Object
Guest Quarters Com Panel (Status Light)
A small, wall‑recessed communications module set into the guest‑quarters bulkhead: a compact brushed faceplate with a narrow illuminated status strip, tiny speaker grille and a discrete tactile press surface. The panel glows faintly when idle, emits a soft chime when a channel opens, and can sputter or go dark when ship power falters. Characters lean toward it and press its pad to hail ship systems or an officer; Setal is explicitly told to use this interface to reach Riker while the COMPUTER routes the call.
3 appearances
Purpose
Shipboard voice communications: serve as a local intercom/comm station allowing quarters occupants to place and receive hails to ship stations, the COMPUTER, or specific officers.
Significance
Functions as a practical lifeline and a narrative pressure point: it grounds Setal's isolation (a small domestic convenience), provides the mechanism for contacting Riker and the ship COMPUTER, and its status light and potential silence dramatize vulnerability—undercutting perceived safety and heightening suspicion about the defector's intentions.
Appearances in the Narrative
When this object appears and how it's used