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She's a Predator is an in-game Starship Trait . This trait gives bonuses in Space if slotted into an Active Starship Trait slot.

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• Attack Patterns grant Ambush, Heal Hull, recharge Cloak

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While this trait is slotted, activating any attack pattern ability heals you for a percentage of your max health, grants damage equal to your Ambush bonus, and reduces your cloak cooldown. This can only happen once per several seconds.

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• Reduce Cooldown of Cloak by 50%

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• Unlike many other Ship Traits, this trait triggers from all Bridge Officer Attack Pattern abilities, including Attack Pattern Lambda .

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Star Trek: Nemesis

I saw this one in the theaters. Until watching it again for this article, which was the only time I had ever watched Star Trek: Nemesis, back in 2002. There was something that I truly disliked about it… but 17 years later, I could not remember what it was.

The disappointment of Star Trek: Insurrection still stung, and I hoped that this even-numbered Trek film would hold to form and be a good one.

I can still remember the photo of screenwriter John Logan alongside a Reman, probably in T.V. Guide or People Magazine. There was a lot of hype around Logan, and what he would bring to the franchise. Sir Patrick Stewart even asked fans to come out to see this film.

Paramount canceled the sequel, which would have been The Next Generation ’s fifth, and final film. I walked out of the theater disappointed.

Too many explosions, too little plot, and too many borrowed references to past Trek glories.

STARDATE: 56844.0

We begin in space, and immediately crash zoom onto the surface of Romulus, which looked like a highly advanced Rome. I get the references. Romulans were named after Romulus, the founder of Rome, and Remus is their backward sister planet. But did the producers have to make the place look like Rome too? Romulans are still supposed to be aliens, after all — lack of creativity.

The Romulan senators inside the central building were listening to a pitch from one of their own. A newcomer from Remus, Shinzon, was offering a new alliance, which could potentially crush the Federation. The leadership didn’t want to hear it, but a female senator named Tal ’Aura armed a red bio-bomb of sorts, which pushed out a toxin, turning all inside the Senate building to ash. It was a pretty cool special effect!

Meanwhile, Captain Jean-Luc Picard gave a toast to his first officer, Commander William Riker, who finally married his longtime love, Counselor Deanna Troi. Picard spoke about all of his many accomplishments, including contacting 27 new alien species for the Federation. But nothing was as unique as this moment.

Picard teased Riker about moving on to the U.S.S. Titan and told everyone that Mr. Data would soon replace him. The android would never, ever let Picard go on an away mission.

Hey — was that Wesley Crusher at the end of the head table? Yup! Poor Wes didn’t have a line in the final edit of ST:N, but at least he got on camera. But Guinan was there, and she told Geordi La Forge that she’d never marry again. Twenty-three partners was her limit. And Data stood up and sang a song for everyone, as Worf complained about drinking too much Romulan ale.

As the Enterprise-E started its journey to Betazed, so Riker and Troi could get married as her culture saw fit (naked), Mr. Worf detected a positronic signal from the Kolarin System. Picard ordered that they divert their route so the signal could be investigated.

I wondered, how strong is a positronic signal? How far away could it be detected? I thought this was a bit of clever plot set-up, rather than something plausible. But oh well.

Now, Riker did warn them all that going to the Kolarin System would take them dangerously close to the Romulan Neutral Zone. Picard said not to worry about it.

When they arrived, they determined that, while uncharted, the planet’s natives were humanoid and pre-warp. Geordi said they shouldn’t use transporters, due to an ion storm. Picard smiled and told Worf and Data to join him in the new Argo, a sleek, new shuttlecraft, with a built-in dune buggy. Yes. A dune buggy.

Funny how Picard mentioned how he opened up diplomatic relations with all of these new societies, which probably meant that they worked within the Prime Directive. But now, Picard is driving around a desert planet, in a Starfleet-issued dune buggy.

Worf and Data found parts of an android, which looked very much like Dr. Noonien Soong. Eventually, they found enough pieces to make a new Data. When they saw the head, Data picked it up, and it spoke to him.

At that point, the indigenous population came out with their dune buggies and disruptors and attacked. Worf used the phaser cannon mounted on the back of their buggy to shoot at the bad guys. Data used his tricorder to fly the Argo over a canyon remotely, so Picard could launch the buggy into the shuttle — just in the nick of time.

This adventure was silly and unnecessary. Watching it now reminded me of the silly motorcycle situation in Star Trek: Beyond with the Kelvin Kirk. It seemed like they added it to have an excuse for some action, but no real outcome.

Back on the Enterprise , Geordi and Crusher connected the head to some electricity, and he started talking again (he did speak while on the dune buggy). He said his name was “B-4.” Geordi said that this android was likely created before Data, so the name made sense. B-4 had no memory of where he was before the crew found him on the Kolarin planet. Picard ordered that he be reassembled.

In Picard’s ready room, Starfleet Command contacted him. It was Admiral Janeway, who told him that he’d have to go to Romulus. She said there was a new Praetor in charge, who requested a Federation envoy.

NOTE: Someone messed up Michael Okuda’s computer interface design. He created all of the computer display interfaces for the Enterprise-D era ships, back in the 1980s. He made an incredibly futuristic look, which, ironically, is called “flat” or minimal design for electronic devices. These were all geometric shapes, and lots of rounded rectangles for the touch screen buttons. In this film, someone added shading and a beveled edge to just some of the interface elements. DUMB!

Picard gathered his command crew together to meet about this new mission to Romulus. Data explained that Remus orbits its sun in such a way where one side of the planet is always in darkness. This is where the Remans live, and they are an undesirable caste in the Romulan Empire’s hierarchy. The planet is responsible for weapons development and dilithium mining. Very little was known about the new praetor, Shinzon, except that he is a successful commander.

Afterward, Commander La Forge connected Data and B-4 with a neural link, to download Data’s memories into B-4. Geordi warned that if this worked, then B-4 would have all of his memories and abilities. When the download was complete, B-4 still could not answer basic questions.

Data found a “redundant memory port” on the back of B-4’s neck. Geordi theorized that this extra memory might have been put in place as a backup, incase his neural pathways got scrambled.

When the Enterprise arrived at Romulus, they were kept waiting for 17 hours, with no contact. Out of nowhere, an enormous Romulan ship de-cloaked. Worf wanted to raise shields, but Picard said not to. Worf scanned and found that the ship had 52 disruptor banks, 27 torpedo bays, with two sets of shields.

“She’s a predator,” said Picard.

They received a hail from the ship, which identified itself as the Reman Warbird Scimitar (which is the name of a sword used in the Middle East). They sent coordinates to Picard and his away team.

Onboard the Scimitar , Picard, Riker, Troi, Data, and Worf met Shinzon, in a darkened hall. Shinzon, played by Tom Hardy (who has been in many roles since, including Bane in “The Dark Knight Rises”).

Shinzon wore a very strange … costume. It looked like nothing worn by Romulans in shows or previous films. It was almost like a long, armored dress. The suit glimmered, and looked a lot like the shell of a Japanese beetle, as it changed colors depending on the light.

He spoke to the crew about his desire for peace. When he turned up the lights, it turns out that he (supposed to have) looked just like a young Picard. Shinzon referred that he and Picard were the same person, and as he invited Picard to dinner, he cut his palm with a dagger. He let the blood drip onto the blade and handed it over to Data.

Back on the ship, Dr. Crusher confirmed that Shinzon was a clone of Picard.

On Romulus, Commander Suran and his Romulan military guard grilled Shinzon on his plans, and why the Enterprise was in orbit. He yelled at them and told them to be patient. As they left, Shinzon ordered Commander Donatra to spy on Commander Suran, and “dispose of him” if he shows any signs of betrayal.

After Shinzon dismissed Donatra, he slumped over in pain. She stood and watched from the shadows.

On the Enterprise , B-4 was enjoying some time with Data’s cat, Spot. He stood suddenly and walked to a computer terminal. He started working.

At dinner, Shinzon told Picard that the Romulans acquired Picard’s DNA and planned to use Shinzon as a mole in the Federation. But when the government changed, the plans were abandoned, and young Shinzon was sent to the dilithium mines on Remus. It was there he met one Reman (who now served as his viceroy) who helped him survive.

It must be pointed out how similar Shinzon’s story is to Bane’s (from Batman). Almost like Christopher Nolan watched Nemesis and decided to recycle the story of Shinzon and make it Bane.

Shinzon told Picard that everything he did was an effort to make the lives of the Reman better. He created the giant warship in secret and came to Romulus in force to get the Remans their freedom.

As Picard left the meeting, he said that he hoped that in time, after trust had been earned, they could hold hands in friendship.

When Picard returned to the Enterprise , Worf filled him in on the computer breach. But, even more troubling, Geordi told him that they detected Thalaron radiation from the Scimitar . Thalaron radiation can consume organic material at the subatomic level. Dr. Crusher told Picard that a microscopic amount could kill every member of the crew in seconds.

On Romulus, Shinzon and his viceroy talked about timing and attacking. I forgot to describe the Remans. They look like the vampire Nosferatu, from the 1922 film . Imagine Nosferatu with a disruptor.

I figure that the way the elves were divided up in “Lord of the Rings” may have inspired the Reman. If the elves were like the Vulcans, the Romulans are like the Orcs. Elves were the original, and the Orcs were the evil offshoot of the elves. Then you get the Uruk-hai, who were the Orcs, but even worse. The Uruk-hai are like the Reman — Romulans, only worse.

Back to the film… we join Riker and Troi in their private quarters. As they got naked and started to get intimate, Shinzon invaded Troi’s mind and mentally “raped” her. It was a bizarre scene. Shinzon’s viceroy helped him invade Troi’s consciousness.

Shinzon then beamed B-4 to the Scimitar and began downloading the information he read.

Meanwhile, Troi shared with Picard and Crusher that she had been “violated.” As Picard was counseling her, the Remans beamed him to the Scimitar . Riker ordered shields to be raised, but it was too late. Picard was gone, and the Scimitar was cloaked.

Onboard the Scimitar , Picard found that he was strapped down and unable to move.

Shinzon’s henchmen took a blood sample from Picard, who noticed B-4 in the lab. Shinzon revealed that the Remans planted B-4, knowing that Picard would take the bait and pick him up. B-4 downloaded details on the location of every ship in Starfleet.

Shinzon told Picard that he planned to start a war with the Federation which would free the Reman.

On the Enterprise , Geordi tried to find a way to track the Scimitar , even while cloaked. But he could not.

B-4 returned to Picard’s holding cell and incapacitated the Reman guard. It turns out that it was Data, not B-4. Data told Picard that the entire ship was a Thalaron generator, and all the relays led to one point — an “activation matrix.” They also discussed that Shinzon now knew the location of all Federation ships.

Data opened up his arm and revealed a small emergency transporter device. Data told Picard to use it, but he refused.

Shinzon and his scientists marched down to Picard’s cell to extract Picard’s blood (or something) so that Shinzon could get a transfusion and live. When they realized Picard escaped, they sounded the alert, and the Reman attacked.

Picard and Data fought their way to a shuttlecraft bay. And, oh, did you know that Picard was pretty good with two disruptors? Watch that scene, and you too can see Jean-Luc in action.

