Object

Picard's Quarters Entry Chime

A palm-sized, recessed electronic chime set flush into the bulkhead outside Captain Picard's private quarters: matte brushed-alloy face with a narrow grille and a faint indicator LED. It emits a short, crystalline two-note tone—restrained but insistent—that slices through quiet conversation and immediately redirects Picard and visitors from intimacy to operational awareness.

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Purpose

To audibly signal an entry or priority communication at the entrance to Captain Picard's private quarters, prompting immediate attention and a shift from private interaction to duty.

Significance

The chime ruptures a private, grief-laden exchange between Picard and Data, converting mourning into an instant operational focal point; its sound frames the scene's emotional punctuation and enforces Starfleet protocol over personal moment.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S2E15 · Pen Pals

The Cost of Compassion: Picard and Data's Reckoning

The recessed entry chime provides the auditory cue that interrupts solitude and formally summons Data. Its crystalline two-note tone shifts the scene from private reflection to relational exchange, signaling a move from inner thought to outward moral reckoning.

Before: Idle in the bulkhead outside Picard's quarters, silent.

After: Has just sounded; indicator briefly active and then returns to standby after Data's entrance.

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