distress signal

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distress signal
Alert klaxon (TOS03)

Alert klaxon (TOS03)
First Appearance TOS04 (13 Oct 1966)
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Old-style distress signals—such as those in use aboard the S.S. Columbia when it disappeared in 2236—were designed to interfere with systems and attract the attention of a ship's crew. When the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 intercepted an old-style signal in 2254, collision warnings and the red alert klaxon were activated in response.[1] When the Enterprise was confronted by the First Federation Starship Fesarius during a tense first contact on Stardate 1514.1, a small pilot vessel from the larger ship was disabled and sent out a weak distress signal.[2] When Harry Mudd fled into an asteroid field to escape pursuit by the Enterprise on Stardate 1329.1, he sent out a distress signal when his ship's power began to fail and was in danger of being destroyed.[3] On Stardate 3497.2, Klingon forces transmitted false distress signals from the S.S. Dierdre and the U.S.S. Carolina in an effort to draw the Enterprise away from Capella IV.[4] In 2269, the Beta XIIA Entity created false distress signals to lure in the Enterprise and a Klingon vessel commanded by Kang, where it could feed on their anger and hatred for one another.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Cage". Star Trek, season 0, episode 0 (Production number 01). Directed by Robert Butler. Written by Gene Roddenberry. Released 1986. Desilu Productions. 1965.
  2. Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Corbomite Maneuver". Star Trek, season 1, episode 10 (Production number 03). Directed by Joseph Sargent. Written by Jerry Sohl. Desilu Productions. 10 November 1966.
  3. Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Mudd's Women". Star Trek, season 1, episode 6 (Production number 04). Directed by Harvey Hart. Written by Stephen Kandel. Desilu Productions. 13 October 1966.
  4. Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Friday's Child." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 3. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by D.C. Fontana. Desilu Productions, 1 December 1967.
  5. Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer) and Freiberger, Fred (Producer). "Day of the Dove." Star Trek, Season 3, Episode 11. Directed by Marvin Chomsky. Written by Jerome Bixby. Paramount Pictures Corporation, 1 November 1968.