History Headscratchers / StarTrekPicardS3E01TheNextGeneration

* Beverly specifically tells Picard, "No Starfleet." Who's the first person he turns to? Currently serving Captain Riker.[[note]]While, incidentally, right in the bar owned by the one ''civilian'' he would probably trust the most.[[/note]] All right, fine, surely Beverly didn't mean their old ''Enterprise'' shipmates (though she hasn't spoken to Will in 20 years either). But what's Will's bright idea? Immediately head for spacedock, swan conspicuously onto a Starfleet ship in active service (where it's implied that they get spotted by still ''more'' moles), and try to persuade the current captain of his old command, who he doesn't even ''like'', to help them out. And sure enough, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he turns them down flat]]. Sure, they don't tell him the real reason, but they hardly have to if they're going to run around acting that suspiciously.

* How does a random street level drug dealer know any details about a planned terrorist attack?

** Either RuleOfDrama, RuleOfFunny, or that rifle is a civilian version with that feature baked in. Or perhaps it's a feature that can be toggled on and off for training exercises that wasn't turned back off.

* RuleOfDrama applies here.

* That said, it's a good thing Picard ignores Beverly's warning and loops Will in, since for some reason she decides to encode the coordinates using a reference Picard wouldn't get, since he was assimilated at the time.

* Who in Starfleet authorised a phaser rifle that audibly declares to anyone in earshot that it is out of ammunition? That's a quick way to get people killed - and it got Beverly shot. (There's not even a good Doylist reason for it either — they could have just as easily had a half-second close-up on a display panel on the rifle showing the same message, or on a gauge showing empty, or played a worrying but subtle clicking noise, or...)

* Beverly specifically tells Picard, "No Starfleet." Who's the first person he turns to? Currently serving Captain Riker.[[note]]While, incidentally, right in the bar owned by the one ''civilian'' he would probably trust the most.[[/note]] All right, fine, surely Beverly didn't mean their old ''Enterprise'' shipmates (though she hasn't spoken to Will in 20 years either). But what's Will's bright idea? Immediately head for spacedock and try to persuade the current captain of his old command, who he doesn't even ''like'', to help them out. And sure enough, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he turns them down flat]]. Sure, they don't tell him the real reason, but they hardly have to if they're going to run around acting that suspiciously. And it's implied that they get spotted by still ''more'' moles for their trouble.

* Beverly specifically tells Picard, "No Starfleet." Who's the first person he turns to? Currently serving Captain Riker.[[note]]While, incidentally, right in the bar owned by the one ''civilian'' he would probably trust the most.[[/note]] All right, fine, surely Beverly didn't mean their old ''Enterprise'' shipmates (though she hasn't spoken to Will in 20 years either). But what's Will's bright idea? Immediately head for spacedock and try to persuade the current captain of his old command, who he doesn't even ''like'', to help them out. Sure, they don't tell him the real reason, but they hardly have to if they're going to run around acting that suspiciously.

* Who in Starfleet authorised a phaser rifle that audibly declares to anyone in earshot that it is out of ammunition? That's a quick way to get people killed - and it got Beverly shot.

* That said, it's a good thing Picard ignores Beverly's warning and loops Will in, since for some reason she decides to encode the coordinates using a reference Picard wouldn't get, since he was assimilated at the time.

* Beverly specifically tells Picard, "No Starfleet." Who's the first person he turns to? Currently serving Captain Riker.[[note]]While, incidentally, right in the bar owned by the one ''civilian'' he would probably trust the most.[[/note]] All right, fine, surely Beverly didn't mean their old ''Enterprise'' shipmates (though she hasn't spoken to Will in 20 years either). But what's Will's bright idea? Immediately head for spacedock and try to persuade the current captain of his old command, who he doesn't even ''like'', to help them out. Sure, they don't tell him the real reason, but they hardly have to if they're going to run around acting that suspiciously.

* Beverly specifically tells Picard, "No Starfleet." Who's the first person he turns to? Currently serving Captain Riker.[[note]]While, incidentally, right in the bar owned by the one ''civilian'' he would probably trust the most.[[/note]] All right, fine, surely Beverly didn't mean their old ''Enterprise'' shipmates (though she hasn't spoken to Will in 20 years either). But what's Will's bright idea? Immediately head for spacedock and try to persuade the current captain of his old command, who he doesn't even ''like'', to help them out. Sure, he doesn't spill the entire plan to him, but he and Jean-Luc hardly have to if they're going to run around acting that suspiciously.

* Does nobody in Starfleet have any concept of opsec? Picard has Riker meet him to discuss Beverly's "trust no one" message in a busy bar, rather than, say, asking him to beam over to his sprawling private château, which Riker could have done just as easily. (Sure enough, at least one shady character is giving them the eye.) Then just a few minutes later, Musiker messages her handler aloud in the street in a WretchedHive, announcing herself by her full name and Starfleet Intelligence title, rather than ''sending them a text message'', or returning to her ship or wherever she's sleeping to message them privately.

* Does nobody in Starfleet have any concept of opsec? Picard has Riker meet him to discuss Beverly's "trust no one" message in a busy bar, rather than, say, asking him to beam over to his sprawling private château, which Riker could have done just as easily. (Sure enough, at least one shady character is giving them the eye.) Then just a few minutes later, Musiker messages her handler aloud in the street in a WretchedHive, announcing herself by her full name and Starfleet Intelligence title, rather than ''sending them a text message'', or returning to her ship or wherever she's sleeping.

* Does nobody in Starfleet have any concept of opsec? Picard has Riker meet him to discuss Beverly's "trust no one" message in a busy bar, rather than, say, asking him to beam over to his sprawling private château, which Riker could have done just as easily. (Sure enough, at least one shady character is giving them the eye.) Then just a few minutes later, Musiker messages her handler aloud in the street in a WretchedHive rather than sending them a text message or finding, for example, a room.

* Does nobody in Starfleet have any concept of opsec? Picard meets with Riker to discuss Beverly's "trust no one" message in a busy bar, rather than, say, asking him to beam over to his sprawling private château, which he could have done just as easily. (Sure enough, at least one shady character is giving them the eye.) Then just a few minutes later, Musiker messages her handler aloud in the street in a WretchedHive rather than sending them a text message or finding, for example, a room.

* Beverly specifically tells Picard, "No Starfleet." Who's the first person he turns to? Currently serving Captain Riker.[[note]]While, incidentally, right in the bar owned by the one ''civilian'' he would probably trust the most.[[/note]] All right, fine, surely Beverly didn't mean their old ''Enterprise'' shipmates (though she hasn't spoken to Will either in 20 years). But what's Will's bright idea? Immediately head for spacedock and try to persuade the current captain of his old command, who he doesn't even ''like'', to help them out. Sure, he doesn't spill the entire plan to him, but he and Jean-Luc hardly have to if they're going to run around acting that suspiciously.

* Does nobody in Starfleet have any concept of opsec? Picard meets with Riker to discuss Beverly's "trust no one" message in a busy bar, rather than, say, asking him to beam over to his sprawling private château, which he could have done just as easily. Then just a few minutes later, Musiker messages her handler aloud in the street in a WretchedHive rather than sending them a text message or finding, for example, a room.