Night Terrors story
The Enterprise is trapped in a rift. The crew succumbs to REM sleep deprivation, while Deanna has a recurring nightmare.
20 total · 3 choice · 9 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| acute anxiety | choice | crew paranoid from lack of REM sleep |
| fear | choice | crew terrified from lack of REM sleep |
| sleep deprivation | choice | Stuck in Tyken’s Rift, Troi had trouble sleeping due to nightmares and the rest of the crew became dysfunctional due to a lack of REM sleep. |
| aliens talking to us in our dreams | major | Tyken's Rift Aliens :: Tykan's Rift aliens communicate to Troi in her dreams |
| cooperation | major | crew and aliens to get out of Tykan's Rift |
| desperation | major | crew to get out of Tykan's Rift |
| dream interpretation | major | Data helped Troi to interpret her bizarre dreams. |
| fear for one's life | major | Picard, Riker, Beverly :: Picard on the turbolift; Riker with snakes in his bed; Beverly in the morgue |
| fear of the unknown | major | fear stemming from mystery surrounding Tykan's rift phenomenon |
| human vs. space anomaly | major | crew vs. Tykan's Rift |