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* SexualExtortion: Want to get out of hospital before the secret police lock you up for ever, Riker? You'd better give this alien chick what she wants, then. We can play this for grins because it's Riker and a girl; odds are low that we'd be yucking it up if it were Troi or Crusher being made to accommodate a nerdy boy-alien's advances.
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* TheWorldIsNotReady: The Malcorians decide they're not ready to go through with first contact. It is an interesting [[{{Headscratchers}} headscratcher]] that Picard is chastised by Chancellor Durken for having agents already on the planet collecting information quietly so as not cause a panic, when it was pretty obvious that was ''exactly what the situation called for by his own admission'' - if the Federation showed up in orbit and announced on a loudspeaker that they were ready to join the Federation there ''would'' be mass panic in the streets.
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: In an amusing inversion, ''Riker'' is this to Lanel, who finds the idea of having sex with an alien hot.
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* RubberForeheadAliens: That and the fact that the Malcorians do not have individual fingers and toes is the only outward physical difference between them and humans - though in a twist on the trope, it's the ability to turn a human into one of these that mkes the planet so easy to infiltrate.
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* RubberForeheadAliens: That and the fact that the Malcorians do not have individual fingers and toes is the only outward physical difference between them and humans - though in a twist on the trope, it's the ability to turn a human into one of these that mkes makes the planet so easy to infiltrate.
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It\'s not \"Minister\" Yale—it\'s her first name, \"Mirasta\".
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* BittersweetEnding: They get Riker back and part amicably with Chancellor Durken. However, Minister Yale leaves with them, because the Malcorians, who had been on the verge of becoming an interstellar civilization, are now going to suspend their warp drive program indefinitely. Given the strict dividing line that the Prime Directive creates between pre-warp and warp-capable civilizations, the ''Enterprise'' crew's bungling has relegated the Malcorians to the status of galactic have-not's.
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* BittersweetEnding: They get Riker back and part amicably with Chancellor Durken. However, Minister Mirasta Yale leaves with them, because the Malcorians, who had been on the verge of becoming an interstellar civilization, are now going to suspend their warp drive program indefinitely. Given the strict dividing line that the Prime Directive creates between pre-warp and warp-capable civilizations, the ''Enterprise'' crew's bungling has relegated the Malcorians to the status of galactic have-not's.
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* ThanatosGambit: Krola tries to kill himself with Riker's phaser and pin it on Riker to show how threatening the humans are. Fails because he doesn't understand the [[StunGuns "stun" setting]]. The response of the other Malcorians is this sort of attempt at deception is as common in fiction there as on Earth
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* ThanatosGambit: Krola tries to kill himself with Riker's phaser and pin it on Riker to show how threatening the humans are. Fails because he doesn't understand the [[StunGuns "stun" setting]]. The response of from the other Malcorians to Krola's plan is that this sort of attempt at deception is as common in fiction there on their as it is on EarthEarth.
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* BittersweetEnding: They get Riker back and part amicably with Chancellor Durken. However, Minister Yale leaves with them, because the Malcorians, who had been on the verge of becoming an interstellar civilization, are now going to suspend their warp drive program indefinitely. Given the strict diving line that the Prime Directive creates between pre-warp and warp-capable civilizations, the ''Enterprise'' crew's bungling has relegated the Malcorians to the status of galactic have-not's.
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* BittersweetEnding: They get Riker back and part amicably with Chancellor Durken. However, Minister Yale leaves with them, because the Malcorians, who had been on the verge of becoming an interstellar civilization, are now going to suspend their warp drive program indefinitely. Given the strict diving dividing line that the Prime Directive creates between pre-warp and warp-capable civilizations, the ''Enterprise'' crew's bungling has relegated the Malcorians to the status of galactic have-not's.
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* BittersweetEnding: They get Riker back and part amicably with Chancellor Durken. However, Minister Yale leaves with them, because the Malcorians, who had been on the verge of becoming an interstellar civilization, are now going to suspend their warp drive program indefinitely. Given the strict diving line that the Prime Directive creates between pre-warp and warp-capable civilizations, the ''Enterprise'' crew's bungling has relegated the Malcorians to the status of galactic have-not's.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: ''Two'' members of Durken's cabinet were aware of the existence of an alien and didn't fill him in.
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* RubberForeheadAliens: That and the fact that the Malcorians do not have individual fingers and toes is the only outward physical difference between them and humans.
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* RubberForeheadAliens: That and the fact that the Malcorians do not have individual fingers and toes is the only outward physical difference between them and humans.humans - though in a twist on the trope, it's the ability to turn a human into one of these that mkes the planet so easy to infiltrate.
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* AlienAmongUs: Riker and the other scouts from the Federation, to the Malcorians.
