I'm just watching the new Star Trek series with my dad. I loved Captain Kirk and was sad to seem him go-(I also cried my eyeballs out when Spok died *sob*) But the new Generation has new wonderful people and characters.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Captain of the Enterprise some 80 years after the original Star Trek. He was stabbed in the heart by a Nausicaan and had an implant that was near fatal. He later became a first officer on the starship USS Stargazer which he would later become captain of. He's logical, highly inteligent, and is known for his great moral and beliefs. He is good in tactical situations and has shown his abilities from this first episode to be a great debater as well as an ambassador.
William Riker: First Officer on the Enterprise he is first shown on Fairpoint where he is waiting to be picked up. While there, he discovers strange things happening. Every time a human wants something, it suddenly appears. When he first comes aboard the Enterprise he is depicted as young, ambitious, and dedicated to his job, even if it means stepping outside the lines. At one point when he first meets Picard, he says that it is his duty to look after everyone on the ship, including Captain Picard. Picard then tests Riker by having him manually attach the Saucer back onto the ship(Saucers being emergency escape pods that can be steered.) He has apparently met Troi before and when they first meet again she speaks in his mind, questioning him if he "still remembers" what she taught him. He is fascinated by Data and his extensive knowledge,but human characteristics;as well as the Enterprise itself.
Deanna Troi: The Enterprise's Betazoid(or half Betazoid as she often reminds people) She can sense emotions and sometimes thoughts from different people and entities. To feel these, she opens her mind. In the first episode, when on Fairpoint (in the underground tunnel) she says she feels pain, despair, and greif. It hurts her so much that Riker asks her to close her mind. But she is determined to find the source of this great pain. When the source seems to be a alien entity able to create geothermal energy, only the alien is prisoner, she is shown to have a face of understanding. When the entity is rescued by the crew of the Enterprise and returned to its mate(who had been wrecking vengance on the old homes of Fairpoint searching for it's mate) She tells the Captain that she feels "Great Joy. Great Joy and gratitude. Great Joy and Gratitude."
Data:An Android on the Enterprise who is every bit as logical as a computer. Having the memory of a computer and a full library in his head, Data is a valuable crew member aboard ship. When Doctor McCoy(Who was a Doctor on the original Enterprise) shows up in a cameo appearance, he meets Data, and says "Well your ears aren't pointed but you sure sound like a Vulkan". Data explains that he is an Android. Doctor McCoy replies "almost as bad." When Data says he was given to believe the Vulkans to be an honorable race, McCoy agrees but also says "They can be damned annoying too." In this, he is refering to Spok, a Vulkan on the original Enterprise along with him. Spok had been first officer next to James Kirk and was an extremely stubborn,and logical man.
For me, those are the main characters I focused on in this episode. We meet the "Q" Who seems determined to destroy the Enterprise and all its crew. He wants the humans to stop space exploration because their past is so dangerous, petty, and full of war. He tests Picard and his crew on Faripoint for the crew to prove humanity has changed.Q makes an excellent villan and will probably return for many more dangerous, and no doubt puzzling tests for the crew in the future episodes.
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