Stardate 46693.1: Captain Picard falls in love with Nella Daren, the new head of the stellar cartography department of the ship. They find a common interest in music and use the excellent acoustics of the Jefferies tubes for a private concert with one piano and one Ressikan flute. Their relationship is put to a test when Nella is missing after a dangerous away mission to evacuate a Federation outpost on Bersallis III, which is threatened by firestorms. Even after she has eventually been rescued, Picard realizes that he shouldn't be in love with someone who is his subordinate, and Nella opts for a transfer to another ship.

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