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Engineering Control Computer Consoles

A bank of illuminated, high-resolution computer consoles/screens located within the Velara III terraforming base's hydraulics and control rooms. These sleek, flat-panel displays glow with fluctuating graphical data, environmental readings, diagnostic displays, and control interfaces used by Data and others to monitor and control critical terraforming machinery, including the remote reactivation of a sabotaged laser drill. These consoles serve as vital nerve centers for operational control and safety during a sabotage crisis, embodying technological resilience and teamwork.
16 appearances

Purpose

To monitor and control critical terraforming base machinery, enabling remote activation and diagnostics of complex systems such as the laser drill.

Significance

This console serves as the lifeline for Data's courageous solo effort to counter sabotage, embodying the intersection of human ingenuity and technological resilience under deadly threat. It symbolizes sacrifice and trust as Data shields his team by assuming direct control in a lethal scenario.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

16 moments
S1E3 · The Naked Now
Engineering Locked Down: Wesley’s Tractor Beam Blockade and the Power Bypass Gamble

The Engineering control computer consoles remain inaccessible behind the tractor beam blockade, representing the contested control center that the crew desperately seeks to regain access to in this moment of crisis.

Before: Operational but blocked from crew access due to tractor beam.
After: Still blocked; awaiting engineering action to restore access.
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S1E3 · The Naked Now
Fractured Focus: Engineering’s Desperate Gambit

The Engineering Control Computer Consoles serve as the focal point of MacDougal’s urgent push. After disabling the forcefield, she heads toward these consoles, attempting to regain operational command amidst the chaos, representing the fragile heart of ship power and control.

Before: Operational but vulnerable, with ongoing delicate work around it by Wesley and Shimoda.
After: Subject to direct intervention by MacDougal, with the crew’s efforts disrupted.
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S1E3 · The Naked Now
MacDougal’s Reckless Breach Jeopardizes Engine Recovery

The Engineering Control Computer Consoles become the focal point of MacDougal's immediate push after breaching the forcefield, as she attempts to regain hands-on control of the ship's power systems, disregarding prior delicate repair efforts.

Before: Idle but monitored by Wesley and Shimoda, serving as the interface for repair and control.
After: Actively manipulated by MacDougal amidst the chaos, interrupting ongoing repair attempts.
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S1E3 · The Naked Now
Riker’s Infection and Desperate Engine Repairs

The Engineering Room viewer is manipulated by Wesley to switch to the main viewer, providing a live external visual of the incoming star debris, heightening the urgency and visual awareness of the threat facing the crew.

Before: Set to local engineering system diagnostics, under normal monitoring.
After: Switched to a real-time external image of the star material hurtling toward the Enterprise.
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S1E3 · The Naked Now
Crusher’s Antidote and Picard’s Steely Command

The Engineering Room viewer serves as a critical monitoring device, switched by Wesley to display the approaching mass of star material threatening the Enterprise, providing urgent visual confirmation of the limited window for action.

Before: Displaying standard engineering data in Engineering Office.
After: Switched to display external hazard (star material) by Wesley, enhancing situational awareness.
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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before
Enterprise Prepares for Controversial Warp Test Amid Rising Doubts

Engineering Control Computer Consoles are used by Data and monitored by officers to analyze Kosinski’s warp drive specifications, providing empirical data that challenges the proposed experimental benefits.

Before: Operational and receiving warp drive specs input from Kosinski remotely or prior to arrival.
After: Continuing analysis and test monitoring readiness.
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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before
Riker Voices Deep Distrust of Kosinski’s Warp Test Protocols

The Engineering Control Computer Consoles are referenced indirectly through Data's use of the ship's computer to simulate and test Kosinski's warp drive specifications. They symbolize the technological heart that validates or refutes experimental data, anchoring the empirical backbone of the debate.

Before: Operational and ready, connected to Enterprise's warp propulsion systems and computer network.
After: Fully operational, having processed test simulations confirming no improvement from Kosinski's formulas.
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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before
Kosinski’s Assertive Challenge and the Spark of Innovation

The engineering control computer consoles are the central hub for monitoring and inputting warp test data, serving as the battleground for the ideological and procedural clashes between Kosinski and the engineering team, facilitating real-time diagnostics and operational control.

