Picard, Beverly and Worf Arm the Auto-Destruct Sequence

Star Trek First Contact

[@BangingMash]

“Let’s make sure history plays out exactly as it should, and not interfere anymore than we already have…” **Geordie & Riker co-pilot the most pivotal moment in history**

[@E_y_a_l]

That's the beauty of it, they always did pilot that ship, just no one knew it

[@KeyboardBuster]

@@E_y_a_l Originally was it supposed to be Lily and supposedly one of the guys who were killed that was in the silo?

[@E_y_a_l]

​@@KeyboardBuster We know it was supposed to be Lily since she said to Cochrane she's not going to fly in the ship with him if he's drunk, we don't know if there was supposed to be a 3rd person, maybe both Geordi and Riker joined the flight because the Phoenix took some damage and they were there to supervise the repairs or modifications the Enterprise-E crew did to the ship.

[@Rat_Queen86]

But they already did Just no one knew that they did. They probably used different names

[@monkeyman767]

Well, Lily still technically ends up in space, and from her own sake of preserving the future, she could easily lie and say she was there the whole time. As far as time is concerned, that meets the established rules

[@SR-cp1eo]

It's still crazy to think this movie was made in 1996. It seems to be WAY ahead of its time. It passes as a movie from 2010 in my mind. Heck, the CGI is better than most of the CGI on Ironman 1!

[@cmj0929]

Probably because they were still using physical models/ sets and they mixed it in well

[@SR-cp1eo]

@@cmj0929 just like how Lord of the Rings looks better than the Hobbit. LOTR is all the talent of makeup artists with the exception of gollum

[@HeRr_KoMmIsSaR_Oo]

​@@cmj0929i wish that Hollywood goes back to that level of quality one day

[@sarahberkner]

I think the coloring looks really weird, and to me this is as dimly lit as Picard but people complain so much more about that because it's modern.

[@jordanreed3675]

@@sarahberknerthink it’s also a better balance of back ground colours not to mention in this scene the bridge only has minimal power

[@JamesMurgatroyd]

"I think you're the bravest man I have ever known", that line hits much differently if you've seen enough of The Next Generation. All the crap that Worf has gone through in his life, all the tragedy and battles and such and Picard was there for a lot of it, these two have history and it shows amazingly in this scene

[@carminemurray6624]

I wish Captain Picard had said it in Klingon with subtitles.

[@vincentwhitehead]

Wasn’t Picard also there when worf willingly let his house be discommended? I’m trying to remember

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

@@vincentwhitehead yes. episode is Sins of the Father

[@itsOasus]

His Cha'dich

[@TheWingus]

It was the courage to stand up to his captain and tell him when he was acting own malice and hatred of his adversary and not on the good of his crew and the guiding principles of Star Fleet that made Worf the bravest man he’d ever met.

[@scambroselauntrellus3681]

I love how they made the nacelles on the Phoenix so similar to those on the original Enterprise.

[@patsfreak]

That small moment where Picard is pensive on the bridge after Worf leaves. A fine bit of acting while technically doing nothing. Picard had had his two previous commands destroyed in his charge and he had just ordered the execution of the third. Must be a hard moment for a captain.

[@jdb2002]

Well, to be fair, he wasn't on board the Enterprise-D when it crashed.

[@samsonguy10k]

@@jdb2002 Doesn't change the feeling. Regardless of being on board or not, your ship is still your responsibility.

[@yourstruly4817]

@@jdb2002 It was Troi's fault, every time she takes over the helm something bad happens

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

It must be hard for Picard when he is in the officer's club when the other admirals, captains, commanders, Lieutenants, ensigns all gossip about Picard losing another ship? The starships will grow a personality and wonder who will become their next commanding officer. There will be one captain with the safe assignments who never loses ships and is bored for some action.

[@neonhomer]

From The Hunt for Red October... modified... "You've lost *another* starship?"

[@NealX_Gaming]

I've always been in awe of the bravery it took for Picard to remain aboard alone and just casually walk down into the midst of a Borg hive. Facing ones fears doesn't get any more impressive than that.

[@Elly3981]

Well, PIcard planned to go down with his ship if it came to that, just as other captains have since the dawn of time.

