Captain Jean-Luc Picard from “Yesterday’s Enterprise”

What started as a typical anomaly in space turned into a time-altering misadventure involving Klingons, a militaristic Federation, a ship from the past, and Tasha Yar finally finding a man!. 

 

The emergence of the battered Enterprise-C creates a ripple in time that results in an alternate reality in which the Federation is at war with the Klingon Empire.  Instead of meeting a heroic end defending a Klingon colony from Romulan attack, the Enterprise-C is propelled 22 years into the future.  A Federation vessel defending a Klingon colony would have improved relations between the two powers.  Instead, a fragile peace gave way to interplanetary war.  A war the Federation cannot win.    

 

The Picard of this new timeline is not the diplomat we have come to know.  Rather, he is a hardened veteran of a long-standing conflict.  In fact, everyone has changed.  Worf is gone…or rather, he never existed.  Tasha Yar is still alive—and looking fierce.  Counselor Trio is also absent.  To us this seems strange.  For the crew, this is reality.  The only person who feels that this reality is not quite right is Guinan; whose species not only has an affinity for obnoxious millenary, but a perception that transcends time.    

 

Guinan alerts Picard that what he perceives as reality is indeed an altered state.  The destruction of the Enterprise-C at the hands of the Romulans could have prevented it all.     

 

Conferring with Captain Rachel Garret, Picard reveals that the war is going very badly for Starfleet.  The Klingons have conquered almost half of the Federation.  Billions have died.  The most shocking revelation is that the best estimates indicate that defeat is inevitable within six months.  While one ship may make no difference is this reality, Picard stresses that 22 years ago one ship might have prevented everything.  With that, Garret agrees to go back—right into the firefight with the Romulans. 

 

Picard and his crew prepare to hold off the advancing Klingon ships long enough to allow the Enterprise-C to return to its own time.  In a fierce battle, the Enterprise-D takes a pounding.

 

With his First Officer dead, his shields gone, and a Warp Core breach minutes away, Picard takes control of the weapons.  The last image is so brilliantly shot it is actually breath-taking.  Flames all around him, Picard continues to fire at the advancing ships.  Just and the Klingons move in for the kill, the Enterprise-C enters the rift and the timeline is restored.  All’s well that ends well.                    

 

The high collars and metallic weapons belts present on all the officers portray a universe of ridged discipline.

 

To create this figure, I took the standard Picard in Duty Uniform and altered it to match the darker uniforms portrayed in the show.  The Silver belt was accomplished through metallic tape and incredibly careful painting.  Seriously, my eyes almost fell out of my head.  The high collar was simple sculpting.  

The Star Trek: Strike Force Enterprise was used for the interior shots.