TrekCore.com 馃枛 @trekcore.com 路 May 16

For a brief moment during the saucer crash sequence in STAR TREK: GENERATIONS, we see that a scientist aboard the Enterprise-D is studying Tribbles. #StarTrek

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Andrew McGrae 路 May 16

Picard thought he saved Veridian III with his blatant violation of the Temporal Prime Directive, but everything still died due to food shortages.

Maxwell Mercy 路 May 16

Can't believe Worf approved this

Dr Like Dr Pepper is a Doctor Graeth 路 May 16

In case the Klingon Empire got out of hand again.

George W Harris 路 May 18

So this must be after the Klingons exterminated them but before they were misguidedly brought back by the crew of Deep Space 9

John Wells 路 May 16

I鈥檇 totally missed the Tribble screen but always thought it was odd that he was still working on it while the ship鈥檚 going down. That鈥檚 dedication to science, I guess!馃槀

postdrome 路 May 17

not a starfleet scientist?

Rob Neurotic 路 May 16

Well, now it makes sense that they had to haul the saucer off the planet. It was probably infested by the time they got to it.

Veritas et Felicitas 路 May 16

There will ALWAYS be trouble with Tribbles. 馃枛

@thoughtwelldeep.bsky.social 路 May 16

He鈥檚 actually the chef. Anyone up for some nuggies?

Rick 'Rocket' Rose 路 May 16

The Trouble With Tribbles remains my favorite episode due in part to the musical cues.

ohlookashinysquirrel 路 May 16

are you sure he's not just looking at tribble videos on youtube

FINN 路 May 16

DEEP cut

Chris 路 May 16

And after over 30 years I just noticed another person in that lab on the extreme right

Chuck Topley 路 May 16

That means some tribbles almost certainly survived the crash, escaped the crashed saucer, and infested the planet! Kind of like any ALIEN movie except...it's more of a long-term disaster.

Henry B 馃幐馃枛馃徎鉁★笍馃敡 路 May 16

He also kind of looks like he's in main engineering from TOS!

Phil Plait 路 May 17

Veridian 3 is screwed

Brian Smith 路 May 16

But what were they doing?!???