"My chief security officer is not amused," he says, but that goes without saying. "Q has not won many friends aboard this vessel, even though he seems to favor us in particular."

Picard wouldn't mind the counsel of one as noteworthy as Spock, though undoubtedly he would be just as unamused with Picard as with Kirk. "The Q's motives seem, at heart, to be testing us. To see if we are worthy to continue growing and expanding. However, I would not guess on what is behind this current charade; he was not on good standing with his Collective when last we met."