Star Trek The Next Generation
Object

Ansata Camp Power Generator

A squat, industrial field generator: battered steel housing scored with dents, an exhaust grille pitting under soot, and a low mechanical hum punctuated by flickering status LEDs. Thick power conduits and bundled cables snake from its control box toward sheltered equipment and the Ansata ‘inverter’. Operators have draped a tarpaulin over part of it to conceal its presence. Riker crawls forward to locate it, treating it as a tactical objective while guards stand watch nearby.
2 appearances

Purpose

To supply conditioned electrical power to the insurgent camp and to energize the Ansata inverter/transport device and associated field equipment.

Significance

Functions as the rescue team's strategic objective and the physical lifeline of the biological time‑bomb; its presence concentrates the moral and tactical stakes—seizing or disabling it interrupts the device that irreparably warps DNA and shortens the window for rescue.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments
S3E12 · The High Ground
The Inverter's Toll — Diagnosis and Martyrdom

The camp power generator anchors the inverter's operation background; its presence explains how the field device is powered and thereby how the inverter can be deployed despite sensor avoidance, making it a tactical objective for any rescue or interdiction.

Before: Operating nearby with a low mechanical hum and flickering LEDs, partially concealed under a tarpaulin and guarded by Ansata members.
After: Remains in-situ powering equipment; its continued operation underscores ongoing danger and tactical options that must be addressed in a rescue.
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S3E12 · The High Ground
Silent Sting in the Cavern

The Ansata camp power generator is the tactical objective Riker locates and signals: its presence explains the camp's activity and becomes the target for a precision intervention intended to disrupt the rebels' operations without wide destruction.

Before: Operational within the camp, emitting a low hum and concealed among equipment; not yet approached or secured by the rescue team.
After: Still in place and operational after reconnaissance; identified by Riker as the priority target but not yet disabled or seized during this event.
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