Detailed synopses...

THE CHRISTENING CEREMONY A champagne bottle is seen hurtling end over end of endless space. At first the bottle is invisible, but the bottle slowly gets closer and closer, until it smashes against the hull of a brand new ship. The proud USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-B, the third ship to be named Enterprise, sits proudly in spacedock, ready for her maiden voyage. The crew inside spacedock applauds her graceful style.

TAKE US OUT!!! Scotty is marvelled at the new ship and just how technology has caught up. Kirk feels restless after seeing Demora and marvels at how just Sulu managed to find the time to have a daughter, after serving so many years under him. Scotty then uses his lousy psychiatrist tact and Harriman informs them they're ready to leave. Just before they do, Harriman asks if Kirk would be honored to give the order to get under. With reluctance, Kirk takes the majestic ship out to her voyage.

ILL-PREPARED AND HELPLESS!!! When they come within visual range, Harriman orders the viewscreen on. What they see, stuns the crew, as a vast and dangerous crackling ribbon of energy tears through their space. Sulu soon reports that she has located the two ships, and thus they watch helplessly as the two vessels are being tossed and turned inside the vast phenomena. Soon, the Enterprise herself is being pulled inside the ribbon, due to gravimetric distortions. Soon, Kirk suggests using the tractor beam, but the captain calmly tells him that they don't have a tractor beam and won't be installed until Tuesday. Soon, Harriman tries generating a subspace field around the ships, but due to the quantum interference, that doesn't work. Venting plasma from the warp nacelles also doesn't work and soon, Harriman watches as one of the El-Aurian ships explode, killing two-hundred sixty five people on board.

MIRACLE NEEDED Soon, the Enterprise herself, is being pulled into the ribbon. Harriman orders full reverse, but the engines won't give, as it is being pulled against its wishes. In Sickbay, the El-Aurian survivors are ecstatic about their recent encounter into the ribbon. They are speaking gibberish and a journalist report that they are in neural shock. One man, continously brags on about having to go back into the ribbon, until Chekov's hypospray seduces him. He soon meets Guinan, a bartender of the future Enterprise and tries to calm her. Back on the Bridge, the shaking intensifies and soon Scotty has found a way they disperse this gravimetric distortion. An antimatter discharge directly ahead will do the job, however since this Enterprise is not equipped with torpedoes, they must simulate the torpedo blast using a resonance burst from the deflector dish. When Harriman decides he'll do the job, Kirk is excited, once again the thought of taking command coming back to his mind. But, he knows that this isn't his ship, thus he informs Harriman that his place is on the Bridge on the Bridge of his ship. He soon volunteers and orders Scotty to keep things together until he gets back.

DEFLECTOR CONTROL Kirk races down the corridors of Deck Fifteen to deflector control to simulate the torpedo blast needed to get the huge ship out of this mess. The ship continues to shake as he runs down the corridor. When he reaches Deflector control, he hurries with his work. On the Bridge, the shaking intensifies and the structural integrity is ten seconds away from structural collapse. Scott calls to Kirk who informs him that he doesn't know how long he can keep the ship together. Soon Kirk completes his work and shouts, "That's it! Let's go!" On the Bridge, Harriman orders the deflector dish on and soon the ship begins to break free. However, before they clear the ribbon altogether, one last tendril strikes the ship, near the deflector dish.

DECK FIFTEEN Once the ship clears the ribbon, Harriman asks for damage report. Demora reports that there is some buckling on the starboard nacelle and that they have a hull breach at section twenty through twenty-one, on decks thirteen, fourteen and fifteen. Shock crosses Scotty's face as he tries to absorb the information. He soon tries to contact Captain Kirk, but there is no response. Scotty orders Chekov to meet him at Deck Fifteen, while he and Harriman heads for Deck Fifteen. When they arrive at deck fifteen, they find the room in disarray, badly damage and a gapping hole seen in front of them. Soon Chekov comes running in and realizes what has happened. He asks if anyone was in here, and Scotty solemly replies, "Aye." The two have lost someone close to them...

SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS LATER Seventy-eight years later, we see a small frigate type vessel float on top of the water. The vessel is "ENTERPRISE" clearly marked out in gold letters at the bow of the ship. We also see Picard and Riker dressed in full naval uniforms of the time. What's going on? Where's the Enterprise-D? We will soon learn in short time. The ship comes to a halt and Riker yells out, "Bring out the prisoner!" We soon learn that the prisoner is none other than Lt. Worf, chained up shackles and all. What's the big occassion?

ACCEPTING PROMOTION Picard is happy and joyous as is Riker himself. Picard informs Worf that his day has come and always knew that it would. He asks if he is prepared to face the charges. Troi urges Worf to answer him. Worf announces he is prepared. Riker soon begins reading an ancient scroll parchment. "We the crew of the USS Enterprise, being of sound mind and judgement, hearby make the following charges against Lt. Worf. One - that he did knowingly and willfully perform above and beyond the call of duty on countless occassions. Two, that he has been a good and solid officer on this ship for one score less twelve years. And three, most seriously, that he has earned the respect and admiration of the entire crew." Picard soon announces that there can be only one type of punishment for this crime - to promote Lt. Worf to the rank of Lt. Commander with all the rights and privilegdes thereto. The crowd soon roars with approval as Worf accepts the promotion.

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