Riva, a deaf mediator comes to Solais V, a planet at war for centuries, but his interpreters are killed and he must learn a new way to communicate.

Diana Muldaur (Dr. Katherine Pulaski)
Howie Seago (Riva)
Marnie Mosiman (Chorus Woman)
Leo Damian (Chorus Warrior)
Thomas Oglesby (Chorus Scholar)

Colm Meaney (Transporter Chief [O'Brien])
Richard Lavin (Warrior #1)
Chip Heller (Warrior #2)
John Garrett (Lieutenant)

• Dr. Pulaski tells Geordi that she has performed surgery twice to correct conditions similar to his. Geordi declines.
  
• Howie Seago (Riva) is deaf in real life.
  
• Marnie Mosiman is John De Lancie's ("Q") wife.