Enterprise Responds to Shuttlecraft Thirteen’s Critical Distress
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
The Enterprise travels on impulse power through the Zed Lapis sector to rendezvous with Shuttlecraft Thirteen carrying Counselor Troi, setting up the mission context and crew disposition.
Worf detects an emergency transmission from the shuttle reporting catastrophic onboard systems failure and loss of navigation, escalating the tension and triggering a crisis response.
The shuttle crew reports instrument failures preventing accurate position confirmation while power continues to degrade, raising uncertainty and urgency aboard the Enterprise.
Lieutenant Prieto confirms Counselor Troi is alive but shaken as the shuttle suffers violent buffeting and imminent loss of power, signaling a dire emergency.
Geordi warns the shuttle it is dangerously approaching a large mass, confirmed as the uninhabited planet Vagra Two, increasing the imminent risk to the stranded crew.
Engineering, led by Lieutenant Commander Lynch, scrambles to manually realign dilithium crystals to restore warp power, but warns it will take at least twenty minutes, while the crew faces a ticking clock.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Anxious yet composed, ready to support command decisively.
Commander Riker stands near Captain Picard, absorbing the unfolding crisis with growing anxiety, prepared to act on orders with attentive focus.
- • Support Captain Picard's decisions
- • Prepare to coordinate rescue operations
- • Chain of command is crucial
- • Every moment counts in rescue
Shaken yet maintaining professional calm to support crew morale and communication.
Counselor Troi, aboard the shuttle, keeps a composed yet shaken demeanor over coms, relaying information calmly despite the shuttle's critical state, embodying controlled resilience under stress.
- • Provide accurate status updates
- • Support the pilot and prepare for rescue
- • Clear communication aids rescue efforts
- • Calmness impacts crew stability
Emotionally neutral but attentive to operational needs.
Data, as the android second officer, quickly scans sensor reports and supports the bridge crew’s situational awareness with unemotional precision, underpinning the efforts to assess the shuttle’s trajectory and status.
- • Analyze sensor data for shuttle status
- • Assist in tactical planning for rescue
- • Objective data improves outcomes
- • Efficient cooperation is essential
Alert and serious, quickly transitioning from routine confidence to focused urgency.
Worf monitors deep sensors and sub-space radar, detecting no immediate threats, then shifts abruptly to alarm as he intercepts the emergency transmission from Shuttlecraft Thirteen, alerting the bridge with urgent gravitas.
- • Detect and report any threats or anomalies
- • Protect the ship and crew by timely communication of emergencies
- • Duty to protect the Enterprise is paramount
- • Prompt information sharing saves lives
Increasingly panicked yet striving to maintain control and communicate clearly.
Lieutenant Ben Prieto struggles to maintain control of the crippled Shuttlecraft Thirteen, communicating system failures and spatial disorientation with a rising edge of panic in his voice while trying to reassure about Counselor Troi’s condition.
- • Stabilize shuttle systems if possible
- • Keep Enterprise informed to aid rescue
- • Crew safety depends on communication
- • Every second counts in systems failure
Frustrated by urgency but resolute and committed to restoring warp power swiftly.
Lieutenant Commander Leland T. Lynch leads his engineering team in realigning dilithium crystals manually amid the emergency, showing determination and technical skill despite frustration at time constraints.
- • Realign dilithium crystals to restore warp power
- • Accelerate engineering response to crisis
- • Warp power is critical for rescue
- • Engineering expertise can overcome protocol limitations in emergencies
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The Enterprise Bridge Main Viewer attempts to display shuttle transmissions; however, only audio is received due to signal degradation, serving as the primary interface for bridge crew to monitor the shuttle distress communications.
Shuttlecraft Thirteen is the central object of the rescue mission, caught in catastrophic systems failure and spiraling uncontrollably toward Planet Vagra Two. It serves as the focal point for the crew's urgent communication, the source of distress signals, and the catalyst for the emergency response.
The Flight Control Computer aboard Shuttlecraft Thirteen malfunctions severely during the event, its failure causing loss of shuttle control and contributing to the spiraling descent that endangers the crew.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
Main Engineering is the site where Lieutenant Commander Lynch and his team work urgently to realign dilithium crystals by hand, representing the technological heart of the Enterprise’s efforts to restore warp power necessary for the rescue mission. The space is charged with urgency and technical focus.
The Zed Lapis Sector is the star system space through which the Enterprise is traveling during the routine mission. It becomes the surrounding cosmic stage upon which the shuttle’s emergency unfolds, underscoring the isolation and vulnerability of the stranded crew.
Planet Vagra Two is the uninhabited, barren world toward which Shuttlecraft Thirteen spirals uncontrollably. It functions as the imminent crash site and represents the deadly environmental hazard threatening the shuttle’s survival.
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Key Dialogue
"WORF: Sir! I am receiving an emergency transmission from the shuttle!"
"PICARD: Lieutenant Prieto, is Counselor Troi all right?"
"BEN'S COM VOICE: Yes, sir. Just a little shaken. We're being buffeted a bit… losing more power! My flight control computer's fried."
"PICARD: How long will it take to return to warp power?"
"LYNCH: Twenty minutes. Maybe more."
"PICARD: We don't have it."
"LYNCH: I'll align it by hand. Then power up the core."
"TROI'S COM VOICE: We're spinning around… We're caught in the planet's gravity. We're going to crash."