Object
Transporter Platform Pallet (coffin platform)
A low, reinforced transporter pallet roughly two meters long by one meter wide: ribbed metal decking inset with concentric transporter coils, visible emitter nodes, and scuffing from repeated use. Corner stanchions and tie points cradle a plain coffin; faint scorch marks and technician grease stain the surface. Beverly leans on its rim while O'Brien operates the controls; the pallet hums, bathes the coffin in pale energy, and then dematerializes with Bochra aboard, leaving a stunned crew behind.
2 appearances
Purpose
To hold, secure, and present cargo or bodies on the transporter pad for energizing and dematerialization during transport operations.
Significance
Serves as the physical locus for an elegiac payoff: the pallet carries a coffin that dematerializes with Bochra, catalyzing Worf's moral isolation and amplifying the emotional consequences of Picard's gambit. Its activation and disappearance puncture the scene, turning a functional platform into a narrative hinge that removes a character and leaves unresolved grief and blame.
Appearances in the Narrative
When this object appears and how it's used