"The High Ground" is the 60th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the 12th episode of the third season. It was first broadcast on January 29, 1990.
In this episode, a crew member of the Federation Starfleet starship USS Enterprise-D is taken hostage by terrorists who hope Federation involvement will help them win concessions for their cause.
As the crew deliver medical supplies to the non-affiliated...
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"The High Ground" is the 60th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the 12th episode of the third season. It was first broadcast on January 29, 1990.
In this episode, a crew member of the Federation Starfleet starship USS Enterprise-D is taken hostage by terrorists who hope Federation involvement will help them win concessions for their cause.
As the crew deliver medical supplies to the non-affiliated planet Rutia IV, a bomb goes off in a public plaza, injuring many bystanders. Dr. Crusher attempts to tend to the wounded against Captain Picard's orders to return to the ship, but her efforts are interrupted when she is abducted by a man using an unknown method of teleportation. Picard and the crew learn from the head of Rutian security, Alexana Devos, that the bomb and Crusher's abduction were by the Ansata separatist rebels who seek to become independent of Rutian rule, and will likely use Crusher as a hostage. After being denied the use...
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