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A mission to send emergency famine relief to Thiopa tests the Federation’s principles as the crew encounters a brutal dictatorship bent on preserving its own power over its people. The planet’s fragile situation compels Captain Picard to negotiate with a corrupt ruling council, hoping to redirect the supplies to the citizens rather than the regime.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Howard Weinstein
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