Red Alert — Tasha's Quiet Farewell
Plot Beats
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Wesley detects Klingon battlecruisers on an intercept course, escalating the urgency of the situation.
Picard orders a Red Alert, mobilizing the crew for battle as the Klingon threat becomes imminent.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Quietly sorrowful and resigned; she compresses personal longing into a brief ritual before returning to duty.
Enters from the turbolift having completed transfer of converters, informs Picard, exchanges brief farewells, pauses at the vacant tactical station to touch the panel, then departs to take up duty.
- • Ensure the transferred equipment will help the Enterprise-C
- • Honor her responsibilities to the ship and crew despite personal cost
- • Duty to ship and crew supersedes personal desires
- • Small rituals (a touch to the station) give private closure when words cannot
Anxious but professional — a halfhearted smile masks the seriousness of the information he must deliver.
At Conn, reports long-range scans picking up Klingon battlecruisers and provides a precise ETA of interception, delivering the facts that trigger Picard's order.
- • Relay sensor information quickly and accurately
- • Fulfill his duty to the bridge crew despite the emotional context
- • Timely and precise reporting is critical to command decisions
- • Personal emotions should not impede operational responsibilities
Professional, watchful; functions as institutional steadiness rather than individual personality.
Enters from the turbolift and immediately assumes the now-vacant tactical station, providing a visible, disciplined security presence as the bridge shifts to battle posture.
- • Occupy the tactical station and ensure continuity of bridge operations
- • Project security and readiness during transition to Red Alert
- • Visible, ready personnel maintain order and discipline
- • Rapid replacement of key stations prevents operational gaps
Resolute, controlled outwardly; privately carrying the weight of the imminent tactical and moral decision.
Stands at command studying the viewer image, receives Wesley's sensor report, issues the order 'Red Alert' and attempts to acknowledge Tasha's farewell before she departs.
- • Protect the ship and crew by initiating defensive posture
- • Maintain command control and transition the bridge into wartime procedure
- • Immediate, organized response gives the best chance of survival
- • Personal sentiment must be deferred when operational imperatives are at stake
Clinically focused; calm attention to data while the bridge's emotional temperature rises around him.
At Ops, reacts to an alert sound from the Ops panel, monitors sensor returns objectively and turns to consult his console when the Klingon contact is reported.
- • Verify sensor data and present accurate tactical information
- • Support bridge command with timely diagnostics and system readouts
- • Accurate information minimizes error in command decisions
- • Systematic, unemotional processing of data is most useful under pressure
Concerned and professionally restrained; keeps personal emotions in check to preserve command cohesion.
Positioned at an aft console, moves a few steps closer to Picard when the alert sounds, listens and stands ready without interrupting the moment between Picard and Tasha.
- • Support Picard's command decisions and be ready to execute orders
- • Preserve bridge discipline and ensure a smooth transition to battle stations
- • Chain of command and discipline are essential under imminent threat
- • Emotional displays must be minimized to keep crew functional
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The aft corridor turbolift car provides the physical ingress and egress for Tasha's entry and exit and for the supernumerary who relieves the tactical station; it functions narratively as the threshold between private moments and institutional duty.
The Ops panel emits a warning SOUND that draws Data's attention and anchors the sequence in instrumentation: it delivers sensor alerts and displays the Klingon contacts that precipitate the Red Alert, functioning as the factual trigger for command action.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The turbolift access point functions as the physical and symbolic doorway for Tasha's brief appearance and departure; it stages the transfer of personnel, marks transitions between private farewell and public duty, and facilitates rapid deployment during the onset of Red Alert.
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Key Dialogue
"WESLEY: Long-range scans have picked up Klingon battlecruisers, Captain. They are on an intercept course."
"PICARD: Red Alert. All hands to battle stations."
"TASHA: I'm on my way, sir. Good-bye, Captain."