San Francisco (1945 — Dixon Hill Holodeck Program)

A holodeck recreation of 1945 San Francisco used in the Dixon Hill program: a compact noir-era metropolis with rain-slick sidewalks, neon halos, fog, streetcar echoes and cigarette smoke. The city functions narratively as both refuge and threat for Dixon Hill/Picard, framing voiceover, entrances, and moral testing within a stylized noir setting aboard the Enterprise.

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Events with rich location context

S2E19 · Manhunt

Dixon Hill: Picard’s Noir Refuge

The simulated San Francisco (1945 Dixon Hill program) is verbally set by Picard as the holodeck's milieu. It supplies period detail and cultural texture for the noir frame, functioning as the emotional and imaginative landscape Picard retreats into to rehearse decisions and avoid immediate social entanglement.

Atmosphere

Noir-tinged, nostalgic, rain-slick and smoky in suggestion — a crafted melancholy that invites focus and inward work.

Functional Role

Emotional refuge and stage for role-play; provides context for the Dixon Hill case that will occupy Picard's attention.

Symbolic Significance

Represents adaptive masking and the psychological buffer between command responsibilities and private needs.

Access Restrictions

Holodeck simulation — restricted to authorized users; requires activation/permission via ship computer.

Rain-slick streets and neon glows implied by Picard's setting line. Historical period cues (1945) that shape mood and moral codes. Framed to fit the named novel, suggesting narrative-specific imagery and props.

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S2E19 · Manhunt

Dixon Hill: Picard’s Noir Refuge

Pressured by Lwaxana's relentless advances and the diplomatic tightrope he must walk, Picard deliberately retreats into the Holodeck, invoking a 1945 Dixon Hill program. Clad in trenchcoat and fedora, he …