Peak Performance (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Peak Performance (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Peak Performance" is the 21st episode of the of the American science fiction television series "", the 47th episode overall, first broadcast on July 10, 1989. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship "Enterprise". In this episode, while in the midst of a war-game exercise, a Ferengi marauder intrudes. The "Enterprise", under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, is ordered by Starfleet Command to take part in simulated combat exercises to prepare for the Borg threat. A renowned Zakdorn strategist named Sirna Kolrami
Emergence (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Emergence (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Emergence" is the 175th episode of the American science fiction television series "". The 23rd episode of the . Lieutenant Commander Data, while practicing acting in an "Enterprise" holodeck, is surprised when the Orient Express train drives through his set of Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Later, the "Enterprise" suddenly jumps into warp on its own; subsequent investigation shows that the ship had been undergoing a deadly theta flux distortion, and only by jumping into warp was the ship saved from destruction. Data postulates that this may be a previously unknown safety feature of the "Enterprise",