Federation Outpost Power Reactor (missing)

A compact fusion power core usually recessed into an engineering slab; the device itself has been violently removed, leaving a scorched, bolted mounting plate, severed coolant conduits, frayed power couplings, and twisted access clamps. Jagged metal shavings and pry marks cluster around the empty recess, and a smear of non‑human blood on a nearby shard lies within the removal zone. The away team treats the void as evidence: technicians scan the cavity, officers inspect tool gouges, and the absence converts routine salvage into a forensic priority.

2 appearances

Purpose

To generate and supply electrical power for the outpost's life‑support, environmental systems, communications, and defensive subsystems.

Significance

Functions as a concrete clue that the outpost was looted rather than simply destroyed; the missing reactor implies deliberate removal of critical systems, raises suspicions of targeted theft or removal by hostile agents, and propels the mission from recovery to investigation and diplomacy.

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When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S3E9 · The Vengeance Factor

Looted Outpost — Blood, Silent Victims, and a Jammed Door

The outpost's power reactor is discovered missing from its mounting slab; the absence is treated as a central clue linking theft to operational failure, explaining the outpost's loss of communications and elevating the incident from vandalism to targeted extraction.

Before: Properly mounted within the outpost's engineering slab, providing power and communications capability.

After: Removed violently, leaving a scorched mounting plate, severed coolant conduits, and gouged bolt holes; the reactor itself is absent.

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S3E9 · The Vengeance Factor

Non‑Human Blood at the Ransacked Outpost

The outpost power reactor is absent; its mounting slab is scorched and empty. The missing reactor is noticed by Worf and the team as they assess the extent of salvage and sabotage, marking the scene not only as looted but dangerous and strategically compromised.

Before: Installed and supplying power to the outpost's systems (implied historical state).

After: Physically removed — leaving a scorched, bolted mounting plate and severed conduits, indicating violent extraction.

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