Pen Pals (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Pen Pals (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Pen Pals" is the 15th episode of the of the American science fiction television series "", the 41st episode overall, first broadcast on May 1, 1989. The series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship "Enterprise" commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard. In this episode, Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher learns to manage a science team, and in the primary plot, focusing on Starfleet's Prime Directive, Data helps a young girl on a troubled planet. As the "Enterprise" surveys an area of unexplored planets with unusually short life spans due to severe
Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual "Galaxy"-class ships. In addition to the more serious material, the manual also contains a number of inside jokes. These include: The print version was later complemented by a similar electronic version, the "". A follow-up title, the "", was published in 1998. Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual Star Trek: The Next Generation: Technical Manual ("ST:TNG TM") is a paperback reference guide detailing the inner and other workings of the fictional Federation starship "Enterprise"-D and other aspects of technology that appeared in the television series "". Authored by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda, who both worked in the art