フェレンギとの接触。
登場人物
| Jean-Luc Picard: | エンタープライズＤ艦長 |
| William T. Riker: | 副長（「副長」は英語でnumber oneだそうです） |
| Deanna Troi: | カウンセラー（テレパスで、ライカーの元恋人） |
| Beverly Crusher: | 医療部長（艦で唯一、艦長に命令権限あり） |
| Data: | アンドロイド（科学主任で第二副長） |
| Tasha Yar: | セキュリティー・チーフ |
| Worf: | セキュリティー、副チーフ（後のシーズンで主任になります） |
| Geordi La Forge: | 技術チーフ（「機関部長」とも。恋多き青年です^^;） |
| Mordoc: | フェレンギの科学上陸班の一員 |
| Letek: | フェレンギの科学上陸班の一員 |
| Kayron: | フェレンギの科学上陸班の一員 |
| P: | Captain's log, supplemental. It is now six hours since our away team beamed down to the planet's surface. On the Enterprise our condition is rapidly worsening. Ordinarily, with reserve power alone we could maintain life support for several months. But the force holding us has closed down all engines and is draining our reserve power too. |
| De: | Getting much much colder, sir. How far down and the blancket(?) gone. |
| P: | A lots. Even in orbital space it will get below minus two hundred degrees. |
| Cr: | We won't have to worry much past minus seventy or so. |
| P: | Feels like that now. Good. Thank you. |
| Le: | If he moves, kill him. |
| Ka: | Has we've done broken our agreement with their captain? |
| Le: | We will accuse the humans of preparing to ambush us. |
| Ka: | Ah! |
| Le: | It will be our word aginst theirs. And who is more trustworthy, Mordock? It looks like Gold. Tastes like Gold. |
| R: | It is Gold. |
| M: | Accursed planet. |
| R: | It's nothing compared to what our captain will do when he finds out you've broken our landing party agreement. |
| Le: | What part of your agreement? You appeared and attacked us. Are you one of their assassins? |
| R: | I'm Commander William Riker, First Officer of the USS-Enterprise. You have a lot to learn. I've got this one. |
| Da: | Careful Commander they are much stronger than ･･･ |
| Wo: | Pigmy cretins! |
| M: | Kill them! |
| Ka: | Hideous monsters! |
| Ta: | No! Good, you've heard of phasers. Now over there. |
| Le: | Is this a female? |
| Ka: | A human famale, Letek? |
| Le: | Hya... |
| Le: | Yeah, it's true. You work with your females, arm them and force them to wear clothing. Sickening! |
さて、フェレンギとの初対面。彼らはなんといきなりゴールドに興味を示しました。ほんとの ことでしょうか？既に転送技術をマスターしている彼らにとって、ゴールドはさしたる価値が あるとも思えないのですが。