Starbase Realizes Enterprise Missing with Picard and Riker Aboard
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Worf urgently asks if Picard and Riker are present; Data and Tasha confirm their absence from Starbase 74, sparking alarm about their whereabouts.
Geordi questions if Picard and Riker remain on the Enterprise; Worf confirms and urges immediate action to beam them back, escalating the urgency.
Tasha insists Picard and Riker must be in trouble given their absence; Quinteros grabs her attention and points as the Enterprise backs away from its mooring, escalating tension to a crescendo.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Worried and resolute, focused on immediate crew safety despite incomplete information.
Lieutenant Natasha Yar reacts urgently to the unfolding crisis, insisting on the gravity of Picard and Riker's absence, advocating for swift action and refusing to be swayed by technical anomalies.
- • Ensure the safety of the missing officers
- • Mobilize Starbase personnel to respond efficiently to the crisis
- • If Picard and Riker were safe, they would have evacuated
- • The situation demands immediate and uncompromising response
Calm and focused, masking any potential frustration with cold logic and procedural efficiency.
Data beams into Starbase 74, maintaining his trademark calm and logical demeanor while analyzing the crisis, suggesting immediate transporter operations to retrieve Picard and Riker.
- • Locate and safely retrieve Picard and Riker
- • Restore command structure aboard the Enterprise promptly
- • The best course of action involves transporter retrieval
- • Efficiency and logic are paramount during emergencies
Determined to uncover the truth, masking anxiety about the unknown fate of his commanding officers.
Lieutenant Worf stands resolute at Starbase 74, questioning the absence of Captain Picard and Commander Riker with anxious determination, demanding answers and clarity about the situation.
- • Confirm the whereabouts of Picard and Riker
- • Support coordinated response to the Enterprise's unexpected departure
- • Picard and Riker’s absence from the manifest is highly suspicious
- • The Enterprise is in jeopardy without its senior command
Uneasy concern mixed with a growing sense of responsibility amidst uncertainty.
Wesley Crusher arrives at Starbase 74's command center, joining Worf and Natasha Yar, observing the crisis with evident concern, still somewhat inexperienced but increasingly aware of the stakes.
- • Absorb information to better understand the unfolding crisis
- • Support senior officers through vigilance and communication
- • The crisis will escalate without prompt resolution
- • Senior officers must be protected and recovered
Concerned yet inquisitive, trying to reconcile technical anomalies with the unfolding emergency.
Geordi La Forge beams into Starbase 74 alongside Data, providing technical insight and expressing concern and curiosity over the inexplicable regeneration of the Enterprise's antimatter containment magnetic field amid the crisis.
- • Understand the technical anomalies affecting the Enterprise
- • Support efforts to regain control of the ship and ensure crew safety
- • Technical irregularities may reveal clues to the crisis
- • Quick technical assessment is critical in emergency response
Urgent concern blending with frustration over the rapidly escalating crisis and limited time.
Orfil Quinteros commands the Starbase 74 operation room with urgent focus, delivering critical warnings about the Enterprise's unauthorized departure and trying to assert control amid mounting chaos.
- • Prevent or mitigate the unauthorized departure of the Enterprise
- • Ensure Starbase 74 retains operational control amid the crisis
- • The situation is deteriorating rapidly and requires immediate action
- • The Enterprise's autonomous movement signals a severe breach of protocol and danger
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
Transporter Room Seven is invoked by Data as the key facility from which he intends to beam back to the Enterprise to attempt rescue of Picard and Riker, symbolizing hope and a tangible means to intervene in the crisis remotely.
The antimatter containment magnetic field aboard the Enterprise is reported as regenerating inexplicably during the ship's unauthorized departure, serving as a crucial technical clue that the ship remains operational despite the crisis and hinting at autonomous system control.
The USS Enterprise is the central object of this event, depicted as autonomously backing away from Starbase 74 and then warping away without authorization, its empty corridors and flashing warning lights underscoring the severity of the crisis and the missing senior officers aboard.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The Main Bridge of the USS Enterprise is depicted indirectly through the empty ship's state; though no characters are present, its absence of crew and flashing warning lights symbolize loss of command and the ship’s autonomous flight, heightening the drama of the crisis.
Starbase 74 serves as the operational base and nerve center where the crisis is first fully grasped; its command center is the focal point for coordinating response, monitoring the Enterprise's unexpected autonomous movement, and grappling with the unsettling reality of missing senior officers.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"The chaotic evacuation culminates in the Enterprise becoming an empty, stolen ship, escalating the crisis to its peak."
Key Dialogue
"WORF: Did you see the captain and Commander Riker?"
"DATA: No. Are they not here on the Starbase?"
"TASHA: No."
"GEORDI: Are you saying they are still on the Enterprise?"
"TASHA: That changes nothing. The captain and Commander Riker must be in trouble, or they'd be here."
"QUINTEROS: Look!"
"STARBASE COM VOICE: The USS Enterprise has departed in excess of warp one."