The Hunted

"The Hunted" is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation first broadcast on January 8, 1990. The Enterprise is investigating Angosia as a candidate for entry into the Federation. The Angosian authorities approach Picard and ask for help in apprehending a convict who has escaped on a transport ship from their prison colony on Lunar V. The Enterprise, with Data in command, is able to easily locate the ship but lose sight of it when ... more

"The Hunted" is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation first broadcast on January 8, 1990. The Enterprise is investigating Angosia as a candidate for entry into the Federation. The Angosian authorities approach Picard and ask for help in apprehending a convict who has escaped on a transport ship from their prison colony on Lunar V. The Enterprise, with Data in command, is able to easily locate the ship but lose sight of it when it goes behind an asteroid. When it emerges from the far side of the asteroid only the drive section of the ship remains. The ship's sensors show no lifesigns aboard so Data takes the Enterprise behind the asteroid to search for the rest of the ship. They find wreckage on the asteroid surface and the sensors indicate no life signs. Believing that the prisoner has perished Data orders the ship back to the planet. However on emerging from the asteroid's shadow Wesley reports that the drive section they saw earlier has also disappeared. When... less