Incursion at Transporter Room Three
Plot Beats
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The ship rocks as an explosive energy mass arrives, triggering a red alert and sending the entity barreling towards Transporter Room Three.
O'Brien stares in shock as the glowing energy form appears in Transporter Room Three and desperately calls out a security alert before being forcefully pushed away.
Worf quickly mobilizes security to intercept the intruder while Picard swiftly commands Worf and La Forge to join him, leaving Riker in charge of the Bridge.
Security personnel struggle against the violent energy force—one fires a phaser to no effect—before it retreats back into Transporter Room Three.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Startled and alarmed, switching quickly from technician focus to survival-instinct panic as the intruder physically repels him.
O'Brien is at Transporter Room Three, goggles on the glowing energy form, calling out an 'alien intruder' before the force lashes him and forces him away from the console.
- • Identify and report the anomaly accurately to command
- • Maintain control of the transporter console and protect the transport systems
- • Minimize harm to himself and the ship while the intruder is present
- • Shipboard systems and procedures can be used to diagnose and contain anomalies
- • Immediate communication with command and security is the appropriate response
- • The phenomenon is a genuine threat rather than a sensor glitch
Controlled but urgent — Picard balances tactical command with personal concern, demonstrating moral responsibility for crew safety.
Picard, on the bridge, responds to the red alert by issuing immediate orders: he mobilizes Worf and La Forge to the scene and delegates bridge command to Number One, converting the crisis into a prioritized mission.
- • Ensure the threat is contained and the ship protected
- • Deploy the appropriate personnel (security and engineering) to confront the intruder
- • Keep bridge operations stable by delegating command
- • Command must act quickly and decisively in the face of unknown threats
- • Proper allocation of personnel (security + engineering) is crucial to resolving technical anomalies
- • Delegation preserves overall ship function while addressing localized danger
Alert, controlled urgency — his Klingon sense of responsibility pushes him to immediate action while concealing any personal fear.
Worf issues the security call to Transporter Room Three over comms, mobilizing response teams and preparing to accompany Picard; he functions as the ship's immediate protective authority.
- • Secure the transporter room and protect crew members
- • Assist Picard in responding to the threat rapidly
- • Prevent the intruder from damaging ship systems or personnel
- • Security must be swift and forceful against unknown threats
- • Chain-of-command directives should be executed without hesitation
- • Physical force is a viable response unless proven otherwise
Alien and inscrutable — its actions are purposeful but lack human emotion; its behavior reads as predatory and utilitarian.
The Intruder manifests as a glowing energy form in Transporter Room Three, emits a forceful zap that drives O'Brien from the console, repels arriving security and briefly withdraws back into the transporter area.
- • Probe or exploit ship systems/crew vulnerability
- • Avoid or resist conventional force (phasers prove ineffective)
- • Create disorientation and prevent effective security response
- • Conventional physical violence does not neutralize it
- • Targeting critical infrastructure (transporter) yields strategic advantage
- • Rapid, unpredictable movement increases its survivability against organized response
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The shipwide red alert alarm detonates as the energy mass impacts the vessel, synchronizing strobe lights and console annunciations that redirect personnel and trigger emergency protocols across the bridge and decks.
A handheld phaser is fired by arriving security against the energy form in an attempt to repel or damage it; the weapon discharges but has no observable effect, underscoring the intruder's immunity to conventional phaser energy.
Location Details
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The Main Bridge functions as the command hub reacting to the incursion: alarms trigger, Picard issues orders, and bridge crew are reallocated to address the threat while maintaining ship operations.
Transporter Room Three becomes the immediate battleground where the intruder manifests and interacts with crew and systems — the room's transporter consoles and coils are the focal points of the attack and the entity's brief withdrawal.
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Key Dialogue
"O'BRIEN: "Alien intruder. Transporter Room Three. Security alert. Alien...""
"WORF: "Security to Transporter Room Three...""
"PICARD: "Lieutenant Worf, Commander La Forge with me... Number One you have the Bridge.""