They Tried To Save Chief Miles O' Brien...

He's one of my favorite Star Trek characters, and he SURE has a tough time of it!!!... The Cardassians stripped him naked, and even yanked out one of his teeth!!!... Picard and the USS Enterprise-D tried to save Chief O'Brien after TNG's finale in a bold mission against the Cardassians. DS9 provided updates on Enterprise crew post-TNG finale, impacting Dominion War effort and Worf's new home. USS Enterprise-D underwent upgrades between TNG finale and Star Trek Generations, leading to a crash on Veridian III. Just a short time after the events of the Star Trek: The Next Generation season finale, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-D embarked on a mission to save Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney). The TNG finale aired on 23rd May 1994, wrapping up the TV adventures for the crew of the USS Enterprise-D until Patrick Stewart returned for Star Trek: Picard in 2020. In November, the TNG crew would relaunch the Star Trek movies as William Shatner literally handed the franchise over to Patrick Stewart in Star Trek Generations. However, fans didn't have to wait until November to find out what happened next to the Star Trek: The Next Generation characters, as an Easter egg in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine updated viewers on the whereabouts of the USS Enterprise-D. DS9 would occasionally provide updates on the movie exploits of the Enterprise crew, with the events of Star Trek: First Contact heavily impacting the Dominion War effort, and Lt. Commander Worf (Michael Dorn) finding a new home on DS9 after the destruction of the Enterprise-D. DS9's first such Enterprise update occurred just two weeks after the TNG finale in 1994. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2, episode 25, "Tribunal", Chief O'Brien is arrested by the Cardassians and put on trial for supplying weapons to the Maquis. Outraged at the Cardassians arresting a Federation citizen without prior extradition negotiations, Starfleet decided to put pressure on the Cardassian Union. Picard's Enterprise was part of a small group of starships sent to the Federation-Cardassian border to demonstrate force and pressure the government into releasing O'Brien from prison. As O'Brien was Chief Petty Officer aboard the Enterprise, Picard and the crew had a personal stake in their assignment. Due to Miles O'Brien being a background character in early episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, he had various ranks, including Ensign and Lieutenant. He was finally confirmed to be a Chief Petty Officer in TNG season 4, episode 2, "Family". Unfortunately, the presence of the USS Enterprise-D, USS Prokofiev, and the USS Valdemar wasn't enough to dissuade the Cardassian Union from their plan to execute Chief O'Brien and discredit the Federation. It was therefore up to the combined efforts of a mysterious Maquis informer and the crew of Deep Space Nine to expose the Cardassians' elaborate deception. Unmasking O'Brien's former colleague Raymond Boone (John Beck) as a Cardassian impersonator, Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) brought "Boone" to the tribunal, which swiftly brought the sham trial to a close. ~ From "Screenrant". And, ~ some happiness (sorta?!) >>> when easy-going, nice-guy Miles marries cranky, fussy Keiko... :D YEAH, I DID NOT LIKE KEIKO!!!... I thought she was bitchy to sweet AND HEN-PECKED Miles, who was obviously SO IN LOVE with her!!!...