| abstract | - The USS Titan is en route to Earth, with its prisoner safely in custody. Riker is in conversation with Dr. Shenti. According to his report, the prisoner has become completely isolative, refusing food, drink and doesn't even look anyone in the eye. Riker says that all belligerents are the same: sociopathic killers who just hate the world. He dismisses this, since he has better things to do with his time. He contacts Starfleet Command and informs them that he has captured Edward Shield. Admiral Michaels and Captain Halliwell urge Captain Riker to kill Shield on the spot, since the universe is better off without "the likes of his kind" around. However, Picard says that they should at least give him a fair trial. The other two say that it would be a formality, since they are not bound by law to regard any favors with those condemned under Order 865. However, despite this unfortunate truth, Picard says that, despite his atrocities and ignorance's, Edward Shield is still a human and should have all the rights of one until proven guilty.
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