I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing
Maelstrom!

Background information 
 This story takes place sometime after , when Wesley receives his red uniform.
 Cover artist Jerome K. Moore remarked: "If I were to have added the final color, you might be able to notice that Enterprise is powered up and lit just as she is struck on the rear port quarter. This impact takes out all power, and sends her into the spin. The subsequent images of the ship show that all the lights are out. Then a second impact tips the saucer section toward the viewer."

Creators 
 Based on  created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writer: Michael Jan Friedman
 Artists:
 Pablo Marcos (interior art)
 Juliana Ferriter (color art)
 Bob Pinaha (letter art)
 Jerome K. Moore (cover art: pencil, ink, pen, brush, opaque gouache, China marker) 
 Tatjana Wood (cover color art)
 Editor: Robert Greenberger

Characters 

 Jean-Luc Picard   captain.
 William T. Riker Enterprise-D exec.
 Beverly Crusher  Enterprise-D surgeon.
 Data  Android Enterprise-D operations officer.
 Geordi La Forge  VISOR-sighted Enterprise-D chief engineer.
 Wesley Crusher  Enterprise-D flight control officer.
 Worf  Klingon Enterprise-D security chief.
 Deanna Troi  Half-Betazoid Enterprise-D counselor.
 Selar  Enterprise-D doctor.
 {{|dis|Duffy|Lieutenant junior grade}}  Enterprise-D engineer.
 Forthol  Axgardian lieutenant commander, Enterprise-D relief ops.
 Cargo ensign  Sciences division crewwoman assigned to cargo bay number 3, where Wesley appropriated a spacesuit.
 Marie  Ship's school teacher injured by falling equipment.
 Homer  Ancient writer, mentioned as the author of Odyssey.

References 
2366
astrogation
black hole
cargo bay
French language  Picard excalims "mon dieu" when the energy storm strikes the ship.
Galaxy class decks  Holodeck 1 is on deck 12.
holodeck
Klingonese  Worf cries out "kree-gach", "kreegah kraghlat" and "noraggah" in the throes of madness.
Odyssey  Epic written by Homer.
Odysseus  Character in Homer's Odyssey.
Romulan Neutral Zone
Starbase 173

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