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Season 1 Episode 22
Episode: "Symbiosis"
The Enterprise's mission to observe the flare activity of a star is interrupted by a distress call from a freighter in danger of destruction from a decaying orbit. Interference from the local star's radiation complicates the rescue operation resulting in the freighter's destruction however several of the passengers are at least rescued; them and their cargo. We learn that the cargo is in fact medicine, containing over 4-billion doses of a drug called felicium, manufactured by a race called the Brekkians. For generations a race on a neighbouring planet, the Ornarans have been struck down by a planet-wide plague. Having discovered long ago that felicium can address their symptoms, the Ornarans have maintained a long running trade agreement with the Brekkians for regular deliveries of the drug.
Despite having obstructed the Ornarans claim to the felicium throughout much of the episode, the Brekkians finally tell Captain Picard that they are prepared to hand them over the entire shipment so as to put an end to the Ornarans' suffering. Based on Beverly Crusher's discovery that felicium is actually a narcotic, Picard calls out the Brekkians for their blatant lack of sincerity and confronts them about their real motivations.
Season 1 Episode 22
Episode: "Symbiosis"
The Enterprise's mission to observe the flare activity of a star is interrupted by a distress call from a freighter in danger of destruction from a decaying orbit. Interference from the local star's radiation complicates the rescue operation resulting in the freighter's destruction however several of the passengers are at least rescued; them and their cargo. We learn that the cargo is in fact medicine, containing over 4-billion doses of a drug called felicium, manufactured by a race called the Brekkians. For generations a race on a neighbouring planet, the Ornarans have been struck down by a planet-wide plague. Having discovered long ago that felicium can address their symptoms, the Ornarans have maintained a long running trade agreement with the Brekkians for regular deliveries of the drug.
Despite having obstructed the Ornarans claim to the felicium throughout much of the episode, the Brekkians finally tell Captain Picard that they are prepared to hand them over the entire shipment so as to put an end to the Ornarans' suffering. Based on Beverly Crusher's discovery that felicium is actually a narcotic, Picard calls out the Brekkians for their blatant lack of sincerity and confronts them about their real motivations.
