“Man of the People”
Written by Frank Abatemarco
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Season 6, Episode 3
Production episode 40276-229
Original air date: October 5, 1992
Stardate: 46071.6
Captain’s Log: Rekag-Seronia is a world that is on an important Federation shipping route. It’s also in the midst of a civil war. The Enterprise is answering a distress call from a transport ship, the Dorian (a name that ISN’T SUPPOSED TO BE FORESHADOWING AT ALL),that is under attack by two Rekag ships. As soon as the Big E shows up, the Rekag ships turn tail and run. The Dorian is ferrying a mediator to Seronia, which is probably why the ship was targeted. The Dorian’s captain asks Picard to take on the mediator, Vas Alkar, and his mother, Sev Maylor. Troi meets them in the transporter room, and Maylor immediately starts sniping at Troi, saying “he won’t have you.”
Troi brings Alkar to Picard, who loops Admiral Simons in on a discussion over how to proceed. Alkar would prefer not to travel to Rekag-Seronia on so provocative a vessel as Starfleet’s flagship, but the risk is too great that another unarmed transport like the Dorian would be damaged, its crew injured.
[Do you think that makes you appear courageous?]