Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. The show was created 21 years after the original Star Trek show, and set in the 24th century from the year 2364 through 2370 (about 100 years after ...
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The Borg became individuals following the reintegration of 'Hugh', how are they a collective again during First Contact?
Unless I missed something key during Descent 1/2, how is it that the Borg are once again a collective?
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Why didn't Data's freedom apply to Lal?
In the episode The Offspring Data creates another android named Lal. Starfleet catches wind of this and they dispatch Admiral Haftel to move Lal to a research station.
However, in the earlier ...
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What were the Romulans doing prior to “The Neutral Zone”?
In the Next Generation episode The Neutral Zone the Romulans are introduced to the viewers. Towards the end of the episode one of the Romulans mentions that they had been busy up until now, but that ...
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What did Lore get from collaborating with the Crystalline Entity?
In the Next Generation episode DataLore we are introduced to the Data's brother Lore and the Crystalline Entity. Through the episode it is shown that Lore had a partnership of sorts with the Entity, ...
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Is there software in Star Trek with a brand name? [closed]
What I'm really asking is, in the post-ENT era, are there references to any specific (named) software corporations, brands, packages, or projects? Are we really supposed to believe that everyone is ...
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How does Data's skin get repaired after an injury?
Data's skin being non-organic, doesn't 'self repair'. If they just sewed or glued on new pieces as his skin wore through at the joints and normal abrasion spots or was damaged in combat or accidents, ...
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How does Data maintain his personal hygiene?
I'm assuming Data doesn't need to go number 1 or 2, but an android's bioplast sheeting (his skin) can and has been seen dirty on-screen (in Star Trek: Nemesis, B-4 was found quite dirty from ...
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Are the Q a future evolution of humans? [duplicate]
I've been watching some of the TNG again and I didn't notice it when I was younger but Q seems to hint that the Q were once human, Is it ever confirmed ?
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Why does Geordi La Forge's VISOR see a wide subspace spectrum and not just visible light?
In Star Trek The Next Generation Geordi La Forge was born blind and hence was given a special device called a VISOR that "converts a wide spectrum of subspace frequencies into neural impulses" so he ...
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Warp 13… Was this overlooked?
In the final episode of TNG (All Good Things) Captain Beverly Picard, and Admiral Riker both travel at Warp 13, but in Voyager the warp limit is warp 10.
In VOY: Threshold Tom Paris breaks warp 10 ...
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Does Lt. Ro speak of Tuvok in TNG episode Preemptive Strike?
In TNG: Preemptive Strike Lt. Ro talks of one of her instructors that was the rank of Lt. Commander who left Starfleet to join the Maquis? That seems to fit Tuvok's record at the beginning of VOY ...
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What is the origin of the “Riker Chair Maneuver”?
A video compilation of Commander Riker sitting down has recently been going around the Internet. It demonstrates something that I had never noticed before: Riker has a rather... unusual approach to ...
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How did the Pakleds get Romulan shields?
I understand how the Pakleds nearly obtained photon torpedo capabilities from the U.S.S. Enterprise, but that kind of ruse wouldn't work on the Romulans. Romulans are much less kind than the ...
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How did the crystal entity travel at warp speeds?
In the episode TNG: Silicon Avatar there is a crystal entity that the enterprise chases after. The enterprise chases this entity at warp speed. The entity, however, is just a crystal structure. How ...
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Why didn't Deanna Troi wear a uniform at the start? [duplicate]
I have looked over the question about Deanna's change of uniform, but that does not explain why Deanna did not wear a uniform for the first few seasons of TNG.
What was the reason for such a high ...
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Can Starfleet doctors make Captain rank?
In TNG, Beverly Crusher has the rank of Commander. Since she is a high-ranking officer, it got me thinking about doctors in general. Is there a rank for doctors that is higher than Commander? Could ...
