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USS Enterprise Transporter Console

A sleek, illuminated console anchors the USS Enterprise transporter room, its biometric sensors and tactile controls glowing faintly beneath ambient starship lighting. Activated under Captain Picard's urgent authorization, the console crackles with tense energy as Transporter Chief coordinates the doomed attempt to beam the away team through an unstable interdimensional window. Despite precise manipulations by William Riker and Worf, the console’s panels flicker erratically, buffeted by the mysterious energy that violently repels the beam and disintegrates the target. The console pulses as a lifeline and a technological battleground, its advanced interface the last hope for penetrating a deadly barrier but ultimately overwhelmed by forces beyond its design.
49 appearances

Purpose

To operate and control the transporter system aboard the USS Enterprise, enabling precise and rapid transport of personnel and matter between the starship and external locations, especially during high-risk missions.

Significance

Serves as the inciting technical locus for the episode's mystery: its sudden power drain and faltering readouts convert a routine pickup into a high‑stakes investigation, produce the disoriented rematerialization that sparks suspicion around Riker, and become the primary physical clue driving Picard's inquiry.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

49 moments