Transporter Pad Breakout — Danar's Violent Escape
Plot Beats
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Roga Danar materializes on the transporter pad and attempts to fire his rifle but fails, immediately establishing his desperate, dangerous nature.
A security officer commands Danar to stay put, triggering his violent breakout attempt as he lunges off the pad.
Who Was There
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Commanding under stress, then momentarily overwhelmed and physically vulnerable.
Stands at the pad with weapon trained and issues the immediate verbal command to contain Danar, then is swept into the melee and overpowered in close quarters as Danar lands on him after a mid‑air strike.
- • Enforce transporter protocol and keep subject immobilized
- • Protect crew and prevent a shipboard breach
- • Clear, immediate orders will control the situation
- • The security posture and phasers will be sufficient to subdue an unruly subject
Determined and focused on physical containment; concerned for the safety of fellow crew members.
Arrives amid the skirmish and joins the other guards and officers in the collective effort to tackle and pin Danar, contributing practical strength and procedural support to the restraint.
- • Help restrain the attacker quickly and safely
- • Prevent Danar from harming more personnel or escaping
- • Teamwork among crew is necessary in violent breaches
- • Transporter incidents are high‑risk and require rapid, coordinated response
Focused, controlled aggression — duty overriding any curiosity or moral hesitation.
Charges with Riker to physically subdue Danar, using stature and tactical aggression to pin him down as the group converges; instrumental in the final gang‑tackle.
- • Bring the assailant under control using necessary force
- • Protect the captain, crew, and ship infrastructure
- • Physical intervention is sometimes the only effective response
- • Order and security require decisive use of force
Exasperated urgency — anger at the disruption coupled with the need for quick containment and political foresight.
Arrives on scene exclaiming in disbelief, immediately leads the charge with Worf to tackle Danar, gives post‑subdual orders to move Danar to detention and set phasers to kill, asserting command control of the crisis.
- • Ensure Danar is secured and removed to custody
- • Prevent further casualties or a shipboard security breach
- • Swift, forceful action is required to contain a direct threat
- • Institutional protocol must be enforced to avoid political fallout
Startled and then injured — adrenaline‑sharp but physically disoriented after being flung into the wall.
The transporter engineer moves instinctively from console duty to physical intervention, grabbing Danar from behind in an attempt to restrain him and is violently thrown backwards against the wall, incapacitated by the impact.
- • Prevent Danar from escaping the pad
- • Protect the transporter systems and nearby crew
- • Hands‑on intervention can stop the threat quickly
- • Technical personnel must act when protocol fails
Objects Involved
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The transporter pad itself is the focal point — the place Danar materializes and the physical stage for the eruption. Its confined surface produces immediate proximity between subject and guards, turning a technical platform into a kinetic battleground.
Roga Danar's shoulder rifle is immediately brought to bear when he materializes but fails to fire, its malfunction directly triggering the close‑quarters escalation; its impotence forces Danar into hand‑to‑hand violence rather than a ranged shootout.
Security phasers are aimed and fired as Danar lunges — one shot misses, another connects in mid‑air but does not prevent the attack; later Riker orders phasers set to 'kill', demonstrating escalation from disabling to lethal authorization as an immediate tactical response.
Location Details
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The transporter room serves as the confined arena where the planned, technical transfer collapses into violence; consoles, pads and close quarters amplify danger and force crew to improvise enforcement and medical triage.
The adjacent corridor immediately receives the spillover of the struggle; the fight crashes through into this narrow passage, turning it into an extension of the containment attempt and a tactical chokepoint.
The high‑security detention cell is invoked as the immediate destination for Danar after subdual — it frames the intended institutional response and foreshadows custody and interrogation phases following the incident.
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Key Dialogue
"SECURITY MAN: "Just stay where you are.""
"RIKER: "What the hell...""
"RIKER: "Take him to the detention cell. Set phasers on kill.""