De Laure Belt
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Events with rich location context
The De Laure belt is identified by Riker as the hazardous ring of hyperonic radiation surrounding Tau Cygna Five, explaining why human presence would be fatal and elevating the Sheliak demand into a life-or-death scenario.
Implicitly hostile and lethal — a silent, invisible danger that intensifies the moral stakes.
Operational obstacle that complicates evacuation and frames scientific urgency for investigation.
A natural barrier that underscores human vulnerability and the limits of technology against environmental extremes.
Tactically hazardous; standard shuttles and unshielded personnel cannot cross without special measures.
The de Laure belt is invoked through Riker's report as the lethal environmental barrier surrounding Tau Cygna Five; it functions narratively to complicate evacuation and raise the stakes of any rescue operation.
Described as hostile and lethal—an invisible, technical menace that induces operational dread.
Hazardous environment that restricts transport and complicates any immediate removal of colonists.
Represents natural limits that challenge institutional competence and moral obligation.
Impassable or severely hazardous to unshielded humans and shuttlecraft without specialized shielding.
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Picard returns to a tense bridge as Worf and Riker trace a transmission to the long-silent Sheliak. The viewscreen displays a cold, legalistic treaty and a Sheliak demand: humans must …
A cold, legalistic Sheliak transmission confronts the Enterprise bridge with an impossible ultimatum: humans must be removed from Tau Cygna Five or the Sheliak will settle it in four days. …