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Star Trek the next generation: the buried age is a book about captain jean-luc-picard (john-luc-picard) as he captains the star gazer. he later goes on to captain the enterprise in TV series [|star trek:the next generation] plot in the book, picard and the crew of the star gazer are on a regular survey mission when they are attacked by a unknown ship (later to be revealed in the TNG episode "the battle" to be a ferengie) in the ensuing battle, the enemy ship is destroyed, but at the cost of star gazer, and several hands on board.most of the crew escapes, including picard.

once they return to a nearby star base, a court marashal is convened, but dispite of picard's own lover, ****, revealing personnel info about picard after the lost of the gazer. luckily, picard is declared innocent of all charges

picard then spends many years teaching at university, but a visit by [|guinan] and a little talk about rumors stirs up picard's wii to explore.

with the help of the university, a new ship is constructed just for a deep space exploration that picard wants to go on.