Object
Extra Discosilium Reflective Coil
A short length of gleaming, silvered alloy formed into a tight reflective coil, wound on a small ceramic spool and tagged in reports as 'dicosilium' (extra discosilium). Under holodeck illumination the coil's surface flashes in the lambda-band, suggesting engineered reflectivity; it bears shop marks and light scoring consistent with installation or removal. Geordi isolates a sample as forensic circumstantial evidence while Picard stages a reconstruction that uses the coil to reproduce the converter's focused discharge, and characters handle it as the material clue that links hardware to motive.
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Purpose
To act as a reflective/focusing element in Apgar's converter — redirecting or concentrating lambda discharges into Krieger Waves (explicitly demonstrated in the holodeck reconstruction).
Significance
Serves as the decisive physical clue that proves the converter was weaponized: its reflective properties enable the focused discharge that detonates the reactor in the demonstration, vindicating Riker, exposing Apgar's motive, and forcing Krag's concession. The coil therefore anchors technical proof to moral and command consequences.
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