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Geordi's Visor capabilities
Watching through TNG, I'm curious, with all the capabilities of Geordi's visor, could it be calibrated to pick up sound waves? There's so many other things that it picks up, that this seems like it ...
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Why does Worf from The Next Generation always lose fights and get beaten by most of his opponents?
From what I understand Worf is billed as a mighty warrior from a warrior race. However he is constantly beaten and defeated easily. Whether it is Jem'Hadar, Guinan, Borg, Lore or even other Klingons. ...
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Why aren't there any main Federation battleships in the Star Trek universe?
All of the ships seem to have offensive/defensive capabilities as secondary considerations. The galaxy seems to be loaded with fearsome enemies and the promise of even more powerful adversaries yet to ...
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Why does Wesley Crusher have a different communicator than the rest of the crew?
In TNG 3x24 "Menage a Troi" (and perhaps a great many other episodes; this is just the one I happen to be watching at the time I noticed) Wesley Crusher's communicator badge appears to be all silver, ...
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Why didn't Star Trek: The Next Generation change their uniforms when ST:Deep Space 9 came out?
DS9 came out during the 6th season of TNG. From the onset of the show, DS9 used uniforms that looked like this:
However, TNG continued the use of this uniform(taken from episode 10 of season 7):
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What is Deanna Troi's position in Betazed society?
If Lwaxana Troi is
a daughter of the Fifth House of Betazed, the Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, and Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed
As Betazed is a matriarchal society with title and ...
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Which Defiant was shown in ST: First Contact?
In Memory Alpha, the page on the U.S.S. Defiant states that two Defiant-class ships had that name; the prototype Defiant, and a successor, the U.S.S. Sao Paulo, which was assigned to DS9 and renamed ...
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Does Picard ever deny anyone permission to speak freely?
In my recollection of Star Trek TNG other officers frequently ask Picard for permission to speak freely, which he seems to always grant.
Is there ever a case where Picard denies an officer ...
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Is there any evidence that being assimilated by the Borg affected Star Fleet's wishes to promote Picard to Admiral?
As discussed in "Why is Janeway an Admiral and not Picard? ", Picard was offered a rank of Admiral in 2364.
Then, in 2367, Picard was assimilated by the Borg.
Many fan forums posit peculation that ...
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Who was in command of the Enterprise during the mission in “Time's Arrow”?
During the episode "Time's Arrow", six executive officers are trapped in the 19th century for several days: La Forge, Troi, Crusher, Picard, Riker, and Data. The latter three are the captain, second-, ...
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Stewart nearly left TNG? [closed]
I recently heard that Patrick Stewart wanted to leave TNG in the middle of his contract...something about his wanting more creative control of his character. I think, but I am not sure, that this ...
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What rank was Miles O'Brien? [duplicate]
In Star Trek TNG we see Chief O'Brien wearing officer pips on his collar yet everywhere I read he is described as being enlisted. Being in the military myself I know that Chief is an enlisted rank ...
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Picard Engage Photo Season/Episode
Which episode is this widely-used 'meme' picture taken from?
Thanks
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Why is Miles O'Brien never promoted?
So, I've been rewatching Star Trek:TNG, and Miles O'Brien is there occasionally. He's a Chief in TNG, and he's a Chief in DS9. Now, I was in the Navy, and I've always assumed that rankings in the ...
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What is Mr. Data's full name?
What is the official name Doctor Noonien Soong gave to his android (Known in ST: TNG as "Data")?
Is the entire name simply Data, or is it an acronym?
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Alternative universe in Star Trek Next Generation
I am fairly new to watching Star Trek and at the moment only got through Next Generation Season one and part of 2. While I got to Episode 13 "Time Squared' where a Picard from 6 hours in the future ...
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In TNG's “Tapestry” episode, were the events where Q was involved a reality or hallucinations because of the near death experience of Picard?
The experience that Picard had at death bed in "Tapestry" have always intrigued me, when battling death, did the events of Picard being given an opportunity by Q to relive his past an correct his ...
