Picard Questions & Answers
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- Early Life And Starfleet Career (20 questions)
- Enterprise-D Era And Galaxy-Class Command (20 questions)
- Borg, Enemies, And Great Crises (25 questions)
- Ships, Allies, And Family (21 questions)
- Ready Room Records And Deep-Cut Facts (15 questions)
Early Life And Starfleet Career
Where was Jean-Luc Picard born?
Picard was born in La Barre, France, on Earth.
What family property is closely associated with Picard?
Chateau Picard, the family vineyard in France, is one of the places most strongly tied to his personal history.
What was the profession of Picard's family?
The Picard family was associated with wine-making and the vineyard at Chateau Picard.
Which brother did Picard have a complicated relationship with?
Picard had a difficult but meaningful relationship with his older brother, Robert Picard.
What Starfleet institution shaped Picard's career?
Starfleet Academy shaped Picard as an officer, though his youth there included pride, discipline problems, and important lessons.
What incident left Picard with an artificial heart?
A fight with Nausicaans during his Academy-era youth led to Picard being stabbed through the heart.
What game was involved in the Nausicaan incident?
Dom-jot was the game tied to the confrontation with the Nausicaans.
What lesson did Picard take from seeing an alternate version of his cautious life?
He learned that risk, failure, and bold choices had been essential to becoming the officer he was.
What early posting is often associated with Picard before his famous commands?
Expanded records connect him to early service aboard vessels such as the USS Reliant and the USS Leondegrance.
What was Picard's first famous command?
His first famous command was the USS Stargazer NCC-2893.
How long did Picard command the original Stargazer?
Picard commanded the Stargazer for roughly two decades.
What battle ended Picard's command of the original Stargazer?
The Battle of Maxia ended with the Stargazer abandoned after a Ferengi attack.
What maneuver did Picard invent while commanding the Stargazer?
He created the Picard Maneuver, a short warp burst that made a ship appear in two places at once to sensors.
Which Ferengi captain held a grudge after Maxia?
DaiMon Bok held a lasting grudge against Picard.
What did Picard eventually command after the Stargazer era?
He became captain of the Galaxy-class USS Enterprise-D, Starfleet's flagship.
When was the USS Stargazer launched?
The Stargazer launched in 2326.
Who commanded the Stargazer immediately before Picard's permanent posting?
Captain Daithan Ruhalter commanded the ship in 2333; Captain Anton Manning had held the centre seat earlier, in 2329.
How did Picard first take permanent command of the Stargazer?
During Ruhalter's first mission in 2333, the Stargazer was crippled and Ruhalter was mortally wounded; Picard took command in the engagement and was given the ship permanently at Starbase 61.
What Ferengi vessel attacked the Stargazer at Maxia Zeta?
The attacker was later identified as the Ferengi ship Seventy-Fifth Rule.
Who commanded the Ferengi ship at Maxia?
The vessel was commanded by Flax, the son of DaiMon Bok.
Enterprise-D Era And Galaxy-Class Command
What class was the USS Enterprise-D?
The Enterprise-D was a Galaxy-class starship.
What was Picard's usual ready-room drink order?
His best-known order was Earl Grey tea, hot.
Who was Picard's first officer aboard the Enterprise-D?
Commander William T. Riker served as his first officer.
Who was the Enterprise-D's chief medical officer and longtime friend of Picard?
Doctor Beverly Crusher was the ship's chief medical officer and one of Picard's closest friends.
Who was the android officer under Picard's command?
Lieutenant Commander Data served as second officer and operations officer.
Who served as Klingon security officer under Picard?
Worf served as a security and tactical officer aboard the Enterprise-D.
Who was the ship's counselor and empathic adviser?
Deanna Troi served as counselor and often advised Picard on emotional and diplomatic matters.
Who was the blind engineer who became chief engineer of the Enterprise-D?
Geordi La Forge became chief engineer and one of the ship's defining officers.
Which trial-like entity tested Picard and humanity at Farpoint?
Q tested Picard and humanity during the Farpoint mission.
What courtroom question haunted the Enterprise-D from its first mission onward?
Q's trial asked whether humanity had truly moved beyond savagery.
What famous legal case involved Data's personhood?
A Starfleet hearing on Starbase 173 in 2365 tested whether Data could be treated as Starfleet property; the ruling established Data as an individual.
What child prodigy did Picard reluctantly come to respect?
Wesley Crusher earned Picard's respect through ability, curiosity, and growth.
