Object

Tsiolkovsky Warp and Impulse Engines

A battered dual-propulsion suite integrated into the Tsiolkovsky’s engineering hull: massive warp nacelle interfaces and compact impulse engine housings linked by scorched conduits and fractured couplings. Dilithium mounts and power conduits arc faintly, cooling vents cough smoke, and access panels gape where impact shards ripped plating free. Crewmembers find the units unresponsive or spiking erratically; the ship lists on failed thrust vectors as officers shout and jury-rig breakers to isolate shorted circuits.

2 appearances

Purpose

To provide the Tsiolkovsky with both faster-than-light (warp) capability and sublight (impulse) maneuvering power for propulsion and tactical movement.

Significance

The engines’ catastrophic damage strands the Tsiolkovsky and escalates the rescue urgency, creating a ticking physical threat that forces allied improvisation and frames Riker’s vulnerability and the crew’s desperate measures to avert annihilation.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E22 · Shades of Gray

Engineering Scramble — Data Races, Riker Falls

The Tsiolkovsky's warp and impulse engines are the casualty of the incoming star mass; they explode on impact when the mass collides, visual confirmation that the repulser maneuver succeeded in redirecting the destructive force away from the Enterprise.

Before: Damaged and failing under impact stress as the mass of material strikes the ship.

After: Exploded in a blaze of light upon impact; the Tsiolkovsky is left crippled and drifting free of the Enterprise's immediate path.

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S2E22 · Shades of Gray

Repulser Gambit — Last‑Second Engineering Rescue

The Tsiolkovsky's warp and impulse engines are the immediate casualty: as the mass of star debris collides with the tethered vessel, its engines detonate in a massive blaze of light, representing the violent outcome of the improvised maneuver and the collateral destruction that allows the Enterprise to escape.

Before: Intact but compromised by tethering and drifting; connected to tractor beam and at risk from incoming debris.

After: Exploded simultaneously on impact with star material, producing a catastrophic blaze and detaching the hazard from the Enterprise's immediate trajectory.

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