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Howie Seaago guest stars as Riva, a deaf war mediator who the Enterprise transports to a battle-scarred planet. It is Riva's aim to settle a centuries-old dispute between two rival factions, many of whose members cannot even remember what they're fighting about. The outcome hinges upon Deanna Troi's efforts to emulate Riva's peculiar negotiation skills, with a few embellishments of her own. Originally telecast on January 14, 1989, "Loud as a Whisper" was written by Jacqueline Zambrano.