Worst experience of Picard's life

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  1. The Overlord

    The Overlord Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    What is the absolute worst experience of Picard's life?

    There are some good choices: being assimilated by the Borg, being tortured by the Cardassians, hearing that his brother and nephew died in a fire, etc. But what is the worse of the lot?
     
  2. JimTheBuilder

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    His assimilation has to be the worst, considering he directed the destruction of the fleet, killing tens of thousands. For a man like Picard, this has got to leave very deep scars...
     
  3. horatio83

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    Being shown by Q in Tapestry how his life would have turned out if he had not been nearly killed and not being sure that Q will actually give him a third chance.

     
  4. Tora Ziyal

    Tora Ziyal Vice Admiral Admiral

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    ^I would think of that more as a moment of enlightenment than a worst experience.

    Being tortured and assimilated are both way up there. But when someone's had multiple terrible and traumatic experiences, especially in a relatively short period of time, I don't think it's realistic to try to rank them in precise order of severity. Besides, they build on one another.
     
  5. BillJ

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    Allowing a bunch of innocent people to die while sitting on his hands in Homeward.
     
  6. Tiberius

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    I had a dream I was assimilated once. If my dream was anything to go by, being assimalted is by far the worst.
     
  7. Mr_Homn

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    I can't imagine a fate worse than assimilation (Okay, maybe I can, but of all the fates in the star trek universe, assimilation seems the worst). It would be like being mentally raped for the rest of your existence. Witnessing the destruction of your loved ones by your own hands, without any control. At least when he was tortured, he could still dream, he still had free will, he was still himself..
     
  8. marksound

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    Losing his nephew and brother. Hands down, without a doubt. He even explained to Lily why it was so devastating.
     
  9. Mr_Homn

    Mr_Homn Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    He seemed to get over that fairly quickly, while assimilation haunted him for decades
     
  10. Mojochi

    Mojochi Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Having to tell Lwaxana he loved her :rofl:
     
  11. trekkiebaggio

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    Meeting Wesley?

    Having to watch Kamala leave?

    Seriously though, I think another contender would be meeting Sisko. Actually coming face to face with someone who he hurt as Locutus, especially after all that time would have brought back the horror of what he went through.
     
  12. Avon

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    being stuck in a turbolift with children
     
  13. Ultramann

    Ultramann Lieutenant Red Shirt

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    Star Trek Nemesis.
     
  14. Tom

    Tom Vice Admiral Admiral

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    To that end, losing Data was really tough.
     
  15. Lt. LaForge

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    I can't decide...
     
  16. PamalaLauren

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    I honestly think losing his brother and nephew was the worst. Sure being assimilated and helping kill many people was probably very horrific but he could in a way detach himself from that, place blame on an outside force that made him do things he normally wouldn't do.

    But losing your family, the only family you have, and the only chance you'd ever had at anything reflecting a son, that's hard. Especially after they had reconciled their differences.

    I don't even think losing Data ranked up there as as hard as losing his family.

    I think the loss of his brother brought the reality of his age and his mortality. Even assimilation with the Borg didn't bring that up. I think up until their deaths he lived with some sort of belief that he had more than enough time to do what he wanted.

    With their death he realized that perhaps he didn't, that even those who aren't taking risks on a regular basis can die, he realized he didn't have the time he thought he once had.

    I think this was reflected too in his experience in the Nexus, having a wife and children. His longing for a family and the realization that he wasn't going to actually have one. That sacrafice and realization I think was perhaps the worst moment for him.
     
  17. Jonny

    Jonny Commander Red Shirt

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    LOL For a man who was always uneasy with children as Picard was that was probably a bad day for him.

    But I'd say assimilation, losing his brother and nephew and torture all beat that.
     
  18. Disruptor

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    Losing his hair.

    Okay, okay, losing his brother and his hair.

    Those were my worst experiences, anyway.
     
  19. RandyS

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    Damn, beat me it.

    Let me also add losing the excellent Enterprise-D and being saddled with that stupid replacement E.
     
  20. sbk1234

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    Assimilation, no question.