Heart of Glory ( episode ) Worf ' s loyalties to Starfleet are tested when three fugitive Klingons come on board the " Enterprise " - D . Summary . Teaser . Starfleet Command sends a communication to the about a disturbance in the Neutral Zone , a battle . There are no Federation vessels in the area , and William T . Riker suggests that the Ferengi are involved . On arriving at the location of the battle , they find a vessel adrift without power . Data scans the debris from the explosions and speculates that the weapons used in the battle may have been Romulan in origin . The drifting vessel is identified as the Talarian freighter " Batris " , a cargo vessel . Riker has an away team consisting of Data , La Forge and himself beam over to the " Batris " after Worf detects life sign s aboard . Act One . Riker , La Forge , and Data go to transporter room 3 . The away mission to the " Batris " gives La Forge a chance to test out his visual acuity transmitter . The device transmits what his VISOR sees , but only has a range of a few kilometer s . The away team beams over , and finds the ship in ruins . La Forge switches on the transmitter , and the viewscreen shows an image of flashing colors and indistinct shapes , a visual frenzy . Captain Picard is intrigued by the images , and asks La Forge how he is able to filter out all the extra information . La Forge compares it to listening to an individual conversation in a noisy room ; mentally " filtering out " information that isn ' t wanted . Picard also has trouble identifying Riker and Data . They move off down the corridor , dodging falling beams amid smoke and deuterium gas . La Forge spots a fissure in the bulkhead , and reckons they only have five minutes until the hull breach es , which will have catastrophic results given its proximity to the engineering section . The bridge loses the transmission from the VISOR . They locate the survivors on the far side of the engine core . Data goes across on his own , to minimize the risk to the others . He returns , telling them that the door to the compartment is jammed . The others run over , and Data pulls open the door . Inside are three Klingon s , one badly injured . Act Two . They all make their way out of the engineering section , as the ship ' s superstructure begins to collapse . Tasha Yar tries to get a lock on them , and tells them to get further away from engineering , but Worf says that there is no time ; the " Batris " is a matter of seconds away from exploding . Picard yells that they have no further options and to beam them out immediately , and Tasha tries to do so , but the transport fails and drops them back on the " Batris " . The away team and Klingons are alarmed to see an explosion racing toward them from the engineering section , and seconds later the entire ship explodes . For a terrible few moments it appears that the away team has been lost , but Tasha is able to materialize them on the transporter pad , having gotten them off right as the ship exploded . The survivors are brought to sickbay , and Picard and Worf go to meet them . Dr . Crusher says the injured Klingon is in critical condition . The others introduce themselves as Commander Korris and Lieutenant Konmel . They say they were being transported on the freighter when a Ferengi cruiser attacked them . Worf says the weapons were Klingon . They agree , but reiterate that the ship was Ferengi . They took control at the captain ' s request , and pretended to surrender , but when the Ferengi dropped their shields they destroyed the cruiser with merculite rocket s . Worf shows them to their quarters , but Picard is suspicious as to why they were on the freighter in the first place . In the Klingons ' quarters , they get something to eat . Worf tells them as far as he knows , he is the only Klingon in Starfleet , and they mock him , saying he has become soft and docile living among Human s . Then they reassure him , telling him they are only trying to anger him to see if it is still possible . Worf assures them it " is " . Then the captain calls from sickbay , where the third Klingon , Kunivas , is dying . They go to sickbay , and Korris opens Kunivas ' eyes and looks into them . Then all three howl at the ceiling . They leave again , Korris telling Crusher that the body is now only an empty shell , and to treat it as such . Act Three . As they return to the Klingons ' quarters , Konmel carelessly lets slip that the opponent they battled was in fact not an enemy . Worf asks the pair what really happened , and they in turn ask Worf how he came to be where he is . He tells them that he was at Khitomer as a child when it was attacked by the Romulans . He was buried under some rubble , but survived to be rescued by a Starfleet officer , who brought him home with him . He was raised as his son at the Gault colony , and when they were old enough , he and his foster brother attended the Academy . His brother hated it and dropped out ; Worf stayed . Korris and Konmel tell him that he was shunned and misunderstood all his life , and even now he is driven by something inside , even though there are no other Klingons around . Worf admits those feelings are still there , but that he is able to control them . They say that is the mark of a warrior . Korris says that the peace was like a living death to them , so they commandeered a freighter , in search of somewhere they could live as warriors . The ship they destroyed was a Klingon cruiser , and they claim that Klingons have been corrupted by peace . Worf is