ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Firstborn</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>'Firstborn'</B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(Story Code 273)<BR>by René Echevarria<BR>Story by Mark Kalbfeld</TD> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="200" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/STTNG S7 Cast.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="143" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Cast"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> Lieutenant Worf prepares for his son s forthcoming Rite of Ascension, an important ceremony in which a young Klingon declares his intention to become a warrior; however, his excitement turns to disappointment and shock when Alexander tells him that he has no intention of becoming a warrior. Following Captain Picard s advice, Worf takes his son to Maranga IV to attend the festival of Kot'baval, in the hope that such the display of Klingon heritage will change the boy s mind. After participating in a Klingon opera telling the story of Kahless and the tyrant Molar, Alexander seems more enthusiastic; however, it is not long before he and his father find themselves surrounded by three Klingon assailants. They are rescued by K'mtar, a close friend of Worf s family, who has been sent by his brother to protect them; a dagger left behind by the attackers indicates that they were sent by the Duras sisters, Lursa and B'Etor; Worf decides to track down the two sisters, although K'mtar doubts that the <I>Enterprise</I> crew will be able to help. On learning that Alexander has shown little interest in becoming a warrior, K'mtar offers to help Worf convince him of the importance of his heritage; they recreate the previous day's attack using the Holodeck, but although Alexander is initially able to fight well, he is unable to bring himself to kill one of his assailants; K mtar becomes angry at him, and he runs away. The <I>Enterprise</I> arrives at Colla III, where an away team finds Gorta, a miner abandoned by the Duras sisters; he reveals that Lursa and B'Etor are now heading to the Ufandi system to sell ore to a Yridian trader. Meanwhile, K'mtar suggests sending Alexander to a Klingon training academy - and when Worf refuses, he threatens to invoke ya'nora kor, so that he can take custody of the boy away from his father& <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>), James Sloyan (<B>K'mtar</B>), Brian Bonsall (<B>Alexander</B>), Gwynyth Walsh (<B>B'etor</B>), Barbara March (<B>Lursa</B>), Joel Swetow (<B>Yog</B>), Colin Mitchell (<B>Gorta</B>), Armin Shimerman (<B>Quark</B>), Michael Danek (<B>Singer</B>), John Kenton Shull (<B>Molor</B>), Rickey D'Shon Collins (<B>Eric</B>), Majel Barrett (<B>Computer Voice</B>) <BR><BR><B>Directed by Jonathan West <BR>Produced by Ronald D. Moore and Peter Lauritson <BR>Co-Produced by Brannon Braga <BR>Executive Producers Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller and Rick Berman </B> <BR><BR><B>TX:</B> <FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> <BR>25th April, 1994 <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>