Translated: Základná povinnosť
Label: S05E19
Category: TNG - The Next Generation
Premiere: 30.03.1992
Dubbing: Yes
Year: 2368
Stardate: 45703.9
in TNG 118 of 176
in Star Trek 226 of 918
Description:
Stardate 45703.9: Captain Picard is going to deliver the commencement address at Starfleet Academy. Briefly before the Enterprise arrives at Earth, Picard receives the news that there has been an accident during the flight training, in which one of Wesley Crusher's classmates has been killed. In the following investigation the squadron leader, Nicholas Locarno, puts the blame on the dead cadet, Joshua Albert, who allegedly panicked, thereby causing the five spacecraft to collide. He urges the other three cadets to comply with his testimony, but Wesley feels bad about it. Reviewing the badly damaged recordings salvaged from Wesley's shuttle, Picard discovers that the squadron was actually going to perform a dangerous stunt called the Kolvoord Starburst, which has been banned for over a century. Picard calls Wesley into his office and demands that he tell truth, otherwise he would do it himself. After the hearing has already been closed and the four surviving cadets have only been reprimanded for their negligence, Wesley breaks the silence and tells the whole truth. Nick Locarno is expelled, but he takes the whole responsibility, allowing the three remaining team members to stay on the Academy, where they have to repeat their last year.