Deceptive Hologram of Captain Rice Reveals Deadly Trap
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Captain Paul Rice suddenly appears as a holographic image addressing Riker, presenting a calm facade that masks the uncanny and suspicious nature of this unexpected encounter.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Focused and determined, with a readiness to engage lethal threats to protect her team.
Lieutenant Tasha Yar leads with alert vigilance, alerting the team to clues such as melted tritanium and advanced weaponry. She acts decisively by firing upon and destroying the hostile weapon that traps Riker, demonstrating her combat readiness and protective instincts.
- • Identify and neutralize threats to the away team.
- • Ensure Commander Riker’s safety and facilitate his rescue.
- • The planet’s weapons pose an immediate danger to the crew.
- • Swift, decisive action is necessary to survive this hostile environment.
Anxious but composed, balancing strategic oversight with personal concern for his crew’s safety.
Captain Picard maintains command from the Enterprise bridge, closely monitoring the away team's status and communicating orders. His concern grows as Riker becomes trapped, underscoring his role as a steady, commanding presence despite the unknown dangers unfolding far from the ship.
- • Coordinate the rescue and safe extraction of the away team.
- • Uncover the nature of the threats on Minos to protect the Enterprise crew.
- • The away team faces grave danger requiring immediate attention.
- • The Enterprise must be prepared to act decisively to prevent further losses.
Detached yet vigilant, maintaining composure to assist with technical evaluation and threat assessment.
Data operates methodically, scanning the environment with his tricorder, confirming the absence of other life forms besides the away team, and analyzing the holographic trap. He supports the team’s assessment while remaining calm and precise amid escalating danger.
- • Gather accurate sensor data on the environment and detected anomalies.
- • Provide tactical support to the away team to ensure their safety.
- • The hologram is a sophisticated artificial construct rather than a genuine person.
- • The environment is hostile with advanced technological defenses.
Alert and wary, masking rising tension and disbelief as he realizes the deceptive nature of the projection before being caught off guard and trapped.
Commander Riker leads the away team cautiously through Minos' dangerous ruins, engaging directly with the deceptive holographic projection of Captain Paul Rice. He skillfully navigates a suspicious dialogue to expose the illusion, only to be suddenly trapped inside a lucinium cube after the hologram transforms into a hostile weapon.
- • Discover the truth behind the missing USS Drake and Captain Rice.
- • Protect his away team from unseen threats on Minos.
- • The holographic Paul Rice is not genuine and represents a dangerous trap.
- • The planet’s defenses are highly advanced and lethal.
Feigns calm professionalism masking calculated hostility and lethal intent.
Captain Paul Rice appears as a calm, businesslike holographic projection designed to deceive and manipulate Riker and his team. His inconsistent answers provoke suspicion before the image abruptly transforms into a hostile automated weapon that fires to trap Riker, revealing the artificial and deadly nature of the defense system.
- • Lure the away team into a trap through psychological manipulation.
- • Neutralize intruders to protect the planet’s secrets.
- • Deception is an effective strategy against intruders.
- • The defense system must eliminate all threats autonomously.
Attentive and ready, maintaining vigilance to detect and communicate emergent threats.
Lieutenant Solis monitors energy signatures near the away team’s position, providing essential situational data to Riker and Picard. His focus on tracking faint energy buildups informs the team’s tactical decisions in the thick underbrush of Minos.
- • Provide accurate, real-time sensor data to support away team safety.
- • Assist command decisions on the bridge through precise monitoring.
- • Energy fluctuations on Minos indicate concealed dangers.
- • Timely communication of sensor data is critical to operational success.
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
Jagged melted tritanium remnants scattered in the ruins serve as tangible evidence of the destructive, advanced technology deployed on Minos. Their discovery raises the team's alarm and signals the presence of hostile forces far beyond Federation capabilities.
The super-high-tech rifle found by Data and examined by Riker embodies the advanced weaponry hidden within Minos. It stands as a silent yet menacing artifact, implicating a defense system far surpassing Starfleet's own armaments and underscoring the lethal threat to the away team.
The translucent lucinium containment cube instantly manifests around Riker as a high-tech immobilization device. It functions as a lethal trap, encapsulating him in an impenetrable prison that signals the severity of the Minosian automated defense system.
The hostile hovering weapon emerges instantaneously from the holographic projection, shifting from illusion to physical threat. It fires a phaser blast that traps Riker in the lucinium cube, aggressively enforcing the planet’s lethal defense protocol.
The holographic image of Captain Paul Rice materializes as a calm, convincing projection meant to deceive the away team. It engages Riker in a controlled, yet suspicious conversation that draws him into the trap, ultimately revealing the hologram’s lethal intent when it shifts form.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The surface of Minos serves as the eerie and foreboding battleground for this encounter. The dense underbrush, overgrown ancient ruins, and scattered melted tritanium fragments create an atmosphere thick with concealed threat and technological menace, framing the away team’s perilous mission.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Picard logs the mission establishing the investigation that leads directly to the away team's beam down to Minos to explore the disappearance of the USS Drake and the vanished civilization."
"Picard logs the mission establishing the investigation that leads directly to the away team's beam down to Minos to explore the disappearance of the USS Drake and the vanished civilization."
"Picard logs the mission establishing the investigation that leads directly to the away team's beam down to Minos to explore the disappearance of the USS Drake and the vanished civilization."
"Picard logs the mission establishing the investigation that leads directly to the away team's beam down to Minos to explore the disappearance of the USS Drake and the vanished civilization."
"Picard logs the mission establishing the investigation that leads directly to the away team's beam down to Minos to explore the disappearance of the USS Drake and the vanished civilization."
