A team of Federation
anthropologists, working in a camouflaged outpost on
Mintaka III, have been observing the Mintakans — a race
of Vulcan-like humanoids whose development is at the
equivalent of earth's Bronze Age. But when an explosion
rips through the post, the expedition's leader, Barron,
and his assistant, an elderly woman named Warren, are
seriously injured. A third team member, a young man
named Palmer, is dazed in the blast and wanders away
from the site.
Beaming down to assist the Federation officials, the
Away Team is spotted by two Mintakans, Liko and his son
Oji. Stunned by the sight of Warren being beamed up to
the U.S.S. Enterprise, Liko accidentally slips and is
critically injured in a fall. To save his life, Dr.
Crusher beams Liko up to the ship, although it violates
the Federation's Prime Directive, which states that
members are not to interfere with other cultures.
Regaining
consciousness in Sickbay, Liko overhears Picard
promising Barron that he will find Palmer. Despite the
fact that Crusher performs a procedure to remove his
short term memory, it doesn't work and Liko returns to
the planet describing "the Picard" to other Mintakans as
a god, capable of healing wounds and reversing death.
To find Palmer and
minimize any cultural contamination, Riker and Troi beam
down to the planet disguised as Mintakans. They overhear
Liko telling his friends about "the Picard's" powers and
are shocked when three Mintakan hunters walk in carrying
Palmer. Liko immediately assumes that Palmer is a
servant of "the Picard" and it would please the god if
they presented Palmer to him.
While Troi diverts the
Mintakans, Riker beams himself and Palmer up to the
Enterprise. When Liko and the group realize what Riker
has done, they fear that "the Picard" will be angry with
them for losing Palmer. To redeem themselves, they seize
Troi with the intention of killing her to prove their
loyalty to "the Picard."
Fearing for Troi's
life, Picard has Nuria, the Mintakan leader, beamed
aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, hoping that if she is
convinced that he is not a god, she will be able to
persuade her people of that fact. Despite all his
efforts, Picard is unable to convince Nuria that he is a
mere mortal — until she sees him stand by helplessly in
Sickbay when Warren dies and she realizes Picard has no
power over life and death.
Just as Troi is about
to be sacrificed, Nuria and Picard return to Mintaka
III. Liko, still believing that Picard is a god,
attempts to prove Picard's omnipotence by firing a
crossbow at him. Only when he sees Picard suffering from
his wound is Liko convinced of his mistake. Troi is
freed and after Picard is healed, he bids farewell to
the Mintakans, who are left to progress on their own.
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Biography for Marina Sirtis
Nickname: Rina
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Height
5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Marina Sirtis was born to Greek parents, who didn't want
her to become an actress. As soon as Marina completed
high school, she secretely applied to the Guild Hall
School of Music and Drama. After her graduation, she
worked in musical theater, repertory and television. In
1986 she moved to L.A. For 6 months she tried to
audition for parts, but was unsuccessful. Just as she
planned to go back home, she got the part of Counselor
Troi in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987). In 1992
she married Michael Lamper, a rock guitarist.
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