Object

Enterprise Observation Lounge Viewscreen

A large, wall‑mounted observation‑lounge display aboard the USS Enterprise that presents backlit schematics and operational simulations — exemplified by the Braslota system briefing. The pane shows crisp vector maps, orbital markers, overlays indicating sensor envelopes and weapon arcs, plus a prominent 48‑hour countdown and simulated hit markers. The display’s readouts drive command briefing dynamics: characters gather around it, react to the simulation, and make time‑boxed tactical decisions.

6 appearances

Purpose

To present high-fidelity visual simulations, tactical maps, and time‑sensitive mission overlays for briefing, demonstrations, and command decision-making within the Enterprise observation lounge.

Significance

Serves as the focal prop for Kolrami’s forty‑eight‑hour ultimatum: it materializes the war game, imposes the time constraint, and escalates philosophical disagreement into operational stakes that propel Riker’s command test and the episode’s moral conflict.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

6 moments

S2E21 · Peak Performance

Kolrami's Forty‑Eight‑Hour Ultimatum

The Braslota system diagram is projected as the core visual brief: it identifies orbital vectors, the Hathaway's position and serves as the focal map converting abstract strategy into an executable, time‑boxed task for Riker and Picard.

Before: Inactive on the briefing console; available in data stores but not displayed.

After: Active on the viewscreen, referenced by officers and serving as the planning anchor for the forty‑eight‑hour exercise.

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S2E21 · Peak Performance

Public Endorsement: Riker Stands Firm

The large schematic DIAGRAM is projected as the primary visual aid: it orients participants to the Braslota System, locates the Hathaway in orbit, and renders abstract stakes into a concrete tactical objective that legitimizes Kolrami's rules.

Before: Stored in the observation lounge display system; inactive until Kolrami keys the screen.

After: Left displayed on the viewscreen as the briefing concludes and the war-game parameters are accepted.

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S2E21 · Peak Performance

Riker Converts Kumeh Bait into a Talupian Counter

The graphic simulation on the observation-lounge viewscreen depicts the Enterprise sliding behind a planet and visually frames the Kumeh maneuver for the bridge crew. It turns abstract strategy into a visible cue, prompting Geordi's diagnosis and Riker's orders.

Before: Operational and displaying the Braslota system map with layered tactical overlays and a 48-hour countdown.

After: Continues to display the maneuver, now annotated by the bridge crew's assessment and informing the ordered countermeasures.

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S2E21 · Peak Performance

The Romulan Sting and the Photon Ruse

The main observation-lounge/viewscreen displays both the Hathaway and the suddenly filling Romulan warship, making the deception visually convincing and driving bridge reactions; it externalizes tactical information and becomes the dramatic focus that forces Picard's split-second choices.

Before: Showing the Hathaway and tactical overlays for the exercise; presenting simulated torpedo spread visuals.

After: Filled with the looming image of the Romulan warship and then updated when Red Alert is cancelled and the tactical posture shifts.

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S2E21 · Peak Performance

Warp-Three Evasion — Picard's Public Gambit

The main viewscreen displays the Hathaway and then abruptly fills with a Romulan warship, visually collapsing the simulation into a perceived real threat and forcing immediate tactical responses from command.

Before: Displaying the Hathaway as part of the simulated engagement.

After: Shows the Romulan warship approaching astern; serves as the visual cue that the ruse is being tested/exposed.

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S2E21 · Peak Performance

Unmasking the Sensor Ruse and the Photon Counterstrike

The Enterprise Observation Lounge Viewscreen (main viewscreen) dramatizes the spoof: it fills with a Romulan warship that then appears to be struck by beams from the Hathaway. It is the visual locus that convinces officers the contact is real until diagnostics contradict the image.

Before: Displaying the Hathaway and tactical overlays during the exercise.

After: Revealed as deceptive imagery correlated to simulated hits; operators now treat its displays as compromised until sensor codes are changed.

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