They found a small, two-person ship but could not open the bay doors to escape the ship. Instead, they doubled and flew down the corridors that were running through. They eventually did get out through a large bay window. Before Shinzon could grab the ship with a tractor beam, Worf beamed Picard, Data, and the small craft onto the Enterprise . Then, they warped away from Romulus.

On the planet, Commander Suran got a scolding from Shinzon, after he dared question their human leader. They all noticed the purple veins on his face, a side-effect of the deterioration of his health.

Later, Commander Donatra asked Suran if he was willing to go down with Shinzon. She told Suran that he wasn’t going to beat Earth; he was going to destroy Earth.

Dr. Crusher told Picard that Shinzon’s cellular structure was breaking down. The only thing that could save Shinzon was a complete blood transfusion from Picard. The admiral then said that he knew Shinzon would come for him.

In engineering, Data deactivated B-4, after B-4 revealed that he knew nothing about Shinzon’s plans.

Geordi told the crew that the Thalaron radiation was strong enough to destroy Earth if he wanted to. Picard said that was Shinzon’s aim. Since there was no way to penetrate the cloak, the Enterprise was ordered to Sector 1045, where the fleet would be massing.

Picard ordered all hands to their battle stations. The crew got all their phaser rifles out, and Mr. La Forge put a force field around the warp core.

On the way, the Enterprise approached the Bassen Rift, with the Scimitar , under cloak, was following close behind. Data reported that they were about 40 minutes from the meeting spot with the fleet, which was composed of the U.S.S. Intrepid , the Valiant , the Galaxy , the Aires , the Nova , the Hood , and the Archer .

As Picard looked at their course, he said: “for now we see through a glass, darkly.” That was a line from the King James Bible and not Shakespeare. Hmm! Picard said that Shinzon was like him.

Data said that Shinzon was not a mirror of Picard. Shinzon, like B-4, does not aspire to better himself. Just then, interference from the Bassen Rift caused the screens on the Enterprise to fluctuate, and all long-range communications.

At that point, Scimitar attacked, knocking the Enterprise out of warp. They were only able to use impulse engines, and Picard ordered all phasers fired at once in a spread. He also ordered photon torpedoes to be readied.

They did hit the Scimitar once or twice and tried to follow up with torpedoes, but all missed. The Scimitar recloaked and attacked from above.

I have to say that this Enterprise-E could take a whole lot of shots. Its shields must have been ten times as strong as the Enterprise-D. The Scimitar nailed it repeatedly. Eventually, they did weaken.

After another volley, Riker ordered the ship do the “Kirk Epsilon,” and La Forge tried to fix the shields. Then, Shinzon hailed them. He asked Picard to meet privately in his ready room. Shinzon spoke through a hologram and demanded Picard’s surrender. He wanted Picard to beam over, and he’d free the Enterprise.

Picard tried to talk Shinzon out of this course of action. He said that Shinzon could be a better man. Shinzon didn’t want to hear it.

On the Scimitar , they detected two new ships, both Romulan. It was Donatra. She told Picard they were there to help. This was a pretty exciting scene.

The Scimitar destroyed one Romulan warbird. Shinzon allowed a small portion of his ship to decloak. Donatra went in for the kill. Just then, Shinzon ordered a full stop and battered her ship with disruptor blasts.

The Scimitar came about, and fire again and again at the Enterprise . Just when all hope was lost, Troi told Picard that she had a way to help. She used her powers to reach out and find Shinzon’s viceroy. Troi held Worf’s hand and guided him, as he targeted the photon torpedoes — just like when people play the Ouija board.

NOTE: The filmmakers lit Troi’s eyes just like Jerry Finnerman used to back in The Original Series .

The trick worked, and Worf’s shots found the Scimitar . They followed that with a bunch of phaser hits. Shinzon ordered the viceroy to form a boarding party so they could get Picard. The Enterprise lost ventral shields, and the Remans beamed aboard. Riker and a security team went down to stop them.

When the security team found the Remans, Riker recognized the viceroy and grimaced. As Worf took out 2-3 Reman by himself, the viceroy escaped down a Jefferies-type tube. Riker followed and found the viceroy. As they began to fight, the Scimitar hit the ship on the nose and blew out part of the bridge. Crewmembers were sucked into space until the emergency shields kicked in.

The Enterprise had no torpedoes left, and only enough energy for a few phaser blasts. Picard ordered the Enterprise to ram to Scimitar . Troi was the one at the helm when Picard gave the order.

The “ramming” made quite an impact on the Scimitar (ha), as the Enterprise pierced the Reman ship like a spear. Riker and the viceroy continued to fight. Shinzon shifted the Scimitar into reverse, and the massive ship pulled away from the Enterprise .

Riker and his opponent tumbled into a shaft, and as the Enterpris e shook, the viceroy slipped off a bridge and fell to his death. On the bridge, Picard tried to begin the self-destruct sequence, but the computer told him that auto-destruct was offline.

Meanwhile, Shinzon ordered the Remans to use the Thalaron weapon on the Enterprise . The computer on board the Scimitar started the countdown (in English). Geordi said that when the “targeting arms” of the Scimitar are in place, then the Thalaron weapon would deploy (how the hell would he know that?).

Picard told everyone that he was going to take care of this. He grabbed a phaser rifle and told Data that he had the bridge, and to put some distance between the Scimitar and the Enterprise . He then beamed over. Right after he left, the transporter circuits fused.

At that point, Data left Counselor Troi in charge (doesn’t Geordi outrank Troi?) and he and La Forge went to a side of the ship that was blown off. La Forge controlled the shields (with a tricorder, apparently), and used the atmosphere from inside the ship to shoot Data to the Scimitar . That was pretty neat.

Data landed on the side of the Scimitar and opened a panel to climb aboard the ship.

Picard found his way to Shinzon’s ‘throne room’ and was immediately attacked by the Reman. Picard took out all the Reman and went for the Thalaron weapon, but Shinzon tackled him, and they wrestled. Picard threw Shinzon off, and went to destroy the Thalaron weapon, but realize that he lost his phaser in the struggle.

Shinzon went after him with a dagger. They fought, and Picard pulled down a pipe or something off the wall and used it to lance Shinzon. Though he was impaled, Shinzon pulled himself closer to Picard and grabbed the admiral by his throat. He said their “destinies were complete.”

As he died, Data ran in just as the computer counted down to zero for Thalaron weapon firing sequence. Data slapped the cool, mini-transporter on Picard and he beamed back to the Enterprise . Data then destroyed the weapon and the Scimitar with it.

As Troi and La Forge watched the explosion, Picard appeared behind them. Riker ran onto the bridge and embraced Troi. The Romulan ship commanded by Donatra hailed the Enterprise and said they would be sending medics and supplies over. She also noted that Picard earned a friend in the Romulan Empire. Picard left Riker in charge and wandered off the bridge.

Later, Picard handed out drinks to the command crew and toasted them. He said, “to family.” Troi started to cry, and Riker reminisced about the first time he met Data (on “ Encounter at Farpoint ”).

The Enterprise went back into spacedock and got all fixed up. Riker met Picard before he left for his new ship, the Titan . Riker and Troi were leaving immediately to head to the Neutral Zone to follow up with the Romulans.

Riker told Picard: “serving with you has been an honor.” Picard told him that the honor was all his.

In his ready room, Picard told B-4 how much Data meant to him. B-4 did not understand. As Picard left, B-4 began to recite words from the song that Data sang and Riker and Troi’s wedding. HMMM!

Worf said that the engines were back online, and Picard marched to the bridge.

TREK REPORT SUPPLEMENTAL:

I wanted to like Nemesis. I did! But as a longtime fan, I guess I expected more. Something was missing or off. Here are a few things that I can cite.

The ending was very much, just like The Wrath of Khan . This was very noticeable when Data sacrificed himself by destroying the Thalaron weapon so the Enterprise could escape (just like when Spock sacrificed himself to save his Enterprise from the Genesis effect). Data was always the new “Spock” for the TNG show, but unlike Spock, Data wanted to be more human.

I guess it’s hard to balance all these Trek characters and build a good story. They should have given the crew different missions, like how Iron Man, Spider-Man and Dr. Strange went off to Titan in “Avengers: Infinity War,” while the other heroes did other stuff. This way, Tony Stark/Iron Man didn’t hog all the screen time, as Captain Picard did in this film.

Why so, Earthlike? These are supposed to be alien planets and different species. Couldn’t they have given us a little something when it came to Romulus? It looked like future Italy.

And why no foreign language? That’s one of the things that always made Star Trek cool. Like in Star Trek III when Kirk had to speak Klingon to get beamed up at the end. You could tell that he was guessing and hoping the Klingon would make sense.

• The Romulans would have never, ever, ever allowed a human to run their war machine. This would be like Winston Churchill taking over the United States during World War II. Doesn’t make sense.
• His outfit was borderline silly.
• He was not intimidating or scary.
• It doesn’t make sense how easily he took over.
• Tom Hardy doesn’t look or sound like Patrick Stewart. They should have cast Patrick Stewart’s son, Daniel Stewart, who is also a classically trained actor.

I had never heard of them, and I was pretty sure this was their first appearance in Trek (this is true). While this was OK, it felt like they were just put into the mix to be like the Stormtroopers from Star Wars — as Picard said, “cannon fodder.”

Nemesis turned out to be a franchise killer, but it had significant effects on the Star Trek “prime” canon.

RATING: 2.5 out of 5

Directed by Stuart Laird Screenplay by John Logan Story by John Logan & Rick Berman & Brent Spiner Produced by Rick Berman Based upon “Star Trek” created by Gene Roddenberry

Executive Producer … Marty Hornstein Director of Photography … Jeffrey L. Kimball, A.S.C. Production Designer … Herman Zimmerman Edited by Dallas Puett, A.C.E. Costume Designer … Bob Ringwood Co-producer … Peter Lauriston

Music by Jerry Goldsmith Casting by Amanda Mackey Johnson, C.S.A. and Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, C.S.A. Original Casting by Junie Lowry-Johnson, C.S.A.