[@JLanc1982]

First contact was such a cool movie! Everything from the battle of Sector 001 to the escape pod scene and the borg Queen! My daughter was freaked out when she watched this with me for the first time!

[@troyandrew6154]

Did she ever see star trek: tng before seeing this film?

[@rnorth8812]

I took my daughter to see it too. She was 8. Her younger sister and my wife saw 101 Dalmations and I wanted to see this. My 8 year-old wanted to go with Dad. She was a little freaked out too, especially by the Borg Queen. On a side note, Cruella freaked out my youngest.

[@JLanc1982]

@@troyandrew6154 forgive me for the late response,I showed her the good parts lol

[@27xthesuccess]

Crusher: So much for the Enterprise-E Picard: We barely knew her... Crusher: Think they’ll build another one? Picard: Plenty of letters left in the alphabet... That last line always gives me hope that we’ll see another Enterprise, someday.

[@cordovalark5295]

There will be one shown in the new Picard series. Calling it.

[@CRAZYMUGMAN]

star trek online has the enterprise f, the f looks amazing

[@Tylerpierre99]

It does remain to be seen if the Enterprise will be seen in the first season of Picard series or if it will be the Enterprise E. For some perspective of naval architecture, they do tend to keep solid ships and flagships in service for anything up to 25 years or more, depending on the political theatre or the economy. So it's not hard to imagine we could see the Enterprise E as it's winding down or being withdrawn? EDIT: When I say naval architecture, I mean present day navies and sea faring ships. U.S and U.K flagahips or ships of considerable cost when built are often sold to foreign navies or repurposed by other countries as support or frieght ships with new names and liveries. I have no idea what an organisation such as Starfleet would do with their old vessels. Give them to the Andorians, Tellarites etc?

[@fezziwig184]

@@Tylerpierre99 It is unlikely to be the Enterprise E unfortunately because of rights issues between Paramount and CBS although the Viacom CBS merger will change that. Would love to see the Sovereign class again.

[@jimbopumbapigsticks]

In Star Trek: Enterprise we saw the Enterprise J, so it keeps going.

[@blockmasterscott]

My favorite part of this entire movie was "You didn't tell him about the statue did you?"

[@KeyboardBuster]

Just as good is then Trip Tucker in the Enterpeise episode "Carbon Creek" says basically "everybody knows that first contact between vulcans and humans happened in Bozeman Montana in 2063. I've been to Montana, theirs a statue".

[@MrGiselbart]

I always love that slight silence from Picard at 0:29 to 0:33. No captain, not even Jean Luc Picard or James T. Kirk, can casually give the command to destroy their own ship...

[@CaptainM792]

“Time to abandon ship.”-General Grievous

[@KyloBen2016]

Wrong universe, but ok!

[@thebammer5166]

@@KyloBen2016 Either way, it still works.

[@KyloBen2016]

@@thebammer5166 True!

[@davecrupel2817]

_bop _*_bap_*

[@XLentGamingNetwork]

Flying pianos.

[@Barzins1]

The music as those escape pods lift off. ❤️

[@Barzins1]

Neal X Gaming really great.

[@mysticmarble94]

@@NealX_Gaming Ehhmmm ... This score was from Jerry Goldsmith ? Or are you saying Horner was better with his pieces ? ... I dunno bout that.

[@snakeeyes20a]

Love it

[@tech83studio38]

Jerry Goldsmith

[@corvus1970]

First Contact has an amazing score, and the trumphant yet mournful refrain Goldsmith delivers as those pods eject is pure magic.

[@richardawhite4206]

Odd trivia note. Apparently this is the one and only scene where Beverly’s rank of Commander is mentioned.

[@Marcus51090]

It was mentioned in the show however

[@kd84afc]

@@Marcus51090 It was as she took command of the bridge in a few episodes.

[@timtonruben359]

I believe it's the only time that Beverly refers to herself by her rank and not her medical title, however, I believe she is referred to as "Commander" in either Descent Part II, or the episode where Troi decides to take the command test.

[@pwnmeisterage]

Doctors have sworn oaths to not take lives and to do no harm. Commanders have sworn oaths to fight (and to kill, and to die) as necessary during crisis/conflict situations.

