Farewell on the Pad — Bochra and Geordi, Worf Left Behind
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Bochra crosses to the transporter pad to pay respects to his fallen comrade with a solemn remark.
Bochra and Geordi exchange respectful farewells, acknowledging their unexpected mutual respect.
Geordi humorously reflects on their conflict resolution method as Bochra beams away, leaving Worf in silent contemplation.
Worf remains alone, silently wrestling with the unresolved moral dilemma of his choice.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Calm, matter-of-fact — focused on duty rather than the emotional freight of the moment.
O'Brien operates the console and responds to Geordi's signal with professional efficiency, energizing the transporter to dematerialize Bochra and the pallet while maintaining procedural composure and technical focus.
- • Execute a safe, reliable transporter lock and dematerialization.
- • Follow Geordi's command signals and minimize technical complications under pressure.
- • The transporter's technical operation is paramount and must be completed without sentimental interference.
- • Chain-of-command directives (from Geordi/medical) should be followed to accomplish humane outcomes.
Grave and composed — resignation to loss, mournful but controlled, demonstrating professional loyalty.
Bochra crosses to the pallet, solemnly salutes his fallen comrade, exchanges a quiet, respectful nod with Geordi, stands on the pad and accepts being beamed away — a moment of private dignity amid diplomatic friction.
- • Perform proper farewell rites for his deceased officer before returning to Romulan custody.
- • Signal Romulan honor and professionalism to the Federation crew through composed behavior.
- • Even enemies deserve ritualized respect for their dead.
- • Demonstrations of discipline and honor can communicate more than words across hostile lines.
Closed-off and weighed down — outwardly impassive yet internally conflicted, bearing guilt, honor, and unresolved moral turmoil.
Worf stands apart from the farewell, stone-still and silent; he receives Beverly's scathing look and remains after others leave, embodying isolation and the unspoken burden of choices tied to honor and possible vengeance.
- • Maintain Klingon dignity and composure in front of Federation and Romulan parties.
- • Suppress emotional expression while processing the implications of the recent violence privately.
- • Honor and duty are best served through restraint and private contemplation rather than public display.
- • Some actions, even if commanded or culturally motivated, carry personal consequences that cannot be undone.
Stern and reproachful on the surface, conveying grief and moral frustration beneath controlled clinical composure.
Beverly supervises the placing of the coffin, issues a pointed line — 'It was not in -my- power to save him.' — aimed at Worf, then exits; she frames medical failure as clinical fact and moral distance, forcing accountability.
- • Defend medical decisions while insisting on recognition of limits to what she could do.
- • Signal moral responsibility to Worf and the room before leaving the scene.
- • Medical ethics demand truthfulness and clarity about what could or could not be done.
- • Those responsible for hostile action (or who sought vengeance) must live with its consequences.
Tired but warm — masks fatigue with humor and offers small courtesies that humanize a former enemy.
Geordi exchanges a final, humanizing nod with Bochra, lightens tension with offhand banter, signals O'Brien to energize the transporter, and exits, weary and gallant while acknowledging the strange intimacy of combat and negotiation.
- • Ensure safe return of the Romulan Centurion and the dead to their people.
- • Diffuse tension through measured kindness and maintain bridge between adversaries.
- • Personal decency can bridge institutional enmity and has pragmatic value in preventing escalation.
- • Small human gestures matter in moments that could otherwise harden into permanent hostility.
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The transporter room doors frame entrance and exit, closing with a soft hiss to isolate Worf after others leave — their closing marks the physical and emotional separation that punctuates the beat.
The transporter console control panel is the technical interface O'Brien manipulates to lock, energize, and complete the transport; its flick and signal are the procedural heartbeat that converts the farewell ritual into action.
The transporter pallet serves as the coffin's platform and visual signifier of death; it is the object physically dematerialized with the body, making the farewell concrete and enabling Bochra to perform his salute at close quarters.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
Transporter Room Three functions as the intimate ceremonial space where technical procedure intersects with moral judgment: it stages a brief funeral, a cross-cultural salute, a pointed rebuke, and the final physical removal of Romulan presence from the Enterprise.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Geordi and Bochra's mutual respect contrasts with Worf's unresolved moral dilemma."
"Geordi and Bochra's mutual respect contrasts with Worf's unresolved moral dilemma."
Themes This Exemplifies
Thematic resonance and meaning
Part of Larger Arcs
Key Dialogue
"Beverly: "It was not in -my- power to save him.""
"Bochra: "He was a loyal officer." Bochra: "Lieutenant Commander La Forge." Geordi: "(returns the nod) Centurion Bochra.""
"Geordi: "That's the way to fight all the wars from now on. Two guys on a planet with no one else to talk to and nowhere to go. Things get settled in a hurry.""