Taggert's Ode to Pulaski
Plot Beats
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Taggert shrugs through a confession: the Enterprise purged Doctor Pulaski's transporter trace after her transfer, she favored shuttlecraft over transporters, and he praises her as the best CMO he'd served with.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Warmly nostalgic with undercurrents of regret over losing Pulaski's expertise
Projecting jovial nostalgia while confessing institutional secrecy, his bushy mustache framing a rueful smile. Shifts tone from bureaucratic efficiency to wistful praise during revelations about Pulaski.
- • Explain the erased transporter records to Picard
- • Convey Pulaski's professional excellence despite her quirks
- • Professional accommodations should be made for exceptional personnel
- • Personal integrity sometimes outweighs strict protocol adherence
Calculated composure disrupted by genuine astonishment
Command-chair straight-backed posture giving way to visible surprise, fingers pausing mid-air as revelations about Pulaski's admiration land with unexpected weight.
- • Understand the real circumstances behind Pulaski's transfer
- • Reconcile this new information with their strained working relationship
- • Professional admiration should be earned through demonstrated competence
- • Starfleet officers' personal preferences merit consideration within reason
Objects Involved
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The main bridge viewscreen displays Captain Taggert's transmission with crisp clarity, his face filling the frame in the Ready Room as he delivers revelations that reshape Picard's understanding of Dr. Pulaski's motivations. Its sterile interface underscores the contrast between formal Starfleet protocol and personal disclosures.
The deliberately purged transporter records become the absent center of this conversation - their erasure both a procedural anomaly and character revelation. Taggert's confession about their deletion exposes institutional accommodation of Pulaski's beliefs, making the void where quantum signatures should be a powerful narrative presence.
Location Details
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The Captain's Ready Room hosts this confidential exchange, its sound-dampened walls absorbing startling truths about institutional accommodations and personal admiration. Starlight filtering through the observation window catches Picard's micro-expressions as he processes revelations that will reshape his working relationship with Pulaski.
The Starship Repulse looms as an unseen presence in this exchange, its institutional habits and personnel decisions transmitting across light-years to impact Enterprise dynamics. Though physically distant, its command culture and past accommodations for Pulaski become key narrative factors through Taggert's revelations.
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Key Dialogue
"TAGGERT: Sorry, Picard. We purged Dr. Pulaski's trace right after her transfer. Not that she used the transporter much, she preferred using the shuttlecraft. I'd have given her a shuttle if it would have kept her here. Best CMO I ever served with."
"TAGGERT: The moment she heard of the opening on the Enterprise, she put in a request for transfer. Knew your service record backward and forward. Apparently she's been an admirer of yours for some time."