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Bob Gunton guest stars as Benjamin Maxwell, a renegade Federation starship captain. Acting on his own initiative, Maxwell makes a series of unprovoked attacks on Cardassian ships. To forestall a resumption of hositilities between the Cardassians and the Federation, Captain Picard may be forced to kill Maxwell, who happens to be an old comrade. First aired February 2, 1991, "The Wounded" was scripted by Jeri Taylor, from a story by Stuart Charno, Sara Charno, and Cy Chermak.