Birthright Part One.

STTNG

Star Trek The Next Generation Season Six

Q; Why does the Y'Ridian say that he's a "man" with information?

A; We may tentatively assume here that this is a quirk of the Universal Translator, a device positively ridden with quirks if ever there was one. Perhaps, as with the Noorsicans of last episode, the translator will say man when referring to the first person unless they specify differently, as with the Noorsican's harping on and using "human" as an insult. Incidentally, where was the Universal Translator while the Klingon was singing that rather fine little melody? Why didn't the Universal Translator translate it into English for us?

Interestingly, speaking of the Y'Ridian, if you examine his face just under his nose, you'll see two little holes. I wonder what they could be for, hmmm?

Worf in his anger breaks a table. How could you possibly have something so easily breakable on a starship? And why isn't he practising his martial arts in the gym, where he should be?

Data states unequivocally that he is incapable of dreams or hallucinations. How wrong he is, and it isn't the first time. Garbage in, garbage out! Mind you, he further states that he can function for extended periods in vacuum. So why was he convinced that Lore had been destroyed by being beamed into space during all that hoo-hah with the Crystalline Entity?

Does it not strike you that Worf is trusting his accomplice, an individual who is only along because he will maybe eventually get paid, rather a great deal? He doesn't seem to have told anybody else what he's up to, not perhaps the most logical of moves when you've got the resources of the Enterprise at your disposal.

Bashir wishes Data sweet dreams. What's unusual about that? Nothing at all, but just look at the age of the guy who walks by immediately afterwards. At what precise age does one retire from Starfleet?

One thing the DS9 architects had in common with the designers of the Federation's starships; low balconies abound.

I must note that Worf himself seems a little reluctant to die gloriously and with honour in battle when he's staring down the business end of a Romulan disruptor or two.

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