Object

Danar's Escape Vessel (Stolen Transport)

A small-to-medium transport-class escape vessel referenced in shipboard reports as the stolen transport that carried the detainee Danar. Ship sensors return a null biological signature for the craft—its interior reads empty and its hull condition is not described—so the vessel registers less as a wreck and more as a silent, intact carrier. Bridge personnel react to the vessel as forensic evidence: Data's diagnostics flag sensor deception, Worf moves to secure the scene, and Picard pivots from diplomacy to command. The object’s salient observable properties are its transport role, its empty interior, and its ability to confound Enterprise biosensors.

2 appearances

Purpose

To serve as a transport for prisoners/escorts and as an emergency escape vehicle for conveying personnel off a planet or between ships.

Significance

Acts as the immediate plot catalyst: the vessel's sensorless reading and subsequent discovery that the detention cell is empty expose the detainee's anomalous physiology, escalate a diplomatic handoff into a crisis, and force Starfleet to reassess containment, culpability, and tactical assumptions.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S3E11 · The Hunted

Diplomacy, Dismissal, and a Sensorless Threat

Danar's escape vessel functions as a piece of forensic evidence in the dialogue: Data reports it registered no biological signatures, which contradicts expectations and signals an anomaly that reframes the incident as a sensor-defying mystery rather than a simple prisoner transport.

Before: Referred to by bridge crew as the stolen transport that carried the detainee; sensors had returned null biological readings during initial scans.

After: Remains catalogued as a vessel with no detected life signs; its emptiness solidifies the mystery and prompts further investigation.

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S3E11 · The Hunted

The Vanishing Prisoner: Danar Defies Sensors

Danar's stolen escape transport functions here as forensic evidence and a trigger: sensors registered no life signs aboard it, prompting Data's conclusion that the prisoner emits no biological signature. The vessel's empty reading reframes the pursuit and raises the possibility of active deception.

Before: Located in transit after the escape; ship sensors report no biological signatures aboard.

After: Remains detected by sensors as an empty escape vessel; continues to be a subject of forensic interest rather than a source of a live trace.

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