Visual Effects Supervisor … Mark O. Forker

A Rick Berman Production

Patrick Stewart Jonathan Frakes Brent Spiner Levar Burton Michael Dorn Gates McFadden Marina Sirtis Ron Perlman Tom Hardy Dina Meyer Jude Ciccolella

Kate Mulgrew as Admiral Kathryn Janeway

Unit Production Manager … Marty Hornstein First Assistant Director … David Sardi Second Assistant Director …Richard Oswald

Make-up Designed and Supervised by Michael Westmroe Starfleet Uniforms Designed by Robert Blackman

Production Supervisor … Matthew J. Birch

CAST Jean-Luc Picard … Patrick Stewart William Riker … Jonathan Frakes Data/B-4 … Brent Spiner Geordi La Forge … Levar Burton Worf … Michael Dorn Deanna Troi … Marina Sirtis Beverly Crusher … Gates McFadden Shinzon … Tom Hardy Viceroy … Ron Perlman Senator Tal’aura … Shannon Cochran Commander Donatra … Dina Meyer Commander Suran … Jude Ciccolella Praetor Hiren … Alan Dale Senator … John Berg Helm Officer Branson … Michael Owen Admiral Janeway … Kate Mulgrew Reman Officer … Robertson Dean Commanders … David Ralphie, J. Patrick McCormack Wesley Crusher … Wil Wheaton Computer Voice … Majel Barrett Roddenberry

Stunt Coordinator … Doug Coleman

Stunts … Steve Kelso, Brian Williams, Sonia McDancer, Eileen Weiesnger, Andy Berumen-Justus, Joey Box, Eliza Coleman, Paul Sklar, Irving Lewis, Jon Braver, John Alden, Noby Alden, Chino Binamo, Charlie Brewer, Scott Cook, Clint Lilley, Brennan Dyson, Todd Bryant, Joey Anaya, Dan Barringer, Robin Bonaccorsi, Mark Chadwick, Darrell Craig Davis, Eliza Coleman, Max Daniels, Ian Eyre, Erica Grace, Terry Jackson, Mike Justus, Bob McGovern, Eric Norris, Allen Robinson, Chris Sayour, Pete Turner, Jarrid Eddo, Mickey Giacomazzi, Steve Holliday, Brandon Johnson, Dorian Kingi, Rich Minga, Chris Palermo, Scott Rogers, Rick Seaman, Dana Dru Evenson, Tanner Gill, Lisa Hoyle, Keii Johnston, Theo Kypri, Tom Morga, Tim Rigby, James Ryan, Brian Stewart, Harry Wowchuk

Art Directors … Cherie Baker, Donald B. Woodruff Set Decorators … Ronald D. Reiss, John M. Dwyer Conceptual Artist … Tom Southwell Senior Production Associate … Glenn Richard Cote Camera / Stedicam Operator … Gregory Lundsgaard First Assistant Photographer … Ken Nishino Second Assistant Photographer … Dale White Film Loader … Alan Jacoby B-Camera Operator … Leo Napolitano B-Camera First Assistant Photographer … Dennis Seawright B-Camera Second Assistant Photographer … Lynda Wu C-Camera First Assistant Photographer … Don Steinberg Script Supervisor … Kerry Lynn McKissick Second Unit Director … Doug Coleman Second Unit Camera Operator … Greg Schmidt Sound Mixer … Thomas Causey Boom Operator … Joseph F. Brennan Cable Person … Richard Kite Video Assist … David Katz Chief Lighting Technician … Dan DelGado Assistant Chief Lighting Technician … Frank Mathes Foreperson Special Light Fixtures … Bruce Rake Electricians … Lukas Henrey, David A. Kaiser, Glen Magers, James D. Rose, Bill Cueto Chief Rigging Electrician … Michael Laws Assistant Chief Rigging Electrician … Greg Langham Rigging Electricians … Greg Cantrell, Ralph Johnson, Bill McKane, Michael Schwartz, Donald M. Yamasaki

First Company Grip … J. Michael Popovich Second Company Grip … Ray D. Chase Dolly Drip Operators … Mark Meyers, Hector Gutierrez

Grips … Andy Bertleson, Alexander Cruz, Ralphie Del Castillo, Richard Jones, Glen Purdy, Ignacio Woolfork, Erik Hecomovich, Amber Maahs, Chip Hart, Wayne A. Viespi

First Company Rigging Grips … Jerry Sandager, Tom Gibson Second Company Rigging Grips … Jeffrey B. Gregg Rigging Grips … Anthony Mollicone, Steven Serna, Larry Sweet, James Sweet Property Master … Gerald B. Moss Assistant Property Master … Drew Petrotta Special Effects Coordinator … Terry Frazee Assistant Special Effects Coordinator … Donald Frazee Special Effects Forepersons … Eugene Crum, Kenneth E. Este, Gary Monak Production Coordinator … Ted Deiker Production Associate … David Rossi Assistant Production Coordinator … Gretel Twombly Production Secretary … Christian L. Thomas Location Manager … Rob Gibson Lead Person … James F. Husbands On-Set Dresser … James Buckley Set Dresser … Robert Gray, William S. Maxwell III, Joe Pinkos Costume Supervisor … Anthony Scarano Chief Costumers … Roland Sanchez, Phyllis Corcoran-Woods, Richard Shoen Set Costumers … Lis Bothwell, David M. Mayreis, Sandra Collier, Fran Murphy, Rochelle Best, Lori D. Harris

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Nemesis (episode)

• View history
• 1.2 Act One
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 1.5 Act Four
• 1.6 Act Five
• 2 Log entries
• 3 Memorable quotes
• 4.1 Production history
• 4.2 Story and script
• 4.3 Cast and characters
• 4.4 Production
• 4.5 Continuity
• 4.6 Reception
• 4.7 Video and DVD releases
• 5.1 Starring
• 5.2 Also starring
• 5.3 Guest stars
• 5.4 Co-stars
• 5.5 Uncredited co-stars
• 5.6 Stunt doubles
• 5.7 Stand-ins
• 5.8 References
• 5.9 External links

Summary [ ]

Commander Chakotay is captured walking at night in a jungle on a Delta Quadrant world by the Vori when his shuttle is shot down during a survey mission .

Act One [ ]

They quickly decide he is not a threat to them and decide to integrate him into their team. They tell Chakotay of the "Beast", the enemy they are fighting against. Chakotay explains to the soldiers that he needs to contact his vessel, the USS Voyager . He cannot reach the ship using his combadge , as the Kradin , the species hostile to the Vori, have disabled communications in the battle zone. Brone , the leader of the Fourth Vori Defense Contingent , assigns Namon to guide Chakotay to the wreckage of his downed shuttle. Brone advises Chakotay to wait for the dawn or the "new light", as he calls it before leaving.

The Vori speak an odd language which Chakotay easily picks up, mostly from engaging in conversation with a Vori youth named Rafin , who is teased by Namon on his inexperience in combat, as well as his nervousness in battle. Chakotay tries to relate Rafin to a young Kradin soldier out there who might be as afraid as he is to fight. During this, Rafin informs Chakotay on why the Vori hate the Kradin so much, such as their appearance, the burning seen in their eyes. Rafin's motivation for hatred of the Kradin stems from the destruction of Rafin's home village as well as their killing of Rafin's relatives.

The next day, while walking with Namon to search for the shuttle's wreckage, Chakotay tells him of his battles back in the Alpha Quadrant with the Cardassians , when he asks the commander if he has ever killed before. Chakotay tells the soldier that it was the worst thing he has ever had to do. Namon tells Chakotay that if he were a Vori, he would crave to drive off the Kradin from their world just as he does. Chakotay and Namon discover a small piece of the shuttle on the ground, and Voyager 's first officer remarks that there does not seem to be much left of his shuttle. Just then, he and Namon come under attack from two Kradin. Namon is hit, but he fires off a shot before falling which happens to kill one. Chakotay rushes the other and manages to take his weapon. " Don't make me kill you! ", he shouts at the Kradin soldier. The Kradin is shot anyway shortly after by Brone and Namon is declared "nullified".

Act Two [ ]

During Namon's memorial , Chakotay learns about the Vori's culture, specifically their burial rituals, like how they bury their bodies downturned. Afterwards, Chakotay is given Namon's uniform, as his Starfleet uniform is noticeable enough to draw attention by the Kradin. Chakotay hesitates, as it isn't his conflict, but Brone insists.

Brone then has Chakotay go through some basic training from Rafin, particularly in Vori firearms. Chakotay tries to talk to Rafin, saying it's all right to be afraid. He also suggests the "nemesis" is just as afraid of him, but Rafin seems to take a lot of offense. He's obviously been hardened like the rest, and reminds Chakotay of what their enemy has done to them. Rafin is a good shot, and takes his anger out on the targets before cutting the lesson early.

Later, the group sets off to meet a second group, the Seventh Defense Contingent . When they arrive at the rendezvous point, however, they discover that the other group has been slaughtered and desecrated. Brone then makes a speech to the group and challenges Chakotay on his neutral stance. Just then, the Kradin arrive and quickly kill most of the group, including Rafin. Chakotay tries to save him, but he's hit in the process and Rafin dies. Respecting his wishes, Chakotay turns him over and manages to escape to a nearby village. There, he is greeted and treated as a hero by some Vori before he collapses.

Act Three [ ]

On Voyager , Janeway reviews the information on what happened. Chakotay was indeed shot down by enemy fire, and the interference from the weapons is interfering with transporters and sensors . It appears there is a long war going on, and Neelix has contacted an ambassador named Treen with the details. He's willing to help Chakotay, but is unable to divert any resources to do so. Lieutenant Paris wants to take a team down, regretting not going with him in the first place, but Janeway says they need to talk to Treen more and consider options.

Meanwhile, Chakotay is awake and explains he is not really part of the Defenders. Regardless, the villagers insist on getting information on what is going on. He starts to tell them he was with the Fourth, and they are encouraged. Chakotay asks for communications equipment, but the only place is far away, and the villagers insist he stay the night and rest first. He agrees, and becomes friends with a young Vori girl named Karya . She asks him to deliver a letter to her brother, Daryo , who is fighting in the seventh defense contingent, which was ambushed and annihilated by Kradin forces. Chakotay agrees to drop off her letter at a restock unit despite this.

The next day the Vori village is attacked by the Kradin and most of the villagers, including Penno , Karya's grandfather, are marched off to extermination centers. After Karya is taken away herself, this enrages Chakotay and raises his weapon, but a group of Kradin is right behind him and disarm him. The villagers seem doomed.

Act Four [ ]

Meanwhile, the crew of Voyager is concerned about the fate of Chakotay on the planet 's surface after finding the wreckage of the shuttle inside enemy territory. Tuvok relates that Ambassador Treen has told him that his people's enemies are ruthless in their methods, using biochemical weapons and massacring innocent civilians. Janeway now wants a team to go to the surface. Paris is enthusiastic to join, but Lieutenant Tuvok suggests that he should go down to the planet to search for Chakotay on his own, despite Paris' objections. Tuvok alone will join a commando group provided by Ambassador Treen to expedite his search for Chakotay.

Chakotay is brought to the other Vori after being interrogated. Karya is there too, and says her grandfather is not well. Chakotay demands to talk to the guard, but he is knocked back. With nothing else to do, he sleeps next to Karya. The next day, they wake up to gunfire while the Kradin lead the older villagers to be killed while the younger ones are forced to work. Karya sees Penno and cries out for him to be let go, but eventually the Kradin take them both. Enraged, Chakotay knocks down a guard and jumps on the leader, only to be knocked down himself soon.

On Voyager, Ambassador Treen and his soldiers arrive to help with the search for Chakotay. It is then revealed that Treen is not Vori, but Kradin. Janeway thanks him for his help but Treen assures her that any enemy of their merciless nemesis, the Vori, is a friend of his.

Act Five [ ]

Chakotay is left upturned, but not for long as Brone is nearby and helps him. Brone says he will take Chakotay to the command post to contact Voyager , but Chakotay is now invested in the war, and insists he go with him to the Fifth Contingent. There, the Vori group come under attack and soon they are surrounded. A loud booming voice orders them to lower their weapons, but Chakotay refuses and keeps shooting. Then, Chakotay is approached by a single Kradin and almost shoots him but he discovers that the Kradin is actually Tuvok. Brone, injured and being taken away, shouts to Chakotay to ignore this, as it is a Kradin tactic. Eventually, Chakotay sees through the deception, but only a little. To prove that everything Chakotay had experienced was a delusion, Tuvok then leads him back to the village, where Chakotay is greeted by the people who should have been exterminated earlier that day and in a scene that was nearly identical to his first experience there.

