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 TIME'S ARROW PT.II  (#227)
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WILL DATA SURVIVE HIS SHOCKING DESTINY?

   [ Data and Guinan together;  Riker with Picard, Riker hits a cop ]

   [ Picard examines Data's old head ]

   [ Man pointing a gun at Data ]

  Data (to man):  It is imperative we continue our mission.

   [ Data driving a horse and carriage ]

   [ Geordi fights with male alien impostor ]

HIS QUEST: TO STOP PREDATORS FROM INVADING 19TH CENTURY EARTH.

   [ Picard talking to female alien impostor; she begins to dephase ]

  Picard:  Hunters?  You're killers.

HIS FATE: A TRAGIC SACRIFICE TO SAVE MANKIND.

   [ Data grabs a glowing cane from the alien, 
     and is then enveloped by an energy field ]

   [ Riker and Worf on the bridge ]

  Riker:  O'Brien, get him out of there!

   [ Clemens, Guinan, and Picard are thrown back by an energy burst ]
 
  Worf:  Torpedoes away sir.

   [ Enterprise fires a photon torpedo barrage; Closeup of Data's old head ]

...ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.


Short version:

   [ Riker (dressed as cop) fires a phaser at the cane;
     it transforms into the glowing ophidian ]

 DATA MUST FACE HIS OWN DEATH IN THE 19TH CENTURY,
 ON STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.