Children

Discussed as passive yet dangerous subjects, the children's hypothetical threat-potential dominates the debate despite their actual condition remaining unseen.

Their involvement in the contagion is discussed but they are not physically present.

The children appear physically flawless, focused on their chess game. At Mandel's signal, they demonstrate their telekinetic abilities by making chess pieces vanish and reappear with effortless concentration.

The genetically engineered children exhibit terrifying casualness about their abilities, making chess pieces disappear and reappear during their game as if performing a party trick. Their flawless physicality and emotional …

Demonstrating casual mastery of telekinesis—pieces disappear/reappear during chess with effortless concentration. Their physical excellence and detached professionalism make their abilities seem ordinary, heightening the horror.

Present only through reference and Mandel's devastated gaze, their very existence serves as the catastrophic mirror reflecting scientific hubris. Their chess game continues obliviously as living proof of good intentions …

Though physically present playing chess, the children remain oblivious to the medical revelation swirling around them—their casual concentration on the game illustrates both their engineered focus and dangerous disconnect from …

Referenced by Troi as traumatized survivors from the Yamato incident; their condition is used to anchor the moral stakes and influence command empathy and urgency.

Referenced by Troi as deeply affected survivors of the Yamato disaster; not physically present but function as the human stakes that press Troi's argument and amplify moral urgency.

The ship's children are referred to offstage as the cohort who would receive the Bringloidi youngsters for schooling; they are not physically present but are the primary beneficiaries of Brenna's …

Neighborhood children are heard off-screen through the open window, their shouts and laughter forming ambient background life that bolsters the recreated home's realism.

Off-screen neighborhood children are heard through the open window, their shouts and laughter serving as ambient proof that the recreated Earth street life continues beyond the room.

A young boy (represented by the Children collective) approaches carrying the sealed box at Finn's signal, obedient and focused; other nearby children watch a weapon being cleaned, indicating normalization of …

The collective group of toddlers play together with geometric blocks in the adjacent classroom; they cluster in their own play and are described as being afraid of Lal, avoiding contact …

The Children are an off-screen but causally present group whose laughter during the school interaction is reported by Lal; their reaction—laughter directed at, not with—serves as the catalyst for Lal's …