Elway Link — Lethal Interdimensional Transit Discovered
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Wesley and Data examine the Ansata armband and note its unusual subspace field coil and isolated power source, sparking curiosity about its function.
Geordi alerts Wesley and Data to a faint nuclear vibration detected during the Ansata's movements, hinting at a possible subspace transition rebound.
Wesley connects the nuclear vibrations to the discredited Elway Theorem, suggesting the Ansata might be moving inter-dimensionally.
Data points out the fatal flaws in the Elway Theorem, raising questions about the Ansata's willingness to risk their lives for this technology.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Bright, urgent excitement undercut by focused seriousness — eager to prove a technical connection and anxious about practical consequences.
Leans over the opened Ansata armband on the pool table, connects the faint nuclear vibration to inter‑dimensional transport and the Elway Theorem, excites the team and instructs the computer to retrieve files.
- • Confirm whether the armband enables inter‑dimensional transport.
- • Retrieve archival files (Elway Theorem) to validate the hypothesis.
- • Turn scientific pattern-recognition into actionable leads for tracing the kidnappers.
- • Patterns in measured signatures reveal transport methods and can be traced.
- • Established academic theory (Elway) may explain contemporary anomalous devices.
- • Technical evidence can produce tactical advantage when sped to command.
Concerned and resolute — personal stakes sharpened into mission focus, quickly translating technical info into tactical priorities.
Enters the engineering space after overhearing the technical exchange, solicits options for tracing the method, interprets Data's warning as evidence they may need medical expertise, and shifts the conversation toward mission consequences.
- • Determine whether the transport method can be traced or countered.
- • Assess operational implications and assign appropriate resources (including medical assets).
- • Protect crew and retrieve the kidnapped doctor.
- • Command must synthesize scientific findings into strategic decisions.
- • The use of dangerous transport tech raises both tactical and humanitarian emergencies.
- • Expert medical help (Beverly Crusher) is indispensable to resolving the crisis.
Measured and cautionary — professional detachment with a specific warning tone that reframes the discovery as dangerous.
Performs calm forensic analysis of the dissected coil, identifies an isolated power source and the connection to the Elway Theorem, and warns the group that the theorem was discredited and lethal in practice.
- • Provide an accurate scientific assessment of the armband's design.
- • Warn command and colleagues about the lethal consequences of using Elway-based transport.
- • Offer a detectable signature (internal damage) that can be exploited for tracing.
- • Scientific truth and historical record must guide operational decisions.
- • Use of discredited, dangerous technology implies irrational or desperate actors.
- • Physiological consequences of transport are measurable and can be leveraged for detection.
Alert and problem-focused — concerned by the untraceable nature but actively searching for technical workarounds.
Spots telemetry on a console monitor, reports Rutian team data about a faint nuclear vibration, interprets traceability limits and proposes an adaptive subspace echogram as a possible detection method.
- • Interpret remote telemetry to find usable leads.
- • Identify or adapt sensing techniques to detect the transport signature.
- • Coordinate engineering resources to support any proposed echogram.
- • Remote sensor data (Rutian team) is trustworthy and actionable.
- • Engineering solutions can be adapted to detect even unconventional signatures.
- • Rapid technical response can convert forensic clues into operational advantages.
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The Main Engineering pool table acts as an improvised workbench where the armband is opened and forensic examination occurs; its presence emphasizes the ad-hoc, hands-on nature of the investigation.
The adaptive subspace echogram is referenced as the probable detection tool that could match the Elway coil's unique frequency bands and reveal transport events; it is proposed as a technical workaround to otherwise untraceable dimensional jumps.
The dissected Ansata armband's subspace field coil is the forensic hinge of the scene: examined on the pool table, it shows an isolated power source and matches Elway's coil design, providing the physical evidence that links Ansata's technology to inter‑dimensional transport and the fatal consequences Data cites.
A nearby diagnostic console/monitor surfaces telemetry (Rutian team data) and displays the echogram-like traces Geordi references; it functions as the immediate interface for detection, visualization, and retrieval of archived files that support Wesley's hypothesis.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
Main Engineering is the practical crucible for this discovery: technicians cluster around consoles and the pool table, reactor hum and diagnostics provide sensory texture, and the space converts forensic curiosity into immediate command-level consequence when the lethal potential of the technology is revealed.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Wesley's connection of the nuclear vibrations to the Elway Theorem eventually enables the team to locate the Ansata base, driving the rescue mission."
"Wesley's connection of the nuclear vibrations to the Elway Theorem eventually enables the team to locate the Ansata base, driving the rescue mission."
Key Dialogue
"GEORDI: The Rutian team picked up a faint nuclear vibration during the terrorist movements..."
"DATA: But it was proven to be fatal. To use this technology would be an irrational act."
"PICARD: And it sounds as though they might require the services of... a doctor."