Disaster

"Disaster" is a season 5 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It recounts events following a collision with a quantum filament that disrupts all of the systems on board the ship (including the communications systems), setting up the conditions for a warp core breach that will destroy the ship. The episode has an average rating of 4.4/5 on the official Star Trek website (as of August 1, 2008). The story follows five major "fish out of water"... more

"Disaster" is a season 5 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It recounts events following a collision with a quantum filament that disrupts all of the systems on board the ship (including the communications systems), setting up the conditions for a warp core breach that will destroy the ship. The episode has an average rating of 4.4/5 on the official Star Trek website (as of August 1, 2008). The story follows five major "fish out of water" sub-plots: Several characters are developed in this episode, but arguably the one given most focus is Troi. Although her command is unchallenged, she faces constant pressure from Ro to cut loose the drive section (whose warp core is becoming dangerously unstable) to save the saucer section. Conversely, O'Brien wants to do anything possible to save those still alive in the drive section. (This heavily parallels a typical Spock-McCoy argument.) Troi is clearly handicapped by her lack of technical knowledge, but eventually manages to assert... less