[@eoinbrennan3949]

4:18 is what hits me about this scene. Picard wont leave without Data, he's gonna risk his life for a dude who isnt even human. Its honor, its brotherhood, its the level of comradeship every man wishes he had in his life. A band of brothers who have your back and who wont leave you behind no matter what.

[@epickithri]

Well as Captain Picard told Lily his crew saved him from the borg and he owes the last remaining crew member aboard the same.

[@ianschulz1]

Picard at his lowest point: "Six years ago, they assimilated me into their collective...The line must be drawn here!" Picard evacuating the Enterprise: "Lily, when I was held captive on the Borg ship, my crew risked everything to save me. There is ...someone still on this ship, and I owe him the same." Just the emotion involved made me feel like I'd seen Best of Both Worlds even when I hadn't gotten to it yet!

[@ianschulz1]

Oh, and Worf is the bravest man Picard has ever known. 🥰 Thank God there was ONE movie where he got to be a badass.

[@k.t.1641]

Picard at his lowest point here? Boy does his future have his number dialed in 😂

[@ianschulz1]

@@k.t.1641 hahahahaha. Lowest point for now

[@italktoomuch6442]

Too bad for Ensign Lynch.

[@ianschulz1]

@@italktoomuch6442 😂

[@jamiemiller1482]

I love her subtle almost smile, Picards, not staying out of the want of revenge he’s staying to save his friend

[@dwilliams02]

The main theme hitting again during Worf and Picard’s conversation is beautiful.

[@futuremovieactor]

That last bit with the pods ejecting and heading to Earth? The late, great Jerry Goldsmith may have had one of his finest musical moments.

[@hmmmmm6056]

So Worf will just wear a bandana for the next 50 years.. until Archer makes contact with the klingons...? Gravett Island must be very secluded. Apparently in the Star Trek Universe it is secluded: Gravett Island, located at coordinates 18 136 128, was an isolated and uninhabited island located in Earth's South Pacific.

[@1garysan]

Just realised...the Borg controlled up to decks 5 and 6 before Picard told his men to stand their ground....yet they're using escape pods on deck 7 or 8 when there are unused escape pods on deck 3 or 4.

[@indviduation]

If you insult in public, you apologize in public.

[@LifelessTooth]

Wait I just realized how odd it is that the Computer recognizes Worf's auto destruct command, considering he wasn't stationed aboard the Enterprise.

[@zacm.2342]

Presumably they reinstated his authority and codes when he rejoined the crew

[@WardyLion]

Star Trek may have the most advanced ships seen on the screen but you can’t beat a good old-fashioned rocket launch!

[@eyesopen5644]

I LUV THIS PART! WISH IT WOULD'VE BEEN LONGER!

[@ryank5424]

Gotta love the music in this movie

[@michaelmonberg142]

I love picard to tears 😢

[@roybatty6368]

Crusher looked fly in this movie

[@albertjester]

Weird how Worf still had Authorization to activate the Enterprise's Self Destruct despite him not being on the crew anymore.

[@kmarasin]

I'm assuming that adding him to the crew was a trivial matter

[@WoWPaladin6900]

The various computers update each other, and that would include recognizing individual computer codes. There was an episode where Picard's codes are changed, and he knows this, but he uses them anyways. Riker or Data figure out it's his way of telling them to do something without giving himself away to the crew he is currently with. In that case, it was the episode where he was with the group hunting down an ancient artifact, I believe the old Vulcan artifact that uses emotions to kill people. Gambit would be the name of that episode.

[@Belis84]

@@WoWPaladin6900 not Picard, was Riker. And Data understand the trick.

[@steveschow9377]

Maybe self destruct codes are the same for each officer no matter what ship they are on. Usually it just takes the Captain and first officer to authorize self destruct. I’ve always assumed they needed three officers because the first officer wasn’t there.

[@captainufo4587]

He's a Starfleet bridge officer anyway; for one, it's possible that any Starfleet officer can be part of the self distruct sequence (what if the main crew is incapacitated or killed, for example?) And anyway, I reckon the moment he was accepted again on board after the battle he was registered as part of the crew again.

[@carminemurray6624]

This always makes me cry 😢

[@simonelwell]

best star trek theme tune ever - 1st contact

[@zoidgato7106]

I always wondered how Worf was able to authorize the self-destruct sequence since he was not part of the Enterprise crew.

