Timebase Mismatch — Romulan Logs Forged
Data, Geordi and Riker cross-reference captured Romulan transmissions against the Intrepid's sensor records and discover a subtle but decisive timebase mismatch: the alleged transmission from Mogh appears inside a gap in the Intrepid logs and the two files fall out of sync afterward. Geordi realizes the Romulan records were deliberately rewritten to insert Mogh's code. What begins as a technical curiosity becomes a political smoking gun — a turning-point revelation that converts a procedural inquiry into proof of a calculated frame-up with far-reaching consequences for Worf and the Klingon Council.
Plot Beats
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Data reveals the basis of the charges against Worf's father, presenting captured Romulan logs that implicate Mogh in the Khitomer attack.
curiosity to concern
['science station']
Geordi and Riker question the authenticity of the logs, prompting a cross-check with the Intrepid's sensor logs to verify the data.
doubt to determination
Data and Geordi analyze the logs, discovering a timebase mismatch that exposes the falsification of the records.
scrutiny to revelation
Geordi concludes that the logs have been rewritten, confirming a deliberate frame-up of Mogh.
suspicion to clarity
Who Was There
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Data
Second Officer
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Part of Larger Arcs
A politically motivated cover‑up and frame: powerful Klingon actors (and their allies) rewrite and suppress evidence to pin treachery on Mogh — a contest between those who manipulate history for power and those who risk institutional rupture to reveal ...
Starfleet's covert technological and evidentiary investigation to uncover tampered sensor logs and timebase mismatches — an operational/data‑forensics arc that enables the moral and political reckoning.
Key Dialogue
"DATA: Commander, I have discovered the basis of the charges against Worf's father."
"GEORDI: Look at this... just before the Intrepid gap begins, the timebase of both files are in perfect sync... but look at the signals just after the shields dropped."
"GEORDI: Commander, somebody's been rewriting history."