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"The Arsenal of Freedom" is the 21st episode of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', originally aired on April 11, 1988, in broadcast syndication. The teleplay was written by Richard Manning and Hans Beimler, based on a story by Beimler. The episode was directed by Les Landau. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet starship ''Enterprise''-D. In this episode, the crew investigates the disappearance of the USS ''Drake''. They travel to the planet Minos, where an away team and the ship are separately attacked by the demonstration of an automated weapons system. Maurice Hurley saw the episode as commentary on the sale of F-14 Tomcats to Iran. It was originally intended to have Doctor Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) reveal her feelings for Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in this episode, but Gene Roddenberry had it changed. Dan Curry created the model of the drone seen in this episode using a pantyhose container and a shampoo bottle. The opinions of critics were mixed, but singled out the appearance of Vincent Schiavelli for praise. ==Plot== The ''Enterprise'' has been sent to the Lorenze Cluster to search for the USS ''Drake'' after it vanished while surveying the planet Minos. When the ship reaches the planet, they are met by a pre-recorded holographic figure (Vincent Schiavelli) advertising "The Arsenal of Freedom", and invites the crew to the surface. An away team is sent to the surface, where they are met by a holographic projection of the ''Drake''s captain who asks Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) what ship he is from. Riker realises that it is a trick and tells the hologram that he is from the ''Lollipop'' and it's a "good ship". After being further questioned about the ''Lollipop'' armament, the hologram disappears revealing a floating sentry probe that fires a stasis beam around Riker before Lt. Data (Brent Spiner) or Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) can destroy it. A field around the planet prevents the ''Enterprise'' from beaming up the away-team. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Doctor Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) travel to the surface, and leave Lt. Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) in charge of the ''Enterprise''. Picard and Crusher meet with the away team as another sentry probe appears and fires on them. Picard and Crusher are separated from Data and Yar and fall into a hole, where Crusher is injured. While Picard attempts to tend to Crusher's injuries, Data manages to release Riker from the stasis field. Riker, Yar and Data are again attacked, but this time by an upgraded probe. Meanwhile the ''Enterprise'' is attacked by a cloaked sentry probe, and La Forge orders a saucer separation, departing to the battle bridge. Picard discovers a computer terminal. He activates it, causing a hologram to appear which explains that they are witnessing a demonstration of the "Echo-Papa 607", a system of intelligent weapons which are able to upgrade in response to any enemy threat. Picard surmises that the Minosians, as well as the ''Drake'', were destroyed by the weapon. He unsuccessfully attempts to coerce the hologram to end the demonstration. Data is able to find an air shaft leading to Picard's location, and jumps down to try to examine the computer, realizing that while he could set the sentries to target their own power source, the explosion would probably take out the whole area, including the away-team. Picard attempts to negotiate again with the hologram, eventually agreeing to buy the weapons system. Satisfied, the hologram disappears, and the computer system shuts down. Meanwhile, La Forge uses the planet's atmosphere to reveal the location of the space-born probe and destroys it. The away team return to the star-drive section and set course to rendezvous with the saucer section, still under La Forge's command, as Picard remarks that he left him with the ship intact and would like it returned in the same condition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Arsenal of Freedom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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