Star Trek The Next Generation
Character
Planetary Landing Party
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The Away Team

mission-focused methodical resilient adaptive versatile tactical proactive determined collaborative responsive cohesive disciplined alert coordinated
A coordinated USS Enterprise landing party led by Commander Riker and staffed by specialists such as Data and Worf, the Away Team functions as the ship’s frontline response unit for planetary and construct-level anomalies. In the Mariposa reception they materialize under formal escort, immediately shift from ceremony to tactical caution, and probe the environment with diagnostic tools while maintaining security postures. Their role collapses scientific inquiry and protective discipline into decisive, mobile action aimed at preserving crew safety and uncovering hostile or anomalous factors.
28 appearances
Starfleet Away Missions
Also known as: landing party, away team, Enterprise away team, planetary landing party, Away Team, landing team

The Away …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

28 moments
Season 1 (3) Season 2 (17) Season 4 (4) Season 5 (4)
S2E11 · Contagion
Bridge Standoff — Iconian Probe Forces a Choice

Implied anxious and exposed — their survival depends on decisions made on the bridge they cannot influence directly.

The Away Team is off‑screen on the planet, having just been transported down; they are now stuck because Enterprise shields oscillate, leaving them vulnerable while command debates rescue options.

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S2E11 · Contagion
Romulan Arrival and System Collapse — Tactical Dilemma

Implicitly at risk and anxious; their state creates a persistent emotional pressure on bridge decisions.

The away team is off‑screen but directly affected: they have been transported to the planet and are currently unable to be beamed back because shields are fluctuating, rendering them vulnerable …

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S2E11 · Contagion
Iconian Control Room — Ruins, Gateways, and Roots

Cautious alertness — professionalism overlaying an undercurrent of disappointment and dawning concern at the implications of the ruin.

The Away Team beams into the Iconian control room as a unit, spreading to examine gateways, consoles and walls; they function collectively as investigators, preserving evidence and following Picard's direction …

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S2E11 · Contagion
Deciphering the Gate: Silent Comms and Linguistic Forensics

Cautiously investigative — curious about the artifacts but aware of danger and the fragility of their situation.

The away team explores the dimly lit chamber as a coordinated unit: scanning consoles, observing gateways and keys, and deferring to senior officers for interpretation and orders while keeping a …

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S2E12 · The Royale
Corporeal Phantoms and Data's Curiosity

Apprehensive curiosity — aware of danger but compelled to gather data that might provide leverage or escape routes.

The Away Team collectively studies the hotel's inhabitants, react to Data's scans, and physically follows the lead toward the casino as a coordinated unit under Riker's direction.

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S2E12 · The Royale
Rigged Twenty-One — Data’s Evidence

Alert and tense; the team balances curiosity with concern and readiness to depart under command.

The Away Team collectively observes from the casino edge; members probe the environment, gather sensory impressions, and comply with Riker's order to withdraw after Data pockets two chips.

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S2E12 · The Royale
The Casino's Tempo: Rules Over Agency

Alert and restrained; curious about the environment but compliant with commands to prioritize safety.

The Away Team stands grouped at the casino edge, observing, ready to exit on command; their posture is coordinated and deferential to Riker's extraction order.

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S2E12 · The Royale
Revolving Door — Escape Denied

Collective disconcertion and rising alarm; group-level shift from investigative curiosity to pragmatic dread.

The Away Team approaches and collectively uses the revolving door as a deliberate test of egress; they enter together, repeat the attempt, and together realize the door returns them to …

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S2E12 · The Royale
Door 727: The Silent Threshold

Alert and cautious—professional vigilance with underlying tension as the team anticipates either discovery or threat.

The Away Team moves down the seventh-floor hallway as a coordinated unit, following Data’s sensor sweep. They adopt a cautious formation, ready to secure the threshold once Riker decides to …

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S2E12 · The Royale
Breaching the Field: Medical Truth vs. Picard's Resolve

Not present in the room, but the team's state is crisis‑taut: endangered and dependent on decisions made remotely by command.

The Away Team is the subject of the decision: they are implicitly at risk of immediate atmospheric exposure if the field is breached and stand to be rescued or sacrificed …

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S2E12 · The Royale
Polite Offer, Ominous Protocol

Concentrated tension with quiet apprehension—aware that a small civilian cue may have larger implications.

As a unit the team is actively searching the suite when interrupted; they pause to receive the phone report, process it collectively, and accept Riker's reallocation of tasks, remaining task-focused …

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S2E12 · The Royale
Loaded Dice, Legal Fiction

Determined and tense — united behind a single tactical objective with an undercurrent of urgency.

The Away Team (as a unit) participates in the table action: they observe, coordinate silently (Riker setting strategy, Data manipulating odds, Worf guarding), and then execute a unified withdrawal through …

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S2E12 · The Royale
Loaded Dice, Legal Title

Tense determination; focused on practical escape while managing unease about the environment's rules.

The Away Team acts as a coordinated unit: Data executes the technical fix, Riker applies a legal-theatrical maneuver, and Worf secures readiness; together they convert discovery into escape and move …

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S2E12 · The Royale
The Buyout and the Revolving Door

Cautiously resolute—united by Riker's leadership and the implied legal fiction, they commit to the plan with wary determination.

The Away Team moves as a unit: they observe, enable Data's scheme, accept Riker's storytelling takeover, and physically step toward and into the revolving door together as the chosen escape …

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S2E12 · The Royale
Claiming the Door — The Beam Home

Relieved and exhausted — relief at being rescued, weariness from the ordeal, and a residual tension about leaving the construct behind.

The away team receives the transporter lock and is beamed up from the planet surface; their extraction is executed quickly while the construct continues its mechanical motions around them.

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S2E18 · Up the Long Ladder
Ceremonial Welcome, Unsettling Multiples

Cautiously wary—committed to diplomatic protocols but ready to escalate to emergency procedures if necessary.

The Away Team materializes as a unified tactical/scientific unit, accepts the escort, and shifts immediately from ceremony to caution—moving in formation, scanning the environment and reacting to duplicates with heightened …

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S2E18 · Up the Long Ladder
Identicals: Riker's Alarm, Pulaski's Challenge

Alert and cautious as a collective; cooperative with chain of command and prepared for tactical withdrawal.

The Away Team materializes and proceeds under diplomatic escort, staying formation‑tight and deferring to Riker's leadership; they move from ceremony to cautious posture as the cloning pattern becomes apparent.

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Affiliation

Starfleet
Federation Starship Command, Classified Intelligence, and Hierarchical Operations