Holodeck Program: Henry V — English Camp at Agincourt

A night-time holodeck recreation of an English military camp at Agincourt: a staged encampment of tents, low fires, period costumes, and torchlit tableau projected by the ship’s holodeck. The environment renders visual and tactile cues appropriate to a historical drama and supports close, interlocutive performance—Data occupies the king’s posture and voice while Bates and Williams stand within the simulated camp, exchanging measured lines. The program responds to user direction and terminates instantly when commanded; Picard steps from the audience to correct Data’s approach and then ends the simulation when a real-world alert interrupts the lesson.

2 appearances

Purpose

To instantiate an immersive Shakespearean staging of Henry V so crew members can rehearse, perform, and explore leadership, empathy, and pedagogy within a controlled dramatic environment.

Significance

Serves as the didactic site where Data rehearses the burdens of command and receives Picard’s corrective mentorship; the staged intimacy and its abrupt termination thematically prefigure the episode’s real diplomatic crisis, converting theatrical instruction into urgent moral practice.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S3E10 · The Defector

Data's Henry V Lesson — Leadership, Fear, and the Masks of Command

The Holodeck program projects the English Camp at Agincourt, providing the physical and atmospheric stage for Data's Henry and the soldiers' exchange. It enables realistic interaction, emotional rehearsal, and immediate termination when command overrides are issued.

Before: Active and fully rendering a night camp interior on the holodeck, populated by program characters.

After: Program terminated on Picard's command; characters and set disappear as the holodeck returns to standby.

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S3E10 · The Defector

Holodeck Henry V Interrupted — Neutral Zone Intrusion

The holodeck program constructs the English camp environment and stage characters; it is actively manipulated (frozen and then terminated) to shift the scene from rehearsal to shipboard reality, functioning as the structural pivot between lesson and crisis.

Before: Active and fully rendered as the English camp simulation on the holodeck, populated by holodeck characters and props.

After: Program terminated on Picard's command; characters and set dissipate and the simulation is cleared.

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