Where No One Has Gone Before story
Warp efficiency tests send the Enterprise traveling far beyond known space, where the crew's imagination takes on real form. First appearance of Eric Menyuk as The Traveler.
22 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 14 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| lesson in humility | choice | Kosinski :: Kosinski |
| unbounded thought powers | choice | The Traveler had the ability to alter reality. |
| attitude of superiority | major | Kosinski thought himself a scientific genius, and behaved in a most pompous manner aboard the Enterprise. |
| charting unknown territory | major | they traveled to the edge of the known universe |
| edge of the universe | major | Enterprise travels to netherworld of sorts |
| mentor and protégé | major | The Traveler/Wesley :: The Traveler and Wesley |
| pride goes before a fall | major | Kosinski was humbled when it became apparent that his grandiose theory for how to make starships go faster was bogus. |
| what if my thoughts became reality | major | The crew members's thoughts started popping into reality after the Enterprise arrived at a strange region of space at the edge of the universe. Among other things, Picard's deceased mother crossed his mind, and she appeared in the flesh. |
| adolescence | minor | Wesley :: Wesley |
| coping with the death of a parent | minor | Captain Picard grieved for his dearly departed mother. |