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 HALF A LIFE  (#196)
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A DYING PLANET HANGS ON THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION...

   [ Timicin working at a console in main engineering ]

  Timicin:  Even if I find the solution, you will not accept it!

   [ Enterprise fires a photon torpedo barrage into a sun ]

...AND THE ONLY MAN WHO CAN SAVE IT IS DESTINED TO DIE

   [ Timicin and Lwaxana together ]

   [ Lwaxana talking to Picard ]

  Lwaxana:  The man is supposed to kill himself!
            Now, you don't just let that happen.

NOW, PICARD MUST RISK WAR TO KEEP HIM ALIVE

   [ two alien ships converging on the Enterprise ]

  Alien leader:  Our ships have been ordered to open fire.

  Lwaxana:  They expect Timicin to die!

   [ Enterprise warping away from a stellar explosion ]

DEATH SENTENCE, ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION