Systems Restored, Stubbs' Facade
Plot Beats
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Wesley informs Stubbs that the systems are back to normal and they can make another launch attempt.
Stubbs declares himself healed and jests about checking on the experiment, lightening the mood.
Stubbs praises his mother, a critic, and jokingly denies rumors about his past, shifting the tone to playful banter.
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Soberly responsible and anxious beneath a polite exterior; relieved the systems are fixed but burdened by accountability and longing for connection to the Academy.
Enters Sickbay, delivers Captain's message about restored systems and another launch, explains briefly about his studies, listens to Stubbs' banter, and follows Stubbs out—carrying responsibility and relief in equal measure.
- • Convey the Captain's operational update accurately and without drama.
- • Support the continuation of the experiment by facilitating the next launch.
- • Reassure adults around him that he is competent and not a liability.
- • Preserve his relationship with the senior officers and his mother.
- • Orders from command must be relayed promptly and followed.
- • His technical work is valuable toward his Academy goals and the ship's mission.
- • He is partly responsible for events surrounding the experiment and must help fix them.
- • Being serious and helpful will earn professional credibility.
Surface jocularity masking underlying anxiety and determination; uses humor as armor to hide fear about setbacks to his research and personal vulnerability.
Receiving treatment for bruises and a sore back, Stubbs trades jocular remarks to deflect attention, downplays pain, stands with theatrical flourish and declares 'I am whole again' before leaving with Wesley—protecting his dignity and the experiment's momentum.
- • Minimize concern about his injury and reassure others he can continue.
- • Keep focus on the experiment and ensure the next launch proceeds.
- • Maintain his public persona as imperturbable and in command.
- • Protect his reputation from gossip or scandal.
- • The experiment is worth personal sacrifice and risk.
- • Charm and humor will defuse worry and keep people aligned with his agenda.
- • Physical injury does not negate intellectual authority.
- • Social gossip (e.g., about Beldoron) must be dismissed to preserve professional focus.
Quietly conflicted—professionally calm while maternally concerned; relieved systems are fixed but worried about Wesley's burden and the ethical fallout of the experiment.
Examines Stubbs with a medical tricorder, finishes treatment, pokes him to check pain, smiles at Wesley, nods to the nurse, and allows her private concern about Wesley and moral implications to register silently.
- • Deliver competent, efficient medical care to Stubbs.
- • Protect and emotionally support her son Wesley.
- • Gauge the true extent of Stubbs' injury and his readiness to continue.
- • Internally weigh duty to the ship against personal concern for family and ethics.
- • Crew health and safety are the first priority.
- • Wesley carries an emotional and ethical burden that warrants attention.
- • Medical authority can and should temper reckless scientific ambition.
- • Her maternal perspective gives her insight that command may lack.
Calm, focused, and businesslike—concern is managed through protocol rather than discussion.
Assists Doctor Crusher by preparing the patient to sit up and checks readiness, responding to the doctor's cue with a professional question and steady hands.
- • Execute medical instructions accurately and safely.
- • Ensure Stubbs is physically stable to sit up and leave.
- • Support the Chief Medical Officer in completing the treatment.
- • Following medical procedure ensures best patient outcomes.
- • The doctor's judgment directs nursing actions.
- • Maintaining composure serves both patients and colleagues.
Objects Involved
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Doctor Beverly Crusher uses the medical tricorder to scan and assess Stubbs' bruises and back, guiding her treatment decisions. The tricorder functions as both diagnostic authority and performative tool, lending clinical weight to Beverly's maternal gestures and punctuating the scene's tension-release.
Location Details
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Sickbay serves as the intimate medical arena where wounded science, family dynamics, and professional duty intersect. The compact clinical space contains equipment and a bedside exchange that allows medical procedure and private conversation to occur in the same moment, making it a place for both repair and revelation.
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Key Dialogue
"WESLEY: "The captain asked me to tell you that our systems are back to normal and we can make another launch attempt as soon as you're ready.""
"BEVERLY: "It's nice to be back together. I was at Starfleet Medical for a year... I missed about two inches of him.""
"STUBBS: "I am whole again, thank you, Doctor. Come along, Wesley, let's make sure Humpty Dumpty is still in one piece.""