Summary[]
Responding to a message from the Oberth-class science vessel, USS Tsiolkovsky, which is monitoring the collapse of a supergiant star, the crew of the USS Enterprise-D discover that the crew of the Tsiolkovsky had killed themselves after contracting an unknown virus.
Soon after, the virus makes it aboard the Enterprise and the crew start to act like they are intoxicated and lose their inhibitions. To make matters worse, Wesley Crusher takes control of engineering and disables the ship's warp engines by removing the isolinear chips, meaning that the Enterprise can't escape from the exploding supergiant.
Thankfully, a cure for the virus is found when it was discovered that it was a variant of the Psi 2000 virus that had been contracted by the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 98 years earlier. Together, Crusher and Lieutenant Commander Data are able to reinsert the chips and repair the ship's engines in time to escape.
References[]
Characters[]
- Bennett • Beverly Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Data • Diana Giddings • Geordi La Forge • Sarah MacDougal • Jean-Luc Picard • William T. Riker • Jim Shimoda • Deanna Troi • Worf, son of Mogh • Natasha Yar • Youngblood
- Referenced only
- James T. Kirk
Starships and vehicles[]
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class)
Locations[]
- Baikonur Cosmodrome • Earth • Russia • Venus
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Other references[]
- science • decompression • decontamination • gravity • gravity shift • hull breach • hydrogen • isolinear optical chip • medical tricorder • metaphysics • polywater • polywater intoxication • Psi 2000 virus • red giant • repulsor beam • sickbay • Soong-type android • star • stellar matter • stellar core fragment • sonic driver • tractor beam • training division • white dwarf • VISOR • supergiant star
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Related stories[]
The Psi 2000 virus was first encountered by the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), this adventure and its after-effects can be seen in the following adventures:-
- "The Naked Time" (TOS episode)
- The Janus Gate trilogy (TOS novels)
The after-effects of the liaison between Data and Natasha Yar can be seen in the following adventures:
- Survivors (TNG novel)
- "The Measure of a Man" (TNG episode)
- Metamorphosis (TNG novel)
- "Legacy" (TNG episode)
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Encounter at Farpoint |
TNG episode produced | Next episode: Code of Honor |
| Previous episode: Encounter at Farpoint |
TNG episode aired | Next episode: Code of Honor |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Pathways Chapter 8, Section 6 |
Next Adventure: Double Helix Infection | |
| Previous Adventure: Here Today |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) |
Next Adventure: Double Helix Infection |
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External link[]
- "The Naked Now" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.