The Ensigns of Command

[Hartzilla2007]

i barely remember this episode. Apparently, the 15,000+ colonists were evacuated.

How, exactly? Did they all cram onto the E-D (or suspend in the transporter!) or were we left to assume that transport ships would be along to aide in the evac process??

I assume the latter, given all their personables that they needed to bring along

There were transport ships on the way to carry out the evacuation, but they weren't going to be there for three weeks. This was the point of Picard having to find a way to stall the Sheliaks.

Which he did after putting a legal smackdown on their asses, when he found that loophole.

 

[c0rnedfr0g]

i barely remember this episode. Apparently, the 15,000+ colonists were evacuated.

How, exactly? Did they all cram onto the E-D (or suspend in the transporter!) or were we left to assume that transport ships would be along to aide in the evac process??

I assume the latter, given all their personables that they needed to bring along

There were transport ships on the way to carry out the evacuation, but they weren't going to be there for three weeks. This was the point of Picard having to find a way to stall the Sheliaks.

Which he did after putting a legal smackdown on their asses, when he found that loophole.

that's the difference between kirk and picard: the latter looks for loopholes, while the former just does whatever

 

[snakeeyes]

There were transport ships on the way to carry out the evacuation, but they weren't going to be there for three weeks. This was the point of Picard having to find a way to stall the Sheliaks.

Which he did after putting a legal smackdown on their asses, when he found that loophole.

that's the difference between kirk and picard: the latter looks for loopholes, while the former just does whatever

One was living in a time when the Federation could send 372 legal specialists to negotiate a treaty, the other wasn't.

"Thee and me." Hee!

 

[T'Cal]

Forgive my ignorance, though: why is it called "The Ensigns of Command??" I'm obviously missing something.

It's from a poem by John Quincey Adams; 'ensign', as in 'insignia', a symbol:

I want the seals of power and place,
The ensigns of command;
Charged by the People's unbought grace
To rule my native land.
Nor crown nor sceptre would I ask
But from my country's will,
By day, by night, to ply the task
Her cup of bliss to fill.

Thanks, Snakeeyes!