Pakleds Prime Weapons — Geordi Buys Seconds
Plot Beats
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The Pakleds weigh their next move and pivot to face Riker’s feed while GEORDI, barely acknowledged, races through frantic “adjustments” in the background, tension coiling toward a strike.
GREBNEDLOG reads the weapons meters and claims strength, declaring they will attack; REGINOD drives the moment harder, urging an immediate strike as confidence hardens into resolve.
GEORDI stalls for precious time—“Just another second”—while GREBNEDLOG snaps for speed, squeezing the window as the attack nears.
Who Was There
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Eager and driven—buoyed by perceived advantage, slightly impatient and willing to rush the strike to claim a quick success.
Reginod verbally agrees with Grebnedlog and presses urgency to attack; he echoes the Pakleds' misreadings and helps create pressure on the weapons operators while physically present on the bridge.
- • Execute an attack quickly to secure whatever prize they expect (technology, leverage).
- • Support Grebnedlog’s command to maintain cohesive action and capitalize on perceived advantage.
- • The meters indicate sufficient advantage to attack immediately.
- • Rapid action will prevent the Enterprise from organizing an effective countermeasure.
Alert and pressured—calm on the surface but aware of narrowing options and the urgency of executing a precise bluff.
Riker stands confronted by the Pakleds' bluster, the target of their threat; he listens, reads their overconfidence, and readies a procedural and psychological response while constrained by time and Picard’s absence.
- • Prevent the Pakleds from firing on the Enterprise or otherwise escalating to lethal force.
- • Exploit any opening (time or system failure) to recover Geordi nonlethally and secure the Mondor.
- • The Pakleds' displayed confidence may be based on misunderstanding and can be manipulated.
- • Every second bought by Geordi's actions increases the chance of a safe, nonlethal resolution.
Frantic but focused—externally measured as he masks urgency with procedural talk while internally racing to buy time for Riker and the ship.
Geordi works furtively behind the bridge consoles, making precise 'adjustments' to wiring and traces; he deliberately introduces timing errors and stalls systems to slow the Pakleds' weapons sequence while feigning continued technical tinkering.
- • Delay or disable the Pakleds' weapons activation long enough for Riker to effect a recovery.
- • Leave the Mondor systems in a state that permits a nonlethal retake rather than catastrophic damage.
- • Small, targeted sabotage can create a crucial tactical opening.
- • His technical skill is the most reliable tool to protect his crewmates in captivity.
Objects Involved
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The Mondor bridge control circuitry is the physical medium Geordi manipulates to stall the Pakleds' weapons sequence. He probes solder joints and shorts traces to create phase errors and timing delays, turning the console's crude displays and meters into tools of subterfuge rather than clear evidence of victory.
Location Details
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The Mondor bridge functions as the claustrophobic arena where bluff, technical sabotage, and confrontation converge. Its cramped consoles and crude readouts allow the Pakleds to misinterpret telemetry while concealing Geordi's hands-on work; the bridge amplifies both the enemy's overconfidence and the peril faced by Riker and Geordi.
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Key Dialogue
"GREBNEDLOG: "We will attack. We are strong.""
"REGINOD: "We should attack now.""
"GEORDI: "Just another second here...""