Tasha and Riker Brace for Imminent Attack with Stark Uncertainty
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Tasha urges the team to find a defensive position, warning that Data's assessment of imminent danger is usually accurate.
Riker confirms Data’s reliability, reinforcing the urgency of their situation.
Tasha reveals the imminent arrival of hostile forces within thirty seconds and admits the grim uncertainty about how to stop them.
Who Was There
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Anxious and uncertain, yet pragmatically focused on survival and defense.
Tasha Yar stands vigilantly by the hole where Data disappeared, articulating the urgent need for a defensive stance and candidly expressing her anxiety and strategic uncertainty regarding the imminent assault.
- • Establish a defensible position to protect the team
- • Acknowledge and prepare for the predicted assault
- • Confront and manage her own uncertainty about combating the threat
- • Data's threat assessment is credible and accurate
- • The upcoming assault is imminent and dangerous
Concerned yet controlled, relying on Data's logic but braced for confrontation.
Commander Riker responds with measured confidence, affirming Data's usual accuracy while maintaining situational awareness and shared concern as they await the approaching enemy presence.
- • Support Yar in finding a tactical defensive position
- • Trust and rely on Data's analysis for survival
- • Maintain leadership composure under pressure
- • Data's analytical predictions are reliable
- • They face an unavoidable and serious threat
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Key Dialogue
"TASHA: We had better find a defensive position. If Data's right --"
"RIKER: And he usually is."
"TASHA: We're going to have company in thirty seconds. And this time... I don't know how we're going to stop it."