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* AlienAmongUs: Riker and the other scouts from the Federation, to the Malcorians.
* LeftHanging: Riker was caught up in a riot that required police intervention to break up. Why there was a riot was unimportant, it was just there to get Riker to the Hospital.
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* StealthInSpace: Implied. The Enterpirse is shown to be in a fairly close orbit with the planet in question, and being over a half-kilometer long does not seem all that worried about being seen in orbit around a planet which is ready to try out warp technology - implying the planet has telescopes, amateur astronomers, satellites, etc.
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* StealthInSpace: Implied. The Enterpirse Enterprise is shown to be in a fairly close orbit with the planet in question, and being over a half-kilometer long does not seem all that worried about being seen in orbit around a planet which is ready to try out warp technology - implying the planet has telescopes, amateur astronomers, satellites, etc.
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* ThanatosGambit: Krola tries to kill himself with Riker's phaser and pin it on Riker to show how threatening the humans are. Fails because he doesn't understand the [[StunGuns "stun" setting]].
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* ThanatosGambit: Krola tries to kill himself with Riker's phaser and pin it on Riker to show how threatening the humans are. Fails because he doesn't understand the [[StunGuns "stun" setting]]. The response of the other Malcorians is this sort of attempt at deception is as common in fiction there as on Earth
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* TheWorldIsNotReady: The Malcorians decide they're not ready to go through with first contact. It is an interesting [[{{Headscratchers}} headscratcher]] that Picard is chastised by Chancellor Durken for having agents already on the planet collecting information quietly so as not cause a panic, when it was pretty obvious that was ''exactly what the situation called for by his own admission'' - if the Federation showed up in orbit and announced on a loudspeaker that they were ready to join the Federation there ''would'' be mass panic in the streets.
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* IdiotBall: The Federation has this with Riker. They haven't planned for this particular rather obvious possibility. None of the implants they put into Riker includes a tracking device, and Riker's story was hardly watertight - despite having other agents on the planet who could have been his emergency contacts.
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* StealthInSpace: Implied. The Enterpirse is shown to be in a fairly close orbit with the planet in question, and being over a half-kilometer long does not seem all that worried about being seen in orbit around a planet which is ready to try out warp technology - implying the planet has telescopes, amateur astronomers, satellites, etc.
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(No relation to the Feature film ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'')
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* BizarreAlienReproduction: Apparently there are some "differences" between the Malcorians and humans. [[BoldlyComing Which Riker gets to demonstrate to a Malcorian nurse.]]
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* BizarreAlienReproduction: Apparently there are some "differences" between the Malcorians and humans. [[BoldlyComing Which Riker gets to demonstrate to a Malcorian nurse.]]]] Lends to some interesting FridgeHorror wondering what was going through Riker's head as he almost certainly knew what the alien had under her clothes, even though she didn't know what would be under his.
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* PhlebotinumBreakdown: The ''Enterprise's'' EverythingSensor[=s=] are apparently unable to locate the the only human on a planet of alien humanoids. Nor can they find Riker's Starfleet-issue equipment, such as his phaser.
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* PhlebotinumBreakdown: The ''Enterprise's'' EverythingSensor[=s=] are apparently unable to locate the the only human on a planet of alien humanoids. Nor can they find Riker's Starfleet-issue equipment, such as his phaser. If the sensors were up to their usual ability, the episode's plot would have been over with before it began.
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: We never find out if Riker actually fulfilled Lanel's fantasy.
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Commander Riker is injured while scouting out a planet for a first contact mission. Because of this, Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher Counselor Troi must beam down to the planet before they are fully ready to make contact with the aliens, the Malcorians. Things go sour quickly when Commander Riker is discovered to be an alien by the doctors at the medical facility he is being treated at, and this creates suspicion by the Malcorians that the Enterprise is there to infiltrate their society and conquer.
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* PhlebotinumBreakdown: The ''Enterprise's'' EverythingSensor[=s=] are apparently unable to locate the the only human on a planet of alien humanoids. Nor can they find Riker's Starfleet-issue equipment, such as his phaser.
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* ForgottenPhlebotinum: The subcutaneous communicator shown in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E4WhoWatchesTheWatchers "Who Watches The Watchers"]] would have been very useful for Riker to have on this kind of undercover mission.
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* AliensStealCable: Picard explains to Yale that part of the First Contact procedure is to view some of the race's entertainment programs to get a sense of their culture. Yale is quite embarrassed at the idea, and he admits it provides an "incomplete" picture, which is why there are also missions like Riker's.
