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  Jean-Luc Picard - Non-canon Star Trek Wiki - a Wikia wiki
Picard returned to Starfleet in early 2329 and was assigned to the USS Stargazer (NCC-2893) under the command of Captain Anton Manning, where was promoted to lieutenant and assigned as flight controller.
Picard had the Maquis beamed aboard and Ro informed him that the Dominion was using slave labor in Sector 283 to construct an artificial wormhole.
Picard, and those of his crew who knew the truth, agreed to maintain their silence on the matter, as if it were to be discovered that 6,000 Klingons had died due to orders of the Federation President, war with the Klingon Empire would have been inevitable.
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  Jean-Luc Picard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean-Luc Picard is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe, the captain of the USS Enterprise-D and the USS Enterprise-E.
Picard served as first officer aboard the USS Stargazer (NCC-2893) in 2333 and became captain upon the death of the captain in battle.
Picard eventually persuaded Q to give humanity a chance, and this was left as is. ("Encounter at Farpoint", TNG) Circa stardate 47988 in 2370, Q staged another trial to test Picard; Picard duly passed the test and humanity was saved ("All Good Things...
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 Encyclopedia: Jean Luc Picard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Jean-Luc Picard is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe, the captain of the USS Enterprise-D and the Enterprise-E.
Jean-Luc Picard was born in Labarre, France, Earth on July 13, 2305 to Maurice and Yvette Picard.
Captain Picard was captured and assimilated by the Borg circa stardate 43989.1 in 2366; his Borg designation was Locutus (Latin for "he who has spoken", as a perfect participle).
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 Jean-Luc Picard
Picard assumed command of the Starfleet flagship on stardate 41124 of the Enterprise and during her first mission circa stardate 41153.7, Picard is called upon as a representative for the human race, to stand trial before Q.
Picard eventually persuades Q to give humanity a chance, and this is left as it is. Later, Q stages the trial again, testing Picard.
Picard was later rescued and restored as captain of the Enterprise.
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 Battle of Maxia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Picard was able to destroy the craft through what was henceforth known as "the Picard Maneuver": the Stargazer made a short warp jump toward the Ferengi ship, outrunning the light of the image of itself at its former location.
The Battle of Maxia resulted in the loss of the Ferengi ship and all of its hands as well as crippling damage to the Stargazer; the crew abandoned the ship without scuttling her in lifeboats and shuttlecraft and were recovered ten weeks later.
After the loss of the Stargazer, Captain Picard was court-martialed but cleared of wrongdoing.The Picard Maneuver became required reading for Starfleet academy students.
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 Picard Maneuver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Picard Maneuver is named after Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who devised it while he was in command of the U.S.S. Stargazer NCC-2893.
In this combat situation Picard was present with a number of options; he could have launched a frontal attack, but this was risky since his ship was already badly damaged by his adversary's powerful plasma weapons.
The alternative was to retreat, but Picard realized that the increased maneuverability afforded Constellation-class ships by their additional warp nacelles gave him a tactical advantage.
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 The Picard Maneuver
The Picard Maneuver takes its name from Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who devised the tactic while in command of the constellation-class U. Stargazer NCC-2893.
Thanks to a brilliant maneuver performed by Captain Picard, the outgunned Stargazer managed to destroy the hostile vessel, though the badly damaged Federation Starship also had to be abandoned.
Sadly for the Marauder, it is too late, since it has already been destroyed by the critically damaged Stargazer.
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 Picard Maneuver - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
The Picard Maneuver was a battle tactic invented by Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
In 2355, Picard was in command of the USS Stargazer when it was attacked by an unknown alien vessel, later determined to be of Ferengi origin.
This defense was used when Picard attempted to use the Picard Maneuver against the USS Enterprise while under the control of a thought maker deployed by DaiMon Bok.
www.memory-alpha.org /en/index.php/Picard_Maneuver   (379 words)

  
 Sector 001: Flight Maneuvers and Theories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
A tactic devised by Captain Jean-Luc Picard aboard the U.S.S. Stargazer during the Battle of Maxia in 2355.
This maneuver, taking advantage of the fact that the opponent vessel was using only light speed sensors, allowed the Federation starship to fire and damage their enemy.
The Picard Maneuver is required study at Starfleet Academy.
www.powernet.net /~jcrafton/maneuver.html   (714 words)

  
 TNG Episode: ``The Battle'', Stardate 41723.9   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Picard explains a bit more about the incident to the bridge crew, including his now legendary "Picard Maneuver," and gets quite caught up in his memories doing so.
