Object

Daled Four Gigawatt-Level Transmission (Encoded Beam‑Down Coordinates)

A raw, gigawatt-class pulsed electromagnetic transmission originating from Daled Four carrying tightly packed, machine‑encoded beam‑down coordinates. On the Enterprise it registers as a bright spectral spike and sharp crackling carrier tone: consoles vibrate, sensor readouts spike, crew audio picks up a metallic timbre, Worf raises the audio, and Data isolates an embedded payload. Functionally the signal provides transporter locking/beam‑down coordinates and acts as an operational pivot in the scene, converting a procedural stalemate into an urgent tactical/diplomatic problem.

2 appearances

Purpose

To broadcast encoded beam-down coordinates from the planet (Daled Four), using overwhelming power to penetrate interference and compel or enable a transporter lock for forces on the surface.

Significance

The transmission converts a domestic containment problem into an operational emergency: its raw power and encoded destination force Picard and Riker to treat the passengers’ custody as a tactical imperative, driving the decision to send people down and escalating the moral and strategic stakes aboard the Enterprise.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E10 · The Dauphin

Containment and the Gigawatt Call

A gigawatt-class planetary transmission is detected and analyzed; it contains a carrier signal powerful enough to penetrate the atmosphere and, crucially, has beam‑down coordinates encoded within it, thereby supplying the Enterprise with means to transport passengers to the planet and turning a custody matter into an operational mission.

Before: Originating from the planet Daled Four, transmitting toward the Enterprise; not yet identified or decoded by the ship's sensors.

After: Detected, decoded for coordinates, and accepted as an actionable transport vector by command — the transmission becomes the instrument enabling the ship's next move.

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S2E10 · The Dauphin

Gigawatt Signal — Encoded Beam-Down

The gigawatt-level planetary transmission is the catalytic object: received on Enterprise sensors, audibly decoded on the bridge, and found to contain beam-down coordinates. Functionally it provides both a plot solution (a way to move passengers) and a narrative problem (the planet's capacity for long-range, high-power signaling).

Before: Actively broadcasting from the planet's surface; undetected by the Enterprise until Worf's sensors picked it up.

After: Received, analyzed, and decoded by bridge systems; coordinates exposed and used to plan a transporter operation.

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