Not to mention what a retard commander Riker is. First he sends them an away team of one. And the away team of one he sends is his chief engineer when the tecnology of the Pakleds was far behind his own.
I would have fired his ass or at the very least given him a very serious reprimand.
And to think the geniuses at Starfleet Command were tossing starships at him to command. Thank god for the crews of those ships he never took them up on it.