Picard's personal log from the Stargazer seems to indicate that he fired on the Ferengi vessel without provocation, and Riker must immediately mention it to Starfleet Command, though he believes (correctly, as Data finds later) it's a forgery.
As Picard swings around to execute the Picard maneuver, Data tracks him and traps the ship in a tractor beam.
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 Star Trek: TNG
Picard fighting the effects of the device, obeys Rikers command to use his phaser to destroy the it.
Picard was responsible for Beverly Crusher's husband dying, berated her son constantly in her presence, yet still manged to make her fall for him.
Picard would never be so stupid as to go rock climbing without equipment and rely on an overweight first officer with rocket boots to save him.
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 NaS'Leng's Academy Database: Flight Maneuvers and Theories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
This maneuver, taking advantage of the fact that the opponent vessel was using only light speed sensors, allowed the Federation starship to fire and damage their enemy.The Picard Maneuver is required study at Starfleet Academy.
This maneuver is used on a slower, more lumbering opponent or one that is maintaining a large distance to your rear.
This maneuver is appropriate either when your ship's capabilities greatly outrank its target's or when time makes other considerations secondary.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
He tried to steer Picard clear of the planet and then became a nuisance when the microbrain was discovered.
Picard offered to fabricate two for the remaining two ships but then refused to give them up, insuring that the Ornarans would not be able to reach Brecka anymore and receive the phylicium consignments.
Picard convinced it of his sincerity and it returned to Velara, asking humans to return in 300 years.
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 StarTrekVoyager.com - Character Bio's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Lingering throughout Picard's life is a series of unsuccessful romantic relationships, stemming in part from his introspective nature as a career officer and his self-professed desire to avoid long-term commitments.
Picard had few friends as a youngster and self-admittedly "skipped his childhood," due to his early, single-minded drive to be in Starfleet.
Picard keeps a healthy outlook on life with a wide variety of interests and recreational pursuits, including his near-professional pursuit of archeology, having studied the Iconian culture since his cadet days and addressed the Federation Archeological Council as keynote speaker on his oft-studied Tagus III ruins in 2367.
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 Picard vs. Kirk Page @ Omni Prime
Picard's crew are too sophisticated to be taken over by a bunch of women in go-go boots and have the most intelligent person aboard controlled by a box that has less buttons than a Super Nintendo joypad.
Football analogy: Picard is to the coach as Kirk is to the water boy.
Picard realized it was a fantasy and chose to save a star system as well as convincing Kirk that reality was more important that fantasy.
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 nintendojo ~ a site to see   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
What this maneuver does is it allows a star ship to jump to warp speed towards a short destination away and then stop or stall the jump to warp in mid-flight.
I’m comparing this “power house” (whatever) to the Picard maneuver because of their lack of initiative when it comes to bringing their franchises to the N64.
Even the NHL series is undergoing the Picard maneuver of appearing on two consoles in the exact same format.
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 LCARSCom.Net | The LCARS Computer Network | A Star Trek Fan Site
Picard and Crusher inform the Aldean leaders of this development and plead for the release of the children.
While Picard tries to resolve his past with Jenice and a jealous Dr. Crusher attempts to come to terms with her feelings for Picard, the away team beams down to Vandor Four to repair Manheim's mistake.
Picard, preoccupied with the situation in the Neutral Zone, tolerates the visitors, but warns Riker to keep them at bay until a decision can be made about their future.
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 [No title]
Picard explains a bit more about the incident to the bridge crew, including his now legendary ``Picard Maneuver,'' and gets quite caught up in his memories doing so.
Picard's personal log from the Stargazer seems to indicate that he fired on the Ferengi vessel without provocation, and Riker must immediately mention it to Starfleet Command, though he believes (correctly, as Data finds later) it's a forgery.
As Picard swings around to execute the Picard maneuver, Data tracks him and traps the ship in a tractor beam.
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 Captain Picard
Despite this inauspicious beginning, Picard rapidly rose through the ranks and was assigned as Captain to the USS Stargazer while still in his early thirties.
Picard took years to recover from the loss though he gained a heightened appreciation for the value of each member of an Away Team.
Picard has always felt uncomfortable around children, but he considers this uneasiness a small price to pay for the command of such a ship.
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 Jean Luc Picard
By 2333, Picard was assigned as bridge officer on the U.S.S. Stargazer.
Picard was later given command of the Stargazer.
