Preemptive Strike (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Preemptive Strike (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Preemptive Strike" is the 176th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series "". It is the 24th episode of the , and penultimate episode of the series overall, directed by cast member Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard). Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship USS "Enterprise"-D. In this episode, the recurring character Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes), a court-martialed Starfleet officer who first appeared in the episode "", finds her loyalties divided between Starfleet and a group of resistance fighters who oppose
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",