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Doomsday World

The U.S.S. Enterprise crew races to stop the galaxy’s ultimate weapon.

• Stardate 43197.5
• Released July 1990

The planet Kirlos—an artificial world built by a mysterious long-dead race called the Ariantu. Kirlos is now home to many races from both the Federation and the K’vin Hegemony, who have enjoyed years of peaceful co-existence and profitable trade. The planet also holds a wealth of undiscovered archaeological treasures, which the U.S.S. Enterprise and its crew are dispatched to help uncover.

Sent to the surface to assist an archaeological team, Geordi, Data, and Worf soon find themselves cut off from the Starship Enterprise—and the prime suspects in a series of terrorist attacks. The three Starship Enterprise crewmen are imprisoned, relations between the K’vin and the Federation begin to crumble, and Kirlos’ ancient underground machinery awakens from a centuries long dormancy, primed to release the most powerful destructive force ever known.

Written by: Carmen Carter, Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, and Robert Greenberger

Cast:

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Commander William T. Riker
• Dr. Beverly Crusher
• Counselor Deanna Troi
• Lieutenant Commander Data
• Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
• Lieutenant Worf
• Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher

Guest Cast:

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Excerpt

The photon pulse filled the viewscreen.

“Conn,” Picard snapped, “all power to…”

But he never finished the command. Becuase the energy bolt never made contact. Incredibly, the torpedo missed the Enterprise and curved away, still gathering speed before it finally faded into nothing.

“What the hell?” Picard stared at the image.

“Sir, there’s a wormhole out there,” the lieutenant answered.

“Merde,” Picard exclaimed, suddenly wishing for the simple threat of a photon torpedo. A wormhole was far more treacherous and more deadly…