Sickbay Alarm: Riker Learns Troi Is Surrounded
Plot Beats
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Riker and Palmer materialize in Sickbay, where Beverly and a medic assist in placing Palmer on a biobed while Riker stretches his aching muscles.
Riker asks Data over the com if Counselor Troi has beamed up, revealing his concern for her safety amidst the Mintakans.
Data reports that Troi is still surrounded by Mintakans, prompting Riker to exclaim 'Damn' in frustration before exiting.
Who Was There
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Painful disorientation with shock; dependent and faintly confused but implicitly trusting the medical team.
Palmer rematerializes wounded and disoriented and is physically moved onto the biobed while he doubles in pain and relies on crew to stabilize him.
- • Receive immediate medical treatment to stop bleeding and stabilize injuries.
- • Be kept alive and conscious until Dr. Crusher can assess him.
- • Avoid further shock or trauma.
- • Starfleet medical care will save him.
- • His condition must be hidden from Mintakan awareness to limit contamination.
- • He is responsible for the breach and therefore must be contained.
Affectively neutral; procedural objectivity guiding delivery of crucial tactical information.
Data’s voice responds over comms with a precise sensor-based report that Troi has not been beamed up and is detected amid a group of Mintakans, delivering facts without affect and prompting Riker’s abrupt departure.
- • Provide accurate, timely sensor information to command.
- • Maintain communications integrity between away teams and ship.
- • Enable command decisions through factual reporting.
- • Objective sensor data is the clearest basis for action.
- • Reporting facts promptly is a duty even in medical contexts.
- • A lack of detected beam-up implies an ongoing risk to the missing officer.
Agitated, physically exhausted but mentally prioritized toward operational rescue; urgency masked by professional focus.
Riker materializes with Palmer, helps thrust Palmer onto the biobed, stretches aching muscles, then immediately queries Data about Troi over comms before exiting abruptly to lead a rescue.
- • Ensure Palmer receives immediate medical attention.
- • Determine Counselor Troi’s status and location.
- • Rapidly transition from medical triage to organizing a rescue effort.
- • People in the field must be rescued immediately when their safety is compromised.
- • Prompt knowledge of crew status (Troi) is essential to prioritize resources.
- • Medical stabilization can be delegated so command can act swiftly.
Intensely focused and pragmatic, balancing clinical urgency with the wider ethical implications of the incident.
Dr. Crusher and a medic immediately receive Palmer, direct his placement onto the biobed, and begin triage—ordering or preparing treatment while monitoring vitals and coordinating with command as necessary.
- • Stabilize Palmer’s condition as quickly as possible.
- • Prevent further physiological decline and prepare for any required procedures.
- • Minimize cultural contamination by controlling information and access to Palmer.
- • Saving a life is the immediate moral priority.
- • Containment and memory protocols may be necessary to prevent Prime Directive violations.
- • Quick, decisive medical action preserves more options for command.
Clinically focused with suppressed concern; performing routine under stress.
The unidentified medical officer assists in transferring Palmer to the biobed, clips monitoring leads, prepares hyposprays, and follows Crusher’s orders while maintaining procedural calm amidst sudden command pressure.
- • Execute triage and initial stabilization as ordered by Dr. Crusher.
- • Prepare pharmacological and monitoring tools for immediate use.
- • Keep the treatment area controlled and ready for further orders.
- • Following medical protocol maximizes survival chances.
- • Hierarchy and clear orders are essential in crisis.
- • Priority must be given to life-saving procedures despite other operational issues.
Objects Involved
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The examination biobed functions as the immediate locus of triage: Palmer is placed onto its padded surface for rapid assessment, monitoring ports are prepared, and it becomes the staging ground for life-saving interventions and discussion about containment.
Location Details
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Enterprise Sickbay serves as the clinical staging area where Palmer is beamed, immediately triaged, and where command receives the critical sensor update about Troi. The sterile medical setting contrasts with the field danger outside and becomes the nerve center for deciding between medical care and tactical rescue.
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Key Dialogue
"RIKER: Data. Has Counselor Troi beamed up?"
"DATA'S COM VOICE: Negative, Commander. Sensors show she's in the midst of a group of Mintakans."
"RIKER: Damn."