Object

Tayna's Deposition Recording

A holocomputer‑stored testimonial file labeled 'Tayna's deposition' containing Tayna's shaken, secondhand account of Apgar's final moments. The recording carries audible pauses, halting phrasing, and emotional tremors; metadata marks it as admissible testimony and as the seed data for a provenence‑sensitive holoreconstruction. Inspectors cue and examine the file on the lab holocomputer; Krag extracts its details to produce a staged reenactment while Picard probes its procedural reliability.

2 appearances

Purpose

To preserve Tayna's testimonial account as evidentiary material and to provide the source data for a holocomputer simulation/reconstruction used in the investigation.

Significance

Serves as the pivotal piece of contested evidence that shifts the investigation from contested testimony to visual reenactment, compels Picard's procedural concession, and escalates legal and moral stakes surrounding Riker's defense; Krag weaponizes it under Tanugan law to produce seemingly empirical corroboration.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S3E14 · A Matter of Perspective

Hearsay, Law, and a Forced Concession

Tayna's deposition recording functions as the substantive seed evidence: Krag cites its content to justify a holoreconstruction, and the recording's claims are transliterated into 'Tayna Simulation Three' so that spoken secondhand testimony becomes visualized proof for adjudication.

Before: Stored in the holocomputer as an admissible testimonial file; contains halting, emotional verbal account.

After: Accessed and used to cue the Holodeck reconstruction; effectively converted from passive recording into active simulation input.

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S3E14 · A Matter of Perspective

Krag Compels 'Tayna — Simulation Three'

Tayna's deposition recording functions as the evidentiary seed for the holoreconstruction: Krag cites it aloud, treating its pauses and phrasing as sufficient provenance to instantiate 'Tayna Simulation Three' on the holocomputer.

Before: Stored in the lab's holocomputer as an admissible testimonial file, containing halting, emotional testimony marked for review.

After: Recalled and used to queue the named holosimulation; its contents are transformed from passive recording into active program parameters for the reconstruction.

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