Surata IV (surface — survey site)

The surface of Surata IV (a.k.a. Surata Four) — a wind‑scoured geological survey plateau whose sterile instruments and survey crew become the locus of a medical emergency when a nerve‑bonding microbe is discovered. Gravel and ochre dust mark the terrain; procedural caution, flashing consoles, and a transporter alarm convert routine fieldwork into a containment and sample‑retrieval operation. Functionally this entity represents the planet's survey site/surface where the infectious sample originated and where Data and Geordi perform an urgent recovery under medical orders.