Preemptive Strike

This Story: Season 7 Episode 24 (production code 276)
TNG Overall: Episode 176
Trek Overall: Story 268, Episode 278
Airdate: 16 May 1994
Story by Naren Shankar
Teleplay by René Echevarria
Directed by Patrick Stewart

Notes

• The final appearance of Michelle Forbes as Ro Laren on the series. She declined an invitation to be one of the primary cast of Deep Space Nine.  The character does appear significantly later in the Season 3 episode Star Trek Picard “Imposters” (2023).
• Ro mentions an instructor at the academy who joined the Maquis.  This was Chakotay – although he’s not mentioned by name.
• The last appearance of Natalia Nogulich as Admiral Nechayev on TNG.  The character would appear in two episode of Deep Space Nine.
• Deep Space Nine gets a shout out in this episode.

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