Carving Diplomacy from Scarred Earth
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Riva inventories precise staging needs—torches placed at specific points and a round, three-meter indigenous stone table with chairs—while Riker activates his communicator to translate those demands into shipboard action.
Geordi, waiting in Main Engineering, answers the call and affirms he can replicate the requested indigenous table and dispatch head-high torches to the provided coordinates, converting the away team's specifications into immediate shipboard compliance.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Attentive and ready to assist Riva.
The Chorus stands by Riva, silently supporting him as he directs the setup of the ceremonial space.
- • Support Riva in his mediation preparations.
- • Maintain their ceremonial role as his communication conduit.
- • Their role is vital to Riva's mediation success.
- • Ceremonial precision is essential for effective diplomacy.
Alert and ready, prepared for potential threats.
Worf stands guard, maintaining vigilance over the away team and the surrounding war-torn environment.
- • Ensure the safety of the away team during the setup.
- • Maintain a secure perimeter for the upcoming negotiations.
- • The war-torn environment poses a potential threat to the team.
- • His duty is to protect the team and the mediation process.
Focused and task-oriented, with underlying respect for Riva's approach.
Riker acts as the practical conduit between Riva's ceremonial vision and Geordi's technical execution, efficiently coordinating the setup of torches and a stone table.
- • Ensure the away team's safety and readiness for negotiations.
- • Support Riva's mediation setup to facilitate a successful diplomatic outcome.
- • Proper preparation is essential for successful diplomacy.
- • Riva's expertise in mediation should be respected and supported.
Engaged and ready to assist, despite the challenge.
Geordi receives Riker's request and immediately begins coordinating the replication of torches and a stone table, ensuring Riva's exact specifications are met.
- • Quickly and accurately fulfill Riva's technical requests.
- • Support the away team's mission with engineering solutions.
- • Technology should serve the needs of diplomacy.
- • Precision and efficiency are key to successful mission support.
Focused and purposeful, driven by the urgency of the mediation.
Riva assesses the mountaintop with a mediator's precision, directing the placement of torches and the creation of a stone table to transform the battleground into a sacred space.
- • Transform the war-torn mountaintop into a sacred space for mediation.
- • Establish a ceremonial framework that will facilitate understanding between the warring parties.
- • The physical environment plays a crucial role in mediation.
- • Symbolic staging can bridge divides and foster reconciliation.
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The Solari Ceremonial Torches are requested by Riva to be placed at precise intervals around the mountaintop, symbolically marking the space as sacred and neutral for mediation.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
Main Engineering is where Geordi receives Riker's request and begins coordinating the replication of torches and a stone table, ensuring Riva's exact specifications are met.
The Flattened Mountain Top on Solari serves as the setting for Riva's transformation of a war zone into a sacred diplomatic arena. Its scarred terrain underscores the stakes of the upcoming negotiations.
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Key Dialogue
"RIVA: It is important that we set this up properly."
"RIVA: Commander. If it be possible -- I would like torches -- there -- there -- there -- and there."
"GEORDI: Yes, I thought you might."