Promos for the next new ST:TNG episode: "Lower Decks" (#267) 
were released today.  The actual program comes out on Saturday, 
February 5th.  Following this will be more new shows, including
Thine Own Self, Masks, and Eye of the Beholder.


Here is the promo copy (announcer):

AN URGENT MISSION TESTS THE COURAGE OF FOUR YOUNG CADETS...

   [ red alert; Riker in the Captain's chair ]

  Riker:  Lock phasers on target.

   [ Beverly talking to Ogawa ]

  Bev:  I want to make it clear that you are not to 
        discuss what you see here with anyone.

ALL ARE SWORN TO SECRECY...

   [ Geordi and a cadet in the Shuttle Bay; the cadet fires
     a phaser rifle at the Shuttle, leaving a blast mark ]

  Cadet:  Why are we intentionally damaging the shuttlecraft?

BUT ONE WILL PUT HER LIFE ON THE LINE...

    [ Worf and Sito practicing martial arts ]

    [ Picard talking to Sito ]

  Picard:  This is obviously a very dangerous mission.

...IN A DARING RESCUE WITH NO HOPE OF RETURN.

   [ A shuttlecraft leaves the Enterprise ]

   [ Sito and a Cardassian in the Shuttlecraft ]

  Sito:  Patrol ships moving in on our position.

  Cardassian:  We don't have much time.

ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.


Short version:

  A top secret mission forces Picard to order a young cadet
  on a daring rescue, on Star Trek: The Next Generation.


-{ Dean Adams }-