7x24 Preemptive Strike - Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide

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Episode: 07x24
Title: Preemptive Strike
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 276
First Aired: May. 16, 1994

Season 7 » Episode #24 - Preemptive Strike

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 07x24 Preemptive Strike

Summary: Stardate: 47941.7 Ro Laren is put in the uncomfortable position of helping the Federation help the Cardassians fight the Maquis, by acting as a infiltrator to the Maquis. However, can the Federation trust she will follow through with their plan? They find the answer not to their liking.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain Jean-Luc Picard	played by Patrick Stewart
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge	played by LeVar Burton
Doctor Beverly Crusher	played by Gates McFadden
Counselor Deanna Troi	played by Marina Sirtis
Lt. Commander Data	played by Brent Spiner
Ro Laren	played by Michelle Forbes
Macias	played by John Franklyn-Robbins
Admiral Alynna Nechayev	played by Natalia Nogulich
Santos	played by William Thomas Jr.

	Season 7 / Episode 24: - Preemptive Strike Macias: I've known since I first met you that in your heart you're one of us.
	Season 7 / Episode 24: - Preemptive Strike Ro Laren: The way I see it, there is one good reason to take this mission; and that's to validate your faith in me.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAKE: In the opening battle with the Maquis, when the Enterprise disperses two of the ships with phaser fire, space appears to be shaking.
CONT: Picard tells Ro two years ago Starfleet would have never considered sending her on a mission for them. She later tells the Maquis she fell out of favour with Starfleet three years ago.
CONT: Ro says she lost her Starfleet commission after an incident on Jaros II. It was actually Garon II.
CONT: Ro Laren is promoted to Lieutenant just before this episode from her previous rank of Ensign. The next rank after Ensign is Lieutenant Junior-Grade (signified by one gold and one black collar pip) yet we see Ro is wearing two gold pips, signifying the rank of full Lieutenant. The only way this is possible is if Ro was promoted twice, but the episode makes no mention of this, only that she was promoted to Lieutenant, and back in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) {Rascals (#6.7)}, she was still an Ensign in that episode. It is very unlikely (especially given her spotty Starfleet record) that Ro would be promoted so quickly in such a short time, and therefore she should've been wearing only one gold and one black pip, not two gold pips.

TRIVIA

The only time the Maquis appear in TNG. We get to see the DMZ too, after being established in DS9, and TNG episode #7.20.
Klingons, Vulcans and Native Americans as village extras was a subtle suggestion towards the cast lineup on the soon to begin VGR.
The last Bajoran and Cardassian story in the series.
We see an Indian on one of the Maquis ships. Its possible he's from Dorvan V, the colony from episode #7.20 that Starfleet handed over to the Cardassians. Which may be why he joined the Maquis.
Macias was named after a Cuban freedom fighter in Cuba's War of Independence from Spain.