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word of advice : contains despoiler forStar Trek : Defiant#10 !
Star Trekcalls out Captain Picard ’s most awkward fuckup . As skipper of theUSS Enterprise , Jean - Luc Picard has face down some of the cosmos ’ big threats , including Q , the Cardassians and the Borg . Yet when Picard meets time - traveling con man Berlinghoff Rasmussen , he nearly beat one over on the captain . It was a rarified moment of weakness for Picard , and now it gets a call - out inStar Trek : Defiant#10 .
Star Trek : Defiant#10 is write by Christopher Cantwell and pull back by Mike Feehan and Pow Rodrix . On their agency to Talos IV , theDefiant’screw reviews Rasmussen ’s file , and the ship ’s Orion medic is incredulous . She has a hard clip believing that the greatJean - Luc Picard was so thoroughlyfooled by Rasmussen .
She endure on to express her wonder for Rasmussen ’s outline .
It Takes a Lot to Fool Captain Picard
Berlinghoff Rasmussen , introduce in the fifth seasonStar Trek : The Next Generationepisode “ A affair of Time , ” was a petty felon from Earth ’s 22nd century . Rasmussen meet a clock time traveller from the twenty-sixth century . steal the traveler ’s meter ship , Rasmussen plotted a trend for the 24th one C . Boarding theEnterprise , Rasmussen attempted to slip engineering , such as tricorders and phasers , planning to take them back to his own sentence and gain from them . Rasmussen was nearly successful in his plans , and came close to even abduct Data . The sequence terminate with Rasmussen ’s prison term ship leave him stranded in the twenty-fourth C .
Jean - Luc Picard is one of the sterling officers in Starfleet history . Possessed of a firm moral compass , Picard is a man of acculturation and learning as well . Rasmussen passed himself off as an archaeologist from the hereafter , intent on “ studying ” a critical foreign mission . archeology is also one of Captain Picard ’s interests , and perhaps this was how Rasmussen gained his trust . Not until episode ’s end did Picard commence to call into question Rasmussen ’s story . Likewise , most of his senior staff did not question Rasmussen ’s disguise . Rasmussen nearly gave Picard the pillowcase , but quick thought process on Data ’s part foreclose this . Picard is sharp , so for him to be taken in such a fashion is a huge deal .
The amusing miniseries Star Trek : The Next genesis - Perchance to Dream reveals that several vivid TNG experiences are key to Picard ’s psyche .
Will Rasmussen Fool Worf the Way He Fooled Picard
And now , Nymira , the Orion medic , calls out Picard , Worf and the rest of theEnterprisecrew for being so easily fooled . Rasmussen draw the wool over Picard ’s eyes , a testament to his acquisition as a con human race . If Rasmussen had been able to thoroughly fool Picard , he would have most certainly prevail over lesser officers . Worf ’s chemical reaction to Nymira ’s recounting of consequence shows that Rasmussen was not only an embarrassment to Picard , but to him as well . Jean - Luc Picard is one of the most intelligent multitude in theStar Trekuniverse , but one humans was able-bodied to put on him : Berlinghoff Rasmussen .
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