Object

Selcundi Drema Planetary Survey Probe

A hand‑sized, brushed‑metal survey probe fitted with compact sensor arrays, micro‑antennae and a narrow telemetry aperture. Its surface bears scuff marks from handling and a small mission stencil; when launched it emits timestamped diagnostic packets and condensed spectral traces rather than a continuous stream. Data powers and launches the device on Picard’s order, watching telemetry stream as bridge officers crowd his console—readouts arrive as terse tables and spectral plots that shift quiet suspicion into decisive action.

2 appearances

Purpose

To perform remote scientific surveys of the Selcundi Drema planetary system, collecting geological, compositional, and temporal telemetry for analysis aboard the USS Enterprise.

Significance

The probes supply the empirical evidence that transforms curiosity into crisis: Data’s analysis of their readings establishes the planet’s 150‑year disintegration, forcing the bridge to confront whether the event is natural or the result of agency and setting up a Prime Directive moral dilemma.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E15 · Pen Pals

Resonant Strike — Drema Four Quiets

The Selcundi Drema survey probes are the remote sensor nodes the resonators target and/or interface with; their telemetry is what Data monitors. The probes' activation of harmonic sequences is central to the experiment that reduces Drema Four's tectonic stress, making them the functional bridge between delivery (torpedoes) and planetary effect.

Before: Deployed/positioned near Drema Four and awaiting the resonator payload activation; transmitting baseline data.

After: Active and transmitting resonator-induced harmonics; telemetry shows a planetwide reduction in tectonic stress and continued operation as the planet stabilizes.

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S2E15 · Pen Pals

Stars, Trust, and the Cost of Mercy

The Selcundi Drema survey probes function as the sensor targets whose telemetry confirmed the resonator effect; Data announces that sensors locked on probes and uses their readings to declare reduced tectonic stress, making the probes the essential evidentiary devices for the experiment's success.

Before: Deployed around Drema Four and actively transmitting telemetry to the Enterprise.

After: Still deployed and transmitting; their data indicates reduced tectonic stress and validates the resonator sequence's effectiveness.

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