Away Team Splits: Triangulated Search

Immediately after the deception in Granger's office, the away team fractures down Mariposa's corridor: Geordi snatches his toolkit and stalks off with a crewmember while Riker and Pulaski each pair with others and fan out in different directions. The split is functional — search, repair, and forensic probing proceed in parallel — but it is also dramatic: it externalizes competing priorities (rescue vs. repair, ethics vs. expedience), exposes individual vulnerabilities, and sets up converging discoveries and confrontations born of haste and incomplete information.

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Geordi hefts his tool kit as the team splits up. Riker, Pulaski, and Geordi each head off in opposite directions with an assigned crewmember, fanning out to tackle parallel tasks.

readiness to purposeful action

Who Was There

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Concerned and purposeful—her medical training makes her impatient with delay, and she is quietly anxious about unknown biological risks.

Pulaski pairs with a crewmember and moves down an opposite corridor, scanning for injured or compromised individuals and prepared to conduct triage or deeper medical interrogation as needed.

Goals in this moment
  • Identify and treat any injured persons quickly
  • Collect medical data that will clarify the nature of the threat or condition
Active beliefs
  • Medical facts must guide any ethical or operational decision
  • Immediate medical assessment can prevent escalation or catastrophe
Character traits
alert compassionate procedural
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Focused determination with an undercurrent of controlled urgency—he feels the weight of responsibility and moves to contain the situation.

Riker leads by example: he pairs with a crewperson and moves off decisively down one arm of the corridor, posture taut and purposeful, initiating the split to cover ground and assert command presence.

Goals in this moment
  • Rapidly secure the area to protect crew and civilians
  • Gather immediate tactical information to inform next steps
Active beliefs
  • Swift, distributed action is necessary to prevent further harm
  • As first officer, he must model composure and operational control
Character traits
decisive commanding practical
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Practical concentration—he is eager to apply diagnostics, slightly impatient to replace speculation with data, and protective about preserving evidence and crew safety.

Geordi, toolkit in hand, leaves with a crewmember toward a different section of the corridor with the explicit intent to inspect and repair systems or gather technical evidence; his gait is brisk and work-focused.

Goals in this moment
  • Perform rapid technical diagnostics and repairs as needed
  • Locate and secure any physical evidence relevant to the incident
Active beliefs
  • Technology and diagnostic data will reveal what happened
  • Swift repairs reduce risk and demonstrate control over the environment
Character traits
methodical hands-on analytical
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