Object
Command Computer Board
A battered rectangular circuit board the size of a tablet: composite substrate etched with fine conductive traces, several vacant isolinear chip sockets, and a ring of fault LEDs that flicker under strain. Edges bear scorch marks and tiny impact nicks from the ship’s trauma; exposed bus connectors glint beneath hastily clamped diagnostic probes. Data and Wesley handle it with surgical urgency—chips lifted and reseated, fingers steady as sparks threaten—while Riker barks orders and Picard hovers, the board serving as the literal fulcrum of their frantic repair work.
2 appearances
Purpose
To house and route command‑level isolinear chips and interfaces that restore and arbitrate the ship’s core computer functions, enabling engineering to reestablish control of propulsion and systems.
Significance
A linchpin in the episode’s survival gambit: repairing this board enables Data’s circuitry restoration and the repulser redirect that frees the Enterprise. It embodies technical ingenuity under pressure and the crew’s reliance on precise, hands‑on repairs at the edge of catastrophe.
Appearances in the Narrative
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