewscreen display ] Picard: This is a jigsaw puzzle. The pieces are scattered across the galaxy. BUT THE FEDERATION'S GREATEST EMPIRES' ON THE KILL TO POSSESS IT. [ Two Cardassians (one female) beam down on the planet ] [ Cardassian warships firing phasers ] [ On the planet; two Romulans approach, holding phasers; Worf and other Klingon point their phasers at them] Klingon: We will die together, brother. [ Two Cardassian ships firing on the Enterprise ] NOW, PICARD RISKS HIS ENTIRE CAREER TO UNRAVEL IT'S DANGEROUS SECRET... [ Picard in the ready room ] Picard: I will take the full responsibility. ...BEFORE THIS UNKNOWN POWER CHANGES DESTINY FOREVER. [ The atmosphere turns brown on a formerly Class-M planet ] [ Cardassian ships fire on a Klingon Cruiser and the Enterprise ] [ The ship is hit; Riker in the command chair, Worf at Tactical ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: The hunt begins for the most dangerous discovery of the 24th century, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ----------------------- FRAME OF MIND (#247) ----------------------- WITHOUT WARNING, RIKER FALLS VICTIM TO AN UNKNOWN HYSTERIA... [ Riker finds himself in a cell; he grabs someone wearing a Starfleet medical uniform; Picard is also there ] Riker (screaming): Who are you!? ...AND THE CREW FEARS HE'S SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL BREAKDOWN [ Bev examines a nervous Riker in Sickbay ] Bev: The mind can manufacture all kinds of things. [ Riker sitting on a Biobed, with Bev, Picard, and Worf standing around him; Riker suddenly hits Worf in the head with a metal case and knocks him to the floor ] BUT ARE THEY ALL IN THE GRIPS OF A POWERFUL ILLUSION? [ the images of Worf, Bev, and Picard "shatter", to reveal three aliens standing in their place ] [ Troi talking to Riker ] Troi: None of its real. You're still with us on the Enterprise. [ Riker runs down an Enterprise corridor ] [ An alien jabs a needle instrument into Riker's shoulder ] ...OR IS RIKER SLIPPING INTO A TERRIFYING MADNESS? [ In his quarters, Riker sits up suddenly in bed ] [ Riker trapped in the "cell", looking out a porthole in the door ] Riker (screaming): Let me out of here!!!! [ Riker's image "shatters", to reveal Riker on an alien exam table ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Riker slips into madness, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. -------------------- SUSPICIONS (#248) -------------------- DOCTOR CRUSHER RISKS HER ENTIRE CAREER TO INVESTIGATE A SHOCKING DEATH. [ Bev examines the body of a dead Ferengi ] [ Guinan and Bev talking ] Guinan: Do you think Dr. Reyga killed himself? Beverly: No... Guinan: Do you think there's a murderer on board? Beverly: Yes... [ various aliens (Klingon, Vulcan, ?) assembled in Sickbay ] [ Bev shows Picard a computer display of Takaran anatomy ] BUT THE CLOSER SHE GETS TO THE TRUTH, THE DEADLIER IT BECOMES. [ A female Klingon (Kurak), shoves Beverly into a wall and knocks her to the floor ] Kurak: I have heard _enough_ of your accusations! NOW, WILL SHE SACRIFICE HER LIFE TO CATCH A KILLER? [ A Shuttlecraft leaves the Enterprise, Bev at the controls ] [ Picard on the bridge; Bev on main viewscreen ] Picard: Return to the ship immediately. Beverly: I'm sorry. Worf: We have lost contact. [ In the Shuttlecraft, an alien emerges behind Beverly and begins struggling with her ] [ The Shuttle plunges into a planets atmosphere ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Doctor Crusher risks her career to solve a murder and find a killer, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ----------------------- RIGHTFUL HEIR (#249) ----------------------- THE GREATEST KLINGON WARRIOR OF ALL TIME RETURNS... [ in a cave, Kahless appears before a shocked Worf ] [ Kahless talking to Worf, on the Enterprise ] Kahless: I want you to have a place at my side, as we restore honor to our people. [ Klingons bow down before Kahless in a ceremony ] [ Standing in front of Kahless, Gowron draws his dagger ] ...BUT WORF IS TRAPPED BETWEEN TWO LEADERS. [ Worf talking to Gowron on the Enterprise ] Worf: It will be glorious! Gowron: It will be war!! NOW, HE MUST STOP A BATTLE FOR SUPREME POWER... [ Gowron and Kahless fighting ] [ Kahless addressing a group ] Kahless: WE ARE KLINGONS!! ...TO SAVE THE ENTIRE KLINGON EMPIRE FROM CIVIL WAR. [ Worf and