Back on Voyager , The Doctor reveals that Chakotay has undergone extensive psychological conditioning and training to hate the Kradin. Everything he had experienced up to that day had been an illusion as part of the training. Apparently, risking his life to attack a Kradin officer was enough to promote him to active duty in the Vori's conditioning. Although no-one knows if the Kradin are actually guilty of the type of atrocities Chakotay was led to believe, Janeway states that the Vori are accused of the same. Kradin ambassador Treen enters sickbay to talk to Chakotay, but Chakotay says nothing and after a tense, angry silence storms out of the room. In the corridor outside sickbay, Chakotay remarks to Janeway, " I wish it were as easy to stop hating as it was to start. " He continues to walk away.

Log entries [ ]

• "Captain's log, stardate 51082.4. After searching for more than two days, we finally located what's left of Commander Chakotay's shuttle. I can only hope the commander has fared better than his vessel."
• "Captain's log, stardate 51096.5. Although Lieutenant Tuvok has managed to bring Commander Chakotay safely back to the ship, it may be some time before his psychological wounds are fully healed."

Memorable quotes [ ]

" How is he? " " Nullified. "

" Welcome aboard, Ambassador. Thank you for agreeing to help us find our crewman. " " Your thanks are unnecessary, Captain. Any victim of our bloodthirsty nemesis, the Vori, will always find friends among the Kradin people. "

" If we greet the nemesis in the trunks, you'll fire like the rest. As long as you're with us, you do my tellings. Fathom? " " Fathom. "

" Motherless beast! "

" From the condition of your hypothalamus, I'd say they had you so mixed up they could have convinced you your own mother was a turnip. "

" I wish it were as easy to stop hating as it was to start. "

" You are a scientist, an explorer. You are not a killer. "

Background information [ ]

Production history [ ].

• Production number: 011-40840-171
• Final draft script: 13 June 1997 [1]
• Working title : "The Recruit"
• Day 1 – 17 June 1997 , Tuesday – Paramount Stage 8 : Captain's ready room , briefing room ; Paramount Stage 9 : Corridor , sickbay , transporter room
• Day 2 – 18 June 1997 , Wednesday – Paramount Stage 16 : Ext. Forest
• Day 3 – 19 June 1997 , Thursday – Paramount Stage 16: Larhana settlement , alien campsite, int. caves
• Day 4 – 20 June 1997 , Friday – Paramount Stage 16: Commando campsite
• Day 5 – 23 June 1997 , Monday – Warner Bros. backlot : Larhana settlement, ext. woods
• Day 6 – 24 June 1997 , Tuesday – Warner Bros. backlot: Larhana settlement
• Day 7 – 25 June 1997 , Wednesday – Paramount Stage 16: Ext. Forest/woods
• Day 8 – 26 June 1997 , Thursday – Paramount Stage 16: Ext. Woods, commando campsite, ext. forest
• 2nd Unit – 29 July 1997 , Tuesday – Paramount Stage 9: Ext. Forest (blue screen)
• Airdate: 24 September 1997

Story and script [ ]

• This episode had the working title "The Recruit". [2] The episode's ultimately-used title (along with TNG : " First Contact ") later served as the subtitle of one of the Next Generation motion pictures (namely, Star Trek Nemesis ).
• During the first day of production on this episode, executive producer Jeri Taylor stated, " It's a story about how people can be taught to hate, about propaganda, and about how wars can come out of a conscious attempt to impose hate in people. It's one of those stories that is supposed to make you think a little bit. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 31 , p. 14) Writer Kenneth Biller himself remarked, " We set out to explore the whole nature of propaganda. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 81)
• The Vori language seems strange, but it merely substitutes various words with lesser-known synonyms (e.g., "glimpses" instead of "sees" or "eyes"). Janeway actress Kate Mulgrew commented about the Vori's vernacular, " Almost Chaucerian , they speak in what is like Old English. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 32 , p. 9) Regarding the creation of this communication style, Ken Biller commented, " I tried to create an interesting language for the aliens. Our aliens either sound too Human or they sound kind of hokey, and it's tough to find a balance. I decided to try to do something that was more stylized, where the language itself became part of the indoctrination, so that they spoke differently than our people do, and Chakotay began to speak with their language as he became more and more indoctrinated into this culture. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 81)

Cast and characters [ ]

• In the interview that Jeri Taylor gave on the first day of this episode's production period, Taylor noted that the installment presented an opportunity to remedy a feeling that the character of Chakotay (as played by Robert Beltran ) was not utilized enough at the end of the previous season: " Chakotay is a wonderful character played by a wonderful actor and, in the second half of the [third] season , we didn't find enough good stuff for him to do. So we are addressing that early on this season with a very strong episode for him. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 31 , p. 14) Indeed, the episode so centrally features the character of Chakotay that Kate Mulgrew once described the installment (referring indirectly to the Vori) by stating, " 'Nemesis' is just Robert Beltran alone, with a very bizarre species. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 32 , p. 9)
• Kate Mulgrew had high hopes for this episode. She predicted, " It should be interesting. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 32 , p. 9)
• Jeri Ryan ( Seven of Nine ) does not appear in this episode. It is the only episode, after she joined the cast of Star Trek: Voyager , in which she does not appear. Though Ryan was not part of this episode, she was on set on the first day of production, 17 June 1997 , to film additional scenes for " Scorpion, Part II " on second unit. The call sheet listed her makeup call at 5:30 am.

Production [ ]

A moment from the production of this episode

• Director Alexander Singer spent hours thinking about how to depict the episode's elaborate planet setting and how to overcome the related limitations. " We had to create a wooded forest that had many different aspects in both day and night, " he recalled. " There were many scenes that each had to look special and different. I spent many hours studying the possibilities. " ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 119 , p. 64)
• Ultimately, Ken Biller was pleased with the creation of the planet's jungle environment. " We did two location days on that show (on the Warner Bros. backlot ), and then built a great jungle set, " Biller explained, " so you can't really tell what's on the stage and what's on location. (Production designer) Richard James did a really great job. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 81)
• Makeup supervisor Michael Westmore was conscious of making the Kradin physically similar to Nausicaans , first seen in TNG : " Tapestry ". " The bad-looking good guys of ST:VOY's 'Nemesis', the Kradin, resembled the Nausicaans from ST:TNG but in a nastier way, " Westmore commented, " with the mouth opened a little more and the hair not quite as beaded and braided. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 42 , pp. 82-83)
• The Kradin uniforms were reuses of Mokra Order uniforms from the second season installment " Resistance ". ( Delta Quadrant , p. 200)
• The PADD that Karya gives to Chakotay, with a letter for her brother, Daryo, is a reuse of a PADD containing schematics for the Etanian Order starship, from the third season episode " Rise ".
• The Kradin and the Vori are armed with contemporary weapons. ( Delta Quadrant , p. 200)
• According to the unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 200), the Kradin aircraft were Harrier Jump Jet s modified with CGI .

Continuity [ ]

• The makeup of the Kradin resembles not only that of the Nausicaans but also that of Fek'lhr from TNG : " Devil's Due ", as well as the aliens from the Predator movies, giving the Kradin an archetypal vicious and untrustworthy appearance despite their good intentions.
• This is the third episode in a row wherein a Voyager shuttlecraft is lost, for a total of seven up to this point, after having previously lost six shuttles in " Initiations ", " Non Sequitur ", " Parturition ", " Unity ", " The Gift ", and " Day of Honor ". In " The Gift ", a Class 2 shuttle is lost when Kes evolves; in " Day of Honor ", the Cochrane is destroyed by the Caatati ; and here, Chakotay loses a third , of unknown type.
• Chakotay mentions his fight against the Cardassians as part of the Maquis in this episode, a conflict which is explored in many episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
• The firearm used by the Vori is a Ruger Mini-14 fitted with a Muzzelite bullpup stock, model MZ14. [3] The Kradin firearm is also a modified assault rifle, the AKU-94 modification of a Kalashnikov. [4]

Reception [ ]

• Jeri Taylor once enthusiastically described this episode as "a script by Kenneth Biller that I love." Taylor then said, " He's written it in a very interesting and original fashion. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 31 , p. 14) She also cited this episode as "one of the strongest" of "some very interesting [Chakotay] shows" in the series and went on to say, " I was terribly pleased with that. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 36 , pp. 12 & 13)
• Ken Biller himself was very proud of this episode. Regarding the task of setting out to explore the issue of propaganda, Biller enthused, " [We] did it fairly successfully. " Speaking more generally about the installment, he continued, " Disappointments with it were [that] I think we shouldn't have said at the end that everything was a simulation. It should have been clear that some of these other young soldiers were also being recruited in the same way that Chakotay was. 'Nemesis' was probably, of what I did, my favorite of the year. It came out really pretty well, and it had a good twist. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 81)
• This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 4.5 million homes, and a 7% share. [5] (X)
• Cinefantastique rated this episode 2 and a half out of 4 stars. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 80)
• Star Trek Magazine scored this episode 3 out of 5 stars. ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 37 , p. 61)
• The unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 201) gives this installment a rating of 7 out of 10.

Video and DVD releases [ ]

• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video ): Volume 4.2, 2 March 1998
• As part of the VOY Season 4 DVD collection

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

• Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

Also starring [ ]

• Robert Beltran as Chakotay
• Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres
• Robert Duncan McNeill as Tom Paris
• Ethan Phillips as Neelix
• Robert Picardo as The Doctor
• Tim Russ as Tuvok
• Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
• Garrett Wang as Harry Kim

Guest stars [ ]

• Michael Mahonen as Brone
• Matt E. Levin as Rafin
• Nathan Anderson as Namon
• Peter Vogt as Kradin Commandant
• Booth Colman as Penno
• Meghan Murphy as Karya

Co-stars [ ]

• Terrence Evans as Ambassador Treen
• Marilyn Fox as Marna
• Pancho Demmings as Kradin Soldier

Uncredited co-stars [ ]

• B'Jahn as Vori villager
• Tulsy Ball as Vori commando
• Millie Baron as Vori villager
• Mac Beers as Vori villager
• Linda Bell as Vori villager
• Angela Bertolino as Vori villager
• Kradin commando
• Kradin soldier
• Michelle Butler as Vori villager
• George Cambio as Vori commando
• Mary Cervantez as Vori villager
• Carol Cetrone as Vori villager
• Louis Coleman as Vori villager
• Misty Dickinson as Vori villager
• Torrey Dickinson as Vori villager
• Maureen Flaherty as Vori villager
• Tom Gianelli as Vori commando
• John Gipson as Vori villager
• Glenn Goldstein as Vori commando
• Linda Gucciardo as Vori villager
• Brian Hall as Vori commando
• Norman Joseph as Vori villager
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• Monica Peterson as Vori villager
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• Debbie David – stand-in for Robert Beltran
• Sue Henley – stand-in for Kate Mulgrew and utility stand-in
• June Jordan – stand-in for Meghan Murphy
• Susan Lewis – stand-in for Roxann Dawson
• Lemuel Perry – stand-in for Tim Russ and Pancho Demmings
• J.R. Quinonez – stand-in for Robert Picardo , Nathan Anderson , Michael Mahonen , and Matt E. Levin
• Keith Rayve – stand-in for Robert Duncan McNeill , Nathan Anderson, and Peter Vogt
• Jennifer Riley – stand-in for Marilyn Fox
• Ron – stand-in for Matt E. Levin and Booth Colman
• Richard Sarstedt – stand-in for Robert Beltran
• Simon Stotler – stand-in for Ethan Phillips and Michael Mahonen
• John Tampoya – stand-in for Garrett Wang

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Film / Star Trek: Nemesis

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Janeway : Jean-Luc, how would you like a trip to Romulus? Picard: With or without the rest of the fleet?