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* FirstContact: The only episode that shows how a normal, planned first contact procedure is intended to work.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Humans to the Malcorians, to the point where Riker's heart is where they think his digestive track should be.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Humans to the Malcorians, to the point where Riker's heart is where they think his digestive track tract should be.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Chancellor Durken. It's hinted that his reasonable and moderate nature is a liability for his political profile.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Chancellor Durken. It's hinted that his reasonable and moderate nature is actually considered a liability for his political profile.con rather than a pro by a sizable faction of the Malcorian people.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Chancellor Durken. It's hinted that his reasonable and moderate nature is a liability for his political profile.
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* BizarreAlienReproduction: Apparently there are some "differences" between the Malcorians and humans.
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* ThanatosGambit: Krola tries to kill himself with Riker's phaser and pin it on Riker to show how threatening the humans are. Fails because he doesn't understand the [[StunGuns "stun" setting]].
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* AlienAmongUs - Riker and the other scouts from the Federation, to the Malcorians
* AlienInvasion - What many, including Minister of Security Krola, believe the crew of the Enterprise is there for.
* AlienNonInterferenceClause - Picard mentions the Prime Directive to Chancellor Durken
* BizarreAlienBiology - Humans to the Malcorians, to the point where Riker's heart is where they think his digestive track should be
* BizarreAlienReproduction - Apparently there are some "differences" between the Malcorians and humans
* HumanityIsAdvanced - The Enterprise has technology far beyond that of the Malcorians
* RubberForeheadAliens - That and the fact that the Malcorians' do not have individual fingers and toes is the only outward physical difference between them and humans
* TrappedInAnotherWorld - Riker, when he is injured
* AlienInvasion - What many, including Minister of Security Krola, believe the crew of the Enterprise is there for.
* AlienNonInterferenceClause - Picard mentions the Prime Directive to Chancellor Durken
* BizarreAlienBiology - Humans to the Malcorians, to the point where Riker's heart is where they think his digestive track should be
* BizarreAlienReproduction - Apparently there are some "differences" between the Malcorians and humans
* HumanityIsAdvanced - The Enterprise has technology far beyond that of the Malcorians
* RubberForeheadAliens - That and the fact that the Malcorians' do not have individual fingers and toes is the only outward physical difference between them and humans
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Malcorians.
*AlienInvasion - AlienInvasion: What many, including Minister of Security Krola, believe the crew of the Enterprise is there for.
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Durken.
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be.
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humans.
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Malcorians.
*RubberForeheadAliens - InMediasRes: The episode starts with an injured alien being brought into a hospital, with the doctors perplexed by the bizarre biology, then we see that the alien is, in fact, Riker.
* RubberForeheadAliens: That and the fact that the Malcorians' do not have individual fingers and toes is the only outward physical difference between them andhumans
humans.
*TrappedInAnotherWorld - SomethingCompletelyDifferent: A typical Trek story where the crew makes first contact with an alien race, the twist being that it's told from the perspective of the aliens themselves.
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Commander Riker is injured while scouting out a planet for a first contact mission. Because of this, Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher must beam down to the planet before they are fully ready to make contact with the aliens, the Malcorians. Things go sour quickly when Commander Riker is discovered to be an alien by the doctors at the medical facility he is being treated at, and this creates suspicion by the Malcorians that the Enterprise is there to infiltrate their society and conquer.
After trying to salvage the situation, Captain Picard and the Malcorian leader, Chancellor Durken, attempt to salvage the situation, but eventually come to the conclusion that the Malcorians are not ready for first contact yet.
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* AlienAmongUs - Riker and the other scouts from the Federation, to the Malcorians
* AlienInvasion - What many, including Minister of Security Krola, believe the crew of the Enterprise is there for.
* BizarreAlienBiology - Humans to the Malcorians, to the point where Riker's heart is where they think his digestive track should be
* BizarreAlienReproduction - Apparently there are some "differences" between the Malcorians and humans
* RubberForeheadAliens - That and the fact that the Malcorians' do not have individual fingers and toes is the only outward physical difference between them and humans
* TrappedInAnotherWorld - Riker, when he is injured
After trying to salvage the situation, Captain Picard and the Malcorian leader, Chancellor Durken, attempt to salvage the situation, but eventually come to the conclusion that the Malcorians are not ready for first contact yet.
!!Tropes
* AlienAmongUs - Riker and the other scouts from the Federation, to the Malcorians
* AlienInvasion - What many, including Minister of Security Krola, believe the crew of the Enterprise is there for.
* BizarreAlienBiology - Humans to the Malcorians, to the point where Riker's heart is where they think his digestive track should be
* BizarreAlienReproduction - Apparently there are some "differences" between the Malcorians and humans
* RubberForeheadAliens - That and the fact that the Malcorians' do not have individual fingers and toes is the only outward physical difference between them and humans
* TrappedInAnotherWorld - Riker, when he is injured
