Holodeck Reconstruction Initiated
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Data announces the completion of the Holodeck programming, establishing the technical foundation for the investigation.
Picard, Riker, Troi, and Krag approach the Holodeck doors, signaling the commencement of the critical investigation.
Data details the comprehensive nature of the Holodeck recreation, emphasizing its precision and the inclusion of all relevant depositions and technical data.
The participants enter the Holodeck, marking the transition into the simulated investigation space.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Calm and determined — intent on acquiring incontrovertible evidence to support his extradition demand, though outwardly unreadable.
Enters with measured composure as the formal investigator representing Tanugan jurisdiction; he brings the external legal threat implicit in extradition and watches the mechanized reconstruction as his evidentiary stage.
- • Secure a reconstruction that validates the Tanugan case and justifies extradition proceedings.
- • Expose inconsistencies or confirmations in the Holodeck output to build a legal argument.
- • That a rigorously compiled reconstruction will either corroborate Tanugan charges or concede extradition is unjustified.
- • Objective, frozen timelines and data will carry legal weight across jurisdictions.
Resolute with an undercurrent of burdened loyalty — outwardly procedural, inwardly aware of the personal stakes for Riker.
Leads the small procession to the Holodeck, oversees the transition from corridor to simulated space; his authority organizes the formalities as he enters to supervise the forensic recreation and protect institutional process while privately carrying the burden of defending his officer.
- • Ensure the reconstruction proceeds under proper Starfleet protocols.
- • Provide a fair, impartial forum that protects Riker's rights while answering Krag's charges.
- • Due process and careful reconstruction will reveal the truth.
- • As captain, he must balance institutional obligations with personal loyalty.
Neutral, methodical — a factual register that masks no human emotion but shapes the room's procedural gravity.
Provides the scene's authoritative exposition via voice-over, logging the Holodeck's eighteen‑hour programming, inventorying included deposition materials, and announcing the simulation's 8.7% margin of error; functions as the objective technical narrator of the event.
- • Convey exact technical status of the Holodeck reconstruction to all present.
- • Frame the simulation as an evidentiary tool whose limitations (8.7% error) are explicit to participants.
- • Accurate technical description is necessary for fair evaluation.
- • A precise catalogue of inputs and margins of error lends legitimacy to the reconstruction.
Anxious and exposed beneath a veneer of professionalism — aware that procedural machinery may determine his fate and reputation.
Physically present as the subject of inquiry; he walks into the Holodeck under the watchful eyes of his captain, counselor and an alien investigator, embodying the man whose actions are about to be virtually replayed and scrutinized.
- • Cooperate with the reconstruction to demonstrate his innocence or explain his actions.
- • Maintain dignity and composure under formal scrutiny to influence perception.
- • That an accurate reconstruction will vindicate him if the evidence is interpreted correctly.
- • That his captain's supervision and the counselor's presence will mitigate procedural hostility.
Supportive and alert — tuned to both Riker's inner state and to the emotional tenor of the formal procedure unfolding.
Accompanies the group into the Holodeck as a psychological anchor; present to provide empathic support to Riker and to help interpret emotional subtext that machine reconstructions cannot fully capture.
- • Provide emotional support to Riker during an alien and stressful investigatory process.
- • Offer human interpretive context that complements the Holodeck's technical evidence.
- • Human testimony and emotional truth matter even when technical reconstructions are central.
- • Her presence can influence procedural fairness by moderating tension and ensuring humane treatment.
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The layered holographic technical schematics and data panes constitute the substantive contents of the Holodeck program: they aggregate depositions, ground-computer records and Apgar's logs into an interactive, visualized reconstruction used to adjudicate conflicting accounts and test causal chains.
The Holodeck doors act as the physical threshold between public corridor and simulated adjudication chamber; their opening marks the formal commencement of the reconstruction and the participants' willingness to submit to machine-mediated evidence.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The Holodeck art class, normally a private, restorative studio with easels and canvases, is repurposed as the staged site for a formal forensic reconstruction. Its intimate domestic textures are juxtaposed against the clinical purpose now imposed — a sanctuary turned evidentiary arena.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Picard's proposal of a Holodeck recreation leads to Data's programming of the simulation, which becomes the primary investigative tool."
"Picard's proposal of a Holodeck recreation leads to Data's programming of the simulation, which becomes the primary investigative tool."
"Picard's proposal of a Holodeck recreation leads to Data's programming of the simulation, which becomes the primary investigative tool."
Key Dialogue
"DATA: "Second officer's log, Stardate 43611.6. Programming of the Holodeck has taken eighteen hours and is now complete.""
"DATA: "All participants have entered their depositions. Technical schematics, and complete records from the lab's ground computers, as well as Doctor Apgar's personal logs, have been included. The recreation has a nominal eight-point-seven percent margin of error.""