"The Quality of Life" is an episode from Season 6 of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
During a poker game, Worf, Riker, Geordi, and Crusher discuss the meaning of beards. Eventually they agree that if Dr. Crusher wins, the men all shave their beards. If one of the men wins, the doctor "becomes a brunette'. But before the game can end, the senior staff are called to the bridge.
The Enterprise arrives at Tyrus 7A, the site of a fledgling mining tech...
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"The Quality of Life" is an episode from Season 6 of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
During a poker game, Worf, Riker, Geordi, and Crusher discuss the meaning of beards. Eventually they agree that if Dr. Crusher wins, the men all shave their beards. If one of the men wins, the doctor "becomes a brunette'. But before the game can end, the senior staff are called to the bridge.
The Enterprise arrives at Tyrus 7A, the site of a fledgling mining technology called a particle fountain. The leading scientist, Dr. Farallon, believes the project will work and is better than traditional mining technologies, but so far it has seen nothing but problems. As Geordi and the doctor are talking, a malfunction occurs. Dr. Farallon uses a tool called an Exocomp to fix the problem.
Dr. Farallon brings an Exocomp to the Enterprise for study. It is a tool that can analyze a problem and replicate the correct tool to fix it. They are small and maneuverable, and can fix things much faster than a human....
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