"...T2 Picard...felt from the beginning the inclination to trust his colleagues and draw on their resources, but then had that instinct driven out of him by the exigencies of war...In T2 Picard and Riker are both recognizably themselves...but they are reduced...they’ve been made crude by war...One of the fundamental laws of human nature: We blame our vices on circumstances beyond our control, but we give ourselves full credit for our virtues."