Editing Star Trek: Insurrection (section)

==Plot==
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Lieutenant Commander [[Data (Star Trek)|Data]], an android, is temporarily transferred to an undercover mission observing the peaceful [[List of Star Trek races#Ba'ku|Ba'ku]] people. He suddenly malfunctions and reveals the presence of the joint [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]]–Son'a task force observing the Ba'ku. Admiral Matthew Dougherty contacts the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|USS ''Enterprise''-E]] to obtain Data's schematics for recovery purposes, but adamantly states the ''Enterprise's'' presence is unneeded. Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] ignores orders and takes the ''Enterprise'' to recover Data. Upon successfully recovering and repairing Data, Picard becomes suspicious when Dougherty insists that the ''Enterprise'' is no longer needed and orders Data's malfunction to be investigated. 

The crew discovers that the Ba'ku are technologically advanced with warp capabilities, but have rejected the use of technology for simpler lives. Due to unique "metaphasic particles" emanating from the planet's rings, the inhabitants are effectively immortal. By contrast, the Federation's allies, the Son'a, are a decrepit race who rely on medical technology to delay death; excessive [[Rhytidectomy|cosmetic surgery]] gives them a mummified appearance. The ''Enterprise'' crew experience the rejuvenation effects of the planet: Lt. Commander [[Geordi La Forge]] can now see without ocular implants, Lt. Commander [[Worf]] experiences puberty symptoms, Commander [[William Riker]] and Counselor [[Deanna Troi]] rekindle their long-abandoned relationship, and Picard develops a romantic relationship with Anij, a Ba'ku woman.

Data and Picard discover a submerged and cloaked Federation ship containing a gigantic [[holodeck]] that recreates the Ba'ku village. Data's malfunction stemmed from a Son'a attack, the result of his accidentally discovering their vessel. Picard confronts Dougherty and learns that top Federation officers colluded with the Son'a to relocate the Ba'ku to another planet deceptively, allowing the particles to be collected massively (poisoning the planet in the process). Dougherty then orders ''Enterprise'' to leave. Picard defiantly retorts that the particles' medical benefits do not justify Dougherty's plans for the Ba'ku and that they violate Starfleet's [[Prime Directive]].

Picard and some crew help the Ba'ku escape abduction while Riker moves the ''Enterprise'' to transmission range to communicate the violation to Starfleet. The Son'a launches robotic probes to locate and capture the fleeing Ba'ku. The Son'a leader, Ahdar Ru'afo, convinces Dougherty to allow two Son'a ships to attack the ''Enterprise'', but ''Enterprise'' escapes. Their plan was exposed, and Ru'afo insisted on immediately harvesting the radiation source. Picard, Anij, and several Ba'ku are transported as prisoners onto the Son'a ship. Dr. [[Beverly Crusher]] discovers that the Son'a and the Ba'ku are the same race. Picard then informs Dougherty that the Son'a are a splinter faction of Ba'ku who abandoned their bucolic existence a century earlier and embraced technology. Their attempt to seize power failed, and the Ba'ku elders exiled them from the planet, denying them the rings' rejuvenating effects. The Son'a developed an artificially imperfect means to extend their lives at the cost of disfigurement and now seek revenge. Ru'afo kills Dougherty after he reneges on their plan and moves to complete the collection.

While Picard is prepared for execution, he convinces the disillusioned Son'a Gallatin to help him stop Ru'afo. Picard masterminds a ruse to transport Ru'afo and his bridge crew to the holoship and disable the harvester. Ru'afo discovers the deception and transports to the harvester ship to manually restart the process. Picard follows and sets the harvester to self-destruct, killing Ru'afo just as the ''Enterprise'' rescues Picard. The remaining Son'a are forgiven and welcomed back by the Ba'ku. Picard arranges a meeting between Gallatin and his Ba'ku mother to thank him for his help. The crew takes a moment to enjoy their rejuvenated selves before returning to their previous mission.