The Battle

The Ferengi DaiMon Bok requests a meeting with Picard, who has been troubled by severe headaches. Bok presents a gift for the “hero of Maxia”: the derelict Stargazer, the ship Picard commanded nine years earlier. At Maxia, Picard destroyed an unknown attacker using a short warp jump that made the Stargazer appear in two places at once, a tactic later named the Picard Manoeuvre. That attacker was a Ferengi ship commanded by Bok's son. Aboard the Stargazer, Data finds a log entry claiming Picard fired under a flag of truce, but it proves to be a forgery. Bok is using a hidden mind-control sphere to make Picard relive the battle, with the Enterprise cast as the enemy. Picard takes the Stargazer's helm and prepares to fire. Riker talks him through it, Picard destroys the sphere, and Bok is relieved of command by his own crew for an unprofitable venture.