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Holodeck Computer Graphic — Parallel Subspace Processor Visualization

A transient, high-resolution computer graphic projected across the holodeck drafting-room surface: vector schematics of parallel subspace processors, color-coded energy flows, and annotated nodes that pulse as simulations run. The image has a soft glow, crisply rendered lines, and layered data overlays that respond to voice and manual input. GEORDI and the holographic LEAH lean toward the display, tracing pathways with gestures and speaking commands; when the holodeck terminates, the graphic vanishes instantly, leaving the room dark and the plans incomplete.

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Purpose

To present an interactive technical visualization that maps processor topology and energy flows, enabling engineers to plan and test a risky reconfiguration of parallel subspace processors.

Significance

Serves as the focal engineering tool for GEORDI and LEAH's breakthrough; its sudden disappearance due to the holodeck shutdown both aborts their solution and heightens the episode's stakes by converting simulated momentum into an urgent, human-driven crisis.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S3E6 · Booby Trap

Holodeck Shutdown Cuts Short Geordi–Leah Breakthrough

The high-resolution holodeck drafting-room computer graphic visualizes the parallel subspace processors and their energy flows, serving as the interactive testbed where Geordi and Leah trace reconfiguration steps. It provides measurable feedback and is the locus of technical momentum until the Holodeck terminates the simulation and the graphic collapses, erasing the in-progress plans.

Before: Actively projected on the drafting-room surface, responsive to Geordi and Leah's input, color-coded nodes pulsing to reflect simulated energy flows.

After: Instantly terminated and vanished when the Holodeck forced all simulations to shut down; no projection remains and the room is dark.

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