Before: Powered on and monitoring standard warp systems with baseline data displayed.
After: Subject to rapid and layered input changes by Kosinski and his assistant, reflecting experimental modifications.
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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before
Confronting Risk: Kosinski's Arrogance, Wesley’s Insight, and the Leap Ahead

The engineering control computer consoles display Kosinski’s warp formulas and respond dynamically to input changes. The consoles act as the tangible nexus of dispute and innovation, visually representing the evolving complexity and unpredictability of the warp drive experiment as Kosinski, his assistant, and Wesley interact.

Before: Active and displaying baseline data from prior tests and inputs.
After: Visualizations updated to reflect new formula inputs and refinements, symbolizing the disputed potential of the experimental warp drive.
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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before
Wesley’s Urgent Warning and the Assistant’s Struggle

The Engineering Control Computer Consoles serve as the pivotal interface where Kosinski and his assistant manage and manipulate complex warp formulas crucial to the experiment. Kosinski’s physical movement toward the consoles symbolizes his claim over the technological heart of the operation, while the assistant’s worn presence at the console underscores the toll of exerting control over space-time dynamics through this interface.

Before: Fully operational and manned by Kosinski’s assistant, actively engaged in warp formula manipulations.
After: Still operational, with the assistant resuming control aided by Wesley, as Kosinski asserts command nearby.
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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before
Kosinski’s Hubris and the Crew’s Silent Rebuff

The Engineering Control Computer Consoles serve as the focal point of the event, with Kosinski and his assistant actively engaged in manipulating the warp drive calculations. The assistant’s fatigue is physically manifested by his interaction with the consoles, while Kosinski’s commands emphasize the consoles' centrality to the experiment and its claimed success.

Before: Functioning normally, actively displaying complex warp drive data and formulas.
After: Continuing operation under Kosinski’s supervision, integral to ongoing warp experiment management.
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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before
Picard Commands Unified Mental Discipline for Warp Trial

The Engineering Control Computer Consoles serve as the critical interface where the Traveler, flanked by Riker, Argyle, Kosinski, and Wesley, prepare to execute the warp experiment. The consoles embody the fragile nexus between technology and the crew’s mental focus, enabling the complex warp formula input that depends on collective thought.

Before: Fully operational and actively monitored by engineering staff and experimental team.
After: Remains the focal point of the warp experiment, prepared for real-time warp formula manipulation and monitoring.
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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before
The Traveler and Officers Unite to Focus the Crew’s Minds for Warp Trial

The Engineering Control Computer Consoles serve as the focal point where the Traveler interfaces with the ship’s warp systems, symbolizing the critical nexus of alien mental power and human technology vital to the warp experiment’s success.

Before: Operational, manned by engineering staff, ready for experimental input.
After: Prepared to receive the Traveler’s mental influence and warp calculations.
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S1E17 · Home Soil
Arrival at Velara III and Unsettling Terraforming Revelations

The terraforming base’s computer screens display critical data including hydraulic schematics, vegetation growth graphs, and environmental metrics. They serve as focal points for technical discussions, monitoring, and reveal the complexity and scope of the terraforming project to the visiting away team.

Before: Active, displaying real-time project and system data.
After: Continuing to display data but overshadowed by emergent crisis.
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S1E17 · Home Soil
Tensions Mount Over Hydraulic Failures and Imminent Crisis

Computer screens displaying hydraulics plans and vegetation growth graphs provide visual data to the away team and terraforming staff. They anchor the technical conversation and expose the precise but fragile nature of the terraforming operation, while also serving as a narrative device to contrast scientific optimism against emerging technical failures and sabotage.

Before: Operational, displaying detailed schematics and data.
After: Still operational, but overshadowed by alarms and the urgency of the unfolding crisis.
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S1E17 · Home Soil
Terraforming Tour Shattered by Fatal Sabotage

Computer screens display detailed terraforming data and hydraulic blueprints, enabling Luisa Kim to visually narrate the project phases and assisting Data and Geordi in analyzing system anomalies. Mandl manipulates the data to emphasize the critical vegetation graphs, underscoring the exacting nature of the operation.

Before: Active, displaying hydraulic system data and terraforming progress visuals.
After: Remains active but potentially disrupted by the unfolding crisis.
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