Object

Aft Decks (Enterprise)

Rearward deck sections of the Starship Enterprise: brushed alloy floor plating with ribbed anti-slip strips, recessed access seams, and bulkhead fastenings. Sensors project transient scorch glows, impact pings, and localized heat signatures across specific plates as diagnostics register simulated hits. Officers watch these effected plates on tactical and engineering displays; Data flags the phantom damage while Picard and Worf respond, isolating and countering the apparent aft-system compromises.

3 appearances

Purpose

To provide structural flooring, crew passage, and mounting for systems and access points in the ship's aft sections; to support movement, equipment, and routing of aft-facing ship functions.

Significance

Acts as the apparent locus of a sensor spoof—the simulated aft damage becomes the operational clue that exposes the Hathaway's deception and propels Picard's decision to shift from confusion to a calibrated photon counterstrike, transforming a technical anomaly into a tactical turning point.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S2E21 · Peak Performance

Warp-Three Evasion — Picard's Public Gambit

Tactical and engineering readouts indicate simulated damage to several aft deck plates; Data quantifies repair time, establishing the illusion of real physical harm and increasing the scenario's stakes.

Before: Intact and normal prior to simulated 'hits'.

After: Show flagged scorch marks and phantom hull stress in diagnostics as part of the revealed simulation.

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S2E21 · Peak Performance

The Romulan Sting and the Photon Ruse

Enterprise aft deck diagnostics register simulated damage—Data reports 'simulated damage to several aft decks' with a repair estimate. The aft-deck readouts function as the tangible cost of the deception, giving the ruse physical stakes and technical realism.

Before: Functioning normally with no real damage; diagnostic systems prepared for exercise monitoring.

After: Shows phantom scorch and impact signatures recorded as simulated damage; queued for repair as per Data's diagnostic estimate.

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S2E21 · Peak Performance

Unmasking the Sensor Ruse and the Photon Counterstrike

Aft deck systems (enterprise aft decks) register simulated electronic 'hits' shown to be part of the holographic/sensor deception; Data reports simulated damage and repair time, making aft-deck readouts evidence of the spoof and driving Picard's countermeasures.

Before: Normal, part of the simulated exercise's target area.

After: Flagged by diagnostics as having simulated damage; engineering must later verify actual integrity once simulations are cleared.

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