"Force of Nature" is the 160th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the ninth episode of the show's seventh season. It was first broadcast on November 15, 1993.
In this episode, a pair of sibling scientists show that warp drive propulsion is harming the very fabric of space.
The Federation Starfleet Starship USS Enterprise is sent to the Hekaras Corridor, the only safe path through the sector, to inv...
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"Force of Nature" is the 160th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the ninth episode of the show's seventh season. It was first broadcast on November 15, 1993.
In this episode, a pair of sibling scientists show that warp drive propulsion is harming the very fabric of space.
The Federation Starfleet Starship USS Enterprise is sent to the Hekaras Corridor, the only safe path through the sector, to investigate the disappearance of the medical ship U.S.S. Fleming. In the process they find a Ferengi ship, which is badly disabled. The Ferengi daimon contends a Federation buoy disabled his ship.
The Enterprise crew learns a Hekaran brother and sister, Rabal and Serova, are responsible for disabling the ships by using disguised ship-disabling mines. These siblings contend that sustained warp drive is destroying the fabric of space near their homeworld, and will eventually destroy their planet. Data determines that the research has merit, but...
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