Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Star Trek: Deep Space Nine revealed that Q broke his promise to Star Trek: The Next Generation's Captain Jean-Luc Picard . The cosmic trickster made one appearance in DS9, in season 1's "Q-Less" which was a sequel to TNG's "Qpid". In that episode, Q attempted to play matchmaker between Picard and roguish archaeologist Vash but ended up falling for her himself.
Q Broke His Promise To Picard By Abandoning Vash In DS9's Gamma Quadrant When Vash agreed to travel the universe with Q, Picard insisted that she be protected by the all-powerful being. Q promised Picard that he would keep Vash safe and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine revealed that he did that, up to a point. While exploring Erabus Prime, Vash was poisoned by a native insect which would have been fatal if it weren't for Q's intervention.