Riker's Landing Party

A temporary Starfleet away team led by Commander William Riker, composed of Enterprise crewmembers engaged in close-contact reconnaissance and first-contact operations. In the current episode they function as an at-risk rescue target trapped within an alien construct; the bridge attempts rapid transporter extraction while diagnostics reveal interference obscuring their signatures. Operationally hierarchical and mission-focused, the party executes on-site investigation orders from ship command and relies on shipboard engineering and transporter crews for emergency extraction.