Kahless fighting ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: Worf is trapped between two leaders battling to control the Klingon Empire, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ------------------------ SECOND CHANCES (#250) ------------------------ EIGHT YEARS AGO, A TRANSPORTER MISHAP CREATED AN EXACT DUPLICATE... [ With Data looking on, Riker confronts his duplicate Lt. Riker (in torn Support Services uniform) ] Lt. Riker: I am Will Riker. NOW, TWIN OFFICERS CO-EXIST... [ The Two Rikers, with Worf and Data, beam down to a planet ] [ Riker talking to Troi ] Riker: Which of them is real? ...BUT HIDDEN PASSIONS COULD TURN THEM INTO BITTER ENEMIES... [ Lt. Riker grabs Troi and sweeps her up off her feet ] [ Riker talking to Lt. Riker ] Riker: There's no place for you in my Away Team. ...AND JEALOUSY THREATENS TO ENDANGER A CRITICAL MISSION. [ Riker and Lt. Riker on the planet ] [ Lt. Riker talking to Riker on the Enterprise ] Lt. Riker: Playing it safe? Riker: Why don't we wait and see who comes out on top. [ In a cavern on the planet, a walkway collapses under Lt. Riker; Riker grabs his arm as Lt. Riker dangles over the edge ] Lt. Riker: Let go! ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: When Riker confronts his own double, jealousy could turn them into bitter rivals, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ------------------- TIMESCAPE (#251) ------------------- TIME SUDDENLY COMES TO A DEAD STOP... [ Shuttlecraft approaches a frozen Enterprise, with Romulan Warbird frozen in the act of firing on it] [ Troi and Picard observing... ] Troi (shocked): My god... LEAVING THE ENTERPRISE FROZEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A DEVASTATING ATTACK. [ Picard enters the transporter room, with three Romulans frozen on the pad, and a transporter technician aiming a phaser at them] [ Troi enters Sickbay, to find it overrun with Romulans, including one who has just fired a weapon at Beverly] [ Picard and Troi conferring ] Troi: Doctor Crusher has been hit by a disruptor blast at point-blank range. NOW, A RACE BEINGS TO RESCUE THE PAST... [ Picard, Troi, and Data activate field-generating arm bands ] [ Data and Picard in a room filled with (frozen) smoke ] Data: The explosion has already occurred. ...BEFORE AN ENEMY AWAKES. [ Geordi (wearing an armband), and a Romulan fighting on the Warbird ] ...AS THE CLOCK TICKS TOWARDS ANNIHILATION [ The Enterprise Conn console explodes, throwing its operator down ] [ Picard, standing in front of Troi and Data ] Picard (frantic): Nooo! [ Looking out a Shuttlecraft window, Picard sees the Enterprise explode ] ...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Short version: When time freezes the Enterprise, the crew races to free it from total destruction, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. ----------------------------- SEASON FINALE "TEASE" PROMO ----------------------------- [ A new type of Borg ship flies by ] THE ULTIMATE TERROR HAS RETURNED... [ A Borg face moves across the screen ] THEIR SIGHTS ARE SET ON ONE TARGET... [ Another Borg faces moves across the screen ] RESISTANCE IS FUTILE... [ Data appears, with a very mean look on his face ] ----------------- DESCENT (#252) ----------------- THE ULTIMATE TERROR HAS RETURNED... [ A new type of Borg ship approaches the Enterprise ] [ Riker, Picard, Worf on the Bridge ] Riker: All hands, battlestations! [ Borg ship fires on the Enterprise shields ] THEIR SIGHTS ARE SET ON ONE TARGET... [ Data struggles with a Borg... ] Data (angry): Stop! [ ...and throws him into a bulkhead; he knocks another Borg to the floor ] ON THE EVE OF AN INCREDIBLY BREAKTHROUGH... [ Data, clenching his fist ] Data: I got angry. NOW, WILL HE BECOME A VICTIM OF TEMPTATION... [ A Borg talking to Data ] Borg: Did it feel good to kill? ...AND JOIN FORCES WITH THE GALAXY'S GREATEST ENEMY? Data: Yes... [ On the Bridge, Worf quickly zaps three Borg with his phaser ] [ Data watches as a Borg fires on an Enterprise crewman ] ...ON THE SEASON FINALE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. << END OF TNG SEASON SIX PROMO SUMMARY FILE >> by Dean Adams --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- { Internet: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu, FidoNet: 1:102/1006.4 } --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--