Homeward
Nikolai Rozhenko, Worf’s foster brother, has been living on the primitive planet Boraal II for some time, where he played more than just a cultural observer. When the planet’s atmosphere is about to dissipate and the rest of the crew is just watching how every living being dies, Nikolai has created a duplicate of the caves on Boraal on the holodeck in order to save at least some of the natives. Picard and Worf are outraged, but now they have to go along with Nikolai’s plan. One Boraalan, Vorin, accidentally steps out into the Enterprise, and when he can’t cope with this new experience, he commits suicide. A new home for the people is found and the Boraalans are transferred there. Nikolai stays with them. summary by Ex Astris Scientia
Heh! Prime Directive at work again? I bet every Star Trek fan has sympathised with Nicolai all the time. What I don’t understand is why Picard was so furious? After all, he also has a fascinating history of violating the Prime Directive. I know, it was done for the plot purposes but it’s highly illogical IMHO. I think it would have been more credible if Picard was on vacation or something and Riker was in command. Or anyone else, but not Picard. It made the whole concept ridiculous in my eyes…