[@Onixstar]

He was registered as a crew member of the Defiant with self destruct authorization. When he transfered to the Enterprise he probably got registered as a crew member which resulted in his authorization to be carried over.

[@curtisberard7831]

@@Onixstar Also he was of the rank of commander. Since the first officer was on the surface it probably needed someone of that rank to confirm with Crusher(also commander rank)

[@kakushidate]

He must have received authorization at some point (a process that took about 2 seconds with a voice command to the main computer). Remember, when Picard, Riker, Data, and Troi were on the surface dealing with the Phoenix, Worf was in command on the bridge.

[@FleetpawSwiftback]

Worf’s command codes would have transferred from the Defiant to the Enterprise after they’d been beamed aboard. The computer would have recognized Worf as a member of Enterprise’s command crew in absence of Riker.

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

When the silent auto-destruct is enabled, does it only talk on the bridge or does it still do one ship wide alert?

[@SiBanstead89]

nothing is given out. its so the borg dont get wind of it..also its for storytelling

[@Barzins1]

I think the idea is to not alert the borg.

[@FortoFight]

Yeah, it did seem like "15 minutes until self destruct" was being played at the entrance to the escape pods as well. I assume it's just the editing though.

[@lofthouse23]

Compare to star trek 3. Kirk kept the audio on as one final screw you to the Klingons.

[@jonathanmyers9526]

2:31 "Let's rock n' roll!"

[@55Quirll]

Great music for a lift off!🤩

[@davecrupel2817]

@@55Quirll considering some people refer to warp travel as akin to a "magic carpet." And it's been referred to as such since the 70s. It's perfect

[@55Quirll]

@@davecrupel2817 How right you are. Hope to that played on some lift offs in the future.

[@vaiosan775]

For a moment I thought April 5, 2063 was the actual published date of this video ! 😉 And I was looking my computer date and time again ! 😄 and finally the barely visible date of video Aug 10, 2018 !

[@cupcakk986]

Vaio San that happened to me as well

[@vaiosan775]

To be honest, I would like to travel to the future !

[@Omegatonboom]

I don't remember any of this! It definitely time to give it a rewatch! In fact I've probably gone through the entire TNG series multiple times since the last time I watched first contact!

[@chrispeplinski7306]

So glad the enterprise e survived.

[@Argumemnon]

Yeah but that means the D didn't. Boo!

[@starliner2498]

@@Argumemnon good E>>>D

[@martinjp1]

4:04 "quiet corner of North America"...Canada then!

[@Trek001]

I run a business that requires three different passwords to authorise transactions over 25 grand - being the geek I am, the three passwords are the destruct sequence codes from here

[@tech83studio38]

I would love to see Alfre Woodard as a Starfleet officer

[@chrispeplinski7306]

Too bad lily didn't stay in the future like Gillian Taylor did.

[@emdee7744]

I much prefer Alfre Woodard to Viola Davis. I wish Ms. Woodard would get more roles.

[@kyle1m]

star trek loves time travel

[@michaelbaldwin5953]

More letters available for Enterprises ....sort of reminds me of the number of runabouts they got through on DS9...still plenty more rivers on Earth to use for names :-}

[@gemmafenner5445]

I love you escape pods they look like grand pianos

[@TurKlack]

This flight must have been scarier than the Borg ^^

[@gaoutlaw]

This scene is one of the very few times Dr Crusher's rank of commander is referenced.

[@renatosilva5341]

I realized not long ago that she has the same rank as Riker. Wow!

[@LGranthamsHeir]

This along with the two times she was seen sitting in captain's chair. The first as an acting captain aboard the Enterprise-D, while the second time as captain of the USS Pasteur in "All Good Things."

[@brandoncard5586]

Question. I'm a bit confused. Is a Star Fleet officer code to self destruction the same no matter what ship they are on? The reason I'm confused is, Worf who was not a member of the Enterprise crew at the time of First Contact but he was able to help launch the self destruction. able to begin self destruction

[@xyzxyz1017]

Worfis so much more Human than any body out there

[@LoPhatKao]

the best of the TNG movies

[@imperialmarchinhumanbowels5726]

When you realize that their passwords are actually less secure than 4 alphanumeric character random strings.

