Holodeck Reorientation — Geordi Commits to the Dilithium Fix
Plot Beats
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Geordi, frustrated and focused, tries to brainstorm a solution to the energy drain problem while consulting with the holographic Leah.
Geordi requests the computer generate a cross-section of the dilithium crystal chamber, seeking visual aids to aid their theoretical planning.
Geordi suggests reorienting the crystal, with Leah confirming its theoretical possibility but emphasizing the need for precise adjustments.
Who Was There
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Professionally neutral and explanatory — she supplies technical clarity without emotional involvement, functioning as a calm counterpoint to Geordi’s urgency.
Leah appears as an archival/holographic technical voice: she provides clinical confirmation that reorientation is possible, explains the lattice‑direction solution in measured terms, and references the propulsion group’s continuing work — serving as the authoritative theoretical anchor for Geordi’s plan.
- • Communicate the technical viability of lattice reorientation clearly and accurately.
- • Indicate institutional avenues (propulsion group, future class integration) that validate the approach.
- • Provide the theoretical foundation that legitimizes Geordi's hands‑on experiment.
- • The dilithium lattice can be adjusted with correct frequency and lattice‑direction changes.
- • Institutional validation and careful integration are the standard route for such modifications, even if field engineers may accelerate adoption in emergencies.
Determined and anxious with a thread of hopeful urgency — outwardly focused on problem solving while privately racing the clock and clinging to a technical ally.
Geordi paces and works the engineering console, manipulates the display and keyboard to examine a multi‑colored wireframe, interrogates the ship computer for schematics, negotiates technical certainty with a holoprojection of Leah, and physically moves to Holodeck Three to instantiate the prototype.
- • Confirm a viable engineering approach to stop the power drain by reorienting the dilithium lattice.
- • Obtain and instantiate a usable prototype schematic in Holodeck Three for hands‑on testing.
- • Compress institutional timelines (wait for next‑class integration) into immediate action to save the ship.
- • A practical, hands‑on test is the fastest way to validate the theory.
- • Leah Brahms’ archived designs contain the precise information needed to reconfigure the lattice.
- • Institutional processes are too slow for the present emergency, so improvisation is justified.
Objects Involved
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The Dilithium Crystal Chamber is the technical subject of the investigation: Geordi requests and studies a cross‑section representation of the chamber, using it as the diagnostic focal point to imagine physically entering and reorienting the crystal lattice. Narratively, it embodies both the engineering obstacle and the literal location Geordi must manipulate.
Geordi's Engineering Keyboard is the tactile interface he uses to manipulate the multi‑colored wireframe cross‑section, rotate and reshape schematics, and issue the command to recreate the prototype in Holodeck Three. It functions as the physical conduit through which theory becomes executable action.
The Dilithium Lattice Reorientation Prototype Schematic is the restricted development blueprint Geordi requests; the computer identifies its physical archive at Utopia Planitia. It functions as the bridge between Leah’s theory and a tangible testable model — the exact artifact Geordi needs recreated as a holoprogram to validate lattice reorientation.
Location Details
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Main Engineering is the crucible for this decision: alarms, readouts and the dilithium cross‑section prompt Geordi's leap from analysis to action. It provides the physical consoles, the keyboard, and the wireframe display that allow the theoretical exchange to become an operational command.
The Enterprise corridor is the transitional space Geordi crosses after issuing the command in Engineering; he presses the access panel outside Holodeck Three here, converting his decision into motion and demonstrating the immediacy of his commitment.
Holodeck Three functions as the experimental stage: it will host the recreated prototype schematic and Leah’s hologram, giving Geordi a manipulable, full‑scale simulation in which to test lattice reorientation without immediately risking the real dilithium chamber.
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Key Dialogue
"GEORDI: "What about the dilithium crystal control?""
"LEAH: "It is possible to reorient the crystal. The key lies in adjusting the lattice structure direction. This modification will be integrated into the next class starship.""
"GEORDI: "You and me, Leah. We have two hours to figure this out.""