Force of Nature

Star Trek: The Next Generation  Season 7 Episode 9

Air Date: 11/15/1993

Stardate: 47310.2 Enterprise is confronted with evidence that warp travel is in fact degrading areas of space. They learn this upon being sent to search for a missing Federation medical vessel.

The woman who has developed this theory and her brother turn out to also be the ones attacking and disabling warp capable ships traveling through their home area of space.

The crew of Enterprise must reluctantly join forces with the brother and sister team, in order to locate and rescue the crew of the missing medical ship.