Jameson Leads Into the M-4 Tunnel Despite Data’s Objections
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Ignoring doubts, Jameson directs the team down the tunnel toward the M-1 hatch, commanding vigilance for hostages and enemy presence as they proceed.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Resolute and commanding, masking any uncertainty with firm conviction.
Admiral Jameson confidently asserts his firsthand, decades-old knowledge of the tunnel network beneath the governor's residence, directing the away team to proceed confidently towards the M-1 hatch, embodying an assertive, commanding presence despite the environment's decay.
- • Lead the away team safely and efficiently through the tunnels.
- • Maintain control and assert authority over tactical decisions.
- • Leverage personal knowledge to validate his command decisions.
- • His lived experience and memory trump the data from technological sources.
- • His authoritative knowledge is critical to the success of the mission.
Calm, measured, and contemplative, balancing tension with reason.
Captain Picard listens thoughtfully as Data and Jameson dispute the tunnel layout. He diplomatically acknowledges the validity of both perspectives, emphasizing the uncertainty inherent in the mission and the need to respect both human experience and technological data.
- • Mediate the disagreement between Jameson and Data.
- • Maintain team cohesion under pressure.
- • Navigate the mission safely despite conflicting information.
- • Both historical memory and current data hold partial truths.
- • Leadership requires balancing conflicting inputs to guide action.
Puzzled but professional, maintaining composure while questioning authority.
Data methodically scans the environment with his tricorder, challenging Jameson's assertions by presenting up-to-date schematic evidence that contradicts the admiral’s memory. His logical, puzzled demeanor highlights the clash between data-driven certainty and human recollection.
- • Ensure the team is guided by accurate, current data.
- • Prevent the team from proceeding into potentially sealed or dangerous areas.
- • Technological data and schematics represent the most reliable source of truth.
- • Past memories may be inaccurate or outdated in the context of present conditions.
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
Phasers are checked and held ready by the away team members as they prepare to advance through the potentially hostile and deteriorated M-4 tunnel, underscoring the latent threat and need for tactical readiness.
The Starfleet tricorder is actively used by Data to scan the tunnel environment and display schematics that contradict Admiral Jameson's claims, serving as a critical tool highlighting the tension between technology and human memory during the mission.
The transporter effect marks the recent materialization of the away team into the M-4 tunnel, the fading energy visuals underscoring the immediacy and vulnerability of their arrival in hostile territory.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The M-4 Tunnel beneath Governor Karnas’s residence functions as the immediate setting for this confrontation of memory versus data, its neglected, unmaintained state mirroring the tension and uncertainty among the away team as they navigate the subterranean labyrinth.
The M-1 Tunnel hatch is the objective point indicated by Jameson as the next passage, symbolizing a threshold into deeper, perhaps more dangerous, sections of the tunnel network that contrast with the conflicting data provided.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Data's skepticism about the tunnel route parallels the broader theme of outdated memory conflicting with current reality, reflecting Jameson's deteriorating physical and cognitive state."
"Data's skepticism about the tunnel route parallels the broader theme of outdated memory conflicting with current reality, reflecting Jameson's deteriorating physical and cognitive state."
"The away team's arrival in the tunnel and Jameson's confident reliance on outdated knowledge directly leads to triggering the infrared alarm and subsequent firefight."
"The away team's arrival in the tunnel and Jameson's confident reliance on outdated knowledge directly leads to triggering the infrared alarm and subsequent firefight."
"The away team's arrival in the tunnel and Jameson's confident reliance on outdated knowledge directly leads to triggering the infrared alarm and subsequent firefight."
"The away team's arrival in the tunnel and Jameson's confident reliance on outdated knowledge directly leads to triggering the infrared alarm and subsequent firefight."
"The away team's arrival in the tunnel and Jameson's confident reliance on outdated knowledge directly leads to triggering the infrared alarm and subsequent firefight."
"The away team's arrival in the tunnel and Jameson's confident reliance on outdated knowledge directly leads to triggering the infrared alarm and subsequent firefight."
"Data's skepticism about the tunnel route parallels the broader theme of outdated memory conflicting with current reality, reflecting Jameson's deteriorating physical and cognitive state."
"Data's skepticism about the tunnel route parallels the broader theme of outdated memory conflicting with current reality, reflecting Jameson's deteriorating physical and cognitive state."
Key Dialogue
"JAMESON: Yes...perfect. We are in the M-4 tunnel directly under the governor's residence. M-4 is a subsidiary tunnel, but it crosses and links with several main ones."
"DATA: I am sorry, sir. That does not correspond with the information I have on the tricorder, sir."
"PICARD: I've no doubt you're right, Mister Data. However, forty-five years ago, I'm sure it linked in with the tunnels Admiral Jameson remembers."