Vanishing Point story
After her first trip through the transporter, Ensign Sato finds herself becoming incorporeal, with the crew believing she has perished. Directed by: David Straiton. Story by: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga.
10 total · 2 choice · 2 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| facing one's darkest fear | choice | Hoshi overcame her fear of teleportation by stepping on to the alien transporter in order to save Enterprise. |
| what if I were a ghost | choice | Hoshi became invisible, much like a ghost, in the aftermath of her first trip through the transporter. |
| technophobia | major | Hoshi was fearful of using the transporter. |
| teleportation device | major | A transporter malfunction rendered Hoshi the transporter was the source of all trouble in this story. |
| coping with the death of someone | minor | The crew mourned Hoshi's death. |
| father and daughter | minor | Archer contacted Hoshi's father to deliver the bad news that she had died in a transporter mishap. |
| Morse code | minor | Hoshi used Morse code to communicate with Archer, after she was turned invisible. |
| questioning one's sanity | minor | Hoshi about whether she was really turning into a ghost. |
| remorse | minor | Tucker felt guilty over having let Hoshi go first thought the transporter. |
| survivor guilt | minor | Tucker felt guilty over having let Hoshi go first thought the transporter. |