The One With… Picard’s younger evil clone .

Star Trek Nemesis is the tenth movie in the Star Trek film series, released in 2002, and serves as the big-screen Grand Finale for the Next Generation crew. It is directed by Stuart Baird, with the screenplay by John Logan and the story by Logan, Rick Berman and Brent Spiner , who also played Data.

After a coup , the new leader of the ever-secretive Romulan government makes an offer of peace to The Federation . Our heroes find out that this new leader, Shinzon ( Tom Hardy ), is a younger clone of Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ), the by-product of a botched Romulan plot. At first, Shinzon's intentions seem honest, but they quickly turn malicious for convoluted medical reasons. There's also a subplot about a prototype of Data, B-4 (Spiner), which serves as a counterpoint to Picard's identity struggles. See here for a more detailed recap.

The film also stars TNG series regulars Jonathan Frakes as William T. Riker, LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge, Michael Dorn as Worf, Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher and Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi. Ron Perlman appears as Shinzon's Evil Chancellor . Cameos include Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher, Whoopi Goldberg as shipboard bartender Guinan, and Kate Mulgrew as Admiral Kathryn Janeway, the only one of the three to have lines.

The film was released on December 13, 2002 in North America. It did poorly at the box office due to a combination of stiff competition note  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , James Bond 's Die Another Day and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers were all released within a few weeks of this film's debut and, despite having the Star Trek Movie Curse in its favor, was not well received. It is generally viewed as a Franchise Killer signaling the decline of Star Trek movies, not helped by Star Trek: Enterprise also struggling before being cancelled several years later.

Nemesis provided a bookend in several ways. With a prequel show currently airing, this film was the chronological last story set in the 24th Century, and J. J. Abrams 's Alternate Timeline Star Trek (2009) (which is somewhat of a Stealth Sequel to this film) made it appear to be the last of the Prime Timeline . But this would change as a new era of Star Trek television shows would return to the timeline with TOS-era Star Trek: Discovery , while Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Lower Decks are set after the events of this film. The Third Season of Star Trek: Picard would go on to serve as Putting the Band Back Together for the TNG cast, acting as another Grand Finale .

Nemesis provides examples of:

• Aborted Arc : Shinzon is an in-universe example. Picard's clone was created as part of an ambitious operation to replace the real Picard (who even at that point was a rising star in Starfleet) with a Romulan agent at the heart of Starfleet (and with none the wiser). However, the plan ultimately fell victim to a political shakeup in the Senate. A new government came to power, decided the plan was too risky, and pulled the plug and dumped Shinzon on Remus.
• Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene : The dinner scene, where Shinzon seems genuinely curious about the life that Picard lived.
• Alas, Poor Villain : Yes, his motives were unclear, his tactical expertise was debatable (see Informed Ability below), and he wanted to kill everyone on Earth, but there's no denying that Shinzon's life sucked . He was created solely to be a tool of war, and through no fault of his own, he was eventually condemned to a lifetime of back-breaking labor in a hellish mine. And even though he managed to overthrow his captors and the entire Romulan leadership, his engineered lifespan ensured that he had a very short time to live. In short, he lived a short, violent, brutal life, and never really had any chance to know love or happiness.
• Antagonist Title : Shinzon is Picard's nemesis.
• Anything but That! : Worf: ... Irving Berlin .
• Apocalypse How : Class 6, threatened.
• Applied Phlebotinum : Thalaron radiation.
• Arc Words : "Never saw the sun shining so bright, never saw things looking so right..."
• Activation Sequence : After the Enterprise rams the Scimitar , rendering their weapons inoperable, Shinzon activates the thalaron weapon, a process that takes about seven minutes as the targeting emitters on the wings are moved into position prior to firing.
• Attack Pattern Shinzon Theta.
• Defensive Pattern Kirk Epsilon.

• Backported Development : Even though Picard was supposed to have lost his hair with age, his clone is also completely bald. Shinzon's baldness can perhaps be explained away as being a result of his screwed up DNA and the resultant premature aging, but a photograph showing Picard as a bald cadet, not so easily. Especially since on TNG younger versions of Picard were shown twice; "Tapestry", fresh out of the Academy with a full head of hair, and "Violations", ten years before the start of the series, with the hairline starting to recede. Though maybe he just shaved his head at one point in the Academy.
• Bait-and-Switch : At Riker and Troi's wedding party, Data begins singing the bridge of "Blue Skies" in a stilted, robotic way before switching to Brent Spiner's usual jazz singing style. In-universe, there's no reason for him to do this: all of Data's friends and people who have seen STTNG and its previous movies already know Data is a good singer. This seems to have been done solely to serve as an awkward Establishing Character Moment for audience members who aren't familiar with Data's character.
• Bald of Evil : Shinzon is completely bald.
• Beam Spam : The Enterprise uses this when attempting to locate the cloaked Scimitar during the battle in the Bassen Rift before the other Romulans arrive.
• Because You Were Nice to Me : The Remans helped Shinzon survive in the mines, and now he's fighting to liberate them from the Romulans.
• Big Damn Heroes : Commander Donatra arrives with two warbirds to assist the Enterprise and after realizing Shinzon was genocidal. Subverted, however, in that neither warbird succeeds in causing any damage whatsoever to the Scimitar , which then cripples Donatra's warbird and destroys the other one outright, meaning that Donatra's intervention ends up achieving nothing .
• Troi screams it when Vkruk mentally rapes her, and again when Riker calls her name.
• Vkruk yells one when Riker sends him falling to his death.
• Bittersweet Ending : Data is dead, and the crew of the Enterprise is going their separate ways after so many years together. But thanks to their efforts, Shinzon is killed and the Romulan Empire is finally willing to talk with the Federation, which may lead to peace between the two, and Picard, along with all those who remain on the Enterprise , will continue their mission to go where no one has gone before. Sadly, Star Trek (2009) establishes that eight years after Nemesis , Romulus is destroyed in a supernova and the rest of the Romulan Empire blames the Federation for screwing up the project to stop it. In addition, Star Trek: Picard shows that Picard tried to help the Romulans, but The Federation chose to withdraw their aid, and Picard resigned in protest. Also, Data's attempt to download himself into B-4 failed.
• Blank Slate : Data's "brother" B-4.
• Board to Death : Romulan Senate not cooperating? Kill 'em all with an experimental thalaron radiation bomb!
• Body Horror : The effects of thalaron radiation: it turns you into powder from the inside-out. Quite painfully, it must be added.
• Body Snatcher : Data imprints his neural net on his mentally handicapped brother's brain. He plays it off as "helping his brother grow" or somesuch, but it's implied that in the future Data will completely take over B-4's body...until Star Trek: Picard reveals that the download failed.
• Boldly Coming : Defied Trope . Shinzon, a clone of Picard raised on the Romulan twin planet of Remus, organizes a coup against the Imperial Senate and takes over. Commander Donatra later tries to flirt with him , but he stops her dead cold, as he grew up amongst the Slave Race of the Romulan Empire and thus despises ordinary Romulans. Instead, he settles for engaging in some pretty literal Mind Rape against the half-human Troi. Shinzon: You are not a woman. You are a Romulan .
• Bond Villain Stupidity : "I have you now, Picard. Now I can proceed with the operation to save my life, a short time after I walk away and leave you in a room with one guard. I'm sure nothing will happen during that time."
• When we first saw the Prime Universe Enterprise on the big screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture , she was in spacedock undergoing a refit. In this last Prime Universe film, we last see her in spacedock undergoing repairs. The same Jerry Goldsmith Star Trek theme is played in both scenes.
• Similarly, as of 2023, this remains the final Trek film set in the Prime Reality. So, Jerry Goldsmith has the distinction of scoring both the first and last films of the original, pre-reboot Film Series.
• In their first meeting in the TNG pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint", Picard and Riker talk about how it was the first officer's responsibility to take on away missions. In their last meeting before Riker leaves for the USS Titan , Picard offers some advice about how to handle that with his first officer.
• In the original ending, the Enterprise would have left for a mission to the Deneb system, which was where the TNG pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" took place.
• At the beginning of the film, Data sings "Blue Skies" at Troi and Riker's wedding reception. By the end of the film, B-4 struggles to sing the song as the Enterprise is docked .
• Bottomless Pit : Riker kicks Vkruk into one of these; the Enterprise apparently has one starting at deck 29 (the bottom of the ship... or five decks below the bottom, thanks to a Continuity Snarl ) and going down far enough to be fatal.
• In the last movie , Geordi was amazed at Picard's acute hearing. Turns out that it was painfully acute when Picard was a boy.
• Shinzon's backstory is that he was a clone of Picard developed as part of a plot to undermine the Federation. In "Redemption: Part II", when they first met Sela, the identical half-Romulan daughter of Tasha Yar , Dr. Crusher briefly wondered whether she was actually Tasha's clone, created for undermining Starfleet.
• Janeway appearing as a (recently promoted) Admiral is the only Canon description of what happened to the Voyager crew after their Grand Finale , until Star Trek: Picard added some further details.
• Whoopi Goldberg also has one line as Guinan.

