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* [[Colm Meaney]] – [[Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)|Miles O'Brien]]
* [[Peter Parros]] – Tactics Officer
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"'''A Matter of Honor'''" is the eighth episode of the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|second season]] of the American [[science fiction]] television series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', the 34th episode overall, first broadcast on February 6, 1989. The teleplay is written by [[Burton Armus]], based on a story by Armus, Wanda M. Haight and Gregory W. Amos, and directed by [[Rob Bowman (filmmaker)|Rob Bowman]].<ref name="DeCandido">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tor.com/2011/09/08/star-trek-the-next-generation-rewatch-qa-matter-of-honorq/ |title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "A Matter of Honor"|last=DeCandido|first=Keith R. A.|date=2011-09-08 |website=Tor.com|language=en-US |access-date=2019-07-20 }}</ref>
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==Plot==
As part of an officer exchange program, [[Benzite]] Ensign Mendon is brought aboard the [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] [[starship]] ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|Enterprise]]''. Acting Ensign [[Wesley Crusher]] mistakes Mendon for Mordock, another Benzite who took the Starfleet entrance examination with him (in "[[Coming of Age (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Coming of Age]]"). [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Picard]] suggests a similar officer exchange with the Klingons, and Commander Riker readily volunteers. Riker is assigned to the Klingon ship IKS ''Pagh'', captained by Kargan. Before Riker departs for the ''Pagh'', [[Worf|Lt. Worf]] briefs Riker on Klingon customs, and gives him a transponder to signal the ''Enterprise'' in the event of an emergency. Riker embraces his role as the Klingon First Officer
Before the ships move away, Mendon scans the Klingon vessel and discovers a patch of strange organic material on its hull but does not bring it to Picard's attention. Worf soon discovers a similar patch on the ''Enterprise'' hull, identifying it as a lifeform. Mendon
The Klingon crew also discovers the organism eating away at their hull. Kargan concludes that it must be a new Federation weapon, noting that the ''Enterprise'' had
==Production==
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