“Not good,” Vale said. “The birds-of-prey are gone. The cruisers are firing at the planet.”

Riker immediately pictured Captain Picard and Deanna in the Tezwan capital, on the receiving end of a Klingon torpedo barrage. Then he made an educated guess about what another hit from Tezwa’s planet-based artillery would do to the Enterprise.

“Helm,” he said. “Set a course for the Tezwan capital. We’re going in to get the captain.”