Engineering Evacuation Console

Interactive control interface in *Enterprise* Engineering, used by Geordi La Forge to manually input evacuation commands during the Borg hull breach. Executes safety protocols including sealing bulkhead doors (e.g., the Enterprise Engineering Core Chamber Doors), redirecting auxiliary control, and broadcasting decompression warnings. Witnessed in use by Picard, Riker, Data, and Worf during the chaos.

3 appearances

Purpose

Executes safety protocols to seal sections, reroute systems, and alert crew during hull breaches and evacuations

Significance

Provides the crew's narrow escape from Engineering's destruction, buying time against the Borg's advance and preserving key personnel like Geordi for later defense efforts

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S3E26 · The Best of Both Worlds

The Borg's Inevitable Onslaught: Engineering's Last Stand

The Engineering Evacuation Console is the tool Geordi uses to initiate the emergency protocols that save the crew. His command—'Computer. Evacuation sequence'—triggers the console to seal bulkhead doors, reroute auxiliary control, and broadcast decompression warnings. The console's activation is the crew's last act of defiance in Engineering, a desperate attempt to turn a tactical retreat into an orderly evacuation. Its beeping alerts and flickering displays create a sense of urgency, underscoring the crew's race against time. The console is not just a machine; it is the crew's lifeline, the thing that ensures they do not perish in the vacuum of space.

Before: Operational and ready, awaiting Geordi's command to initiate evacuation protocols.

After: Activated, having sealed the core chamber and rerouted controls to the bridge, ensuring the crew's survival but marking the loss of Engineering.

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S3E26 · The Best of Both Worlds

The Borg’s Surgical Strike: Engineering’s Desperate Last Stand

Geordi's hands fly over the Engineering Evacuation Console as he triggers the emergency sequence, redirecting control to the bridge and sealing the doors to the core chamber. The console's green displays flicker under emergency red lighting, its alerts blaring as the crew scrambles to escape. The console is the last lifeline for the Engineering team, ensuring their survival as the Borg breach the hull. Its activation is a race against time, a desperate gamble to save lives in the face of certain doom.

Before: Operational, monitoring Engineering systems under normal conditions.

After: Activated, redirecting control to the bridge and sealing the core chamber.

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S3E26 · The Best of Both Worlds

The Borg's Surgical Strike: Engineering's Fall and Riker's Command Decision

The Engineering Evacuation Console is Geordi's lifeline during the crisis, the interface through which he triggers the ship's emergency protocols. His command—'Computer. Evacuation sequence'—activates the console, redirecting control to the bridge and sealing the core chamber doors. The console's green displays flicker under emergency red lighting, a visual metaphor for the crew's desperate race against time. Its activation is the difference between order and chaos, ensuring that the evacuation proceeds with as much discipline as possible amid the chaos.

Before: Idle, awaiting activation by Engineering personnel.

After: Activated, redirecting control to the bridge and sealing the core chamber doors.

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