ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Smaritan Snare</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>'Smaritan Snare'</B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(Story Code 143)<BR>by Robert L. McCullough</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"> Wesley leaves for Starbase 515 in the Scylla Sector, in order to complete his Starfleet exams; he is grudgingly joined by Captain Picard, who has been ordered by Doctor Pulaski to undergo a heart replacement operation. Meanwhile, the <I>Enterprise</I> crew receives a distress call from the <I>Mondor</I>, whose crew of slow-witted Pakleds are unable to carry out the extensive repairs required. When Commander Riker sends Lieutenant Geordi LaForge across to help the lethargic aliens, Counselor Troi becomes concerned that the Pakleds are not telling the truth; LaForge completes the repairs, but the Pakleds then decide to hold him hostage, refusing to release him until Riker surrenders information from the <I>Enterprise</I>'s computer. However, Riker's attempt to outwit the Pakleds backfires, and the aliens, now believing that Geordi is a weapons expert, demand that he upgrade their defensive capabilities instead& <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>Doctor [Commander] Katherine  Kate Pulaski</B>), Christopher Collins (<B>Grebnedlog</B>), Leslie Morris (<B>Reginod</B>), Daniel Benzali (<B>Surgeon</B>), Lycia Naff (<B>Ensign Sonya Gomez</B>), Tzi Ma (<B>Biomolecular Specialist</B>) <BR><BR><B>Directed by Les Landau <BR>Produced by Burton Armus, John Mason and Mike Gray <BR>Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry </B> <BR><BR><B>TX:</B> <FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> <BR>15th 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 and Wesley Crusher <BR><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>