Lessons Line-by-Line

[CaptVader]

WORF [OC]: Bridge to Captain.

 

[May 20]

PICARD: Go ahead, Mister Worf.

 

[Athena28]

PICARD: Go ahead, Mr. Worf.

 

[Orac]

Number 1: We just experienced some kind of loop where everything repeats itself.

 

[CaptVader]

WORF [OC]: Bersallis Three reports that the storm has changed its speed and heading. They are predicting it will hit the outpost within eight hours, and are requesting evacuation.

 

[Orac]

Picard: I'm on my way.

Captain's log, stardate 46693.1. We have entered the Bersallis star system and are making preparations to evacuate the Federation outpost on the third planet.

 

[May 20]

[Observation lounge]

LAFORGE: A fire storm can kick up winds of over two hundred kilometers per hour and temperatures as high as three hundred degrees C.

 

[CaptVader]

CRUSHER: Incredible. What causes them?

 

[Orac]

Nella: They form when solar flare radiation reacts with high energy plasma present in the planet's atmosphere.

 

[May 20]

CRUSHER: Wasn't the outpost built to withstand the conditions?

 

[Orac]

LaForge: It was, both reinforced and insulated. But this is no ordinary storm. It's twice as strong as anything they've ever seen. The outpost just won't withstand it.

 

[CaptVader]

RIKER: We'll arrive about an hour before the storm gets there. It will take at least two hours to evacuate all the colonists off the surface.

 

[Orac]

Nella: I led a team of geologists to study the plasma geyser on Melnos 4. We cross-connected a few thermal deflector units to create a protective shield against the heat.

 

[CaptVader]

LAFORGE: A firewall.

 

[Orac]

Nella: Would something like that work here?

 

[Athena28]

LAFORGE: You know, it might. The storm is approaching the outpost from this direction. If we were to set up a series of thermal deflector units along the northern perimeter, we could create a fire wall and deflect some of the heat. The insulation from the outpost should be able to handle the rest.

 

[Orac]

Data: Thermal deflectors generate a field approximately 400 metres wide. We would need to cross-connect 6 units and align them so the fields overlap.

 

[CaptVader]

RIKER: How many people would it take to set that up?

 

[May 20]

LAFORGE: Twelve. Two per team. Cross-connecting that many units will be a little tricky. Once they're set up, we'll have to leave the units in place and transport our people out. Nobody would be able survive very long outside that structure.

 

[Orac]

Picard: Let's do it.