Episode Spotlight: The Best of Both Worlds, Parts 1 and 2
Episode Spotlight The Best of Both Worlds Parts 1 and 2 Stardate 43989.1. Responding to a distress call the USS Enterprise orbits Jouret IV, one of the Federations most distant colonies. An away team consisting of Riker, Data, Geordi and Worf beam down to find the colony completely gone, only a giant crater remaining. The Enterprise is joined by a ship carrying Admiral J.P. Hansen and Lt. Commander Shelby from Starfleet tactical. Starfleet believes that the Borg are responsible for the disappearance of the colony. Shelby points out the crater is almost identical to what the Enterprise detected on the planets in system J-25 (see Q Who?) Shelbys job is to find any kind of defenses against the Borg. Riker shows Shelby to her guest quarters. Admiral Hansen tells Picard that the captaincy of the USS Melbourne is available and is being offered to Riker. In Shelby's quarters Shelby tells Riker what she's looking for to confirm the Borg are ...