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USS Enterprise — Bridge Sensors (including Science One)

The integrated bank of electromagnetic and long‑range sensor arrays and console displays on the USS Enterprise's main bridge, encompassing the Science One station and other science/tactical consoles. Comprised of narrow emitters, phased antennae and subspace receivers with spectral overlays and indicator LEDs, this suite routes diagnostic, telemetry and tactical sensor returns to bridge officers and is repeatedly used as the bridge's primary sensor system across multiple episodes.
17 appearances

Purpose

To detect, analyze, and display long‑range biosigns, environmental scans, and subspace telemetry to inform tactical and scientific decisions aboard the Enterprise.

Significance

The sensors catalyze the episode's moral pivot: their improbable life‑sign readout shifts the mission from routine reconnaissance to urgent investigation, forces Picard to assemble an away team, and intensifies doubt and ethical tension when other faculties (Troi's empathic sense) register nothing.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

17 moments