Object
Radioactive Illium-629
A hazardous radioisotope identified as Illium-629, emitted when Drema Four’s massive dilithium lattices fracture. Detected as contamination traces and a spreading particulate/atmospheric plume on ship sensors, the substance registers on Geordi’s consoles and Wesley’s survey displays; engineers treat samples as both a forensic clue and an immediate biohazard requiring quarantine and evacuation measures.
2 appearances
Purpose
Hazardous radioactive byproduct/contaminant that poses an immediate biohazard and requires containment, quarantine, and emergency evacuation.
Significance
Functions as the decisive forensic evidence linking the dilithium lattice failure to planetary devastation and as the immediate environmental threat that converts scientific discovery into a moral crisis—its release compels Picard to authorize a Prime Directive breach to save a native child and escalates the episode’s ethical stakes.
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