battle star trek generation battle eighth episode season american science fiction television series star trek generation originally aired november broadcast syndication episode written based story directed set 24th century series follows adventures crew starfleet starship enterprise episode captain given vessel gift intends use revenge enterprise captain originally represented movie era enterprise model producers convinced use design appeared model ready room series pilot camera techniques filming scenes aboard bridge dressed movie era bridge set plot enterprise meets vessel captain requests meeting captain suffering persistent seeks help doctor find causing bridge reports second vessel approaching identifies federation class starship officer transport bridge enterprise announces newly arrived ship gift hero fails reference data reminds years ago attacked unidentified destroyed angrily shouts ship question ship identified command explains found ship derelict offers free explains heavily damaged executed action come known maneuver warp drive ordered short warp jump directly resulting enemy vessel light speed based sensors briefly detecting ship places allowing win battle damage crew abandoned ship battle away team board orders chest belongings sent enterprise hidden chest brighter causing hit wave pain orders enterprise data finds logs stating attacked flag truce investigation data forge report commander logs certainly faked counselor discuss captain shows unusual activity ship head inform alert signals informed enterprise computer transported finds waiting explains son command vessel came seeking revenge places leaves bridge lights leaving believing battle enterprise discover brought chest powers weapon systems vessel speaks suspicious sight banned device promises investigate subsequently continues believe attacked enterprise knowing maneuver coming asks data counter jumps warp executing data expecting uses enterprise tractor beam seize real limit field fire tells understand fires causing explode moments enterprise requests transport inform relieved command engaging venture production battle marked second appearance executive producer thought didn decent major adversary script second generation originally featured scenes board ship cast light culture ultimately cut filming return seventh season episode role recast gaining role instead couple specific camera techniques scenes board attached slight crew members filmed individually bridge smoke background superimposed explained went dark lot scenes different angles things hadn real creative stretch felt great bridge dress film era bridge term maneuver later refer informally habit uniform shirt described chapter pre era novel buried age class starship appears encounter model ready room constructed model kits movie enterprise parts models add detail designs create foot shooting model uss battle original script movie era constitution class enterprise model appeared star trek motion picture persuaded producers reuse movie enterprise model label chosen match lip movement dialogue reception battle aired broadcast syndication week commencing november received nielsen ratings reflecting percentage households watching episode timeslot rating lower received episodes broadcast staff writer later said episode pretty good performance originally didn think episode included felt didn work adversary reviewers watched episode end series zack_handlen reviewed episode april thought note opponent crew episode weren bad outpost thought plot crew look little silly saying way somebody showed door said hey want weapon murder bunch guys knew years ago wouldn little suspicious gave episode overall mark reviewed episode website den geek november said best episode series point thought little touches movie era effect warp drive cute touch meant older ship enterprise pointed means completely literally ship point original disappears felt conflict realised characterisation good watched episode june saying solid episode stellar job confused nostalgic frustrated crazy convincingly said episode revelation early episode prevented suspense built said episode worked concentrated gave score website reviews gave episode half saying slow paced storyline psychological component effective cast member watched battle february felt plot similar themes star trek wrath khan father sought revenge following death son thought writing weak overall episode purely worked ability captain home media release home media release battle vhs cassette july united_states canada episode later included star trek generation season dvd box set released march released season blu ray set july
The Battle (Star Trek: The Next Generation)