Tasha's Quiet Farewell
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Tasha reports the completion of equipment transfer to the Enterprise-C, signaling readiness for the impending battle.
Tasha bids farewell to Picard and the bridge crew, marking her departure to join the Enterprise-C.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Calm and resigned outwardly, carrying a quiet, private melancholy — acceptance of sacrifice masked by professional duty.
Tasha appears from the turbolift, reports completion of the equipment transfer, offers a composed goodbye to Picard, pauses to touch the Tactical panel in a brief ritual, and exits to join Enterprise-C under imminent threat.
- • Confirm the converters have been transferred and will function aboard Enterprise-C.
- • Depart to join the Enterprise-C promptly and without causing delay.
- • Leave the bridge with a small, private acknowledgment of what she is leaving behind.
- • Her technical contribution will materially help the Enterprise-C and justify her going.
- • There is no safer or better alternative than her going with the Enterprise-C.
- • Duty requires personal sacrifice when it protects a greater good.
Anxious but supportive — alarmed by the tactical situation while wanting to offer comfort to Tasha.
Wesley calls long-range scans detecting Klingon battlecruisers, gives an ETA, exchanges a brief, halfhearted smile with Tasha, then watches as the bridge swings to Red Alert, unable to offer more than a small human connection before duty overrides conversation.
- • Provide precise sensor information to enable command decisions.
- • Offer a moment of personal reassurance to Tasha before she departs.
- • Execute his Conn duties to keep the ship prepared.
- • Accurate sensor readings can change tactical outcomes.
- • Informal human gestures matter even in crisis.
- • Following orders quickly will minimize risk to the crew.
Professional and focused; functions as a steady, institutional presence rather than an emotional actor in the scene.
A supernumerary arrives from the turbolift and assumes the now-vacant Tactical station immediately after Tasha departs, filling the operational gap to maintain combat readiness.
- • Take over tactical duties to ensure continuity of bridge operations.
- • Respond to imminent orders under Red Alert without hesitation.
- • Stations must be manned during battle readiness.
- • Institutional procedures ensure ship survival.
Solemn and determined; externally composed while internally aware of the heavy moral consequences of the order he issues.
Picard stands, studies the viewer, attempts to speak to Tasha but is interrupted; upon the sensor report he instantly orders Red Alert, acknowledging the grim calculus that makes Tasha's departure irreversible.
- • Protect the Enterprise-D and its crew by preparing for an imminent Klingon intercept.
- • Preserve the integrity of the timeline and the mission by enabling the Enterprise-C to return.
- • Maintain command composure to prevent chaos during escalation.
- • Immediate tactical readiness is necessary in the face of Klingon aggression.
- • Difficult personal choices (including allowing Tasha to leave) must be subordinated to the mission's larger ethical imperatives.
- • His orders will be followed and that structure will limit panic.
Calm and objective; his actions are procedural and catalytic rather than emotional.
Data monitors Ops, registers the sound from the Ops panel, turns to his console and processes the new sensor data, providing the objective trigger that shifts the scene from farewell to battle readiness.
- • Relay accurate sensor information to command without delay.
- • Enable a timely tactical response through precise reporting.
- • Maintain operational clarity under sudden pressure.
- • Objective data should drive command decisions.
- • Timely communication of sensor contacts preserves lives.
- • His role is to provide clarity, not to intervene emotionally.
Concerned and quietly sympathetic; projects competence but registers the loss personally and procedurally.
Riker moves closer to the Captain and Tasha, seeks an ETA, and watches Tasha's departure — attentive, professionally concerned, and aware of the emotional weight but restrained by duty.
- • Gather tactical timing information to prepare command's response.
- • Support Picard's decision-making by providing situational awareness.
- • Maintain bridge order and readiness as the situation escalates.
- • Accurate timing (ETA) is crucial for tactical planning.
- • Officers must accept personal risk when mission-critical tasks demand it.
- • He can support the captain by staying focused and responsive.
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The aft corridor turbolift car provides physical ingress and egress for Tasha and the supernumerary; it stages emotional beats (Tasha's entrance and exit) and underlines the urgency and transience of the moment as crew flow shifts from personal to martial.
The Enterprise-D bridge Ops panel emits the sound that draws Data's attention and precipitates the sensor report announcing Klingon battlecruisers. It functions as the technical trigger that converts a private farewell into an immediate tactical crisis.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The ring of turbolift access points at the bridge throat functions as the physical and symbolic threshold for departures and arrivals: Tasha's entry and exit are staged here, turning personal goodbyes into quick, public acts under pressure.
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Key Dialogue
"TASHA: We've finished the transfer of equipment, Captain. The new converters should be able to compensate for the damaged units on the Enterprise-C."
"WESLEY: Long-range scans have picked up Klingon battlecruisers, Captain. They are on an intercept course."
"TASHA: I'm on my way, sir. Good-bye, Captain."