initially outraged by this revelation , but Korris placates him and then asks to be shown around the ship . On the bridge , Data comments that this was the first time outsiders have witnessed the Klingon death ritual . The howling is a warning to the afterlife that a Klingon warrior is about to arrive . He then detects a ship approaching , though is unable to yet discern what type . Meanwhile , Worf shows Korris and Konmel around main engineering . Konmel wonders of the battles they could wage if they had command of the " Enterprise " , but Worf tries to persuade his two fellow Klingons that their desire for battles and glory is something that does not fit the modern era . Korris , however , remains resolute in his desire to return to the old ways . The approaching ship is in visual range – it is a Klingon cruiser . Picard hails and Commander K ' Nera answers . Picard tells him they rescued three Klingons . K ' Nera asks if that is all that is left of the . Picard tells him that they were on the freighter and K ' Nera replies that they are criminals who have stolen a freighter and destroyed a cruiser . He wants them delivered to him when he arrives . Picard sends a security team led by Yar to arrest the fugitives , who are in a corridor talking with Worf about the ship ' s saucer separation capabilities . Just as Worf comments that the " Enterprise " is an " exceptional weapon " when relieved of the bulk of the saucer section , Yar and her security team arrive . Worf asks what ' s going on . The Klingons appeal to Worf for help , saying he is one of them . Act Four . Then , a turbolift door opens and a small girl runs into the corridor . Korris picks her up , and after a moment hands her to Worf . Yar ' s team arrests them and brings them to the brig . Yar says she was afraid she was going to have a hostage situation , but Worf replies that Klingons don ' t take hostages , that it ' s a cowardly thing to do . The prisoners are in the brig when the Klingon ship arrives . K ' Nera tells Picard that they will be tried and executed for their crimes . Worf appeals to him , saying their words have stirred something inside him , and asking him to allow them to die an honor able death on a remote planet in the Halee system . K ' Nera says he feels the same , but he must follow orders . In the brig , Korris and Konmel assemble a disruptor from their belts and other components of their uniform . They disable the force field and kill security guard Ramos . The second guard hits Konmel three times before he dies , but then Korris kills him too . He runs , and Yar arrives on the scene . She informs the captain what has happened . Korris gets to engineering and climbs onto the second level around the core . He points his phaser at the dilithium crystal chamber and says he will only talk to Worf . Act Five . Worf and Picard go down to engineering . Yar wants to wait him out , but Worf says that Korris will fire his phaser the moment he feels the situation is not to his advantage , destroying the " Enterprise " - D and taking everyone with it . Worf goes up to talk to Korris . He wants Worf to separate the ship and come with him in the stardrive section . Worf says that won ' t happen . He pulls out his phaser and points it at Korris . He can ' t believe what is happening and appeals again to Worf . Worf tells him he is looking for battles in the wrong place , that the true test of a warrior lies within . He hasn ' t mentioned duty , honor , or loyalty , the things a true warrior must have . Korris doesn ' t respond to this , saying that Worf has become weak like the Humans . Worf makes one last attempt to talk Korris into surrender , but this causes Korris to completely lose his temper and angrily tell Worf that he is no true Klingon , momentarily pointing his weapon away from the warp core as he does so . Worf admits that Korris is right , and then blasts him with his phaser , mortally wounding him as well as sending him reeling forwards and down through the glass floor to the second level . Worf returns down , and performs the death ritual for Korris . He and Picard return to the bridge and tell K ' Nera that the fugitives are all dead . Worf adds that they died well . K ' Nera is impressed with Worf , and invites him to join his ship when his tour of duty is finished aboard the " Enterprise " - D . Worf says he would be honored . K ' Nera leaves , and Worf assures Captain Picard he doesn ' t want to leave the " Enterprise " - D , he was just being polite . Picard replies that the bridge wouldn ' t be the same without him . Memorable quotes . " " Is there any special arrangements you would like for the body ? " " " " It is only a empty shell now , please treat it as such . " " " " And Number One ? Everything about this seems wrong . " " " " Agreed , it smells like a trap . Let ' s go . " " " " Now , I ' m beginning to understand him . " " " " What do you see , Number One ? " " " Klingons . " " " " Cowards take hostages , Klingons do not . " " " " What magnificent battles we could have at the helm of this ship . " " " " Perhaps your dreams of glory no longer fit the time , they belong buried with the past . " " " " Standing here we will never know . " " " " The true test of a warrior is not without , it is within . " " " " Where are the words : duty , honor , loyalty , without which a warrior is nothing ? " " " " Starship " Enterprise " ! I am Commander K ' Nera ! What is your purpose here in this sector ? " " Links and references . 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