Palmer

Palmer is shown working on the reactor, then struck by electrical bolts that temporarily blind him; his physical disorientation (groping) makes him immediately dependent on external rescue and medical aid.

Palmer is visible behind Barron working on the reactor, is struck by electrical discharge that temporarily blinds him, and gropes blindly — his incapacitation escalates the rescue priority and underscores …

Palmer is directly affected by the failure: he stumbles to the interior port, is blasted through the metal aperture by the collapsing holographic camouflage, lands outside, and then, disoriented and …

Palmer is not physically present in the scene; he is repeatedly referenced as the missing anthropologist still on Mintaka Three and the motivating focus of Picard's orbit order and rescue …

Palmer is discussed as missing and possibly delirious; his inferred state (vulnerable, disoriented) is the impetus for Beverly's plea and the moral tug-of-war in the room.

The missing subject of the debate; reported as undetected and possibly delirious, he functions as the immediate human stake whose fate compels ethical and tactical choices.

Doctor Palmer is the named objective of their search; although absent, his known disappearance and injury motivate the away team's actions and the ethical pressure behind their disguised engagement.

Palmer lies unconscious and bedraggled as he is carried into the assembly; his physical condition becomes the decisive, tactile proof that shifts the assembly toward belief.

Palmer lies unconscious and bedraggled as the hunters place him before the assembly; he is the involuntary object of examination and the unknowing evidence that triggers belief consolidation.

Palmer is the subject of the debate though absent from the stanza; he is described as injured and surrounded by Mintakans, his physical vulnerability and potential death catalyzing the ethical …

Not present in the scene but the central subject of the debate: Palmer is referenced as the endangered field anthropologist whose safety motivates Barron's protest and Riker's readiness to attempt …

Doctor Palmer is the absent subject of the dispute—an injured field anthropologist whose safety is central to the argument. He is referenced as endangered and the reason for urgent rescue …

Palmer lies unconscious at the center of the assembly's decision, physically incapable of influencing events while becoming the object of claim-making, binding, and interpretive projection.

Palmer lies unconscious and dazed at the center of the assembly, unable to speak or act, the literal object of debate and the catalyst for the village's sacred interpretation.

Palmer is unconscious or severely disoriented and is carried by Riker in a fireman's carry; he contributes no speech and exists primarily as the medical imperative driving the rescue.

Palmer is the disoriented subject of the extraction; referenced by Oji as being 'taken' by Riker, he is implied to be incapacitated and vulnerable, the motive for the away-team's movement.

Palmer is semi-conscious and carried by Riker; he is physically vulnerable, unable to aid his own extraction, and is removed from the scene in the transporter beam while disoriented.

Palmer rematerializes wounded and disoriented and is physically moved onto the biobed while he doubles in pain and relies on crew to stabilize him.

Palmer is not present in the hall but is the crisis' cause and subject of the search; his disappearance drives villagers' fear and leadership's difficult choices.

Palmer is absent but repeatedly referenced as the missing anthropologist whose apparent disappearance (or injury) escalates the crisis and prompted the search that failed to locate him.

Palmer is referenced as missing/escaped, his absence the proximate cause of the frantic search and the community's desire for retribution; he is a catalytic absence, not present in the hall.