Riva Commits to the Solais Mission
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Picard briefs Riva on the urgent situation at Solais Five; Riva accepts and announces immediate preparation for departure, including bringing his Chorus, turning diplomatic intent into action and committing his unique method to the mission.
With Worf's authorization, the away team, Riva, and the Chorus beam up to the Enterprise—closing the encounter and converting a ceremonial exchange into the operational start of the Solais Five mission.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Professionally neutral with individualized inflection
Functions as seamless extension of Riva's consciousness, shifting between ceremonial formality and personal expression with disciplined synchronicity.
- • Accurately manifest Riva's multidimensional personality
- • Demonstrate centuries-old ceremonial tradition
- • They embody perfected intercultural communication
- • Their service legitimizes Riva's authority
Professionally cordial with instructive patience
Serves as Riva's diplomatic interface, explaining historical context while maintaining elegant hospitality despite immediate crisis.
- • Educate Starfleet about Chorus tradition
- • Establish Riva's unassailable credentials
- • Their method represents evolutionary advancement in diplomacy
- • Specialization creates perfect communication
Professionally impressed but urgently pragmatic
Maintains diplomatic composure while absorbing Riva's unconventional methods, tactfully correcting protocol missteps and urgently redirecting focus to the Solais Five crisis.
- • Secure Riva's cooperation for Solais Five mediation
- • Understand the mechanics of Riva's communication system
- • Extraordinary situations require flexible diplomacy
- • First contact protocols must adapt to cultural uniqueness
Professionally alert with underlying suspicion
Maintains protective tactical readiness, instinctively reacting to Riva's sudden commanding gesture before standing down at Picard's cue.
- • Monitor potential threats from unfamiliar alien protocol
- • Execute smooth transport sequence for expanded delegation
- • Unconventional behavior warrants security scrutiny
- • First contacts require strict operational discipline
Intrigued and professionally charmed
Forms instantaneous empathic connection with Riva through his Chorus, visibly flattered by Warrior/Adonis' advances while deciphering the emotional undercurrents of the exchange.
- • Establish psychological rapport with Riva's unique consciousness
- • Navigate the Warrior/Adonis' advances without compromising mission integrity
- • Interspecies communication transcends verbal language
- • Flirtation can be legitimate cultural exchange
Bemused confidence with calculated intensity
Projects serene authority through silence, deliberately provoking Picard to test Federation adaptability before committing to the Solais mission.
- • Assess Starfleet's capacity for unconventional diplomacy
- • Establish dominance in negotiation dynamics
- • True mediation requires submission to his methods
- • Disability transforms into strategic advantage
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
Worf's communicator enables pivotal transport sequence, its Starfleet engineering contrasting with Riva's organic communication methods as seven individuals simultaneously beam to the Enterprise.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
Looms as offscreen crisis point that accelerates negotiations - its unseen violence creates urgency that cuts through ceremonial proceedings.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Picard's captain's log and the order to divert to Ramatis directly set the away-team meeting that produces the ritualized assembly where the story's central mystery (Riva and his Chorus) is introduced."
"Picard's captain's log and the order to divert to Ramatis directly set the away-team meeting that produces the ritualized assembly where the story's central mystery (Riva and his Chorus) is introduced."
"Picard's captain's log and the order to divert to Ramatis directly set the away-team meeting that produces the ritualized assembly where the story's central mystery (Riva and his Chorus) is introduced."
"Picard's captain's log and the order to divert to Ramatis directly set the away-team meeting that produces the ritualized assembly where the story's central mystery (Riva and his Chorus) is introduced."
"Picard's captain's log and the order to divert to Ramatis directly set the away-team meeting that produces the ritualized assembly where the story's central mystery (Riva and his Chorus) is introduced."
"Picard's captain's log and the order to divert to Ramatis directly set the away-team meeting that produces the ritualized assembly where the story's central mystery (Riva and his Chorus) is introduced."
"Picard's captain's log and the order to divert to Ramatis directly set the away-team meeting that produces the ritualized assembly where the story's central mystery (Riva and his Chorus) is introduced."
"Picard's captain's log and the order to divert to Ramatis directly set the away-team meeting that produces the ritualized assembly where the story's central mystery (Riva and his Chorus) is introduced."
"The ritualized arrival context immediately leads to the Chorus's explanation and the critical revelation that Riva is deaf and uses the Chorus as his voice."
"The ritualized arrival context immediately leads to the Chorus's explanation and the critical revelation that Riva is deaf and uses the Chorus as his voice."
"The ritualized arrival context immediately leads to the Chorus's explanation and the critical revelation that Riva is deaf and uses the Chorus as his voice."
"The ritualized arrival context immediately leads to the Chorus's explanation and the critical revelation that Riva is deaf and uses the Chorus as his voice."
"The ritualized arrival context immediately leads to the Chorus's explanation and the critical revelation that Riva is deaf and uses the Chorus as his voice."
"The revelation on Ramatis (Riva's deafness and Chorus' function) is carried forward and reiterated during shipboard introductions, maintaining continuity of how the crew must understand and interact with Riva."
"The revelation on Ramatis (Riva's deafness and Chorus' function) is carried forward and reiterated during shipboard introductions, maintaining continuity of how the crew must understand and interact with Riva."
"The revelation on Ramatis (Riva's deafness and Chorus' function) is carried forward and reiterated during shipboard introductions, maintaining continuity of how the crew must understand and interact with Riva."
"The revelation on Ramatis (Riva's deafness and Chorus' function) is carried forward and reiterated during shipboard introductions, maintaining continuity of how the crew must understand and interact with Riva."
"The revelation on Ramatis (Riva's deafness and Chorus' function) is carried forward and reiterated during shipboard introductions, maintaining continuity of how the crew must understand and interact with Riva."
"The ritualized arrival context immediately leads to the Chorus's explanation and the critical revelation that Riva is deaf and uses the Chorus as his voice."
"The ritualized arrival context immediately leads to the Chorus's explanation and the critical revelation that Riva is deaf and uses the Chorus as his voice."
"The ritualized arrival context immediately leads to the Chorus's explanation and the critical revelation that Riva is deaf and uses the Chorus as his voice."
"The ritualized arrival context immediately leads to the Chorus's explanation and the critical revelation that Riva is deaf and uses the Chorus as his voice."
"The ritualized arrival context immediately leads to the Chorus's explanation and the critical revelation that Riva is deaf and uses the Chorus as his voice."
Key Dialogue
"SCHOLAR/ARTIST: 'I am the scholar. I represent the intellect. I speak in matters of judgment -- philosophy -- logic. Also, I am -- the dreamer. The part which longs to see the beauty beyond the truth which is always the first duty of art.'"
"WARRIOR/ADONIS: 'Artists tend to ramble, they live too much in the future, they neglect the moment. I am Riva's libido. I am his passion. I am the anarchy of lust. The romantic -- the ... lover. Also, I am as he.'"
"PICARD: 'Riva -- if you are ready -- the situation at Solais Five is very critical. We should not delay.'"