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Holographic Image of Captain Paul Rice

A shimmering, translucent projection of Captain Paul Rice materializes in a forest clearing on Minos. The image mimics Rice’s appearance and voice with unsettling accuracy but flickers subtly, betraying its artificial nature. It interacts verbally with Commander Riker and the team, initially posing as an ally before revealing contradictory behavior. The hologram abruptly shifts into a hostile hovering weapon, firing a beam that traps Riker in a lucinium cube, showcasing its lethal and deceptive capabilities.
6 appearances

Purpose

To serve as a concealed automated defensive weapon and trap that immobilizes and captures enemy personnel through energy containment, protecting hostile installations from intrusion.

Significance

This trap marks a critical turning point exposing the hostile automated defense systems on the planet Minos, escalating danger for Picard’s crew and revealing the deceptive tactics used against them through holographic illusions, deeply impacting Riker's mission and the away team's strategy.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

6 moments
S1E21 · The Arsenal of Freedom
Away Team Encounters Deceptive Surveillance and Traps on Minos

The holographic image of Captain Paul Rice interacts with Riker and the team, serving as a sophisticated psychological trap that lures the away team into a false sense of familiarity and security before morphing into the attacking weapon.

Before: Active and projecting in the clearing, mimicking Captain Rice.
After: Disappears abruptly, replaced by the hostile hovering weapon.
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S1E21 · The Arsenal of Freedom
Encounter with a Deadly Illusion and Advanced Weaponry on Minos

The holographic image of Captain Paul Rice serves as a deceptive lure, engaging Riker in a verbal interrogation designed to confuse and mask the true nature of the Minos defense system. Its transformation into a hostile weapon reveals the deadly trap beneath the illusion.

Before: Manifested in the clearing as a lifelike projection of Rice.
After: Disintegrated and replaced by the hostile hovering weapon upon exposure.
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S1E21 · The Arsenal of Freedom
Deceptive Hologram of Captain Rice Reveals Deadly Trap

The holographic image of Captain Paul Rice materializes as a calm, convincing projection meant to deceive the away team. It engages Riker in a controlled, yet suspicious conversation that draws him into the trap, ultimately revealing the hologram’s lethal intent when it shifts form.

Before: Nonexistent until activated by the Minosian defense system in the clearing.
After: Disappears abruptly upon exposure, replaced by a hostile weapon entity.
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S1E21 · The Arsenal of Freedom
Riker’s Confrontation with the Illusory Captain Rice

The holographic image of Captain Paul Rice functions as a sophisticated deception and trap, projecting a calm, authoritative figure that interacts verbally with Riker to sow confusion and delay recognition of the true threat. This projection is the initial guise of the planet’s automated defense, luring the away team into a false sense of security before revealing its lethal intent.

Before: Active holographic projection engaging the away team in conversation
After: Disappeared, replaced abruptly by the hostile hovering weapon
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S1E21 · The Arsenal of Freedom
Riker Unmasks the Holographic Trap and Is Captured

The holographic image of Captain Paul Rice serves as a deceptive lure, projecting false familiarity and calm to engage Riker and the away team. This projection’s illogical responses arouse suspicion and ultimately lead to its transformation into a deadly weapon, revealing the planet’s malevolent automated defenses.

Before: Active as a convincing projection engaging the away team.
After: Disintegrated and replaced by the hostile hovering weapon upon exposure.
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S1E21 · The Arsenal of Freedom
Riker Trapped by Minosian Weapon Cube

The holographic image of Captain Paul Rice serves as the initial deceptive lure, interacting verbally with Riker to provoke suspicion and manipulate the away team, concealing its true nature as part of the automated defense system’s trap.

Before: Active, projecting a convincing illusion of Captain Rice in the clearing on Minos.
After: Disappeared abruptly, replaced by a lethal hovering weapon that attacks the away team.
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