Yeah, I guess you're rightWell, the Borg sent a signal to the DQ from the 22nd century, estimated to take 2 centuries to reach 'home'. So there's enough wriggle room to have those parasites return in a successor series set in the 26th century or so
Your favorite TNG plot holes
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Depends what the message said. Perhaps it said "Starfleet foiled our plans! They are very dangerous! Keep away!"
"These guys do not have enough mullets for us to hide our conspicuous breathing gills under! Some are practically bald! Move along!"
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They showed up with their neck stems and their bowls of tasty maggots a year after Picard ends. Problem solved.
So, the tachyon detection grid in "Redemption II" really doesn't make any sense, if one accounts for how space actually works. A Romulan warbird can just go around the thing, or above or below it. 
True. How did Douglas Adams put it? "Space is big."
So, the tachyon detection grid in "Redemption II" really doesn't make any sense, if one accounts for how space actually works. A Romulan warbird can just go around the thing, or above or below it.
Looking at all the graphics we see about the grid it's hard to understand how it works....
But, those two episodes are so good maybe we should just ignore how it works and just assume it does work, somehow.
Why the Federation's flagship can't get a full Betazoid on the Bridge to tell Picard if the aliens of the week are trustworthy. Troi is a very powerful empath, to be able to sense emotions from a whole other ship, and she's only half Betazoid. Wouldn't it be even more useful to have a full Betazoid's powers? Even TNG shows in at least one episode that she's not the only Betazoid serving in Starfleet. And who says the Enterprise's lie detector even has to be in Starfleet. They couldn't get an ambassador or something?
And of course, why the senior staff seems to do most of the away missions. Voyager had the excuse of being a small ship that lost half its staff, and couldn't get replacements. But TNG and DS9 both had humongous crew compliments, and should've had different departments for various jobs. The Enterprise is the Federation's flagship, and has a crew of over 1,000! Why are the captain, chief medical officer and counselor beaming down to investigate the deserted alien city? Aren't there some archeologists and such in that crew of 1,000?
And of course, why the senior staff seems to do most of the away missions. Voyager had the excuse of being a small ship that lost half its staff, and couldn't get replacements. But TNG and DS9 both had humongous crew compliments, and should've had different departments for various jobs. The Enterprise is the Federation's flagship, and has a crew of over 1,000! Why are the captain, chief medical officer and counselor beaming down to investigate the deserted alien city? Aren't there some archeologists and such in that crew of 1,000?
Betazoids should be standard issue on every Starfleet ship. They're practically a "WIN" button.
It's very odd not only how Starfleet doesn't, but almost NO OTHER civilization does either. They don't appear to be particularly rare. There does not appear to any regulation against using their mind reading powers, and Betazoids themselves don't seem to have any taboo about them on others either. And they aren't the only beings with telepathy either.
They would be clutch in any security setting, court setting, first contact, negotiations - pretty much any time you are dealing with another mind, it would be crazy to not use that advantage.
This should be the entrance exam at the academy.
Potential Recruit: "I'm a Betazo-"
Recruiter: "You're in. Welcome to Starfleet"
So, why aren't there Betazoids everywhere sensing emotions and reading minds?
Perhaps there isn't a consensus if Betazoids can be trusted or that they're never wrong.
It's up to who ever is in charge to decide whether to have a Betazoid crew member(s).
If Betazoids were a standard part of the crew it would only be a matter of time when some enemy infiltrates Starfleet and other organisations with a Betazoid that might be working for the enemy.
Perhaps there isn't a consensus if Betazoids can be trusted or that they're never wrong.
It's up to who ever is in charge to decide whether to have a Betazoid crew member(s).
If Betazoids were a standard part of the crew it would only be a matter of time when some enemy infiltrates Starfleet and other organisations with a Betazoid that might be working for the enemy.
Umm... I love TNG enough to not care about "plot holes." I mean, if we started doing that, which sci-fi would hold up really? Twilight Zone? Doctor Who? BSG? Babylon 5?...
As you said, I like "the larger story."
My tolerance for plot holes increases if (1) it's part of a really good story (like "The Inner Light") or (2) if it's necessary for IRL reasons (like Riker, after explosively advancing through the ranks, suddenly having zero ambition to take his own ship).
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