Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Raffi Musiker

6. Not Above A Spot Of Blackmail

When JL plans to board the Artefact, he's stuck between a rock and an assimilation tubule. Who is the only person who can help? Why, it's Raffi, of course - despite the cost to herself and her friends. While en route to the Cube, Picard asks her to help get them diplomatic immunity. To be fair, she manages it.

Captain Emmy Bosch is an old friend of Raffi but this doesn't spare her from a bit of dark dealing. With a joking reminder that Raffi 'know where all her bodies are buried,' the tone of the conversation quickly changes when Raffi's goal is revealed.

Though placed in a difficult position by Picard, Raffi slips into the role of a gentle bully with ease. She gives Bosch no opportunity to deny them this 'favour', instead having to settle for granting their request, or face being pulled into, at best, a diplomatic incident or, at worst, a full-scale war with the Romulans.

Raffi achieves her goal, even if it's at the cost of a friendship.