[@imperialmarchinhumanbowels5726]

@@JS-fp2rb There were episodes where entire ships were hijacked by getting these authorization codes, so apparently this is all they use.

[@supremeleaderstarscream7898]

I think it’s more and a random thing to let the computer verify their voiceprints

[@James-cn7hl]

Good old Star Trek :)

[@rigurat]

I hope those escape pods can be recalled to fly back to the Enterprise, it wouldn't be wise to leave behind 24th century technology in a timeline it doesn't belong in.

[@Deliciousfoodofficer]

Well, they done it^^

[@Utubesuperstar]

Transporters

[@chrisc6857]

Considering what happened with the crashed Borg ship they didn't bother to do anything about cleaning up, yeah...

[@menuly]

2:23 Upside down sunglasses rack.

[@definitely_notme4112]

Where?

[@macklee6837]

"Some? 😠"

[@ThunderAppeal]

I remember when this happened. I was there, contrary to the way it is portrayed in the movie we didnt make it.

[@paulsmith-ll9vg]

finally we get to see escape pods.

[@CrazyJoeClark429]

This was a good movie

[@xyzxyz1017]

LETS ROCKN ROLL ;-)

[@zippityzop]

Oh Lilly..if you only knew where Data was....in the belly of the beast you would have knocked the Captain out and threw him in the escape pod.

[@jamesthomas6476]

A plus side to Enterprise E’s destruction would’ve been the construction of Enterprise F.

[@xyzxyz1017]

Its not the End!!! its the Beginning!!!

[@amvlabs5339]

3:35 that blew me away...the first warp nacelles ever made

[@nb2008nc]

So what happened to all the escape pods?

[@kevinfelix2543]

theres no loyalty stronger then a klingons by your side.

[@chrissmart21]

I do love even in the face of what's about to happen, there is that hope from Captain Picard about another Enterprise. "Plenty of letters left in the alphabet."

[@DaveQZ85]

It didn't occur to me until now. But when the Enterprise left, how did they retrieve all the escape pods? Or did they leave them all down there for people in the past to find?

[@madquest8]

The pods are made out of edible substances that animals love!

[@Utubesuperstar]

Transporters

[@DaveQZ85]

@@Utubesuperstar Ah yes. I forgot that in Nemesis they beamed a whole fighter back. So transporters should have the buffer size to grab pods.

[@sg39g]

Another possibility is that some shuttles are equipped with tractor beams. But indeed, the teleporter theory is possible.

[@curtisberard7831]

Did anyone else find themselves singing along to Magic Carpet Ride in the theater or was it just me?

[@kg4boj]

Did you hear me say 'shut the fuck up' and throw pop corn at you in the theater? I think we've met before!

[@curtisberard7831]

@@kg4boj I wasn't loud enough exceot for my friend sitting beside me to hear.

[@mikehance6086]

They were all prepared to wait there to save the world and maybe never go home

[@trainknut]

I'm just gonna say it: this scene would have hit WAY harder with the Enterprise-D But I guess this way we got to see the D return in Picard, I doubt that would've been possible if they blew her up in the 21st century.

[@ZuluRomeo]

3:33 "CONNOR TRINNEER"

[@CarlosRoberto-ry8zl]

Best TNG movie by far.

[@christopherjamesbegley3750]

Just an observation In Voyager, Janeway could activate the auto-destruct with just her authorisation, but here we need the captain and two senior officers? Star Trek writing is all over the place

[@TopGunSGA]

They also needed three senior officers to enable the self destruct sequence of the Enterprise in Star Trek III

[@christiaanmurk]

I always guessed it was because Voyager is a smaller science vessel.

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

While nobody, but nobody, makes it as dramatic when it's Kirk doing the self-destructing.

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

3 senior officer security codes needed to turn on/off self destruct must be a safeguard to prevent some crazy officer from doing crazy things?

[@JGeMcL]

Yep yep, basically do the same thing with the USA nuclear silos. I believe there are three separate units in charge of the silos. If one activates the launch sequence the other two get alerted and verify the launch orders. If it is unauthorized either one can shutdown the launch.

