Treadwell, as I understand it, the team that developed this episode answered to a different boss at Paramount and was more or less sequestered from the regular TNG staff. And DB537 is correct: the episode was a three-parter, a sort of "Break Glass in Case of Cancellation" idea, as the writer who gave me the material described it. Seeing as he poured two years of his life into it, he was reticent to discuss why it was abandoned, but after having read the final draft, I can tell you that the budget would have had to have been astronomical to do it any justice. For one thing, this would have to be built as a full-size, functional vehicle:
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I'll be first in line for a read!