Picard was captured by Cardassians while on a covert mission in 2369.
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 TNG - Curiosity
Picard's mother was seen briefly in "Where No One Has Gone Before" (TNG), and his father made an appearance in "Tapestry" (TNG), both flashbacks of sorts, since both people were dead at the time of those episodes.
A tactic devised by CaptainJean-Luc Picard aboard the U.S.S. Stargazer during the Battle of Maxia in 2355.
This maneuver, taking advantage of the fact that the opponent vessel was using only light-speed sensors, allowed the Federation starship to fire and damage their enemy.
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 STARTREK.COM : Article
An Constellation-class Federation starship under the command of Jean-Luc Picard from 2333-2355, during which time he won the "Battle of Maxia" with a tactic later studied at the Academy as the "Picard maneuver."
Picard was assigned as a lieutenant to bridge duty when the Stargazer's captain was killed and he took command, later rewarded with a permanent captaincy.
After the loss of his ship, Picard was cleared of any wrongdoing in the incident as a result of the mandatory court-martial hearing.
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 starwars.hr // forum - ST budalaštine...
Picard is far too cool to beam down to a planet, strip to his waist and wrestle with some guy in a rubber lizard suit.
Picard's crew are too sophisticated to be taken over by a bunch of women in go-go boots and have the most intelligent person aboard controlled by a box that has less buttons than a Super Nintendo joypad.
Picard was responsible for Beverly Crusher's husband dying, berated her son constantly in her presence, yet still managed to make her fall for him.
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 Picard Maneuver
This was not the Captain Jean Luc Picard to whom she had grown accustomed.
He had long ago realized why she was frightened of a relationship, but was resolved to make it clear to her that one could die at any given moment; whether sitting in a comfortable chair in front of the fire reading peacefully or on a dangerous mission in space.
He buried his face in her hair so that his lips were close to her ear, "then I think it's high time we did something about your incredible lust for my body," he couldn't help teasing her and the wicked grin on his face was irresistible.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Picard prefers to get to know the women he bags for a while.
22) Picard has breakfast with Beverly in the mornings, in his quarters (Nod, nod, wink, wink) 23) Kirk went into the Romulan neutral zone, not knowing what to expect and was captured and had to pretend to be mad, get "killed" (again) by his first officer to get off the ship.
25) Picard may be French with an English accent, but that's not so bad as a red-blooded, all-American, pot bellied, sexist who wore a wig (and spoke his lines so slowly you'd think he was a bit, you know, in the head), being played by a Canadian.
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 Picard Song - YTMND wiki, explaining the Internets one article at a time   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Picard Song is a YTMND created by user ShittyMcShit, his first and only site.
In addition, Picard was used as the disc cover for Volume 7.
In the PTKFGS universe, the Picard song is replaced by the Sheridan song, featuring Captain John Sheridan from the popular science fiction televison show Babylon 5.
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 Jean-Luc Picard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
During his command of the Stargazer, Picard originated a battle tactic now known as the Picard maneuver.
Picard was picked to command the first Galaxy-class starship, USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D. As captain of the Enterprise, he was captured and assimilated by the Borg (his Borg designation was Locutus) before being rescued by Commander William Riker.
His brother and nephew, his only remaining family, were killed in a fire in 2371.
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 Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Battle - TV.com
The "Picard Manuever" has since come to be known as the term for Patrick Stewart's habit of tugging at his costume when he sat down or stood up.
Picard's Stargazer quarters are a redress of the Enterprise Junior Officer's Quarters, originally built as Kirk and Spock's quarters for Star Trek I and Star Trek II.
When Picard goes to do the "Picard Maneuver" in the Stargazer, Data says that "the ship will seem to disappear," but what really happens is the ship will seem to appear in two places at once.
www.tv.com /star-trek-the-next-generation/the-battle/episode/18996/summary.html   (717 words)

  
 G4 - Star Trek: TNG - The Battle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
However, much to Captain Picard's amazement, he discovers that the old ship, the Stargazer, is the vessel he abandoned nine years earlier in the famous baffle of Maxia.
The device, operated by Bok who is seeking revenge for the death of his son during the battle of Maxia, inflicts great pain on Picard and forces him to think about the battle horrors.
This time, however, Picard thinks the enemy is the Enterprise and he tries to perform his famous "Picard Maneuver" with which he had won the battle of Maxia.
www.g4tv.com /startrekthenextgeneration/episodes/4976/The_Battle.html   (384 words)

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