• Captain Obvious : Data: [picking up a robotic arm] It appears to be a robotic arm. Worf: Very astute .
• The micro transporter Data attempts to use when rescuing Picard is used later on... to rescue Picard.
• Troi uses Vkruk's telepathy (which she knows about after her Mind Rape ) to locate the cloaked Scimitar . She even says "Remember me?"
• Commonality Connection : Shinzon tries to forge a connection with Picard, though it's ambiguous how sincere he is given that he plans to kill Picard for his blood. Shinzon: I want to know what it means to be human. The Remans have given me a future, but you can tell me about my past. Picard: I can tell you about my past. Shinzon: Were we Picards always warriors? Picard: I think of myself as an explorer . Shinzon: Well, were we always explorers? Picard: I was the first Picard to leave our solar system. It caused quite a stir in the family, but I'd spent my youth... Shinzon: ...looking up at the stars, dreaming about what was up there, about... Picard: ...new worlds.
• One of the ships waiting for the Enterprise is the USS Archer .
• A maneuvering pattern during the battle is called Kirk Epsilon , and is used while trying to locate a ship that can fire while cloaked .
• Data finds B-4 fascinating.
• A mention of the Dominion War and an appearance by Admiral Janeway .
• Troi taking the helm when the first helm officer is sucked into space and consequently being given the order by Picard to ram the Scimitar with the Enterprise is a humorous nod to her similar actions on the Enterprise-D and its status as a meme among the fanbase.
• The most subtle nod happens with Worf. While moving to intercept the boarding party Worf mentions that "The Romulans fought with honor." In the Next Generation episode "The Enemy", Worf went so far as to refuse to help save a dying Romulan's life (said Romulan made it clear he'd rather die than accept Worf's help in any case) while Dr. Crusher and Picard could not convince him otherwise (his family was killed in a Romulan surprise attack at Khitomer). The fact that the people he despised so much managed to impress him says a lot.
• Another subtle reference is the planet Remus itself, which was first mentioned all the way back in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Balance of Terror" (and never mentioned again until now).
• Riker recalls Data's failed attempt to whistle way back in the TNG pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint", though he can't remember the song. For the record, it was "Pop Goes the Weasel."
• Picard mentions Riker's refusal to let him lead away missions, also first mentioned in the TNG pilot.
• A technological nod occurs when Geordi notes that the Scimitar 's cloak is perfect and doesn't leave any tachyon emissions or residual antiprotons, which were previous methods of revealing cloaking devices.
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine : The now-concluded Dominion War is acknowledged, as is the Romulan involvement in the conflict (which is used as a plot point to help establish Shinzon's military background). However, Worf's post-series status quo as the new Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire isn't acknowledged at all. He simply rejoins his old crew without any on-screen explanation (though a deleted scene from the Wedding confirms Worf had resigned from the Diplomatic Corps prior to the film).
• Star Trek: Voyager : The ship's triumphant return home to the Alpha Quadrant is non-verbally acknowledged by Janeway's cameo.
• Constantly Curious : B-4 in the car-chase scene.
• Cool Old Guy : Picard is 74 years old in the film ( Patrick Stewart was only 62), but you wouldn't know it judging by how active he is, including how he single-handedly takes out not only everyone on the Scimitar 's bridge, but also manages to defeat Shinzon in hand-to-hand combat .
• The Scimitar is a decidedly evil-looking vessel, with forward-swept wings, dark gray hull, and an overall design that just oozes menace. It can also use its weapons and its shields while cloaked, something that, except for the Klingon Bird-of-Prey in The Undiscovered Country (the weapons at least, it still couldn't use its shields), is normally impossible. Picard: (awed) She's a predator.
• Plus the Enterprise -E remains as cool as ever.
• The Coup : At the start of the film, disgruntled Romulan senator Tal'aura and a group of Romulan military officers assassinate the rest of the Senate so they can install Shinzon as Praetor. They eventually turn on him (though to little effect) after realizing he's a genocidal maniac .
• Creator Cameo : Director Stuart Baird provides the voice of the Scimitar 's computer.
• Damn You, Muscle Memory! : When the Enterprise is hailed by the Romulans after the battle, Picard habitually says 'on-screen' despite a hole into space existing where the viewscreen once was - he quickly corrects himself with 'open a channel'.
• Dawn Attack : Picard reflects on this trope while recording his Captain's Log during the Lock-and-Load Montage : "...and like a thousand other commanders on a thousand other battlefields, I wait for the dawn."
• Demoted to Extra : Pretty much everyone except Picard and Data, but particularly egregious in the case of Dr. Crusher, who essentially disappears from the film after informing Picard of Shinzon's genetic problem, with a brief appearance in Data's wake scene (without any dialogue) being the only time she even appears after that. To a lesser extent this also applies to La Forge, who is mostly limited to providing bits of Technobabble and expository dialogue, and Worf, who is the butt of a few jokes early on and then has a minor action sequence late on, with neither getting any real character development. All three do get additional scenes in the novelization, though.
• Diabolus ex Nihilo : The Scimitar . It breaks suspension of disbelief that the Remans could build, almost literally under the Romulans' noses (whose society's most prominent feature is Big Brother-level surveillance and paranoia), a starship custom-designed for their kind (it's noted that the controls are in Reman) and with the equivalent firepower of what has to be at least a few dozen top-of-the-line warships, not to mention its perfect cloak and primary weapon system.
• Disney Villain Death : Vkruk falls to his death into a bottomless pit towards the end of the film.
• Disposable Pilot : Poor Lieutenant Branson, who you knew would die the very moment you saw him.
• Doomsday Device : The Thalaron radiation weapon.
• The Dragon : Vkruk serves as Shinzon's second-in-command.
• Dream Spying
• Drives Like Crazy : Flying an attack craft through the corridors of a starship? Pretty crazy.
• Driving into a Truck : The Argo Jeep and a cargo shuttlecraft play this role. Picard even drives the Argo over a ledge in order to park it in the shuttle. (They also drove out of the shuttle at the beginning of the scene.)
• Dropped a Bridge on Him : Data 's death was generally considered an underwhelming one for such a long-established character. In fairness, it wasn't as severely anti-climactic as the Trope Namer , nor as much an utterly pointless Shoot the Shaggy Dog moment as Tasha Yar's or Jadzia Dax's deaths, since Data does at least go out in a Heroic Sacrifice while saving the Enterprise . It's more the execution that's at fault here, since his death is pretty abrupt and filmed more in the manner that you might expect some Red Shirt to meet their end in, rather than a main character.
• Earth Is the Center of the Universe : Or, at least, The Federation , which is why Shinzon makes it his first target. Riker: Destroy humanity, you cripple the Federation.
• Even Evil Has Standards : The Romulans start to side against Shinzon when they realize how genocidal he is. They want to conquer The Federation , not wipe it out completely.
• Explosive Decompression : An energy torpedo from the Scimitar blasts a giant hole in the front of the bridge, obliterating the viewscreen. A hapless conn officer is sucked out into space, with another one holding onto his console for dear life, as well as the rest of the bridge crew. They are only saved by the timely activation of the atmospheric safety forcefields.
• Fairytale Wedding Dress : Troi wears a pink one at her wedding.
• Faux Affably Evil : Shinzon.
• Five-Second Foreshadowing : The Enterprise is being stalked by Shinzon's cloaked ship, so it's hoping to rendezvous with the fleet for protection. On the way, they enter an area of space where long-range communications don't work. Data and Picard realize that this would be a perfect place for Shinzon to attack them. Guess what happens next?
• From Bad to Worse : With the Enterprise already outmatched by the Scimitar , two more warbirds show up. Subverted when they offer to help fight Shinzon.
• From Nobody to Nightmare : Shinzon may not have been the most competent Big Bad ever, but given that he started out as the weakest slave in the mines, getting as far as he did in life was quite an accomplishment.
• Fun with Homophones : During the fight with the Enterprise , Shinzon slowly and viciously says "Fire at will." Followed immediately by a cut to a frantic Will Riker.
• Generic Doomsday Villain : Shinzon. The extreme actions that actually relate to his supposedly well-intentioned goals occur entirely in the opening minutes of the movie: as he was raised by the Remans, he understandably doesn't like their status as the Warrior - Slave Race of the Romulan Empire. But when he assassinates the entire Romulan Senate and installs himself as the new dictator... he's already solved all the Remans' problems. At that point his only real explanation for wanting to destroy Earth is to eclipse Picard in the history books and make sure nobody ever subjugates the Remans again. For a poorly explained reason (to prove to everyone that the Remans are to be taken seriously), he has a super battleship way more advanced than every ship it comes up against. He also got a planet-destroying superweapon from... somewhere. The Star Trek Novelverse spent quite a few pages writing (non-canon) fix fics to explain this mess.
• Grand Finale : For the Next Generation crew, and more: as the next film returns to the TOS gang in an altered version of history, it was the final entry of the Next Generation , of the whole 24th Century era, and of the entire Trek Verse as it has been from day one ... until Star Trek: Picard was announced in 2019.
• Guns Akimbo : Picard wields two disruptors while Data figures out how to access the hangar on the Scimitar .
• Hand Wave : Tom Hardy looking nothing like Patrick Stewart is handwaved during their characters' dinner scene where Shinzon notes "Not the face you remember? A life of violence can do that."
• Hangover Sensitivity : Worf and Romulan ale do not mix very well.
• Heel–Face Door-Slam : Subverted. Shinzon slams it himself.
• Heel–Face Turn : The Romulans.
• Heroic BSoD : After Shinzon dies, Picard suffers one. When Data appears, Picard barely registers his arrival at first.
• Heroic Sacrifice : Data, homaging Spock's heroic sacrifice in Wrath of Khan .
• Hoist by Their Own Petard : The Romulans create a clone of Captain Picard for a Kill and Replace gambit, only to have their tool kill and replace the Romulan Senate . So this is a case of Hoist By Their Own Picard .
• So to be clear: the series has established that quite a few members of the Enterprise are geniuses, and they know, by this point, that Shinzon is literally out for Captain Picard's blood. And yet, it doesn't occur to any of them that flying the ship alone into a gas cloud which prevents them from calling for help is a really, really bad idea.
• The last time they found a disassembled Soong-designed android, he turned out to be Data's Evil Twin and went on to nearly kill the crew on two separate occasions. Why not ONE of the senior staff, all of whom were present for both events, brings up even the vaguest mention of this...
• So, Shinzon and the Remans discover B-4 somewhere, add programming to turn him into their spy, and plant his remains in the desert for the Enterprise to find. The goal here is to acquire the position of the Federation fleet, the same fleet the Scimitar can trivially bypass thanks to its perfect cloak. The whole thing failed anyway, but it's not made clear why he ever needed the data in the first place, given his plan never involved the fleet in the first place. Presumably this would have tied in to the deleted subplot where Shinzon intended to launch a full-scale assault on the Federation, and the information would have been for the benefit of the rest of the Romulan fleet, which would have otherwise been vulnerable to the Federation's normal methods of rooting out cloaked ships.
• Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy : The Reman side of this is lampshaded early on when it's pointed out that the Romulans used Remans for cannon fodder in the Dominion War.
• Inertial Impalement : At the climax, Picard inflicts this on Shinzon with a piece of broken-off metal.
• He waits for two days to talk to Picard personally, along with other general procrastination ( due to Clone Degeneration , Shinzon at this point has something like a week to live ) because he was "curious" about Picard.
• He unveils his secret flagship, the Scimitar , in a show of strength, not only nullifying the surprise of his trump card but also eventually revealing to Picard that he has a planet-killer weapon.
• He leaves the Enterprise in orbit of Romulus after kidnapping Picard.
• While ambushing Enterprise , he flies unnecessarily close to them, allowing them to hit him despite Scimitar's cloaking device.
• He orders the Scimitar to move to port when he sees the Enterprise proceeding to ram it, rather than moving full reverse. Even if the Enterprise had inertia on its side, moving back would have softened the blow considerably.
• Shinzon says the Remans are "A race bred for war", yet they get slaughtered easily in most of the combat scenes. To be fair, they do slightly better against the generic security team members on the Enterprise . It could be their problem is they constantly go into combat against main characters who are protected by Plot Armor .
• Interface Spoiler : At one point, the subtitles spoil the surprise of Picard being beamed off the Enterprise mid-sentence a few seconds before it actually happens. The details may not be obvious, but it's clear that something critically interrupts him.
• It's Personal : The only explanation for Shinzon's attitude towards both the Romulan establishment and Picard.
• Kick the Dog : Shinzon's Mind Rape of Troi, which serves no real purpose except to demonstrate how evil he is.
• Killed Off for Real : Data .
• Kirk Summation : Picard gives Shinzon one during the climactic battle, trying to get him to see past his rage and become a better man. Unfortunately, Shinzon responds with a Shut Up, Picard!
• The Last Dance : Shinzon: I'm glad we're together now - our destiny is complete.

