On a rescue mission to find and help a Federation science vessel lost in a part of space that is somewhat unstable, the Enterprise finds a brother and sister pair of scientists from Hecares who are disabling vessels in the area. They did this to the Federation ship the Fleming and to a Ferengi ship that the Enterprise also encounters.
From the planet Hecares the Enterprise encounters siblings Michael Corbett and Margaret Reed who have been trying to convince the Federation and other warp capable aliens not to use warp engines in their neighborhood. Reed and Corbett are truly dedicated to their beliefs, as much as any earth scientist in our history ridiculed for their new theories like Isaac Newton or Louis Pasteur.
In fact Reed's not willing to have the Federation scientists come out to study the problem after her ideas have to go through Federation bureaucracy. She makes her point quite dramatically.
In this most serious episodes apparently it was decided that a little comic relief was necessary. This is provided by Brent Spiner discussing with LeVar Burton the methods of training a cat. I could have told them that cats are lovable, but not trainable. Data's cat Spot is one smart feline.
Being a cat daddy, I had to like this episode.
From the planet Hecares the Enterprise encounters siblings Michael Corbett and Margaret Reed who have been trying to convince the Federation and other warp capable aliens not to use warp engines in their neighborhood. Reed and Corbett are truly dedicated to their beliefs, as much as any earth scientist in our history ridiculed for their new theories like Isaac Newton or Louis Pasteur.
In fact Reed's not willing to have the Federation scientists come out to study the problem after her ideas have to go through Federation bureaucracy. She makes her point quite dramatically.
In this most serious episodes apparently it was decided that a little comic relief was necessary. This is provided by Brent Spiner discussing with LeVar Burton the methods of training a cat. I could have told them that cats are lovable, but not trainable. Data's cat Spot is one smart feline.
Being a cat daddy, I had to like this episode.