Star Trek: The Next Generation

An American science-fiction television series following the crew of the starship Enterprise-D in the 24th century. It is the first live-action Star Trek series set after the original series.

Jean-Luc Picard: The Starfleet captain who commands the Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation. His diplomacy and command decisions anchor the series’ stories.
Starfleet: The fictional exploratory, scientific, diplomatic, and defensive service of the United Federation of Planets. Starfleet’s mission supplies the Enterprise-D with its orders and institutional values.
Gene Roddenberry: American television producer who created Star Trek and developed its major series. He conceived The Next Generation as a continuation of Star Trek’s optimistic future.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: A Star Trek television series centered on a space station near the planet Bajor. It followed The Next Generation and explored a more politically turbulent corner of the same era.
Data: An android officer aboard the Enterprise-D who seeks to understand human life. His pursuit of humanity gives the series one of its central character arcs.
United Federation of Planets: A fictional interstellar political alliance founded on cooperation among member worlds. The Federation’s principles shape the ethical dilemmas the crew encounters.
Star Trek: An American science-fiction media franchise about exploration and life in a future interstellar society. The Next Generation extends the franchise’s setting and themes beyond its original series.
Star Trek: Voyager: A Star Trek television series about a Starfleet ship stranded far from Federation space. It carried the franchise’s 24th-century television setting into a different crew’s journey.
Q (Star Trek): A powerful, near-omnipotent being who repeatedly tests Captain Picard and his crew. His visits frame the series’ opening and finale and challenge its ideals.
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D): The Galaxy-class starship commanded by Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Its exploration missions provide the series’ recurring setting and narrative engine.

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