Object

Counselor Deanna Troi's Quarters Communicator

A small, quarters‑mounted Starfleet communicator set into the bulkhead of Mrs. Troi's private room. A discreet faceplate hides a faintly luminescent activation pad; a short, metallic chime issues when pressed and an immediate voice link opens. Picard taps it to summon Commander Data, converting intimate dinner tension into an operational summons and drawing other officers into the moment.

3 appearances

Purpose

To place short‑range, priority shipboard voice calls and summons from within private quarters (used here to recall Commander Data to Mrs. Troi's room).

Significance

Functions as a narrative pivot: a tactical escape that shifts a personal, telepathically charged advance into a formal, duty‑driven interruption. The device collapses the boundary between private discomfort and command obligation, enabling immediate plot movement and character repositioning.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S2E19 · Manhunt

Candlelit Ambush — Lwaxana's Betazoid Advance

Mrs. Troi's quarters communicator is touched by Picard to summon Commander Data; it transforms private tension into a shipboard procedural action, enabling Picard to defuse the intimacy by invoking formal chain-of-command presence.

Before: Quarters-mounted and inactive in the bulkhead, available for private-to-bridge communications.

After: Activated by Picard and used to establish voice contact with Data on Science One; returns to standby after Data acknowledges and departs.

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S2E19 · Manhunt

Deploying Data: A Diplomatic Diversion

The quarters-mounted communicator is actively used by Picard to contact Commander Data on Science One. It functions as the structural pivot of the scene — transforming private intimacy into shipboard procedure and enabling the diversion that relieves Picard's immediate social pressure.

Before: Inactive in the bulkhead of Mrs. Troi's private room, discreet and ready for use.

After: Activated and used to summon Data; the voice link opens and the communicator remains in place after the call.

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S2E19 · Manhunt

Antedians Awake — Pulaski Alerts Picard

Mrs. Troi's quarters communicator (here used by Pulaski in Sickbay) is touched to activate a voice link to Captain Picard. It functions as the procedural conduit that moves this immediate medical vignette back into the captain's purview, signaling closure of the on‑scene emergency and re‑engaging command attention.

Before: Idle and mounted in the bulkhead, available for quick access to command communications.

After: Activated by Pulaski to place a call to Captain Picard; in an engaged state while the communication is established.

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