Object

Joan's NCIC Computer

Joan's fingers hammer keys in Burlington's FBI Field Office gloom, screen erupting with NCIC hits—Yaarun Nabi morphs into aliases Yaquin Kashani, Raqim Ali, Yamin Bandari, Yawar Aryanpur—stunning her into frozen awe, yanking Greg close as White House staffer links blaze across pixels, raw data detonating the night's fragile calm into Code Black inferno.

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Purpose

Conducting NCIC database searches on terrorist aliases and suspects

Significance

Unleashes critical intelligence linking terror to White House inner circle, instantly triggering Secret Service alert and nationwide lockdown—the raw spark igniting the story's explosive pivot into profiling, extremism, and national dread.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S3E0 · Isaac and Ishmael

FBI Agents Uncover Terror Aliases, Trigger White House Alert

Joan's NCIC computer serves as the pivotal investigative oracle, its screen erupting first with four aliases from 'Yaarun Nabi' query, then blazing with deeper hits linking one to a White House staffer, transforming raw data into the lockdown's detonator and embodying post-9/11 intel fusion.

Before: Idle at Joan's desk in dimly lit office

After: Active with terror alias results displayed, drawing Greg's gaze

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