After finding traces of
Acamarian blood at a looted Federation outpost, Picard
leads the crew to Acamar III. There, he learns that the
responsibility for the attack on the outpost lies with
the Gatherers, a thieving band of renegade Acamarians
who split off from their culture 100 years ago,
following centuries of battles between rival clans. When
Acamar's leader, Marouk, expresses her desire to
reintegrate the Gatherers into her now peaceful society,
Picard offers the services of the Enterprise to find the
bandits.
The search leads to a Gatherers camp in the Hroni
Cluster, where the pack leader, Brull, agrees to meet
with Marouk to discuss her proposal for amnesty. During
the meeting, however, Marouk's young servant Yuta kills
an elderly Gatherer from the Lornack clan named Volnoth,
though she makes it appear as if he suffered a heart
attack. Dr. Crusher soon discovers that Volnoth was
murdered by a microvirus specifically engineered to
prove fatal to his system.
Despite Brull's
interest in Marouk's proposals, he insists that they
must meet with the Gatherer chief, Chorgan, before any
final decisions can be made. En route to Chorgan's
hideout, Riker is drawn to the enigmatic Yuta, who
claims to desire freedom, but alludes to the fact that
her path in life has already been determined. Adding to
Yuta's mystery, Riker learns that she serves Marouk not
by command, but by choice.
Although Chorgan is at
first violently opposed to talking with Marouk, Wesley
Crusher is able to convince him that it would be in his
best interests to do so. While Marouk attends a meeting
on the Gatherer ship, Riker learns that Yuta was
responsible for Volnoth's death and has killed others in
the Lornack clan — whose surviving members include
Chorgan. Knowing that Yuta is attending Marouk's
conference with Chorgan, Riker beams aboard the Gatherer
vessel.
Riker arrives just in
time to prevent Yuta from killing the unsuspecting
Chorgan. Yuta proclaims that she is only seeking
vengeance for the massacre of her clan, the Tralestas,
by Chorgan's clan. She explains that her grandfather,
the only other survivor of the attack, altered her cells
to make her touch fatal to the Lornacks, and that she
used her position with Marouk to get close to the last
remaining members of the Lornack clan. When Yuta makes
another attempt to touch Chorgan, Riker is forced to
destroy her with his phaser, thus ending her mission.
The peace talks, however, are saved. |
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Production: 157
Season: 3 Episode: 9
Air Date: 11.20.1989
Stardate: 43421.9 |
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Patrick Stewart as
Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes as William Thomas Riker
Brent Spiner as Data
LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn as Worf
Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi
Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher |
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Nancy Parsons as Marouk
Joey Aresco as Brull
Lisa Wilcox as Yuta
Stephen Lee as Chorgan
Elkanah Burns as Temarek
Marc Lawrence as Volnoth |
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Lisa Wilcox Bio:
Lisa has performed in over 100
film, television, commercial and theatre productions.
Starting her career in Equity Waiver theatre, then
completing her Bachelor of Arts degree at UCLA, Lisa
went on to play the lead role of "Alice" in Nightmare on
Elm Street 4, The Dream Master, directed by Renee Harlin.
Due to the phenomenal box office success of Nightmare on
Elm Street 4, Lisa played "Alice" once again in
Nightmare on Elm Street 5, The Dream Child, directed by
Stephen Hopkins. Since the Nightmare series, Lisa was a
regular in the television series Bill and Ted's
Excellent Adventures, Knots Landing, General Hospital
and numerous guest starring roles. Some of her
television highlights include her portrayal of "Carol
Brady/Florence Henderson" in the TV movie, Brady Bunch
The Final Days, and Star Trek, The Next Generation,
portraying the part of "Yuta". This episode, "The
Vengeance Factor" became so prolific, that "Yuta" is
featured on the Star Trek Next Generation Monopoly
Board! Other film credits include Men Seeking Women,
starring Wil Farrell and she co-starred with Mark Hamill
in Watchers Reborn. Notably, Lisa played the lead in the
student foreign short film, "The All New Adventures of
Chastity Blade" which was nominated for an Academy
Award. |
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Vengeance Factor"
(f.k.a. "The Human Factor," "The Vengeance," "The Weapon")
#40273-157
Written by
Sam Rolfe
Directed by
Timothy Bond
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FINAL DRAFT
SEPTEMBER 29, 1989
STAR TREK: "The Vengeance Factor" - REV.
10/11/89 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Vengeance Factor"
CAST
PICARD
Acamarians
RIKER
SOVEREIGN MAROUK
DATA
YUTA
BEVERLY
TROI
Gatherers
GEORDI
BRULL
WORF
TEMAREK
WESLEY
CHORGAN
VOLNOTH
Non-speaking
Non-speaking Acamarians
SUPERNUMERARIES
BODYGUARD
MEDICS
TWO FEDERATION SCIENTISTS
FEMALE MAID
SERVANTS
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