Technological failure and operational rescue: malfunctioning reactor, the failing holographic 'duck blind', and the race to restore systems drive an engineering/tactical arc that precipitates cultural exposure and medical crises.
Technological failure and operational rescue: malfunctioning reactor, the failing holographic 'duck blind', and the race to restore systems drive an engineering/tactical arc that precipitates cultural exposure and medical crises.
Events in This Arc
On the bridge Picard frames a routine resupply: repair a malfunctioning reactor at a covert observation post. Troi defines the Mintakans as peaceful, proto‑Vulcan people — exposure would be catastrophic. …
Liko and his daughter Oji covertly approach the duck blind and witness a medic and Warren dematerialize — an apparently miraculous disappearance. When Liko peers inside he is violently zapped …
Data confirms the hologram generator is functional while Geordi and Riker race to bring a crippled reactor back online. Geordi's adjustment hums the unit to life and the duck blind's …