Nervala IV



Nervala IV is an inhospitable planet whose higly unstable megnetic field allows transport only once every eight years, during an attempt to evacuate a starfleet research team then Lieutenant William T Riker was nearly trapped on the planet as the transport window began closing in on him, in order to get him out safely, a second confinement beam was used to strengthen his signal, this allowed him to get back to the ship safely, but also created a double who lived for eight years on the barren planet until he was resacued in 2369 when Commander William T Riker, then serving as First Officer under Captain Jean-Luc Picard on board the Enterprise D, returned to the planet with an away team to collect the research that was left behind eight years ago.