Captain Picard Greenlights Wesley for Away Team on Rubicun Three
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Picard grants Wesley Crusher permission to join the initial away team evaluating the planet for young crew members' shore leave, a decision underscored by Beverly’s approving glance.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Alert and focused, exhibiting cautious concern about unexplained phenomena.
Lieutenant Worf reports a puzzling sensor anomaly and supports Data’s findings, maintaining professional vigilance on the bridge during this assessment phase.
- • Ensure bridge security and sensor integrity
- • Communicate potential threats to command
- • Sensor anomalies may indicate hidden dangers
- • Maintaining operational readiness is paramount
Energetic and positive, eager to share good news and ease concerns.
Commander Riker returns with enthusiasm, delivering upbeat and confident reports about the planet’s natural beauty and suitability for shore leave, encouraging optimism among the bridge crew.
- • Convince command of the planet’s suitability for rest and recreation
- • Support crew morale with positive reports
- • The planet is safe and beneficial for the crew
- • Positive first impressions are key to mission success
Worn but resolute, balancing her medical responsibility with maternal instincts and hope for crew rejuvenation.
Dr. Beverly Crusher enters the bridge with heavy concern about crew exhaustion, advocating for shore leave especially for the children, and offers a supportive yet weary presence, quietly approving Wesley’s involvement.
- • Ensure crew health and morale through shore leave
- • Protect her son and support his growth within safe parameters
- • Crew exhaustion risks mission effectiveness
- • Shore leave is essential for physical and emotional recovery
Calm and attentive, serving as an emotional anchor amid the crew’s growing fatigue and apprehension.
Counselor Troi offers empathic insight, welcoming Beverly Crusher warmly, and gently mediates the emotional tension surrounding shore leave, encouraging open airing of feelings without intrusion.
- • Facilitate emotional communication among senior staff
- • Support Captain Picard's balanced decision-making process
- • Open emotional expression aids crew cohesion
- • Understanding local and crew emotional states is crucial for mission success
Calm and focused, delivering clear and balanced information.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge provides technical and cultural context regarding the planet’s customs and laws, supplementing the briefing with neutral, factual observations about its paradoxical social mores.
- • Inform command of cultural complexities
- • Assist in evaluating the planet’s suitability for shore leave
- • Understanding local customs is critical to mission safety
- • Balanced information aids command decisions
Focused and cautious, balancing optimism with security awareness.
Lieutenant Tasha Yar delivers the security report on the planet’s customs and laws, endorsing shore leave with cautious professionalism and noting sensor technicians’ work on the reported anomalies.
- • Ensure crew safety through thorough assessment
- • Support command with accurate operational intelligence
- • Security protocols must guide shore leave decisions
- • Unknown anomalies require careful monitoring
Calm and hopeful but tempered by prudent caution due to unexplained sensor anomalies and the unknowns of the new planet.
Captain Picard commands the bridge with measured authority, narrating the captain’s log, reviewing reports from Riker and sensor data from Data and Worf, and ultimately authorizing shore leave and Wesley’s inclusion in the away team, balancing optimism with cautious pragmatism.
- • Assess the risks and benefits of shore leave on Rubicun Three
- • Ensure crew welfare while respecting unknown planetary conditions
- • The planet may offer much-needed respite for the crew
- • Due diligence is necessary before proceeding with shore leave
Intrigued and concerned by data incongruities, signaling potential unknowns.
Data examines sensor readings meticulously, revealing an unexplained anomaly that puzzles him, raising initial alarms on the bridge and injecting a note of caution into the otherwise optimistic briefing.
- • Clarify the nature of the sensor anomaly
- • Alert command to possible hidden risks
- • Sensor data is reliable but can reveal unknown threats
- • Full disclosure to command is essential
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The Enterprise Bridge Main Viewer prominently displays real-time imagery of Rubicun Three, providing visual confirmation of the planet’s Earthlike and pastoral qualities, framing the crew’s optimistic anticipation and grounding the scene’s dialogue in tangible imagery.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The Main Bridge functions as the command nexus where the senior staff convenes to share reports, analyze sensor data, and make critical decisions about shore leave and crew welfare. Its high-tech environment and visual displays facilitate rapid information exchange and strategic planning.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Wesley's permission and inclusion on the away team lead to his integration with the Edo children, displaying his innocence and foreshadowing his inadvertent violation of their laws."
"Data's initial sensor anomaly noted on the bridge foreshadows the later full revelation of the Edolord's presence and threat."
"Picard grants Wesley permission to join the away team, setting up Wesley's presence on the planet which directly leads to his minor infraction in the forbidden garden area."
"Picard grants Wesley permission to join the away team, setting up Wesley's presence on the planet which directly leads to his minor infraction in the forbidden garden area."
Key Dialogue
"PICARD: "Riker has sounded very enthused in his reports.""
"RIKER: "Exactly per my reports, sir. Class M, so Earthlike, so beautiful, it will startle you!""
"DATA: "But there is a problem here, sir! I do not understand this at all!""
"PICARD: "Of course... Wesley, if we go, you will join the away team to evaluate this world as a place for young people to relax.""
"WESLEY: "Yes, sir!""