Wesley's Neutrino Beacon: A Fragile Fix on Geordi
Plot Beats
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Wesley enters and announces the neutrino beacon is operational, shifting focus to Geordi's potential rescue.
The probe with the neutrino beacon is launched towards Galorndon Core, marking a critical step in locating Geordi.
Data confirms the neutrino stream is strong, providing a glimmer of hope for Geordi's rescue despite the planet's interference.
Who Was There
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Hopeful confidence — energized by a tangible, technical fix but aware of the gravity and time-sensitivity of the mission.
Wesley Crusher enters the bridge and announces the neutrino beacon is operational and has been placed aboard a class three probe, offering the crew a concrete technical path to locate Geordi.
- • deploy the neutrino beacon to pierce the storm's interference
- • provide a tracking signal to locate Geordi
- • demonstrate the viability of his technical solution to senior officers
- • technology (neutrino signaling) can overcome environmental interference
- • timely deployment increases survival chances
- • practical, experimental solutions are worth risking when lives are at stake
Controlled concern: visibly worried about the Romulan and Geordi but deliberately composed to keep the crew focused and avoid escalation.
Captain Picard receives Dr. Crusher's grim medical update, processes diplomatic implications, then pivotally authorizes the technical plan and orders Worf to launch the probe while maintaining command composure.
- • secure any viable means to locate and rescue Geordi
- • prevent the medical crisis from provoking Romulan retaliation
- • maintain clear command and preserve crew morale
- • Starfleet must attempt rescue even under diplomatic risk
- • calm, decisive leadership reduces the chance of error or escalation
- • technical solutions can meaningfully alter an otherwise bleak medical prognosis
Dispassionate assurance — delivering objective data that steadies command decisions.
Data monitors sensors and reports that despite severe interference the neutrino stream is coming in strongly and the probe is trackable, providing the technical confirmation the bridge needs to proceed confidently.
- • accurately track the probe and its neutrino transmission
- • supply command with reliable sensor interpretations
- • validate Wesley's beacon as an operational solution
- • data-driven information should guide tactical decisions
- • sensors can be trusted when correctly interpreted
- • objective confirmation reduces operational uncertainty
Focused professionalism: externally impassive, internally committed to following orders and ensuring mission success.
Worf executes Picard's order without hesitation, launches the class three probe from the ship and reports when the probe enters the planet's atmosphere, carrying out tactical duties with efficiency.
- • successfully launch and track the probe as ordered
- • maintain operational security and crew safety
- • ensure timely relay of probe telemetry to command
- • chain of command must be followed
- • precise execution reduces mission risk
- • mission success depends on discipline and reliability
Watchful composure — alert to shifting tactical needs and the diplomatic sensitivity of the situation.
Commander Riker is present on the bridge, attentive and ready to support Picard's orders and to assume operational tasks if required, though he has no spoken lines in this beat.
- • support the captain's decisions and ensure orders are executed
- • be prepared to coordinate next steps if the probe yields a lead
- • maintain bridge readiness for any escalation
- • coordinated leadership reduces operational risk
- • the chain of command must be upheld under pressure
- • rapid, decisive action improves rescue chances
Worried professionalism — emotionally invested in the Romulan's survival while remaining methodical about medical limitations and options.
Dr. Beverly Crusher reports that her patient is not responding and that preliminary lab testing has ruled out human and tested Vulcan donors, recommends symptomatic care while the lab continues processing.
- • find a compatible donor or alternative treatment
- • keep command informed of medical realities and constraints
- • stabilize the patient with supportive care in the meantime
- • medical ethics require attempting all reasonable interventions
- • lab results must guide decisions about donor suitability
- • transparent communication with command is necessary when treatment options are limited
Objects Involved
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Wesley's palm-sized neutrino beacon is declared operational, installed aboard a class three probe, and functionally emits a concentrated neutrino stream to pierce Galorndon Core's sensor interference. It serves as the active clue and tracking signal to locate Geordi and converts the crew's medical desperation into a direct rescue mechanism.
Location Details
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Sickbay's medical laboratory is the back-end locus referenced by Dr. Crusher: it processes ribosomal compatibility tests and supplies the clinical data that informs command of donor availability and medical prognosis.
Galorndon Core's upper atmosphere is the dangerous physical target into which the class three probe plunges; its storm-sheath creates severe sensor interference and serves as the immediate obstacle the beacon and probe must overcome to locate Geordi.
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Key Dialogue
"BEVERLY: "My patient is not responding to treatment.""
"WESLEY: "Captain, the neutrino beacon is operational. We've placed it aboard a class three probe.""
"DATA: "The neutrino stream is coming in strongly. Sensors are tracking the probe despite the interference.""