"The Vengeance Factor"
Airdate: November 20, 1989
56th of 176 produced
56th of 176 aired
Introduction
The Enterprise is responding to distress call from a Federation outpost. They find a group of nomadic thieves who call themselves "The Gatherers" are responsible. They are a splinter group from a planet called Acamar. The schism that separated them is a century old, but given increasingly bold incursions into Federation space, it falls to the Enterprise to try to mend the rift. A young member of the Acamarian leader's staff, Yuta, catches Riker's eye.Complicating matters, a Gatherer is mysteriously killed during the negotiations. While Picard brokers a delicate peace, Riker must investigate the death. Who is responsible and is Yuta somehow involved?
She'd better be, because Riker's about to do something he can't take back...
