It all starts out with a distress call which begs the question, does the Enterprise ever make it to any of its archaeological surveys? This time it is Camus II which is being left in our wake as we answer a distress call from a Federation freighter Arcos which has assumed an emergency orbit around Turkana IV. Turkana IV also happens to be the birthplace of our late comrade Tasha Yar.
It happens to be the case that the colonists on Turkana IV severed relations with the Federation 15 years before. The Colonists have a violent reputation, but the Enterprise away-team need to find the two Federation crewman who were forced to land on the planet surface in an escape pod when the Arcos freighter mysteriously exploded.
On the planet's surface we learn that there are two waring factions. The Alliance and the Coalition or a bunch of 'Urban Street Thugs' as the Captain would describe it. We also meet an attractive young women who claims to be Tasha Yar's sister.
From here, the story tends to focus on Ishara Yar and the crews interaction with her. Memories, comparisons, sonomic chromosomes, everybody wants Ishara to stay.
This is not necessarily a bad episode, but its story tends to focus too much on the Yar girl and the fate of those on the planet becomes secondary to that. I think my only problem with this, is my realisation that a couple of street-punks would be no match for the much more sophisticated Enterprise or its crew. We have certainly been in much more difficult situations than this one.
Extra Point: There is something about Ishara that reminds me of the later DS9 character of Major Kira and the STV character of B'Ellana Torres.
Energize.
It happens to be the case that the colonists on Turkana IV severed relations with the Federation 15 years before. The Colonists have a violent reputation, but the Enterprise away-team need to find the two Federation crewman who were forced to land on the planet surface in an escape pod when the Arcos freighter mysteriously exploded.
On the planet's surface we learn that there are two waring factions. The Alliance and the Coalition or a bunch of 'Urban Street Thugs' as the Captain would describe it. We also meet an attractive young women who claims to be Tasha Yar's sister.
From here, the story tends to focus on Ishara Yar and the crews interaction with her. Memories, comparisons, sonomic chromosomes, everybody wants Ishara to stay.
This is not necessarily a bad episode, but its story tends to focus too much on the Yar girl and the fate of those on the planet becomes secondary to that. I think my only problem with this, is my realisation that a couple of street-punks would be no match for the much more sophisticated Enterprise or its crew. We have certainly been in much more difficult situations than this one.
Extra Point: There is something about Ishara that reminds me of the later DS9 character of Major Kira and the STV character of B'Ellana Torres.
Energize.