"The Peddler's initial recorded message sets up the context for the holographic trap of Captain Paul Rice, a manifestation of the Minosian weapon system's deception."
"The Peddler's initial recorded message sets up the context for the holographic trap of Captain Paul Rice, a manifestation of the Minosian weapon system's deception."
"The Peddler's initial recorded message sets up the context for the holographic trap of Captain Paul Rice, a manifestation of the Minosian weapon system's deception."
"The Peddler's initial recorded message sets up the context for the holographic trap of Captain Paul Rice, a manifestation of the Minosian weapon system's deception."
"The Peddler's initial recorded message sets up the context for the holographic trap of Captain Paul Rice, a manifestation of the Minosian weapon system's deception."
"Data's recognition of communications monitoring and suspicion of an unseen watcher underlines his analytical nature and cautious approach."
"Data's recognition of communications monitoring and suspicion of an unseen watcher underlines his analytical nature and cautious approach."
"Data's recognition of communications monitoring and suspicion of an unseen watcher underlines his analytical nature and cautious approach."
"Data's recognition of communications monitoring and suspicion of an unseen watcher underlines his analytical nature and cautious approach."
"Data's recognition of communications monitoring and suspicion of an unseen watcher underlines his analytical nature and cautious approach."
"The Peddler's recorded sales pitch foreshadows the later live holographic encounter with the Peddler AI on the planet revealing the weapon system's lethal nature."
"The Peddler's recorded sales pitch foreshadows the later live holographic encounter with the Peddler AI on the planet revealing the weapon system's lethal nature."
"The Peddler's recorded sales pitch foreshadows the later live holographic encounter with the Peddler AI on the planet revealing the weapon system's lethal nature."
"The Peddler's recorded sales pitch foreshadows the later live holographic encounter with the Peddler AI on the planet revealing the weapon system's lethal nature."
"The Peddler's recorded sales pitch foreshadows the later live holographic encounter with the Peddler AI on the planet revealing the weapon system's lethal nature."
"Both beats explore the eerie absence of life and presence of advanced weaponry, underscoring the theme of the danger hidden beneath Minos's surface."
"Both beats explore the eerie absence of life and presence of advanced weaponry, underscoring the theme of the danger hidden beneath Minos's surface."
"Both beats explore the eerie absence of life and presence of advanced weaponry, underscoring the theme of the danger hidden beneath Minos's surface."
"Both beats explore the eerie absence of life and presence of advanced weaponry, underscoring the theme of the danger hidden beneath Minos's surface."
"Both beats explore the eerie absence of life and presence of advanced weaponry, underscoring the theme of the danger hidden beneath Minos's surface."
"Riker's entrapment in the cube directly leads to Data's strategic actions to free him, maintaining the away team's ability to continue the mission."
"The Peddler's initial recorded message sets up the context for the holographic trap of Captain Paul Rice, a manifestation of the Minosian weapon system's deception."
"The Peddler's initial recorded message sets up the context for the holographic trap of Captain Paul Rice, a manifestation of the Minosian weapon system's deception."
"The Peddler's initial recorded message sets up the context for the holographic trap of Captain Paul Rice, a manifestation of the Minosian weapon system's deception."
"The Peddler's initial recorded message sets up the context for the holographic trap of Captain Paul Rice, a manifestation of the Minosian weapon system's deception."
"The Peddler's initial recorded message sets up the context for the holographic trap of Captain Paul Rice, a manifestation of the Minosian weapon system's deception."
"Data's recognition of communications monitoring and suspicion of an unseen watcher underlines his analytical nature and cautious approach."
"Data's recognition of communications monitoring and suspicion of an unseen watcher underlines his analytical nature and cautious approach."
"Data's recognition of communications monitoring and suspicion of an unseen watcher underlines his analytical nature and cautious approach."
"Data's recognition of communications monitoring and suspicion of an unseen watcher underlines his analytical nature and cautious approach."
"Data's recognition of communications monitoring and suspicion of an unseen watcher underlines his analytical nature and cautious approach."
"The initial encasement of Riker in the cube is immediately followed by Picard and Crusher arriving to assess and attempt rescue, continuing the rising tension on the surface."
"The initial encasement of Riker in the cube is immediately followed by Picard and Crusher arriving to assess and attempt rescue, continuing the rising tension on the surface."
"The initial encasement of Riker in the cube is immediately followed by Picard and Crusher arriving to assess and attempt rescue, continuing the rising tension on the surface."
"Both beats explore the eerie absence of life and presence of advanced weaponry, underscoring the theme of the danger hidden beneath Minos's surface."
"Both beats explore the eerie absence of life and presence of advanced weaponry, underscoring the theme of the danger hidden beneath Minos's surface."
"Both beats explore the eerie absence of life and presence of advanced weaponry, underscoring the theme of the danger hidden beneath Minos's surface."
"Both beats feature the Peddler as an eerie automated salesman interface representing Minos's arms legacy and danger, underlining the theme of technology run amok."
"Both beats feature the Peddler as an eerie automated salesman interface representing Minos's arms legacy and danger, underlining the theme of technology run amok."
"Both beats explore the eerie absence of life and presence of advanced weaponry, underscoring the theme of the danger hidden beneath Minos's surface."
"Both beats explore the eerie absence of life and presence of advanced weaponry, underscoring the theme of the danger hidden beneath Minos's surface."
Key Dialogue
"RICE: Hello... Commander Riker."
"RIKER: You haven't used my first name once, Paul. You remember it, don't you?... Because you don't even exist. You're a fake -- an image of the original! Aren't you?... Answer me!"
"TASHA: He can't answer you, Captain. Commander Riker has been encased in a cube of complex lucinium compound."