Lysian Central Command

A massive, alien-designed space station orbits in the Lysian system, sheltering 15,311 civilians amid sparse defenses. Data's scans pinpoint four laser cannons, 39 cobalt fusion warheads, and weak shields, all protected by unmanned sentry pods firing fusion pulse lasers. The Enterprise crew targets it directly after breaching the pod field at full impulse, phasers blazing. Picard halts the assault upon confirming civilian presence, his sensors revealing the station's vulnerability and igniting the crew's moral standoff against orders to destroy it.