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For questions concerning the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (TNG) TV series and its four feature films. Always use this tag in conjunction with the [star-trek] tag and any other relevant character tags.

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What happened to the Exocomps?

Source: "Exocomp", Memory Alpha It would seem they were promptly forgotten. Too bad, as they are a reference to one of my all-time-favorite Anime, Dirty Pair. There are other examples of strange thing …
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Geordi La Forge: Human Lie Detector

Most of these early super powers were not addressed later in the show. If you think about it, having one character that can read emotions and another that can detect lies and just about anything else …
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What are Guinan's powers from Star Trek: TNG?

Guinan, perhaps her whole species, is able to understand the 'correct' state of the universe. Take for example in Yesterday's Enterprise she knows details about the 'other' universe. The universe as i …
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How did Tasha Yar know that she needed to make a hologram?

There are really two angles to consider on this: Tasha led a very hard life. She spoke at length through the series about what it was like to grow up. How she had to avoid what are delightfully call …
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Why did Scotty think Capt Kirk was alive?

First, let's establish the timeline Year that Kirk vanished: 2293 Year that Scotty was recovered: ~2369 That's about 76 years. Which leaves less than one year between when Kirk vanishes and when S …
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Why do the Borg have such a hard time understanding individuality?

Picard, Hugh and Seven of Nine all talk about what being part of the collective is like. There are great benefits to being a part of it. Seven at many points describes how being a part of the collecti …
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Was/is anything else major planned for Commander Sela from Star Trek: TNG?

Towards the end of TNG Tasha Yar's daughter Commander Sela has a brief stint as enemy in a few episodes. It always seemed as though they cut her arc off suddenly and without resolution. There are a fe …
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Given the multiple defeats at the hands of the Federation, why only one Borg Cube?

I'm sorry? In what way were the Borg not successful? They sent one cube, it broke through all of the Federation's defenses, reached earth, dropped its payload and converted the entire planet into a Bo …
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