Which Tamarian captain taught Picard a new form of communication?
Dathon of the Children of Tama helped Picard understand metaphor-based Tamarian language.
What phrase is strongly tied to Picard's encounter with the Tamarians?
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra is the best-known Tamarian reference from that encounter.
What did Picard experience during the Kataan probe incident?
He lived the remembered life of Kamin on Kataan after a Kataan-built probe linked with him aboard the Enterprise-D in 2368.
What instrument did Picard keep after the Kataan probe experience?
He kept the Ressikan flute.
Who tortured Picard during his Cardassian interrogation?
Gul Madred tortured Picard while trying to break his will.
What repeated question did Madred use to attack Picard's perception?
Madred demanded that Picard say there were five lights when there were four.
Which omnipotent figure repeatedly challenged Picard's assumptions?
Q repeatedly challenged Picard, Starfleet, and humanity.
What Q-engineered crisis tested Picard across past, present, and future?
A time-spanning paradox arranged by Q in 2370, in which Picard moved between three points in his own life, served as a final test of Starfleet's growth as a species.
Borg, Enemies, And Great Crises
What Borg identity was forced onto Picard?
The Borg transformed Picard into Locutus of Borg.
What battle followed Picard's assimilation as Locutus?
The Battle of Wolf 359 followed, becoming one of Starfleet's worst disasters.
Who rescued Picard from the Borg Collective?
The Enterprise-D crew recovered Picard and separated him from Borg control.
What stardate was the Battle of Wolf 359 fought on?
The battle was fought in early 2367 on stardate 44002.3.
How many Starfleet ships confronted the Borg cube at Wolf 359?
A task force of forty starships under Admiral J.P. Hanson massed at Wolf 359 to stop the cube bound for Earth.
How many Federation starships were lost at Wolf 359?
The Borg destroyed thirty-nine ships and killed more than eleven thousand Starfleet personnel.
Which incident returned Picard to direct conflict with the Borg?
The Borg's temporal incursion to 21st-century Earth, which Picard pursued aboard the Enterprise-E, returned him to a major Borg confrontation.
What historical event did the Borg try to stop during their temporal incursion?
They tried to prevent Zefram Cochrane's first warp flight and humanity's first contact with Vulcans.
What ship did Picard command during the 2063 Borg incursion?
He commanded the USS Enterprise-E.
What enemy created a younger clone of Picard?
The Romulan and Reman political crisis around Shinzon revealed a clone of Picard.
What was Shinzon's origin?
Shinzon was a clone of Picard created as part of a Romulan intelligence plan, then abandoned and raised among Remans.
Which crisis brought the Son'a and the Ba'ku into Federation politics?
The Ba'ku relocation crisis brought the Son'a, the Ba'ku, and a Federation-sanctioned forced relocation plan into open dispute.
Why did Picard oppose the Ba'ku relocation?
He believed the Federation could not violate its principles by displacing a people for strategic gain.
Which Romulan crisis shaped Picard's later Starfleet career?
The Romulan supernova and evacuation effort became defining events in Picard's later life.
What disaster damaged the Romulan rescue effort?
The attack on Mars devastated the rescue fleet and changed Federation policy.
When did the Attack on Mars take place?
The attack occurred on First Contact Day, 5 April 2385.
What synth units carried out the Attack on Mars?
A500 android worker units at Utopia Planitia turned on the Martian colonies and shipyards.
How many people were killed in the Attack on Mars?
The attack killed 92,143 people and destroyed the Romulan rescue armada under construction at Utopia Planitia.
What did Picard do after the Federation abandoned the Romulan evacuation?
He submitted an alternate rescue plan to the Federation Council and resigned when it was rejected, leaving Starfleet in 2385.
What secret Romulan group opposed synthetic life?
The Zhat Vash were the secretive Romulan faction obsessed with stopping synthetic life.
Who was Picard's Romulan ally and later companion at Chateau Picard?
Laris became one of Picard's closest Romulan allies and companions.
Which Borg figure became central again in Picard's later life?
The Borg Queen and the legacy of assimilation both returned as major forces.
Who was Hugh?
Hugh was a liberated Borg drone whose individuality challenged the Enterprise crew's assumptions about the Collective.
Which grand event became the setting for a final Borg-linked crisis?
Frontier Day became the setting for a major Borg-linked Starfleet crisis.
What restored ship played a crucial role in that final crisis?
The restored Enterprise-D returned for one last mission.
