Science One Greenlight — Wesley Confirms Extraction
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Wesley and Data confirm critical readings at Science One, signaling readiness for the rescue operation.
Wesley delivers a terse confirmation to Riker and Alexana, locking in the mission launch.
Who Was There
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Calm, analytical — focused on accuracy and the logical implications of the data rather than emotional context.
Data stands alongside Wesley at Science One, methodically checking and corroborating the readings; his analytical confirmation provides the objective certainty that underpins Wesley's authorization.
- • Verify the integrity and parameters of the Science One readings
- • Provide an incontrovertible technical basis for command to act
- • Minimize uncertainty in the decision calculus
- • Quantitative sensor data can and should determine operational feasibility
- • Objective confirmation reduces moral ambiguity for command
- • His role is to remove doubt through precise analysis
Grim determination: outwardly controlled and professional while carrying heavy personal stakes and urgency beneath the surface.
Wesley stands over the Science One console, reading and confirming the diagnostic output, then turns to Riker and Alexana and issues a clipped authorization — 'Got it.' His posture and face are described as grim and resolute.
- • Provide a definitive, technical authorization so command can proceed with the rescue
- • Translate raw sensor data into a clear, actionable assessment despite personal involvement
- • Prevent delay that could endanger the subject or the team
- • The instrument readings are reliable enough to base an operational decision on
- • A timely rescue is necessary and the calculated risk is justified
- • He must separate personal feelings from technical judgment to avoid compromise
Tense and focused — alert to operational consequences and the need for decisive countermeasures.
Alexana stands at Command with Riker, attentive to the confirmation from Science One; she watches Wesley and Data's verification and registers the change from analysis to authorization.
- • Confirm that the rescue can proceed with acceptable risk
- • Ensure that any coordinated response aligns with municipal security requirements
- • Gather the factual basis needed to support force deployment decisions
- • Concrete technical validation is necessary before committing resources
- • Swift, decisive action reduces overall harm if risks are within acceptable parameters
- • Her forces must coordinate with Starfleet once a viable plan is authorized
Hopeful and tense — relief at receiving confirmation mixed with the weight of imminent action and its risks.
Riker is positioned at Command; he receives Wesley's terse authorization and is described as having hoped for that confirmation. He moves from anticipatory waiting into readiness to enact the plan.
- • Obtain clear authorization to begin the rescue operation
- • Protect the crew and execute the mission with effectiveness
- • Translate technical confirmation into swift, organized operational steps
- • Technical authorization is the final barrier to action
- • Immediate action is preferable to prolonged deliberation when lives are at stake
- • Command responsibility requires decisive execution once evidence supports it
Objects Involved
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The Science One Readings are the instrument through which tentative sensor noise becomes decisive confirmation: matrices and waveforms are interpreted by Wesley and Data to determine accessibility and extraction parameters, converting uncertainty into an operational green-light.
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Science One (the aft science station on the main bridge) functions as the analytic crucible where data is translated into action. It is the physical place where Wesley and Data validate readings and deliver the evidence that compels command to proceed with a rescue.
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Key Dialogue
"WESLEY: "Got it.""