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The ''Enterprise'' gets orders to transport a mediator named Riva to Solais V to bring an end to a bitter war. Upon meeting him, the crew learns that he is deaf and speaks through three interpreters who communicate with him telepathically. Riva immediately finds himself taken with Counselor Troi and bonds with her over dinner.
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The ''Enterprise'' gets orders to transport a renowned mediator named Riva to Solais V to bring an end to a bitter war. Upon meeting him, the crew learns that he is deaf and speaks through three interpreters who communicate with him telepathically. Riva immediately finds himself taken with Counselor Troi and bonds with her over dinner.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Okay, it's not like Riva was a dick or anything, but he was pretty overconfident in his abilities to defuse a war (especially considering the warring factions in question had been at it for '''fifteen centuries'''). Either way, once his entire chorus gets wiped out right in front of him, his confidence and cool veneer is completely shattered.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Okay, it's not like Riva was isn't a dick or anything, bad guy at all and likes the entire crew, but he was pretty overconfident in his abilities to defuse a war (especially considering the warring factions in question had been at it for '''fifteen centuries'''). Either way, once his entire chorus gets wiped out right in front of him, his confidence and cool veneer is completely shattered.
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** The royal house status goes by male line only; haemophilia, being a recessive X chromosome gene, almost always goes only by female line (but only affects males), the exception being that a male haemophiliac who has children (which was rare until the mid 1900s) pass the gene to all his daughters and none of his sons.[[note:The above explanation of the genetics of Haemophilia doesn't apply to type C, the rarest type. However, the family tree indicating who had Haemophilia '''does''' match the genetic information above.[[/note]] So haemophilia could not possibly go down a royal house.
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** The royal house status goes by male line only; haemophilia, being a recessive X chromosome gene, almost always goes only by female line (but only affects males), the exception being that a male haemophiliac who has children (which was rare until the mid 1900s) pass the gene to all his daughters and none of his sons.[[note:The [[note]]The above explanation of the genetics of Haemophilia doesn't apply to type C, the rarest type. However, the family tree indicating who had Haemophilia '''does''' match the genetic information above.[[/note]] So haemophilia could not possibly go down a royal house.
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** The royal house status goes by male line only; haemophilia, being a recessive X chromosome gene, almost always goes only by female line (but only affects males), the exception being that a male haemophiliac who has children (which was rare until the mid 1900s) pass the gene to all his daughters and none of his sons. So haemophilia could not possibly go down a royal house.
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** The royal house status goes by male line only; haemophilia, being a recessive X chromosome gene, almost always goes only by female line (but only affects males), the exception being that a male haemophiliac who has children (which was rare until the mid 1900s) pass the gene to all his daughters and none of his sons. [[note:The above explanation of the genetics of Haemophilia doesn't apply to type C, the rarest type. However, the family tree indicating who had Haemophilia '''does''' match the genetic information above.[[/note]] So haemophilia could not possibly go down a royal house.
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** Queen Victoria wasn't even the first British monarch from the House of Hanover. She came after George I, George II, her grandfather George III, and her uncles George IV and William IV.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Riva, talking about deafness in his family, says "it is similar to the House of Hanover of your planet Earth, all who had haemophilia". However:
** The royal house status goes by male line only; haemophilia, being a recessive X chromosome gene, almost always goes only by female line (but only affects males), the exception being that a male haemophiliac who has children (which was rare until the mid 1900s) pass the gene to all his daughters and none of his sons. So haemophilia could not possibly go down a royal house.
** There actually were several haemophiliacs in European royalty. The source was a mutated gene in Queen Victoria, who was from the House of Hanover. It did not affect her; however, it did affect one of her sons (even he wasn't a Hanover), one of the sons of his daughter, and 7 grandsons and great grandsons of Queen Victoria through 2 of her daughters. None of them were from the House of Hanover.
** Although it can't be proven that the mutation was new with her, no members of her extended family, except her matrilinial descendants, had the disease.
** The royal house status goes by male line only; haemophilia, being a recessive X chromosome gene, almost always goes only by female line (but only affects males), the exception being that a male haemophiliac who has children (which was rare until the mid 1900s) pass the gene to all his daughters and none of his sons. So haemophilia could not possibly go down a royal house.
