Blocked Logs — Leah's Restricted Design
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Geordi enters the holodeck recreation of drafting room five, marveling at the detailed engine schematics.
Geordi asks Leah if she designed the dilithium crystal chamber, seeking personal insight.
The computer denies access to Leah's personal logs, deepening Geordi's frustration.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Clinically calm and focused on technical facts; restrained reserve masks any personal investment while her unexpected gesture adds a moment of intimate clarity.
Leah appears as the holodeck's archival representation, delivers precise provenance for the dilithium chamber, answers Geordi's technical query about reactant injection, and—contrary to her archival distance—physically points to the specific path configuration on the schematic.
- • convey accurate technical information about the dilithium chamber
- • preserve the integrity and provenance of her designs
- • offer usable guidance within the constraints of archival access
- • maintain professional boundaries while aiding the engineer
- • the dilithium chamber's design and history must be correctly attributed (Seran‑T‑one)
- • technical systems should be described precisely, even in simulation
- • certain personal logs and design details are legitimately restricted
- • helpful, targeted guidance is appropriate even when full access is denied
Impressed and excited by the engineering discovery, undercut by frustration and loneliness when denied access; urgency and hopeful desperation drive his technical questioning.
Geordi circles and studies the holographic engine cross‑section, asks pointed technical questions, requests off‑record access to Leah's private logs, proposes altering matter/antimatter paths, and is physically focused on the wall of connections when the holographic Leah reaches in and points.
- • obtain detailed, practical design information to solve the ship's energy crisis
- • gain off‑record access to Leah Brahms' private logs
- • identify how to alter matter/anti‑matter paths to increase power throughput
- • forge a human connection with Leah (seeking empathy/support)
- • Leah Brahms' private logs contain the pragmatic solutions needed
- • technical solutions can be derived from intimate knowledge of original designs
- • personal rapport might unlock restricted access or hidden insight
- • computer access restrictions are bureaucratic barriers that can and should be worked around
Neutral and unemotional — operates strictly within programmed security and access protocols, indifferent to the social consequences of refusal.
The shipboard computer enforces access policies by responding tersely to Geordi's request for Leah's private logs with 'Access denied. Personal logs are restricted,' thereby converting an engineering inquiry into a policy constraint and provoking Geordi's personal reaction.
- • enforce data access restrictions and privacy policies
- • maintain system security and integrity
- • provide clear, unambiguous system responses to user queries
- • personal logs are private and cannot be released without proper authorization
- • the computer's role is to follow policy rather than make exceptions
- • system integrity and user privacy are paramount
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The Dilithium Crystal Chamber is referenced as the engine's critical component and the subject of Geordi's inquiry; Leah attributes its design to Outpost Seran‑T‑one, framing the chamber as both an engineering target and an object whose design provenance ties into restricted personal logs.
Engine Reactants are verbally spotlighted by Leah as the variable that could be increased at a faster rate of injection; Geordi proposes altering matter/anti‑matter paths to feed more reactants, making these materials the practical lever for solving the ship's energy shortfall.
The Wall of Connections holographic schematic functions as the interactive investigative surface: Geordi studies it, traces conduits, isolates systems, and it becomes the locus where Leah's holographic hand points to the critical reactant path, converting abstract telemetry into a tangible lead.
The Holodeck Propulsion Equipment (engine cross‑section assembly) frames the entire interaction — it is the simulated engine internals Geordi manipulates and interrogates while Leah's holographic presence appears as part of this projection, turning a design study into an interactive problem‑solving session.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
Outpost Seran‑T‑one is cited by Leah as the physical origin of the dilithium crystal chamber's design, lending historical authority and institutional provenance to the schematic Geordi studies and implying why certain design logs might be restricted or sensitive.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Geordi's professional admiration for Leah Brahms evolves into a deeper collaboration and personal connection."
"Geordi's professional admiration for Leah Brahms evolves into a deeper collaboration and personal connection."
"Geordi's professional admiration for Leah Brahms evolves into a deeper collaboration and personal connection."
Key Dialogue
"GEORDI: "Leah, did you design this?""
"COMPUTER: "Access denied. Personal logs are restricted.""
"LEAH: "Theoretically, yes. The system should be able to accept more reactants at a faster rate of injection.""