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Peak Performance

"Peak Performance" (TNG 147)

Series	Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season	2
Episode	21
Production Number	147
Previous	The Emissary (TNG 146)
Next	Shades of Gray (TNG 148)
Released	10 Jul 1989
Advertising	Amazon

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Stardate 42923.4: A simulated wargame turns deadly

To prepare for the Borg threat, Captain Picard asks for a Zakdorn master strategist to oversee a battle simulation that he will wage against Commander Riker, who will command the U.S.S. Hathaway, which has been brought back to active service for the exercise. Strategist Sirna Kolrami, who predicts that Riker has no chance, is also a champion at the game Strategema. His shockingly easy defeat of Data leaves Dr. Pulaski and others fuming at the tactician's arrogance. Meanwhile, Riker realizes that his ship's hope in the "battle" lay in his own flair for offbeat tricks. With the help of a dilithium sliver from Wesley Crusher's science project, his crew stands ready.

Riker scores an early hit using a holographic image of a Romulan warbird as a distraction, but the games turn deadly when Picard mistakes an incoming Ferengi ship for another illusion. Its attack leaves the Enterprise's weapons stuck in the harmless wargaming mode. The Ferengi demand the secret weapon they believe the Hathaway must be holding, and threaten to destroy both vessels to get it. Using a jury-rigged warp drive, the older ship fakes its destruction, startling the Ferengi into withdrawing. After the wargames end, Data gets a Stratagema rematch against Kolrami. This time, he plays only for a draw, and "wins" when the frustrated Zakdorn loses his patience and quits.

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Credits

Director
Robert Scheerer

Writer
David Kemper

Starring
Patrick Stewart … Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes … Commander Will Riker
Brent Spiner … Lieutenant Commander Data
Marina Sirtis … Counselor Deanna Troi
LeVar Burton … Lieutenant Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn … Lieutenant Worf
Wil Wheaton … Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher

Guest Starring
Diana Muldaur … Dr. Kate Pulaski
Roy Brocksmith … Sima Kolrami
Armin Shimerman … Bractor
David L. Lander … Ferengi Tactician
Leslie Neale … Ensign Nagel
Glenn Morshower … Ensign Burke

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