ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>The Last Outpost</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#000000"> <TABLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="580" 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="230" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="4" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'The Last Outpost'</B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(Story Code 107)<BR>by Herbert Wright<BR>Story by Richard Krzemien</TD> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="200" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/STTNG S1 Cast.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="150" 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> is in pursuit of a Ferengi spaceship, whose crew has stolen a T-9 energy converter. But as the two ships approach an unknown planet, both vessels are suddenly rendered powerless by a mysterious energy drain. Commander Riker takes an away team down to the planet surface to determine the source of the power loss; however, the Starfleet officers are immediately attacked by the Ferengi crew, and a fight breaks out. Then a mysterious being known as Portal appears before them, identifing itself as guardian of the Tkon Empire; it then announces that both crews are to be subjected to its intellectual tests& <BR><BR> Patrick Stewart (<B>Captain Jean-Luc Picard</B>), Jonathan Frakes (<B>Commander William Thomas Riker</B>), LeVar Burton (<B>Lieutenant Geordi La Forge</B>), Denise Crosby (<B>Security Chief Lieutenant Natasha  Tasha Yar</B>), Michael Dorn (<B>Lieutenant Worf</B>), Gates McFadden (<B>Doctor Beverly Crusher</B>), Marina Sirtis (<B>Councelor Deanna Troi</B>), Brent Spiner (<B>Lieutenant Commander Data</B>), Wil Wheaton (<B>Wesley Crusher</B>), Armin Shimerman (<B>Letek</B>), Jake Dengel (<B>Mordoc</B>), Tracey Walter (<B>Kayron</B>), Darryl Henriques (<B>Portal</B>), Mike Gomez (<B>DaiMon Tarr</B>) <BR><BR><B>Directed by Richard Colla <BR>Produced by Maurice Hurley <BR>Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry </B> <BR><BR><B>TX:</B> <FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> <BR>19th October, 1987 <BR><BR><B>Notes:</B> <BR>*Featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas Riker, Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Security Chief Lieutenant Natasha  Tasha Yar, Lieutenant Worf, Doctor Beverly Crusher, Councelor Deanna Troi, Lieutenant Commander Data and Wesley Crusher <BR><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>