Object

Koinonian Markings

Jagged, nonstandard glyphs and linear incisions scored into subterranean stone, ranging from palm-sized sigils to longer frieze-like bands. Bridge sensors and visual scans capture their geometry; officers hunch over PADD readouts, tracing patterns and debating origin. The marks register as deliberate, weathered, and archaeologically significant, though their pigment and toolwork remain unanalyzed in the moment.

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Purpose

To function as an investigative clue indicating prior Koinonian activity or presence, prompting sensor sweeps, away-team exploration, and bridge analysis.

Significance

The markings catalyze the plot: they trigger urgent scrutiny aboard the Enterprise, provoke Counselor Troi's violent empathic premonition, and force command to convert an archaeological probe into an emergency rescue—foreshadowing loss and shifting mission responsibility onto senior officers.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S3E5 · The Bonding

Troi's Premonition and Worf's Emergency Beam-Up

The Koinonian markings function as the narrative catalyst that prompted the bridge briefing; their identification triggers the survey that places the Away Team in the Third Tunnel and underlies Troi's premonition and the subsequent emergency.

Before: Recorded and transmitted by the Away Team; visible on bridge displays as archaeological clues.

After: Remains as the cause of the survey; its identification now has new weight as the probable locus of the field incident.

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