After Picard disappears
during an archeological trip, the crew is told that the
captain was vaporized by a group of mercenaries who
attacked him in a bar on Dessica II. While the
Enterprise-D crew prepares for a memorial service, Riker
— now acting captain — asks for and receives permission
from Admiral Chekote to investigate Picard's death.
Riker learns from an Yridian trader named Yranac, a
witness to the crime, that the alleged murderers have
moved on to the Barradas system, so he takes the
Enterprise-D there and finds one M-Class planet. Over
Data's objections, Riker leads an away team to the
surface where they find ruins of an ancient Debrune
outpost. The team is attacked by the mercenaries, who
take Riker captive and beam away with him.
On board the mercenary ship, Riker is greeted by the
group's leader, Arctus Baran, who implants the prisoner
with a neural servo capable of inflicting great pain.
Riker is astounded to discover that Picard is aboard the
ship, alive and well, posing as a smuggler named Galen.
Seizing an opportunity to talk alone, Picard explains to
Riker that while on an expedition, he found that a site
had been looted and practically destroyed, so he wanted
to search out who was responsible. He tracked down the
mercenaries to the bar on Dessica II, asked too many
questions and was taken captive. Rather than being
"vaporized," Picard was actually beamed away by weapons
that activate their transporter. He then convinced his
captors that he was a smuggler who was an expert on
appraising relics, so that he could stay on board and
learn why they are stealing Romulan artifacts. Believing
that Baran is looking for something specific that he's
keeping to himself, Picard tells Riker to get close to
Baran and gain his confidence.
Meanwhile on the
Enterprise, Data surmises that the next target for a
mercenary raid will be Calder II, which has a small
Federation outpost with limited defenses, so as acting
captain he sets a course for that planet. Picard learns
that Baran's next objective is indeed the Sakethan
burial mounds on Calder II, and points out that it's
defended by Starfleet. Baran expects they can destroy
the outpost, but Picard convinces him to avoid violence
by using Riker to help them get through Federation
controls. When the mercenary ship reaches Calder II,
they encounter problems with their raid, so Baran orders
the Starfleet outpost destroyed. But the Enterprise
arrives on the scene and fires upon them. Baran prepares
to engage in combat with the starship. |
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Production: 256
Season: 7 Episode: 4
Original Air Date: 10.11.1993
Stardate: 47135.2 |
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Patrick Stewart as
Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes as William 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 |
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Richard Lynch as Baran
Robin Curtis as Tallera
Caitlin Brown as Vekor
Alan Altshuld as Yranac
Bruce Gray as Admiral Chekote
Cameron Thor as Narik |
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| Robin Curtis is one of only 32
actors or actresses to have starred in both the original
"Star Trek" (1966) (up to and including Star Trek VI:
The Undiscovered Country (1991)) and then in one of the
spin-offs. |
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Gambit, Part I"
#40277-256
Story by
Christopher Hatton
and
Naren Shankar
Teleplay by
Naren Shankar
Directed by
Peter Lauritson
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FINAL DRAFT
JULY 26, 1993
STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Gambit, Part I"
CAST
PICARD BARAN
RIKER BARTENDER
DATA CHEKOTE
BEVERLY GIUSTI
TROI NARIK
WORF SANDERS
GEORDI TALLERA
COMPUTER VOICE VEKOR
YRANAC
TRANSPORTER CHIEF (V.O.)
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
N.D. SECURITY N.D. BAR PATRONS
N.D. CREWMEMBERS
STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Gambit, Part I"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
BRIDGE
READY ROOM MERCENARY SHIP
RIKER'S QUARTERS
OBSERVATION LOUNGE PLANET SURFACE -
SICKBAY CLEARING
YRANAC'S QUARTERS
DESSICA TWO
BAR
MERCENARY SHIP
BRIDGE
RIKER'S QUARTERS
STAR TREK: "Gambit, Part I" - 07/26/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Gambit, Part I"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
BARAN buh-RAN
BARRADAS buh-RAD-us
DEBRUNE deh-BROON
DESSICAN DESS-i-kan
GIUSTI JOOS-tee
GLYPH GLIFF
NAFIR nah-FEAR
NARIK NAH-rick
SAKETHAN suh-KETH-en
TALLERA ta-LARE-uh
VEKOR veh-KORE
YADALLA yuh-DOLL-uh
YRANAC yuh-RAN-ick
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