Picard researched Soran""s background, learning that he was 300 years old and had lost his entire family when the Borg destroyed his planet - and then escaped with other refugees aboard theLakul; Picard learned from Guinan that Soran""s primary obsessive goal was to get back to the Nexus and remain there, and the energy ribbon was its "doorway"; the Nexus was addictive - "like being inside joy" and Soran who wished to return there "could be a very, very dangerous man"; Picard theorized that Soran was attempting to "make the ribbon come to him" starting with the Amargosa star""s explosion - hence his current journey to Veridian III to collapse or explode a Veridian star (that would consequently cause the destruction of all the planets in its system, including Veridian 4 with a population of 230 million) - the explosion would make the ribbon/Nexus accessible to Soran from the surface of Veridian III.Inside, Annie prepared to take a shower in her bathroom, where Michael confronted, chased, and repeatedly stabbed her, leaving her for dead.The wide-eyed cloakroom hat-check girl, overwhelmed by her, admires her diamonds:Hatcheck girl:Goodness, what beautiful diamonds.Previously, he had enjoyed success for light comedies, such asSo Long Sarong,Hey Hey in the Hayloft, andAnts in Your Plants of 1939.Claudette Colbert had previously starred in DeMille""s historical epicThe Sign of the Cross (1932)as the depraved emperor Nero""s lascivious, vixenish wife Poppaea.