- As Geordi La Forge finally meets the real Dr. Leah Brahms, a tragic first contact leaves the Enterprise with a gigantic galactic infant suckling the ship's energy.
- While the Enterprise is in a star-base, Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge gets a very special visitor, brilliant engineering designer Dr. Leah Brahms, whom he feels to know almost intimately as a 'hologram version' of herself with 'whom' he bonded; however, the real Brahms proves icy and arrogantly unwilling to consider any of Geordi's empirical findings that could conceivably stand against her theoretically impermeable truth. They take on the challenge to collaborate and learn to know each other better, but when she finds Geordi's hologram version of her, Brahms feels almost pornographically 'abused'. That's one prejudiced insult too many for Geordi. Meanwhile Picard, his bridge officers, and Dr. Crusher have a very different problem, a strange life form which approaches and dies but contains a baby version inside its corpse, which must be separated to stand a chance of survival. When that succeeds, 'junior' instinctively identifies the Enterprise as its mother and locks on, draining energy through the hull, which is only safely sustainable for a few hours. Only after Geordi and Brahms join the bridge does its relevant normal mode of life in an asteroid field become revealed, and the duo come up with an idea.—KGF Vissers
- Geordi La Forge is over the moon to learn that Dr. Leah Brahms, designer of the ship's engines, will be coming aboard to study his engine modifications. He became quite smitten with her during an emergency situation a year ago when the holodeck recreated Brahms to assist with a problem. When she arrives, however, she sees Geordi as a competitor and hasn't take kindly to him having tampered with "her" engines. Her frosty demeanor improves over time, but when she realizes Geordi's romantic interest, she has some shocking news for him - then she finds his holodeck program. Meanwhile, the Enterprise has to deal with the outcome of killing an unknown species. The dead creature produces a newborn which imprints itself on the Enterprise, thinking it's its mother. A crisis arises when adults of the same species answer its distress cries.—garykmcd
- At Starbase 313, Dr. Leah Brahms boards the Enterprise to confront Geordi about changes he made to her engine designs. Elated, Geordi feels he knows her intimately from the hologram version of her created a year ago during a crisis (a figure with whom he bonded). The real Brahms, however, proves icy and arrogantly unwilling to consider any of Geordi's empirical findings. Things turn ugly when she discovers her holo-recreation in Geordi's holo-program and feels pornographically abused. Meanwhile, the Enterprise encounters a new, space-dwelling life-form, unaware of it as a pregnant mother nearing birth and unintentionally killing it. Phaser fire frees "Junior" from its dead mother, a child which then bonds with the ship (literally), suckling its energy output. The Enterprise heads to an asteroid belt (the surmised destination of the mother) to wean Junior before it sucks them dry, but the child's distress cries attract the attention of several adults.—statmanjeff
- While the Enterprise is in a star-base, Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge gets a very special visitor, brilliant engineering designer Dr. Leah Brahms (Susan Gibney). She is coming on board the Enterprise to see the engine modifications he has made which improved upon her original design. Geordi feels that knows her almost intimately as a 'hologram version' of herself with 'whom' he bonded. Guinan warns Geordi that he has fallen in love with a fantasy and the reality might be different. Geordi is certain that he and Brahms will be good friends. However, the real Brahms proves icy and arrogantly unwilling to consider any of Geordi's empirical findings that could conceivably stand against her theoretically impermeable truth. Geordi insists that he made all the changes based on his observations and practical experiences in space. Brahms is annoyed.
They take on the challenge to collaborate and learn to know each other better. Brahms senses a bit too much "friendship" coming on from Goerdi and tells Geordi that she is married. Brahms is curious as to how Geordi had incorporated some exact changes that she was putting in the next class of star ships being designed currently. Plus, Geordi knew about her favorite dishes and even the way she used to wear her hair. Brahms decides to study all of Geordi's engine modifications and comes across the Hologram program in the ship's computers. Brahms finds Geordi's Hologram version of her. Brahms feels almost pornographically 'abused'. That's one prejudiced insult too many for Geordi. Geordi tells Brahms that the only thing he is guilty of is trying to be her friend. He walks away.
Meanwhile Picard, his bridge officers, and Dr. Crusher have a very different problem, a strange life form which approaches. The life form probes the Enterprise and then raises its energy output by 50% and sends an energy beam at the Enterprise which immobilizes it. As the radiations levels rise on the Enterprise, Picard is forced to fire phasers at the life form.
The life form dies but contains a baby version inside its corpse, which must be separated to stand a chance of survival. The enterprise uses its phasers (under Beverly's supervision) as a scalpel to perform a C section on the dead creature, 'Junior' instinctively identifies the Enterprise as its mother and locks on to the ship's hull. Junior starts draining energy from the Enterprise's fusion reactors through the hull, which is only safely sustainable for a few hours.
Picard asks Data to figure out where the parent entity was headed when it encountered the Enterprise. Beverly speculates that parent beings typically move to a nurturing environment just prior to giving birth. Data figures out that the mother was headed toward an asteroid field in the solar system. The asteroid belt has minerals which make up the life form. The Enterprise tries to shake off Junior from the hull, but Junior starts emitting radio waves. The power drain on the engines increase to 93% and reaches auto-shutdown. The ship is on auxiliary power with no weapons and no shields. This evokes a response from the asteroid belt, where other members of the species come towards the Enterprise.
With 6 mins to go till the other members of the species intercept the Enterprise, Brahms suggests that they contaminate the energy feed from the Enterprise to shake Junior off from the hull. They come up with an idea to alter the power frequency as they speculate the life form exists in certain frequencies in space, which are naturally occurring.
As Brahms reduces the power frequency, the other members construe this as an attack and increase their speed. With seconds to go, Junior lets go of the hull and joins the other members, who gladly take it away. Power returns to normal on the Enterprise and it bugs out. Brahms and Geordi make up
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