Object
Admiral Jarok's Technical Dossier on Warbird Engines, Weapons and Cloaking Systems
A sealed, encrypted tactical dossier transmitted by Admiral Jarok and stored as a labeled data file on the Enterprise. When summoned the file projects layered holo‑schematics and readouts across the observation lounge: detailed engine cutaways, weapons yield matrices, and cloaking array schematics rendered in shifting wireframe and annotated metric overlays. Textual logs and sensor intercept traces accompany the visuals. Officers crowd the projection—Picard formally presents the dossier, Geordi studies engineering traces with hungry focus, and Riker and Wesley exchange skeptical glances—while the data's provenance tag and encryption markers underline its contested credibility.
2 appearances
Purpose
To convey technical intelligence on Romulan warbird propulsion, armaments and cloaking capabilities to support tactical assessment and potential engineering exploitation.
Significance
Functions as the narrative lever that creates a tactical temptation and moral dilemma: Geordi perceives a decisive engineering advantage, Picard confronts the risk of provocation and treaty breach, and the ship's course decision pivots on the dossier's claimed authenticity.
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