Object

Traker Deposits

Sparse, sensor‑detectable accumulations of an anomalous material identified only as 'traker.' The deposits register as sharp spectrographic spikes and localized UV/ico signatures rather than as conspicuous surface features—microcrystalline or particulate in behavior, compacted into small patches within subsurface strata sampled by the geophysical lab. Consoles blink with faint but distinct readouts when scans sweep the affected coordinates; technicians exchange guarded looks over ambiguous graphs. Wesley points to the readouts, pressing for an extended Ico‑spectrogram, while Davies and Hildebrant treat the signals as probable false positives. The material itself appears inert to sight but active on instruments, producing diagnostic alarms and hesitation among the crew.

2 appearances

Purpose

To serve as a geophysical clue and potential hazardous contaminant whose spectral signatures indicate a possible interaction with shipboard dilithium; it motivates extended spectrographic diagnostics to characterize composition and risk.

Significance

Acts as the narrative catalyst that undermines Wesley's budding authority—his insistence on investigating the deposits meets institutional dismissal, seeding personal doubt and later defiance. The deposits raise the technical stakes by implying a dangerous dilithium–traker link and dramatize the tension between cautious investigation and operational pragmatism.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E15 · Pen Pals

Wesley's Quiet Rebellion — The Failed Ico Request

Traker deposits are the inferred subsurface anomaly indicated by the PADD's UV absorption readings. They function as the hidden threat motivating Wesley's push for deeper scanning and as the scientific justification he cannot convince his seniors to pursue.

Before: Suspected via UV absorption signatures on the PADD scan but not directly sampled or confirmed.

After: Remain suspected and uninvestigated; their potential link to dilithium is left unresolved in the moment.

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S2E15 · Pen Pals

Wesley's Authority Undermined

Traker Deposits are referred to via Wesley's reading of the PADD (U.V. absorption). They are the hypothesized subsurface material motivating the request for an Ico‑spectrogram but remain instrumentally unconfirmed during this exchange.

Before: Indicated as a possible explanation by the U.V. absorption readings on the PADD (suspected, not verified).

After: Still unconfirmed; the question of whether traker deposits exist at the surveyed coordinates remains open.

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