ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Pen Pals</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>'Pen Pals'</B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(Story Code 141)<BR>by Melinda M. Snodgrass<BR>Story by Hannah Louise Shearer</TD> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="200" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/STTNG S2 Cast.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="142" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Cast"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> The crew of the <I>U.S.S. Enterprise</I> is surveying the intense geological activity in the Selcundi Drema planetary system. Lieutenant Commander Data informs Captain Picard that he has become  pen pals with a young girl named Sarjenka, who lives on Drema IV; the android is worried because his friend's world faces imminent destruction due to the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. However, Picard's concern is due to the fact that Data has contravened the Federation Prime Directive, a strict code of non-interference. Meanwhile, Commander Riker decides to help further Ensign Wesley's Starfleet education by placing him in charge of a team carrying out mineral surveys to determine the cause of the geological stress; but Wesley's lack of confidence leads him to allow the older crew members under his command to take over... <BR><BR> Patrick Stewart (<B>Captain Jean-Luc Picard</B>), Jonathan Frakes (<B>Commander William Thomas Riker</B>), LeVar Burton (<B>Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge</B>), Michael Dorn (<B>Security Chief Lieutenant Worf</B>), Marina Sirtis (<B>Councelor Deanna Troi</B>), Brent Spiner (<B>Lieutenant Commander Data</B>), Wil Wheaton (<B>Wesley Crusher</B>), Diana Muldaur (<B>Katherine  Kate Pulaski</B>), Diana Muldaur (<B>Doctor [Commander] Katherine  Kate Pulaski</B>), Nicholas Cascone (<B>Davies</B>), Nikki Cox (<B>Sarjenka</B>), Ann H. Gillespie (<B>Hildebrant</B>), Colm Meaney (<B>Transporter Chief Miles O Brien</B>), Whitney Rydbeck (<B>Alans</B>) <BR><BR><B>Directed by Winrich Kolbe <BR>Produced by Robert L. McCullough <BR>Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry </B> <BR><BR><B>TX:</B> <FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> <BR>1st May, 1989 <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, Councelor Deanna Troi, Lieutenant Commander Data, Doctor [Commander] Katherine  Kate Pulaski, Transporter Chief Miles O Brien nd Wesley Crusher <BR><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>