• Lightning Bruiser : The Scimitar is faster than the Enterprise while boasting more firepower and stronger Deflector Shields . Even the combined might of the Enterprise and two Romulan Valdore -class warbirds isn't enough to defeat it.
• Lock-and-Load Montage : Picard: All hands... battle stations !
• Looks Like Orlok : The Remans were explicitly designed to resemble Nosferatu .
• Losing Your Head : B-4.
• Made of Iron : The Enterprise . While she's not nearly as well-armed as the Scimitar , she takes a beating during the battle and keeps on going (granted, Shinzon wanted Picard taken alive). The only thing that stopped her was running out of torpedoes . And then when Picard decided to ram his opponent anyway, the Enterprise only loses about 1/6th of its saucer section while the Scimitar folds like cheap cardboard, losing all its disruptors and the cloaking device in the process. If not for his Wave-Motion Gun , Shinzon would have been defeated right there.
• The Main Characters Do Everything : Riker and Worf leave their posts on the bridge during a battle to go shoot it out with the Reman boarding party below decks. Why the ship's senior officers needed to leave their posts in the middle of battle to go do basic grunt work is anyone's guess.
• Meaningful Name : Shinzon is a Chinese name meaning "heart". It's also a Japanese name meaning "new existence".
• Military Coup : The entire Romulan Senate is assassinated by Shinzon and a group of Romulan generals who were promised that he would invade the Federation.
• Mind Rape : Shinzon and Vkruk use an unusually literal version on Troi, though she turns it back on them.
• Misapplied Phlebotinum : Mr Plinkett went into a long rant in his review about the shuttle that brings the Argo buggy down to Kolarus III. Complaining that a flying space vehicle is vastly more useful than a car but they only use it to house and transport a vehicle that's less useful than itself.
• Misplaced Retribution : Shinzon despises being Picard's clone and is willing to kill every person on Earth just to make sure that his name is the one history remembers.
• Missile Lock-On : Averted for most of the Battle of the Bassen Rift thanks to the Scimitar 's advanced cloaking device. Similarly to General Chang almost a century earlier , Shinzon's firing through the cloak and thus Worf can't achieve targeting locks. He has to fire blindly and manually (which scores as many hits as misses). The Valdore has the same problem, necessitating Worf coordinating with them to triangulate fire on any shield impact. It's not until Troi telepathically locates the Viceroy that Worf's able to finally knock out the cloak and achieve automatic targeting locks — though by that point in the battle, the Enterprise has already expended most of its weaponry and is heavily damaged.
• The Scimitar is more loaded for bear with more disruptors and torpedoes than almost any other Trek ship, not to mention its Wave-Motion Gun .
• During the battle, when Troi gives Worf a solid point to aim at, he starts firing the Enterprise's quantum torpedoes. These are a lot more powerful than the standard photon torpedoes, and at this point the barrage succeeds in bringing down the Scimitar 's cloak, but it's still not enough to break through the shields and do any meaningful damage.
• Named by the Adaptation : The Viceroy's true name, Vkruk, is given in the novelization.
• No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine : Shinzon invites Picard to a private dinner, where he shares his backstory with him.
• Non-Human Non-Binary : Data makes a brief reference to "invited transgendered species" early on in the movie, the franchise's first reference to transexuality. However, the word was badly misused. Instead of having anything to do with a person whose gender identity and physical sex do not match, it was added onto "Ladies and Gentlemen," meaning it referred to races whose physical sexes are not the same as humans. note  If Star Trek has an example of transsexuality, it's the TNG episode where a member of a genderless race caused a stir by considering herself female; a failed attempt at an episode about homosexuality ( But Not Too Gay and Rule-Abiding Rebel were taken a bit too far; a nominally genderless character played by a woman who isn't being made to look or sound any less female and who identifies as a woman falling in love with a man is not even sorta homosexual-ish, it's just Riker getting his Kirk on one more time. However, they accidentally backed into having an episode about transsexuality that isn't the worst you've ever seen, at a time when it was hardly on the radar).
• No OSHA Compliance : Not only is there nothing protecting anyone from coming into contact with the beam coming out of the thalaron generator, which is located in an anteroom just behind the bridge of the Scimitar , but firing a hand phaser into the beam is sufficient to blow up the entire ship. Downplayed a little in that the beam is only present when the thalaron generator is active, and it's still a much lesser case than what was in the original script, where it was the ship's warp core that was on the bridge.
• No Seatbelts : A deleted bit from the ending would show that the Enterprise was finally being equipped with them, to which Picard even says "About time!"
• "Not So Different" Remark : Picard and Shinzon, explored at some length. Shinzon claims that he is what Picard would have been under different circumstances, then brushes off Picard's attempt to turn the "mirror" metaphor around on him. Data later points out a key difference by comparing him to B-4: Neither makes any attempt to better themselves. Subtly lampshaded when Shinzon tells his ship's replicator to give him a hot tea.
• Noodle Incident : The twelve major engagements Shinzon fought in the Dominion War. We don't learn any details, save that they establish his backstory and reputation as a young, capable, and successful commander.
• Not Worth Killing : For obvious reasons, Shinzon doesn't want the Enterprise destroyed with Picard still aboard, and tells his gunners to focus on her weapons and shield emitters. When he then demands Picard's surrender, he claims that he has "little interest in [his] quaint vessel", implying that he'll let the Enterprise go.
• Novelization : The film's novelization stays mostly true to the finished film, with several small scenes deleted from the film, but notably expands on Shinzon's motivations: Having bonded so much with the Remans after his years of slavery, he honestly wants the best for them, and intends to lead a galactic war to make them the dominant species in the universe, and it's made clear that with the Scimitar , and the Thalaron radiation, he could have pulled it off . The book also expands Worf's role during the final battle, and actually gives Beverly something to do: Worf battles a few more Remans, and chases one into a cargo bay that's been converted into a makeshift hospital, only to be near-fatally wounded. Beverly stuns said Reman soldier, and with the help of Romulan doctor, manages to save Worf's life.
• When the Enterprise crew realize that the region of space they have just entered would be the perfect place for an ambush. Data: The rift will affect all long-range communica... ( Oh, Crap! face) Picard: (calls The Bridge ) Commander Riker, evasive maneuvers! ( Screen Shake )
• When Shinzon realizes that the Enterprise is about to ram him. Shinzon: HARD TO PORT!
• Orcus on His Throne : Shinzon needs a transfusion of Picard's blood to prevent his own Clone Degeneration . Despite having Picard prisoner for quite some time and being repeatedly told by Vkruk to begin the procedure, he does not... for some reason .
• Out-of-Character Moment : The Dune-Buggy Scene. Picard apparently decides to screw decades of adherence to the Prime Directive and perform Car Fu on a pre-warp planet, despite being willing to condemn entire species to death rather than break it before.
• Palm Bloodletting : Shinzon does this to provide our heroes with a blood sample so they can see that he is Picard's clone.
• Phlebotinum-Proof Robot : Data, not needing to breathe, launches himself through outer space to go from the Enterprise to the Scimitar .
• Pull Yourself Down the Spear : The last scene between Picard and Shinzon is a nod to King Arthur , as Shinzon pulls himself down the beam stuck in his gut to to make his final verbal attack against Picard, a poignant parallel to Mordred hauling himself down the spear to aim a final attack at his father Arthur.
• Punny Name : B-4, Data's prototype. The name was planned to be B-9 but got changed. Lampshaded by Picard: Picard: Dr. Soong's penchant for whimsical names seems to have no end!
• Ramming Always Works : Subverted. While the egg-like structure of the saucer section gives the Enterprise physical resilience against head-on impacts, and it did seemingly succeed in disabling the Scimitar 's primary weapons and destroy the hangar containing her complement of Scorpion -class fighters (hence why the Enterprise wasn't reduced to space dust for its failure), it also disabled the Enterprise completely while the Scimitar still had impulse and warp capability. In the long run, however, the Scimitar also had a damaged cloak, which would have rendered it a lot more vulnerable to the Federation fleet.
• Rank Scales with Asskicking : By the end of the movie, Picard blasts his way out of prison, single-handedly wipes out the entire bridge crew of the Scimitar , and defeats Shinzon in hand to hand combat. Not bad for a 76-year old.
• Redemption Rejection : Picard tries to convince Shinzon to see past his rage. It doesn't work .
• Red Shirt : Lieutenant Branson gets sucked out into space when the Scimitar blows a hole in the bridge of the Enterprise .
• Remember the New Guy? : The entire Reman species which, given its back story, should have shown up at least once or twice on the various series — especially given they fought during the Dominion War . Everyone just acts like they've always existed. The film does try to justify it by saying the Romulans consider Remans less than real people, and thus keep them locked away on Remus toiling in slavery, but it is a bit difficult to swallow.
• Replacement Goldfish : It's implied that B-4 will become this to Data thanks to the memory download he underwent . Star Trek: Countdown , the non-canon prequel to Star Trek (2009) , embraced this and featured a restored Data, though Star Trek: Picard eventually confirmed that the download didn't take, and that B-4 was dismantled.
• See the Invisible : Geordi tries this, but fails — Shinzon's Invisibility Cloak is just that good.
• Self-Destruct Mechanism : Picard tries to activate it as a last-ditch attempt to stop Shinzon, but it's offline from the battle.
• Picard, who has consistently been depicted as being willing to lay down his life before violating the Prime Directive , happily takes part in a car chase on a pre-industrial world. He's also violated it just about as much as Kirk did, but not so whimsically and randomly.
• Also, the photo shows him in the Star Trek II -era trainee/NCO uniform, not the cadet/commissioned officer uniform.
• While trying to reason with Shinzon, Picard tells him "Your heart, your hands, your eyes are the same as mine," despite the fact that TNG established that Picard has an artificial heart due to an incident where he was stabbed as a young man.
• A deleted scene shows Geordi discovering the emotion chip in Data's quarters. By Insurrection , Data had figured out how to remove the chip, and seems to be using it less frequently. The fact that he displayed emotion at the end without the chip is the culmination of his Character Development .
• Series Fauxnale : As the final theatrical Next Generation film, Nemesis would serve as the sendoff for the Enterprise -D/E family for two decades, until the final season of Picard in 2023 would deliberately affirm itself as the true Grand Finale for the TNG cast and story.
• Shoulders of Doom : Shinzon. Lampshaded on-set by his co-star Frakes, who described his outfit as "a reject from Rollerball ."
• Is B-4 hacking into the Enterprise computer or The Matrix ?
• The Jackal knife in the film was a prop used in TV before. Who else wielded that weapon? Faith.
• Sinister Scimitar : Shinzon's warbird, which proves to be more than a match for the Enterprise .
• Soul Fragment : B-4 sings "Blue Skies" at the end.
• Space Is an Ocean : Averted. The majority of the final battle takes place in mostly a flat plane but there is still plenty of swooping over and under each other. Also, a major part of the combat involves the Enterprise rotating damaged sections away from the Scimitar 's line of sight, which includes turning (relative to us) upside down.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad : The film plays out like a Picard and Data Fan Fiction , with most of the main cast limited to holding the floor down. They were the primary characters of all the TNG movies, but not quite to this degree of no one else having much to do at all.
• Despite leaving Starfleet in the finale of Deep Space Nine , Worf is back in his old position of tactical/security officer on the Enterprise without so much as a line of dialogue to explain it. In the other movies he didn't belong in, we got an explanation: in The Undiscovered Country, the TOS era Colonel Worf is the guy TNG's Worf is an Identical Grandson of. In First Contact, the crew of the damaged Defiant was beamed onto the Enterprise . In Insurrection, he was asked what he was doing there but the action cuts away before he answers; we're given a humorous Un Reveal but the fact that he's stationed elsewhere and a reason why he dropped by this time exists in-universe. Here? He's just there, in full uniform from the start, manning his old station like it's still his station. Not even a Hand Wave , or events that make a Fan Wank easy. A deleted line had him saying that he wasn't suited to the life of a diplomat.
• Despite their wartime alliance against the Dominion during Deep Space Nine , relations between the Romulans and Federation have reverted right back to their traditional cold war status quo within less than 4 years after the War ended. This at least can be justified in-universe, as it was made clear repeatedly on DS9 that the Romulans joining the War effort was an alliance of necessity (and that the UFP and Star Empire would be left as the major powers vying for control of the Quadrant in its aftermath).
• Stealth in Space : The Scimitar can fire while cloaked and its cloaking ability was capable of countering previously established means of detecting cloaked ships. The Enterprise does manage to land a fair number of hits on it, though, suggesting that the Scimitar 's constant firing gave away its position. Not a big deal, however, since unlike most ships in Star Trek, the Scimitar also retains its shields while cloaked too.
• Stupid Sacrifice : Several (attempted) times in fact. First Data tries to do this when saving Picard, but Picard tells him no. Then Picard attempts to do this when the Enterprise is disabled. Then Data comes to save Picard again , before following through on his initial plan to kill himself in a semi-heroic fashion. The latter two are because no member of the crew seems to realize that the Enterprise has functioning shuttles with functioning transporters .
• Taken for Granite : The entire Romulan Senate (save for Tal'aura) are turned to stone at the beginning of the film. This is also the fate that Shinzon intends for the Enterprise crew, and then Earth.
• This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself Picard: Data, this is something I have to do myself.
• Thrown Out the Airlock : When one of the Scimitar 's torpedos hits The Bridge . Bye bye, Branson .
• Tidally Locked Planet : The Remans evolved on the dark side of tidally-locked Remus, explaining their photosensitivity.
• Timeshifted Actor : Technically, Tom Hardy as Shinzon, although they didn't bother to get an actor who actually looked anything like Patrick Stewart .
• To Absent Friends : Borrowed from Star Trek III .
• Trailers Always Spoil : The reveal of Shinzon being human was originally meant to happen quite early on, but was pushed back to much later in the film when the producers decided it'd be more dramatic if the audience found out about Shinzon at the same time that Picard did. Something that might have worked better if not for the fact that the first trailer showed a good chunk of Shinzon's original introductory scene.
• Unspoken Plan Guarantee : Data's switch with B-4 .
• Villain Opening Scene : But, y'know, who really liked the Romulan Senate anyway?
• Weapon of Mass Destruction : The planet-killing ship.
• Weld the Lock : Picard seals the door to the shuttle bay but discovers that that door is the only way out.
• Whole-Plot Reference : To Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .
• Wounded Gazelle Gambit : Shinzon utilizes this in the finale battle. In a three-on-one fight against the Enterprise and two warbirds, it was becoming easier for them to track down the Scimitar even with the cloak. He lured in the lead warbird by dropping part of the cloak, making them think they were doing worse than they were. Once in close, a full weapon spread at close range quickly disabled them.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are : Picard attempts to convince Shinzon of this. He fails, miserably.
• You Have Failed Me : Shinzon orders a Reman guard who failed to stop Picard shot. So much for that whole "freeing your Reman brothers" bit.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness : The Romulans pulled this on Shinzon before they even started using him — they abandoned their plans for him when he was still a boy and sent him to the Reman mines, not expecting him to survive.
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A mysterious alien vessel has been encountered by the crew of the Starship Voyager. The vessel appears to have been engineered to mimic the precise specifications of the Voyager itself, down to the tiniest detail. It is piloted by an intelligent, yet aggressive alien species called the Vori. It soon becomes apparent that the Vori are determined to capture and enslave the crew of the Voyager.