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Why was Deanna Troi missing from some of the first season TNG episodes?
I'm re-watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, and noticed Deanna Troi missing in a few episodes. The first time it happens, there is mention of having dropped her off at a starbase.
The next ...
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Who was Enterprise 1701-D Chief Engineer before La Forge took over in season 2?
The duty of chief engineer has been emphasized as one of the most important ones in the star trek franchise in all its adaptations, in TNG, La Forge took over the task in season two, but who was the ...
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Do the Klingons or Romulans have starbases as the Federation/Cardassians do?
Is there any mention anywhere of Klingon or Romulan Starbases which resemble those of the Federation? We know that they have outposts and colonies. I could only think of the Cardassians having ...
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How and where are those giant starbases built in Star Trek? How long does it take to build one?
We know ships are built in shipyards and take few months to be finished. But how are those giant starbases built ? Those screened on screen seem to be a hundred times larger than the Enterprise, so my ...
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Any EU Mention of the content of the Constitution of the United Federation of Planets?
Are there further mentions of this Constitution in the books, perhaps with other Guarantees?
In canon, the 7th Guarantee is mentioned in ST:TNG S04E21 that I am rewatching now, paraphrased in Memory ...
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Is there an in-universe explanation for how mobile communicators stop listening in TNG?
In Star Trek The Next Generation, DS9, and Voyager, it seems common for officers to touch their communicators to initiate a conversation but it's unclear when the person on the other side stops ...
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The Founders, The 'Ancient Humanoids', the Preservers - are they linked? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Did The Founders evolve from the race that seeded the Alpha Quadrant?
The Star Trek canon had several references to 'ancient' originating or protective species.
Among ...
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When was Data made bullet proof/resistant?
In Star Trek First Contact, Data and Picard come under automatic weapon fire from Lily. Data comments "Captain, I believe I can handle this," and he drops down to Lily's level of the missile silo, ...
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Were there any plans for Dr. Noonian Soong to create a mate for Data?
Has it been shown anywhere that Dr. Noonian Soong had in mind any plans for creating an android mate for Data? Or when he created him as a "fully functional" android, he had in mind that he would be ...
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Is the Klingon language the only constructed language seen on-screen?
Alien races speak their own languages, Vulcans, Romulans "Rihannsu ", and others. Is the Klingon language the only constructed language seen on screen? If so, why did it receive more attention than ...
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Can and did the Q ever give their powers to mortal beings (aside from Riker)? [closed]
In an episode of TNG, Q gave Riker a God-like powers, aside from this incident, did they Q ever give/lend their powers to mortal beings? If one receives the powers, will he be considered a Q?
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What happens to the food that Commander Data digests or drinks?
Even though Data does not need food or drink, many times it has been shown that he does consume foods and drinks. What happens to the food after digestion? Given that he was created as a "fully ...
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Why was Worf raised by humans when he had cousins on Qo'noS?
On Worf's page on memory alpha, it said that Worf was allowed to be raised by humans "After the Klingon Empire stated that the young boy apparently had no living relatives". Then it was said that ...
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Was Ishara actually Tasha Yar's sister?
In the Next Generation episode Legacy the Enterprise crew is introduced to someone that they are told is Tasha Yar's sister, Ishara Yar. The crew is cautious at first, but after a DNA comparison by ...
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Can and Does Commander Data make frequent backup's of his programs and memories?
We have seen that Commander Data attempted to transfer his memories and programs to the B-4 model in Star Trek Nemisis, and also tranferred his daughter's memories before she died to his circuits. So ...
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Can a replicator replicate a replicator?
As the title suggests, can a replicator replicate a (presumably slightly smaller)replicator?
If it could, could it replicate a better replicator? One that works at the quantum level, like the ...
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What are the size limits of a Federation replicator?
Are there any size limits on the items that a replicator can produce? Has there been shown any different sizes of replicators capable of replicator large objects? What are the smallest and largest ...