** There actually were several haemophiliacs in European royalty. The source was a mutated gene in Queen Victoria, who was from the House of Hanover. It did not affect her; however, it did affect one of her sons (even he wasn't a Hanover), one of the sons of his daughter, and 7 grandsons and great grandsons of Queen Victoria through 2 of her daughters. None of them were from the House of Hanover.
** Although it can't be proven that the mutation was new with her, no members of her extended family, except her matrilinial descendants, had the disease.
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* ReconcileTheBitterFoes: After fifteen centuries of war, the Solari calls for Riva to lead the peace negotiations. [[spoiler: The episode ends with Riva intending to teach both sides his sign language to communicate with him, and hopefully with each other.]]
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* ReconcileTheBitterFoes: After fifteen centuries of war, the Solari calls for Riva to lead the peace negotiations. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The episode ends with Riva intending to teach both sides his sign language to communicate with him, and hopefully with each other.]]
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* [[AliensSpeakingEnglish Aliens Speaking ASL]]: Despite him being from another planet, Riva's sign language is seemingly identical to American Sign Language -- which is understandable, as it's Howie Seago's native language, but doesn't make much sense in-universe. Since the Universal Translator doesn't really work as an explanation,[[labelnote:*]] it ''might'' be designed to work on sign languages, but why translate a language the user doesn't understand into ''another'' one they don't understand?[[/labelnote]] we can only guess that TranslationConvention may be in effect.
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* [[AliensSpeakingEnglish Aliens Speaking ASL]]: AliensSpeakingEnglish: Despite him being from another planet, Riva's sign language is seemingly identical to American Sign Language -- which is understandable, as it's Howie Seago's native language, but doesn't make much sense in-universe. Since the Universal Translator doesn't really work as an explanation,[[labelnote:*]] it ''might'' be designed to work on sign languages, but why translate a language the user doesn't understand into ''another'' one they don't understand?[[/labelnote]] we can only guess that TranslationConvention may be in effect.
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* NeverLearnedToTalk: Riva is deaf due to a congenital defect among the nobles of his planet. He has a group of interpreters who are telepathically linked to him, but otherwise can only communicate through sign language.
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* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Averted. Riker expressed some concern about allowing Picard to beam down to the planet to meet Riva. Picard points out that he's just going to greet a dignitary and there's no danger. It seems like the perfect set up for something to go horribly wrong. But other than a minor faux pas that was immediately forgiven, nothing went wrong at all.
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* JustThinkOfThePotential: Worf is intrigued by the concept of sign language, observing that a form of communication which is both silent and covert could have other uses. (Of course, he's hardly the first person to have this thought.)
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* [[AliensSpeakingEnglish Aliens Speaking ASL]]: Despite him being from another planet, Riva's sign language is seemingly identical to American Sign Language -- which is understandable, as it's Howie Seago's native language, but doesn't make much sense in-universe. Since the Universal Translator doesn't really work as an explanation,[[labelnote:*]] it ''might'' be designed to work on sign languages, but why translate a language the user doesn't understand into ''another'' one they don't understand?[[/labelnote]] we can only guess that TranslationConvention may be in effect.
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* ForeverWar: The Solari factions has been fighting for fifteen centuries, leading both of them to the brink of extinction.
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* LanguageEqualsThought: Before Riva negotiated several treaties with the Klingons, the Klingon language had no word for peacemaker.
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* ReconcileTheBitterFoes: After fifteen centuries of war, the Solari calls for Riva to lead the peace negotiations. [[spoiler: The episode ends with Riva intending to teach both sides his sign language to communicate with him, and hopefully with each other.]]
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* HiveMind: Consisting of only four people. Riva's chorus represent his [[PowerTrio Ego, Superego and Id]], with each speaking Riva's thoughts that most closely correspond to those aspects of his mind. It can also be turned off and on at will--Riva brings only the Id voice to his dinner date with Troi, then dismisses him to communicate alone.
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* HiveMind: Consisting of only four people. Riva's chorus represent his [[PowerTrio [[FreudianTrio Ego, Superego and Id]], with each speaking Riva's thoughts that most closely correspond to those aspects of his mind. It can also be turned off and on at will--Riva brings only the Id voice to his dinner date with Troi, then dismisses him to communicate alone.
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