[@travisnewberry936]

I love this film, but how did Worf, who technically isn't an official member of the crew, have a command authorization?

[@elenarossi8398]

I mean worf joined the crew after he was saved from the defiant. It's probably a pretty simple procedure to integrate worfs command codes

[@thomasesthomas1996]

At that point he held the same rank as Commander Riker

[@Blue84Stang]

@@thomasesthomas1996 uh..... what? Worf was a Lt. Commander, while Riker, Troi and Crusher are full Commander's. I suspect that as soon as Worf was transferred over and made a temporary bridge officer, he was given command authorisation.

[@thomasesthomas1996]

@@Blue84Stang Oh, I was wrong. Worf was the Executive Officer on the Defiant. That makes him a Second Officer, a Lieutenant Commander, like Data on the Enterprise or Tuvok on Voyager...

[@NealX_Gaming]

He essentially became "acting Tactical Officer" -- In Star Trek III Chekov was also "acting Science Officer", which he says during the self-destruct arming sequence in that film.

[@NeonVisual]

Voyager, a ship 1/3rd the size gets a bridge twice as big

[@haydenravenscroft1803]

Oh hey, it's Neon Visual. Now you mention it, I'm gonna have to find a bridge layout chart to scale...

[@JTDK1981]

Uh, Jean Luc, it may be just a teeeeny bit late to order any of your crew to stay out of history's way. Then again, maybe Will and Geordie are actually following those orders... they're not getting in the way of history, they're MAKING it. 😁

[@AiluropodaPanda]

I just have to know, what's with Mr. Worf. Is there a reason he doesn't use his rank and goes by mister? I'm not sure if I've just missed the explanation somewhere, or what.

[@SKINWALKER]

| If I was going to break the warp barrier with my favorite historical figure, I would be nerding out hard.

[@develynseether4426]

Imagine being a survivor of the third world war in Montana Surviving the nuclear holocaust, trying to make a living, you probably saw the missiles go up and mayne even some come down. Then all of a sudden in the distance a decade after the war ended you see another one of those missiles launch again.

[@Splattertube]

3. It took 3 senior officers to engage the auto-destruct.

[@greenefamily1008]

Now we know where Blue Origin got it's shape.

[@ultramaximusreviews]

How did Worf have an auto-destruct command code on the Enterprise-E?

[@ferengiprophet2185]

Which edition of the movie is this scene from?

[@lesigh1749]

It never made sense to me that Worf can have access clearance to set the Enterprise Auto destruct, since he was until an hour ago not part of that ships crew and had never set foot on it before.

[@kevincootes4911]

Where is the island they are heading for? I can't find it on Google Maps.

[@rikcab]

2:50 I'd hate to see those people that were standing around the launch area, when the rocket engines cleared that ridge!

[@bert3062]

Y do none of these vids have the ending to the moment it portrays

[@bdoakes]

Hard to imagine such civility given our current environment.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

Remember: they're from the 24th Century

[@starliner2498]

Star trek was never about what we are now but what we could become, have some hope yet

[@BixbysDad]

Three Command Codes for Auto Destruct?

[@Foxboogie]

I love Commander Crusher. Wish Beverly had alot more to do in the movies.

[@tek512]

Little did they realize Picard was planning to go down with the ship. He'd have stayed behind even if Data hadn't been there. It is, after all, tradition.

[@MichaelPhongMitchell]

@ComocosonoEWL, actually, there was one episode in which future Captain Picard did leave the ship before it exploded. The "past" Picard met with the future Picard. I can't remember the name of the episode.

[@joekerr3638]

Time squared

[@andrewblanchard2537]

I've always wondered why the other WORLD'S NATIONS didn't detect that launch and assume by the radiation that the USA was launching a massive NUCLEAR MISSLE and then do the same

[@chancellorjake]

Over 600 million people died during WW3 and planet descended into near chaos in the aftermath. If any nations still had the ability to detect the launch, I doubt they had the means to stop it. If they did they would have fired on the Borg sphere.

[@josh24441]

chancellorjake and also it said in the beginning that when they went through the time warp that the Borg somehow altered history and turned like 85% of the earth's population into Borg. And when the Borg dies at the end, so does the Borg population on earth.

