Object
Promellian Communications Viewscreen (Diagnostics Panel)
A small, fragile wall-mounted panel built into the Promellian communications console with a dust-choked bezel and corroded analogue controls. Under low or improvised power the single panel can present either a thin, grainy monochrome playback image (when Data rigs a delicate playback coil) or jittering phosphor traces and numeric ticks charting waveguide flux, spectral peaks, and transient coupling spikes. Occasional amber warnings and static bloom at the edges emphasize the vessel's decay; crew (Data, Picard, Worf) crowd close to interpret both forensic diagnostic traces and the playback image. The panel thus functions as both the communications viewscreen and an on-console diagnostic readout.
2 appearances
Purpose
To playback recorded communications and archived visual logs from the Promellian ship, serving as a local audiovisual output device for messages and confessions stored on analogue media.
Significance
Serves as the narrative linchpin that delivers Captain Galek Sar's confession: the viewscreen transforms dormant technology into incontrovertible evidence, heightens moral stakes for the away team, and anchors the revelation that complicates the escape plan.
Appearances in the Narrative
When this object appears and how it's used