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rebel Q escapes imprisonment from inside a comet and demands asylum
aboard the U.S.S. Voyager. Just as quickly, the well known Q arrives
to force the escaped Q back to the continuum, the extra-dimensional
domain in which their immortal kind exist. Meanwhile, the escaped
Q proclaims that if Captain Janeway grants him sanctuary, he intends
to commit suicide to end the tedium he has endured as an immortal
being.
Noting the dictates of Starfleet
protocol, Janeway holds a hearing to consider the request for
asylum. The tables are turned on Q as a Federation personnel preside
over a trial in which he must defend the Q Continuum and the ever
logical Tuvok acts as counsel for the escaped Q. A courtroom drama
ensues when Q calls himself to the witness stand along with a
varied group of other people including Commander William T. Riker,
whose lives were profoundly changed by Q's influence.
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