In the brig, Danar is tossing and turning on his bunk, apparently in the grip of a violent nightmare. Riker asks the computer to identify the occupant of the brig and the computer informs him that the brig is vacant, even though Riker personally confirmed Danar is currently being held there. Data has confirmed that the sensors are functioning properly – for some reason, Danar has no discernable life signs. While Picard and Nayrok make the arrangements to send Danar back to Lunar V, Riker asks why the sensors did not detect him. ' It seems that I am a victim of my own bad timing.' The fight takes Danar out into the corridor, but before he can get further, Riker and Worf are able to subdue and capture him. When Danar refuses to surrender, he is shot twice with phasers set on stun, which have no effect on him, and he overpowers O'Brien and the security team. O'Brien detects a weapon in the transporter beam and deactivates it, before completing the transport with a two-man security team standing by. The pod is still devoid of life readings, but Picard orders Miles O'Brien to beam the contents of the pod aboard as Worf and Riker head down to the transporter room to meet the prisoner.

Becoming exasperated, Picard prepares to have the whole craft beamed into a shuttle bay, but the prisoner anticipates them and ejects from the drive section in an escape pod. The ship's computer automatically raises the shields and disengages the tractor beam, and the shuttle bounces off their shields. When the Enterprise flushes him out and locks a tractor beam on him, he pushes his vessel towards the Enterprise in a suicide run. Worf points out that the Angosians have no cloaking technology, but Riker guesses that Danar must have 'borrow' one – suspending his ship over the magnetic poles of the planet to avoid detection by the Enterprise's sensors. Without a warp drive, La Forge is certain that the vessel could not have fled the system, but sensors cannot locate it. Nayrok calls to inform them that the fugitive's name is Roga Danar and warns them that he is prone to extreme bouts of violence. Picard and Riker return to the ship to command the pursuit. Slightly bewildered, Data reports to an astonished Picard and Riker that the tiny vessel has successfully eluded the Galaxy-class starship. When the Enterprise circles around the asteroid, they locate the wreckage of the ship's main body on the surface, but Wesley Crusher reports in surprise that the drive section has meanwhile disappeared. The ship's sensors locate the subwarp vessel with little difficulty, but as soon as they begin pursuit, the transport ship ducks behind a nearby asteroid and jettisons its drive section, which is devoid of life readings. With Picard's agreement, Riker signals the USS Enterprise-D with his combadge, where Data is currently in command. Angosian security forces are trying to track him down, but, frankly, are not very well-trained or equipped.

Nayrok returns and asks for Picard's help: an Angosian prisoner has escaped from a penal colony, Lunar V, in a stolen transport vessel. ' I'm not sure I'd like to live in this place. Riker agrees, although he finds the people of Angosia III somewhat stuffy. In private, Picard comments that the Angosians will make a fine addition to the Federation's members. As they are talking, Nayrok's aide, Zayner, pulls him aside with an urgent matter. Prime Minister Nayrok has taken Commander Riker and me on a tour of the capital city.'Īt the conclusion of the tour, Captain Picard and Commander Riker congratulate Nayrok on their culture's rapid recovery from the Tarsian War, and Nayrok says their people are equally grateful violence of any kind is abhorrent to the Angosians, who consider art and intellectual achievement to be their greatest virtues. We have arrived at Angosia III, a planet that has expressed a strong desire for membership in the Federation. Summary Teaser ' Captain's log, Stardate 43489.2.

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