Engineering Dorsal (Dorsal Fin Exterior — Aft Quarter)

A narrow, exposed strip of the starship's dorsal hull where the Engineering section meets the dorsal plating — specifically the aft quarter of the dorsal fin. Panels, sensor pods, and maintenance fixtures sit along cold starlight-bathed plating while scanners paint diagnostic tones. In circumstances described here, a hazy, clinging, subatomic organism adheres to plated seams and is imaged by bridge feeds and engineering diagnostics, turning routine monitoring into an operational emergency that implicates engineering, science, and command authority.