10 Most Messed Up Deaths In Star Trek: The Next Generation

Had Captain Janeway been there, she would no doubt have designated Commander Calvin Hutchinson "a bit of a windbag". Of course, the smallness of his talk doesn't mean he deserved to be shot dead without so much as a saddle to defend himself, but, you know, eventually there is only so much one can say about the weather and the mating habits of the Arkarian horn fowl before disruptors are drawn. And, no, I will not call you Hutch!

At least back on the Enterprise-D in Starship Mine, there was no time for idle chit-chat — get to the point or get hit by the baryon sweep! That was indeed the fate of most of the trilithium resin thieves after barber Mot — *correction, Captain Picard — disabled their field diverter. In fact, Picard had already nerve pinched and sedated one of the meddling mercenaries, Devor, (see Tim Russ), presumably still sleeping when the sweep got to him, and wasted no time setting a Jefferies tube trap for Satler. All we heard was a scream as the latter was being hit face first by a deadly wave of green.

Picard then proceeded to crossbow another, Pomet, and turned Ten Forward into a gunpowder gauntlet. Head mercenary Kiros managed to escape, but not before Picard had ensured she would meet a highly explosive end. That's really rather a lot of killing for a Starfleet captain, although arguably, he wasn't left with too much of a choice. Plus, at least it finally gave the crew of the Enterprise-D something to talk about!