: Refusing to violate the Prime Directive , Picard and his senior staff resign their commissions and lead a ground-based resistance to delay the relocation. Meanwhile, Commander Riker takes the Enterprise to contact Starfleet Command and expose the plot. The Twist & Resolution
: Picard learns that Admiral Dougherty and a decaying alien race called the Son'a plan to forcibly remove the 600 Ba'ku residents to another planet. This would allow them to harvest the radiation for medical benefits, but the process would leave the planet uninhabitable. Star Trek IX Insurrection (1998) [1080p] {5.1}
: While the Enterprise is on a diplomatic mission, Picard is notified that Lt. Cmdr. Data has malfunctioned while on a secret mission to observe the Ba'ku , a technologically simple but warp-capable people. : Refusing to violate the Prime Directive ,