Enterprise-D Primary Hull Outer Plating

External duranium-composite panels forming the primary hull’s protective skin, serving as a diagnostic surface for external anomalies. Reacts visually/audibly to tachyon fields and other external threats (e.g., Calamarain intrusion in *Deja Q*).

7 appearances

Purpose

Provide structural integrity and protective outer armor for the starship, absorbing or deflecting external energetic and kinetic threats.

Significance

Functions as the tangible threshold the Calamarain circumvents: the plating’s compromised readouts and visible damage dramatize the failure of normal defenses, escalate urgency for command and engineering, and personalize the threat to the crew and to Q by showing the ship itself under siege.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

7 moments

S3E3 · The Survivors

Relentless Return: The Warship Forces Withdrawal

The Enterprise main hull plating absorbs glancing blows and thermal impacts from particle bursts; it registers thermal damage and dents indicative of the violent hits that force the ship to limping withdrawal.

Before: Intact with routine wear; hull integrity nominal.

After: Sustains thermal and impact damage in places; hull integrity compromised locally but not catastrophically.

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S3E3 · The Survivors

Return of the Invulnerable Warship — Bridge Retreat

The Enterprise’s main hull plating absorbs thermal and particle strikes, showing visible pitting and thermal damage that registers on bridge readouts and contributes to the decision to withdraw.

Before: Structurally intact and functioning normally.

After: Shows thermal damage and pitting in localized sections; telemetry reports structural stress though no catastrophic breach is noted in the scene.

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S3E3 · The Survivors

Return of the Warship — Shields Shattered, Planet Claimed

The Enterprise main hull plating absorbs thermal and particle impacts; it registers visible scar and heat damage from the warship's pulses, signaling the ship's physical vulnerability as shields fail.

Before: Intact with normal operational telemetry.

After: Displays thermal damage and scorch marks; hull integrity stressed though not catastrophic at this moment.

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S3E13 · Deja Q

Sentient Plasma Contact — Tachyon Assault on Q

The Enterprise main hull plating registers the tachyon field's interaction — sensors note localized penetration at deck ten forward — turning the ship's skin into a diagnostic readout of the anomaly's physical effects.

Before: Structurally intact and nominal.

After: Reporting localized tachyonic interaction at forward plating; no catastrophic hull breach described but integrity under stress.

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S3E13 · Deja Q

Tachyon Ambush — Q Laid Bare

Main Hull Plating is the physical medium the tachyon field brushes and momentarily penetrates, registering on sensors as localized hull penetration near deck ten and prompting engineering to isolate and counteract the intrusion.

Before: Structurally intact with normal thermal and integrity readings.

After: Registered localized perturbation from the tachyonic effect; underlying systems engaged to repair or monitor the affected area after the field is blocked.

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S3E13 · Deja Q

Continuum Intervention — Powers Restored, Reckoning Deferred

The ship's hull plating becomes a physical conduit for Q2's final warning, as Q2's head 'comes down through the hull' to vocalize a sardonic V.O., converting structural shell into a medium for Continuum presence and underscoring vulnerability even in apparent triumph.

Before: Intact Enterprise hull plating under external tachyon and Calamarain influence but holding; sensors register external strain.

After: Momentarily penetrated or traversed by Q2's projection/head intrusion through the hull—symbolic breach rather than catastrophic damage; hull remains functionally intact for the scene's purposes.

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S3E13 · Deja Q

Omnipotence Restored, Oversight Reasserted

The Enterprise's main hull plating is the physical barrier breached — Q2's head 'comes down through the hull' to deliver a final, dispassionate warning. The hull thus serves both as a literal threshold between interior safety and exterior threat and as a conduit for Q2's authority and presence.

Before: Intact as the shuttle/ship hull separating interior shuttle space from exterior vacuum and the Calamarain field; under external tachyon stress (implied).

After: Temporarily punctured or breached by Q2's intervention; used as passage for Q2's head and voice, then functionally restored to a non-lethal state (no prolonged catastrophic failure described).

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