On the bridge, the crew are briefed on the situation and are advised to remain on alert for any suspicious activity. Captain Janeway is especially wary of the situation, knowing that the Vori could have dire consequences for the ship and her crew if provoked.

Meanwhile, a group of Vori board the Voyager and take the crew hostage. The Vori deny the ship’s escape and send out a distress signal to their home planet. The Vori are determined to take advantage of the Voyager’s sophisticated technology and use it to further their own agendas.

An away team is sent to investigate the Vori’s home planet, but soon discovers a hostile environment where the Vori have enslaved the inhabitants. The away team learn that the Vori have been manipulating the inhabitants of the planet to serve their own ends.

With the help of the inhabitants, the away team devise a plan to neutralize the Vori and free the prisoners. In an effort to take back control of the ship, the away team use the Voyager’s advanced technology against the Vori. After a long and arduous battle, the away team are able to free the prisoners and the Voyager escapes the planet.

Back on the bridge, Captain Janeway reflects on the events of the mission. She reminds her crew that the Vori are a dangerous species with a hidden agenda, and that they must remain vigilant in order to protect the safety of the ship and her crew. With a new understanding of the Vori, the crew set out for a new mission.

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WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, "Mirrors "

• Rayner in Star Trek: Discovery shows reluctance to lead, akin to Riker in The Next Generation, emphasizing the importance of strong leadership dynamics.
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Star Trek: Discovery 's new Number One, Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) has a lot in common with Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) from Star Trek: The Next Generation . In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, "Mirrors", written by Johanna Lee & Carlos Cisco and directed by Jen McGowan , Rayner has to reluctantly take the center seat while Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) is on an away mission. Rayner's reluctance to take the conn, and his insistence that he lead the away mission in Burnham's stead, draws similarities between him and Will Riker.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5 , "Mirrors" reveals that Rayner, formerly the captain of the USS Antares, is unsure that his style will gel with his new crew. However, by bringing the Discovery's bridge crew together, Rayner is able to solve the problem of how to drag the ISS Enterprise out of interdimensional space . With Burnham back on board, Rayner is back to being the USS Discovery's Number One, but satisfied that he can lead from the center seat, much like Riker at the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4, episode 1, "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"

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Star trek: discovery's commander rayner is reluctant to be captain - like riker in tng.

In Star Trek: The Next Generation , Riker turned down several opportunities to become captain, preferring to stay aboard the USS Enterprise-D as second-in-command to Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). However, Riker was often placed in charge of the starship Enterprise , most notably when Picard was assimilated by the Borg Collective. After rescuing Captain Picard from the Borg, and saving the Federation from the Collective, he was happy to step down from Captain to Commander Riker, satisfied that he'd proved his worth as a captain. For Riker, serving as Number One on the Federation flagship was just as huge an achievement as his own command .

Riker finally accepted a promotion to captain of the USS Titan in Star Trek: Nemesis .

Rayner in Star Trek: Discovery was demoted from Captain to Commander in season 5, episode 2, "Under the Twin Moons". The USS Discovery is Rayner's last chance, which is presumably why, like Riker in TNG , he's keen not to chase promotion. His reasoning is different to Riker's because Rayner had already been a captain for years before becoming Burnham's Number One . Rayner is reluctant to take charge in "Mirrors" because it's not his crew, and his command style is very different to Burnham's.

Commander Rayner Is The Riker To Burnham's Picard In Star Trek: Discovery

One of the reasons that Rayner gives for not wanting to take the conn is that Burnham's away mission is " too risky " for the captain of the USS Discovery . Riker leading the away missions in Star Trek: The Next Generation became such a trope that Picard jokes about it in his Star Trek: Nemesis wedding toast . Burnham explains why she and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) are the best crew members to take on the mission, forcing Rayner to concede that she's right. Picard would do the same in later seasons of TNG as he took a more active role in away missions.

Discussing Riker's replacement aboard the Enterprise, Commander Data (Brent Spiner), Picard jokes: " I will be training my new first officer. You all know him. He's a tyrannical martinet who'll never, ever allow me to go on away missions! "

When Burnham offered Rayner the role of second-in-command in Star Trek: Discovery she made it clear that she didn't want a " yes man ". Picard didn't want Riker to be one either, which is why he was so impressed by his fierce opposition to Captain Robert DeSoto (Michael Cavanaugh) leading an away mission on Altair III. Riker risked court martial to convince DeSoto that his away mission was " too risky " for the captain of the USS Hood, something that ultimately led to him becoming the second-in-command of the USS Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation .

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Star Trek’s Michael Dorn Wanted Worf To Kill A Popular Deep Space Nine Character In Picard Season 3, And I’m Glad This Didn’t Happen

I'm breathing a sigh of relief.

Although Star Trek: Picard Season 3 reunited most of the Star Trek: The Next Generation starring actors for the first time since 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis , they didn’t all show up at once. In the case of Michael Dorn’s Worf , his first scene in the episode “Disengage” saw him rescuing Michelle Hurd’s Raffi Musiker from the crime lord Sneed, and he beheaded the Ferengi on his way out. But if Dorn had his way, he would have killed a different Ferengi instead: Quark, one of the other major characters from S tar Trek: Deep Space Nine , and I’m glad this didn’t happen.

Armin Shimerman, who played Quark for the entirety of Deep Space Nine ’s seven-season run, shared this tidbit of information while appearing on TrekMovie ’s All Access Star Trek podcast. Dorn came aboard Deep Space Nine at the beginning of Season 4 following The Next Generation’s conclusion, so he and Shimerman spent a lot of time together in the mid-late ‘90s, but decades later, the latter wasn’t particularly enthused about the former wanting to slice Quark’s head off. As he recalled:

Dorn called me up and said, ‘I’m doing an episode of Picard where I kill off a Ferengi. Wouldn’t it be great if it were you?’ I said, ‘Michael no, it would not be great.’ I told him just to forget about that idea altogether.

Jonathan Frakes , who was also a guest on this episode, speculated that Michael Dorn didn’t know Worf would be cutting Sneed’s head off, but Armin Shimerman told the William Riker actor and longtime Star Trek director that, at the very least, Dorn was aware Worf was going to kill a Ferengi. In the end though, it was Sneed who met this fate, with the character being played Aaron Stanford, who previously worked with showrunner Terry Matalas on the 12 Monkeys TV show.

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I am so relieved this Quark idea for Star Trek: Picard never came to fruition. Worf killing off a Ferengi criminal lord mere minutes after we meet this character is one thing, but for him to behead a character that not only is beloved by many Star Trek fans, but whom Worf had known for many years is another. Granted, as Dr. Julian Bashir once said, Quark was definitely not Worf’s “favorite person,” and he tried to steer clear of the bar owner whenever possible. But not only do I not believe that Quark would ever become a crime lord on Sneed’s level, I also don’t buy that Worf would have just killed his former… associate without blinking an eye.

If the day comes that Armin Shimerman reprises Quark in live-action, the character needs to be treated with the proper respect and not just be killed off for shock value. Star Trek: Lower Decks had the right idea, as Shimerman voiced Quark for a meaningful role in the Season 3 episode “Hear All, Trust Nothing.” The fan-proposed Star Trek: Legacy would be the best place for that to happen, though there’s still no word if that project stands a chance of becoming one of the upcoming Star Trek TV shows .

Picard , Deep Space Nine and all the other Star Trek shows (except for Prodigy , which is now at Netflix ) can be streamed with a Paramount+ subscription . Discovery is currently in the midst of its final season, and Lower Decks ’ final season will follow sometime afterwards on the 2024 TV schedule .

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