"The Chase" is the 20th episode in season 6 of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is also recreated as a Star Trek: Voyager plot in the video game Star Trek: Encounters.
Four competing expeditions — Federation, Klingon, Cardassian, and Romulan — attempt to solve a genetic puzzle that proves to be the key to why Star Trek's version of the galaxy contains so many humanoid life forms.
Picard has always been a st...
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"The Chase" is the 20th episode in season 6 of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is also recreated as a Star Trek: Voyager plot in the video game Star Trek: Encounters.
Four competing expeditions — Federation, Klingon, Cardassian, and Romulan — attempt to solve a genetic puzzle that proves to be the key to why Star Trek's version of the galaxy contains so many humanoid life forms.
Picard has always been a student of archeology, and in this episode he is contacted by his former mentor Professor Galen. The professor, who Picard said is "like the father who understood me", states that he has come across something in his travels which could be the most profound discovery of their time. Galen, however, will not tell him about what he has found unless Picard agrees to go with him, which means leaving the Enterprise and his career in Starfleet behind. Picard ultimately refuses, although he is torn about disappointing his former mentor. Shortly after...
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