Ships, Allies, And Family
What ship succeeded the Enterprise-D in Picard's command record?
The Sovereign-class USS Enterprise-E succeeded the Enterprise-D.
What civilian ship carried Picard during his first later-life mission?
La Sirena carried Picard and his new companions during the Coppelius mission.
Who captained La Sirena when Picard first used it?
Cristobal Rios captained La Sirena.
Which admiral helped Picard during the synth and Romulan crisis?
Admiral Kirsten Clancy represented Starfleet authority during that period, even when she resisted Picard's requests.
Who was Raffi Musiker?
Raffi Musiker was Picard's former Starfleet colleague, analyst, and later ally.
Which synthetic being did Picard try to protect on Coppelius?
Picard tried to protect Soji Asha and the synthetic community connected to Data's legacy.
Who was Data's creator?
Doctor Noonien Soong created Data.
Who was Jack Crusher to Picard?
Jack Crusher was Picard's son with Beverly Crusher.
Who was Jack Crusher named after?
He was named after Beverly Crusher's late husband, Jack R. Crusher.
Why did Jack Crusher become strategically important?
His inherited connection to Picard's Borg-altered biology made him central to a later Borg plan.
Which old Enterprise-D officer became a museum curator and engineer in the later era?
Geordi La Forge oversaw the Fleet Museum and helped restore the Enterprise-D.
Which of Geordi's daughters served aboard the Titan-A?
Sidney La Forge served as a pilot aboard the Titan-A.
What ship was renamed Enterprise-G?
The USS Titan-A was renamed USS Enterprise-G.
Who became captain of the Enterprise-G?
Seven of Nine became captain of the Enterprise-G.
What was Seven of Nine's connection to Picard?
Both had survived Borg assimilation, giving them a shared understanding of trauma and recovery.
Which classic ally returned to help Picard with Romulan matters?
Spock's work toward Romulan reunification remained an important influence on Picard's later story.
Which Klingon ally joined Picard again during the later Changeling crisis?
Worf returned as an older, more reflective warrior and intelligence operative.
Which doctor had a long unresolved emotional bond with Picard?
Beverly Crusher had one of Picard's deepest and most complicated personal bonds.
Which friend sacrificed himself against Shinzon?
Data sacrificed himself to save Picard and the Enterprise-E.
Where did the Enterprise-D saucer section crash in 2371?
The saucer section crashed on Veridian III after the stardrive section exploded during the fight with the Duras sisters.
Who did Picard pursue to Veridian III in 2371?
He pursued Dr. Tolian Soran, who planned to re-enter the Nexus by destroying the Veridian sun with trilithium missiles.
Ready Room Records And Deep-Cut Facts
What field outside command fascinated Picard?
Archaeology fascinated Picard throughout his life.
What detective program did Picard enjoy on the holodeck?
He enjoyed Dixon Hill, a hard-boiled detective holonovel setting.
What did Picard often prefer before battle?
He usually preferred diplomacy, investigation, and negotiation before violence.
What central value did Picard defend during the Nova Squadron inquiry?
He told Cadet Crusher that the first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth.
What food or drink is most strongly associated with Picard?
Earl Grey tea, hot, is the drink most strongly associated with him.
What phrase is most associated with Picard giving an order?
Make it so is the command phrase most associated with him.
What phrase is associated with Picard ordering the ship to warp?
Engage is the classic Picard order to proceed.
Where did Starfleet first break the Tamarian language barrier with Picard?
Captain Dathon beamed himself and Picard to the surface of El-Adrel IV in 2368.
How many prior Starfleet contacts with the Tamarians failed before 2368?
The Federation encountered the Tamarians seven times without establishing real communication before the El-Adrel IV mission.
When did the Tamarians become warp-capable?
Tamarian records place their warp program at 2050.
How long did Wolf 359 battle debris remain in the system?
Debris from the battle was still present when the Enterprise-D passed through the Wolf 359 system in 2368.
What memorial exists at Wolf 359?
A Wolf 359 Memorial Station was operating in the system by 2409.
What civilian body shared power in the Cardassian Union?
The Detapa Council held civilian authority alongside Cardassian Central Command.
Who retrieved Captain Kirk's body from Veridian III?
Ambassador Spock traveled from Romulus to Veridian III to recover Kirk's remains after the Soran incident.
What happened to the Stargazer after Bok returned it in 2364?
The Constellation-class Stargazer was decommissioned in 2364 after Bok's revenge plot was stopped.