Space Seeds Summary . At the poker table , Riker raises the stakes by fifty . O ' Brien and La Forge fold . Data turns to Wesley Crusher and asks what he is doing . Wesley looks at his cards carefully and calls . Riker has two pair , Queens high , while Wesley shows his full house , Jacks over Fours . La Forge comments that he was completely unreadable , and Data concurs . Riker ' s voice comes over the comm calling him to transporter room 3 , and Wesley freezes and ends the program , revealing the holodeck . On the Armada , Picard and Riker take note of the situation , commenting on the fact that the crop is completely ruined . Riker suggests a mutation due to pesticides or fertilizer , and Hommun , one of the overseers points out the Federation - approved methods and systems they are using . As Hommun rides off , Data notes that his " " scans confirm a cellular breakdown of the minerals in the soil . " " He heads back to the " Enterprise " for further research . Riker heads off to get a jar of uttaberries that he promised to Troi . In another portion of the dome , Wesley watches a young male , Kori , fire off a model rocket , similar in style to the " Phoenix " flown by Zefram Cochrane , and as it reaches its acme , it explodes . He asks the point , and the response is " " that is explodes . " " His friend Cumin comments that there ' s little else to do . Astra , a girl tells Wesley that he ' s young to be an ensign , and she tells him that Cumin was accepted to Starfleet Academy , but his father wouldn ' t let him go . Cumin offers Wesley some grain alcohol made from the quadrotriticale crop in a still created by Kori out of the condenser from an old Romulan missile . Astra notes that she prefers uttaberry wine , but they don ' t have any berries to spare . Wesley promises that Picard will figure out the crop problem and finds out that none of the three enjoy their time there , even though it seems idyllic to him . Wesley notes that space isn ' t much better noting that family is the most important thing . Wesley heads off and beam s back up to the " Enterprise " . On the " Enterprise " , Dr . Pulaski contacts the brige to complain about Data taking over sickbay so that he could research soil samples . Data apologizes and tells her that he will endeavor to use another lab next time . Worf takes offense at Pulaski ' s tone , complaining to Riker about her attitude toward Data , but Data seems to be unmoved by her comments , stating " " Sticks and stones may break my pollyalloy infrastructure . . . but words will never hurt me . " " He then reports that he found very low levels of chroniton particles in the samples . He was also unsure as to what effect ingesting the particles would have . On Armada , Picard is helping Hommun with some manual labor , especially as Hommun ' s children " " never seem to have the time . " " Picard notes that he never wanted to help his father when he was younger , but regrets the lost opportunity now that he is older . Riker beams down and joins them , commenting on the particles found . Hommun admits to his guilt , stating that times have changed and that he did what he thought he had to for his family . Back at the homestead , Cumin and Kori are preparing to leave with his bags when Wesley confronts them , asking them if they even care what will happen to their father , Hommun . Kori stated that they hadn ' t done anything wrong , and Wesley agrees , giving them a long look . He points out that they found the particles in the torpedo and that if the growing time was sped up , they might have more free time and want to stay . However , he points out that Kori had tinkered with the formula so that the food would rot and that his brother could join Starfleet . Kori asks if Wesley is going to tell on them , and Wesley points to Cumin telling him that he will be the one to ' fess up . Cumin tells Wesley that he is bluffing and punches at him , hitting only air . Wesley deflects the next punch and kicks Cumin in the side , knocking him to the side , then punches him , knocking him flat on his back . In the fields , Pulaski reports to Picard and Riker that the jam was uncontaminated . Riker tells Picard that they alerted Starbase 112 before beaming down . Kori and Cumin approach the pair and Kori tells the truth , that the farmers started the process , but that he and his brother had made it worse . Picard tells them to find Worf and tell them the same story . Wesley approaches and Picard tells him that Kori was brave to come forward like that and asks if Wesley felt that they were involved at all . Wesley states that he didn ' t , and tells Riker that he didn ' t notice Cumin ' s black eye when Riker asks him about it . Wesley heads off back to the " Enterprise " and Picard notes the oddity of the situation . Riker asks if he means the teenager telling the truth without being asked , but Picard meant Wesley not noticing the black eye and asks if it was possible that Wesley just lied to them . Riker isn ' t sure , but notes that Wesley has " " one hell of a poker face . " " Picard wakes up from a deep sleep as the starship is at warp speed and immediately calls Data to meet him in the conference room . In the conference room , Picard finds a log entry he was looking for about a Cardassian colony forced to abandon a planet in the Neutral Zone after their crop was contaminated by chroniton radiation , very similar to the Armada situation from five years earlier , but they could never find the source of the torpedo . Picard asks Data to cross reference the " Enterprise " logs with the rest of the fleet and reports from the Klingon s and Vulcan s too . After a search , Data reports that he found two other corresponding events — the technology from Tigan - 7 was used to change election results on Langer 14 , " " and a Maquis ship destroyed itself days after finding a cache of Harmonic Diamonds . " " It appears that someone is taking their logs and creating weapons from the information , and only Starfleet officers have access to the log entries . Picard is determined to find out who . . . Memorable quotes . " " – And you can smell the fertilizer . " " " " Loud and clear . " " " " Commander Riker – " " " " Sir ? " " " " – Make sure you wipe your feet before you beam up . " " " " Traveling at warp speed makes the trip go " faster " – but when you get there , it has to " mean " something . Without your " family " , there ' s no point . " " " " This may take some time , captain . " " " " It ' s important , Data . Take as much – " " " " There are two other instances from the " Enterprise " s logs that have corresponding events . . . " "