[@rprince418]

It takes place after WORLD WAR 3 and most of the POPULATION are DEAD from it, so they WOULDN'T be able to GUESS THAT.

[@josh24441]

Rprince418 huh?? What are you talking about? The beginning takes place deep in the future but they get sucked into the Borg ship's time warp that brings them to 2063 on the day before people discover light speed and how to travel it and at that point the volcans are the alien species to make first contact with earth. Hence the name Star Trek First Contact. What you're saying is only correct in the beginning of the movie. But everything else is wrong as the movie progresses.

[@BrowncoatFairy]

they say when they arrive in 2063 that it's just after World War 3, and there are no major superpowers left. just a bunch of squabbling factions. Humanity barely survived, and civilization is generally in shambles.

[@sunny-sq6ci]

those folk huddling around the Titan 4 silo would've been either incinerated from the back blast or had massive lethal internal injuries from the Shockwave... hell of a way to go i guess

[@ct0760]

So what if the Captain were incapacitated? Are they the only person who can get it started?

[@thibaud1832]

Worf, who is no longer serving on the Enterprise, can trigger self-destruct. Starfleet security at its best.

[@Frankie2012channel]

He is already a senior officer on another ship. We all assumed that he was given rank and status on the Enterprise as soon as he got on board. Given that they're on a mission and the Enterprise is the ONLY Federation ship existing at that time, it made sense that they reactivated all of his authorizations for the Enterprise. Why bother having an experienced and command ranked officer on board if he didn't have the abilities that the other command officers did?

[@epickithri]

​@@Frankie2012channelthey also left Worf in command when Picard and Riker were on Earth trying to make sure history wasn't mucked up by the Borg. It makes perfect sense that if they would leave him in command of the ship he would have authorization codes for the ship.

[@xyzxyz1017]

Worf= you will never have a better friend like him!!!

[@wdd3141]

"Picard, Beverly and Worf Arm the Auto-Destruct Sequence" Notice that the man is referred to by his surname, the woman is referred to by her first name.

[@ramuoft]

Lol that's because there were 2 crushers on the Enterprise.

[@aped3]

Why did it take Worf Command Codes to activate the Self Destruct Sequence ??? He was not a active member of the crew ???

[@chancellorjake]

Riker, Troi, and Geordi were off the ship and Data was incapacitated. Worf's codes were probably activated when the first three left the ship to search for Cochrane.

[@reesemontoya5318]

I've always wondered that

[@FleetpawSwiftback]

Worf was the third highest ranking command crew left, as someone else stated Riker, Troi, and LaForge on planet side, and the Second Officer, Data, was incapacitated. Once Data was abducted, his codes should have been deactivated, thus making Worf acting second officer, with Crusher as acting Executive Officer. It was most likely intended to allow lesser main characters to assist Picard in the plot. Worf, being both CO and XO of the Defiant (depending on whether The Sisko was there,) would have replaced Lieutenant Daniels (the guy who Picard told to have his men fight the Borg hand to hand if they had to,) as acting second officer, thereby necessitating Worf’s codes to be used in the activation of the Auto-Destruct sequence, instead of Daniels’. I would also think command codes are generic enough to be stored in the Enterprise’s main computer, and would be activated the moment an officer comes aboard ship, either via a shuttle or the transporter... I could be wrong though.

[@abehambino]

Clearly by then he was in the system, or he would not have had access to the computer when they bring him on the bridge earlier, plus he was acting captain earlier when they were all on the surface, so by then he would have had to have been enabled to have his codes accepted by the computer.

[@andrewh5136]

Same thing happened in ST3 where Chekov had authorization for the self-destruct of the Enterprise, even though he was technically a crew member of the Reliant and not the Enterprise. So I would guess that any senior Starfleet officer would automatically be added to the ship's data banks, regardless of their post.

[@pseudopulk3478]

her family name is crusher

[@cyclopstb]

Am I the only one realized if the Enterprise blow up, how will the crew get back to their own future ?

[@andrewxu3602]

How did they get back to the future _with_ the Enterprise, anyway?

[@cryptog5543]

I always sided with PIcard in this movie. Never give up. Always stay the mission. Only cowards seek escape. An escape should never be in the mind of any military person nor even on a star ship when they are available.