Danar Takes the Turbolift Bait
Plot Beats
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Roga Danar assesses his surroundings, bypasses a security guard, and cautiously enters a turbolift.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Grimly resolved — duty-focused with an undertow of moral urgency about preventing casualties.
On the main bridge Picard issues command-level orders: general quarters and containment of specific decks, framing the tactical perimeter and forbidding hostages as a priority.
- • Secure the ship and prevent civilian hostages
- • Contain Danar to minimize diplomatic and human cost
- • Containment and procedure will reduce casualties
- • As commanding officer he must balance diplomacy with hard security measures
Calmly focused — procedural and unemotional but purposeful in support of command decisions.
Data physically executes bridge commands: sounding general quarters and raising containment fields, and complies with the instruction to restore turbolift operation.
- • Accurately and promptly execute command-level system changes
- • Provide a reliable operational platform for the bridge's tactical plan
- • Correct execution of systems orders will enable the capture
- • Technical compliance is the most effective support he can offer command
Tactically confident, focused on a clear, executable plan; not cavalier but assured.
Riker rapidly shifts from listening to action, proposing the turbolifts be put back online as bait and articulating a simple arrest plan once Danar uses one.
- • Create a controllable trap to capture Danar
- • Coordinate ship resources to minimize risk to crew and civilians
- • Danar will act predictably if presented with an expected escape route
- • A simple tactical ploy will be safer than a wide-ranging manhunt
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
A turbolift car is intentionally returned to service as tactical bait; Danar approaches and uses it as an apparent escape route, which converts a routine transport vehicle into the focal point of the arrest plan.
A control/status panel on the bridge is operated by Data to sound general quarters and manage containment settings; it embodies command agency, enabling the tactical changes that set the trap for Danar.
A corridor-spanning security containment field functions as an active barrier; guards stand at its rim and Danar studies it as a tactical obstacle before choosing the turbolift, demonstrating how engineered barriers structure the fugitive's choices.
Danar carries a phaser as his immediate weapon; it defines the physical threat level in the corridor and justifies the bridge's decision to prioritize containment and prepare lethal force if necessary.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The narrow corridor outside the transporter room becomes the tactical throat of the sequence: where Danar stalks, where a guard and forcefield form a chokepoint, and where the turbolift door opens. Its cramped geometry compresses decisions into fast, consequential choices.
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Key Dialogue
"PICARD: "Sound general quarters. Clear corridors of all non-essential personnel. I don't want him taking any hostages.""
"DATA: "General quarters sounded, sir.""
"RIKER: "Data... put the turbolifts back on line. If Danar sees they're operating, he may try to use one. / (to Picard) Soon as he does, we have him.""