2002 STAR TREK, JEAN-LUC PICARD CARD!!!

2002 STAR TREK, JEAN-LUC PICARD CARD!!! www.viscountofvintage.com "If you had lived my life, you would understand my responsibility to the Federation". Jean-Luc Picard was born to Maurice and Yvette Picard in La Barre, France, on July 13th., 2305. As a child, he dreamed of joining Starfleet. He and the rest of his family speak English, with UK English dialects, the French language having become obscure by the 24th. century, as mentioned in the Next Generation episode "Code of Honor". In the first season of The Next Generation, Picard was depicted as having a special pride in being French, though this was dropped by the second season. Picard also has a number of British habits, including the regular consumption of Earl Grey tea, a fondness for Shakespeare, which he performs in holodeck simulations, riding horses with English tack and a knowledge of such British songs with Royal Navy associations as "A British Tar" by Gilbert and Sullivan and "Heart of Oak". The young Picard failed his first Starfleet Academy entrance exam and, upon admission, met with numerous ethical and scholastic difficulties during his cadet career, but went on to flourish, developing a lifelong passion for archaeology, and he became the first freshman to win the Academy marathon. Shortly after graduation, Picard was stabbed in the heart by a Nausicaan, leaving the organ irreparable and requiring replacement with a Parthenogenetic Implant. This proved near fatal.