Containment Orders: Anya Corralled
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Picard issues blunt orders: Anya must remain in quarters in her present form for the voyage; Anya stalks close, furious but compliant, and Picard instructs Worf to keep her under guard as security personnel lead her out.
With Anya escorted out, the crew scrambles to classify the threat: PULASKI cites no cataloged life-forms but mentions rumors of 'allasomorphs' while WORF calls such a species an ideal protector—Picard orders a security cordon outside Sickbay and commands Worf to stop Anya if she transforms again.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Furious and defensive—her protective instinct for Salia overrides deference to Starfleet authority and makes her willing to threaten force.
Originally the monster who physically assaulted Worf and seized his phaser, then transmutes into the governess Anya; confronts Picard vocally, defiant and fiercely protective of Salia, and is escorted from Sickbay under guard.
- • Eliminate perceived biological threat to Salia
- • Resist confinement and retain freedom to protect the charge
- • Demonstrate superiority to human/Starfleet authority
- • Salia's safety justifies extreme measures
- • Her abilities place her beyond normal command structures
- • Starfleet underestimates the severity of the threat to the girl
Unable to actively feel or respond; his presence generates fear and competing protective instincts in others.
Lying unconscious and vulnerable in the medical bed; the patient is the immediate object of Pulaski's protection and the focus of Anya's hostility and claims of threat.
- • (Implied) Survive and receive treatment
- • Remain uncontaminated and unstressed by surrounding conflict
- • N/A — patient is unconscious and not expressing beliefs
- • His medical condition will drive others' moral decisions
Frightened and high‑strung at the immediate violence, but remains clinically focused and adamant about her medical assessment and duty to protect her patient.
Shields patient Hennesey from harm, calls for security urgently, pushes the bed to act as a barrier, checks the patient immediately after the transmutation, and vocally disputes the idea of contagion when challenged.
- • Keep Hennesey alive and physically protected
- • Ensure medical facts (no contagion) guide decisions rather than fear
- • Summon appropriate security support without endangering patient care
- • Medical evaluation should override speculative panic
- • Containment should not substitute for care when the risk is low
- • Starfleet must balance safety with ethical duty to patients
Controlled outwardly but simmering with restrained anger and a need to reassert order and protect the crew and mission.
Enters Sickbay at the peak of the struggle, commands guards to hold fire, verbally asserts Starfleet authority, orders Anya confined and instructs Worf to post security outside Sickbay.
- • De-escalate the immediate physical threat to staff and patient
- • Reassert command and set a clear, enforceable policy (confinement and single form)
- • Protect the ship and crew from an unknown biological or security risk
- • Starfleet protocol and chain of command are essential to safety
- • Containment and measured control are preferable to violent action
- • The unknown being poses a risk that must be managed centrally
Determined and tense, briefly surprised by the creature's strength, then resolute in implementing security orders and protecting the patient and crew.
Draws a phaser and physically grapples with the monster, is overpowered as it seizes his weapon; after Picard's orders, motions to security and escorts Anya from Sickbay while accepting the captain's direction to station guards.
- • Protect Sickbay and Hennesey from physical harm
- • Follow and execute Picard's containment orders
- • Prevent further transformations that could endanger the crew
- • Physical force and readiness are effective for containment
- • Security must follow the captain's directives without hesitation
- • Unknown life‑forms are predictable threats that require suppression
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
Worf draws this heavy phaser to stop the monster; the creature seizes and holds the weapon, making the phaser a literal focal point of the struggle and a symbol of Starfleet force being compromised.
Referenced by Pulaski as an authoritative repository (the Galactic Zoological Catalog) to argue there is no recorded species matching Anya; functions as the scientific counterpoint to superstition and fear in the scene.
Doors on both sides of Sickbay slide open to admit three security personnel at the climax of the struggle; their opening interrupts the fight and enables the arrival of authority and reinforcements.
The Sickbay hospital bed is shoved by Pulaski to create a barrier between Hennesey and the battling pair; it functions both as a physical shield and as a visual reminder of the clinical stakes at risk.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
Enterprise Sickbay — Patients' Quarters is the cramped clinical arena where the violent confrontation unfolds; it houses the vulnerable patient, medical staff, monitors, and becomes the stage for a security/ethical conflict that forces command decisions.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Picard's recognition in the Ready Room of a dangerous life-form logically leads to the order to keep Anya confined — command-level concern translates into immediate containment policy."
"Anya's violent transformation is immediately followed by reversion and the crew's classification attempt (Pulaski invoking 'allasomorphs') — the incident reveals Anya's true nature and forces Starfleet response."
"Anya's violent transformation is immediately followed by reversion and the crew's classification attempt (Pulaski invoking 'allasomorphs') — the incident reveals Anya's true nature and forces Starfleet response."
"Picard's orders to confine Anya and restrict transformations set the emotional and physical conditions that drive Salia to confront Anya in her quarters about friendship and agency."
"Picard's orders to confine Anya and restrict transformations set the emotional and physical conditions that drive Salia to confront Anya in her quarters about friendship and agency."
Themes This Exemplifies
Thematic resonance and meaning
Key Dialogue
"PICARD: "Hold your fire.""
"ANYA: "Your powers are infinitesimal compared to mine!""
"WORF: "Aye, sir. Captain... if Anya transforms?" PICARD: "Stop her.""