ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Aquiel</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#000000"> <TABLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="595" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="150" VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/Next-Gen-Logo.gif" WIDTH="175" HEIGHT="117" BORDER="0" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Logo"></TD> <TD WIDTH="245" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="3" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'Aquiel'</B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(Story Code 239)<BR>by Brannon Braga<BR>and Ronald D. Moore<BR>Story by Jeri Taylor</TD> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="200" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/STTNG S6 Cast.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="145" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Cast"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> The <I>U.S.S. Enterprise</I> investigates a remote subspace relay station near the Klingon border which has recently gone silent. Beaming down, Commander Riker, Lieutenant LaForge and Doctor Crusher find the station deserted apart from a stray dog and traces of blood and cellular residue - which appear to be the remains of Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari. Searching for the missing Lieutenant Rocha, Riker and Doctor Crusher find evidence of a Klingon attack on the shuttlecraft docked to the station. LaForge finds recordings of Aquiel s personal correspondence, learning that a Klingon named Morag had been repeatedly harassing the station, and that Aquiel had a tenuous relationship with Rocha. Picard seeks assistance in the inquiry from Klingon Governor Torak; the governor soon arrives in a ship - together with Aquiel, still very much alive. The beautiful Lieutenant explains that Rocha attacked her, but she was able to escape into Klingon space in the shuttlecraft; she states that the remains are probably Rocha's, but is unable remember exactly what happened. Picard asks Torak to arrange for a meeting with Commander Morag; meanwhile, LaForge, finding himself attracted to Aquiel, quickly strikes up a friendship with her. However, new evidence then comes to light that implicates Aquiel in the murder of her colleague& <BR><BR> Patrick Stewart (<B>Captain Jean-Luc Picard</B>), Jonathan Frakes (<B>Commander William Thomas Riker</B>), LeVar Burton (<B>Chief Engineer Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge</B>), Michael Dorn (<B>Security Chief Lieutenant Worf</B>), Gates McFadden (<B>Doctor Beverly Crusher</B>), Marina Sirtis (<B>Councelor Deanna Troi</B>), Brent Spiner (<B>Lieutenant Commander Data</B>), Renee Jones (<B>Lieutenant Acquiel Uhnari</B>), Wayne Grace (<B>Governor Torak</B>), Reg E. Cathey (<B>Morag</B>), Majel Barrett (<B>Computer Voice</B>) <BR><BR><B>Directed by Cliff Bole <BR>Produced by Peter Lauritson <BR>Co-Produced by Ronald D. Moore <BR>Co-Executive Producer Jeri Taylor <BR>Executive Producers Michael Piller and Rick Berman </B> <BR><BR><B>TX:</B> <FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> <BR>1st February, 1993 <BR><BR><B>Notes:</B> <BR>*Featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas Riker, Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Security Chief Lieutenant Worf, Doctor Beverly Crusher, Councelor Deanna Troi and Lieutenant Commander Data <BR><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>