The Pegasus (TNG episode)
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| Star Trek: TNG episode | |
| "The Pegasus" | |
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| Episode no. | 164 |
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| Prod. code | 264 |
| Airdate | January 10, 1994 |
| Writer(s) | Ronald D. Moore |
| Director | Levar Burton |
| Guest star(s) | Terry O'Quinn Nancy Vawter |
| Year | 2370 |
| Stardate | 47457.1 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Parallels" |
| Next | "Homeward" |
The Pegasus is a seventh season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The episode features one of William Riker's previous commanding officers, Admiral Erik Pressman (played by Terry O'Quinn), who may know the location of the USS Pegasus, a missing starship that they previously served aboard. The Enterprise is sent to locate the starship and salvage it if possible, but the Romulans are also trying to find it. The crew discovers the Pegasus partially materialized inside an asteroid in the Devolin system. Rear Admiral Pressman, aboard the Enterprise and leading a mission to recover the ship, orders Commander Riker to keep secret the nature of the Pegasus' illegal cargo. However, when Romulans trap the Enterprise inside the same asteroid, Riker breaks silence about the cloaking device so that the Enterprise can escape. Picard places both Riker and Pressman under arrest for violating the Treaty of Algeron. Although Pressman's fate is unknown, Riker shortly thereafer returns to duty.
[edit] Trivia
- Scenes in "These Are the Voyages...", the final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, are set during the events of this episode, as Riker uses the holodeck to explore the decisions of an Enterprise (NX-01) crew-member in the 22nd century to help him make a decision in the 24th century.
- Admiral Pressman makes reference to a secret division of Starfleet, which he is working for; fan speculation is that this may be Section 31.
- The plot of this episode was inspired by the story of the Philadelphia Experiment.
[edit] External links
- The Pegasus at StarTrek.com
- The Pegasus article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
| Preceded by: "Parallels" |
Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes | Followed by: "Homeward" |
