Stardate 41263.1: The engineer Kosinski comes aboard to improve the Enterprise's warp drive, although Riker objects that it could endanger the ship's safety while actually having no positive effect. During the process a strange accident takes the ship to the galaxy M-33, 2.7 million light years away. The attempt to reverse course, using the same procedure, gets the ship stranded in a region where thoughts become reality. Kosinski's assistant, underestimated by everyone but Wesley, turns out to be an interdimensional "Traveler", whose ability to focus thoughts is responsible for the leaps. The Traveler manages to take the ship back to the Federation, but he eventually disappears from our space. The Traveler, however, has recognized Wesley's special gift in the world of science, and on his suggestion Picard makes Wesley acting ensign.

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