"A phase 7 survey was a type of scan. In 2369, engineering on the USS Enterprise-D was running a phase 7 survey on the Dyson sphere they'd discovered. Geordi La Forge informed Montgomery Scott of this when the retired engineer showed up to help him. (TNG: \"Relics\" )"@en . . . . "A phase 7 survey was a type of scan. In 2369, engineering on the USS Enterprise-D was running a phase 7 survey on the Dyson sphere they'd discovered. Geordi La Forge informed Montgomery Scott of this when the retired engineer showed up to help him. (TNG: \"Relics\" )"@en . "Phase 7 survey"@en .