Object

Troi's Medical Cot (Ian's Stretcher)

A narrow, portable medical cot set up inside TROI's quarters to support the unconscious infant Ian. The cot presents as a clinical stretcher — a padded, low-profile surface on a lightweight frame, fitted with quick-attach straps and space for monitoring leads and emergency hyposprays. Pulaski leans over the cot administering injectors and scans while DATA hovers with a tricorder; PICARD and RIKER stand close by as TROI kneels at the cot's edge. The cot remains occupied, its linens marked by hurried hands and the hush of failed medical intervention.

2 appearances

Purpose

Provide a temporary, transportable surface for patient support and immediate medical treatment in a non-surgical setting.

Significance

Serves as the physical locus where medicine fails and the episode pivots emotionally: Ian's dying body lies on the cot, clinicians exhaust interventions at its edge, and TROI's subsequent transcendent encounter with the child's life‑force occurs here. The cot anchors both the clinical emergency and the intimate grief that reframes the crew's response.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E22 · Shades of Gray

Ian Revealed — Source of the Threat

The medical cot holds Ian's small body and functions as the focal point for triage, ritualized caregiving, and the emotional exchange; Troi and Pulaski converge on it, and the LIGHT rises from its mattress as the body fades.

Before: Set up in Troi's quarters with the child lying on it, covered until Pulaski pulls the covers back.

After: Remains where it was; its patient gone, it becomes a quiet artifact of attempted medical care and loss.

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S2E22 · Shades of Gray

When Medicine Fails: Ian's Release

Troi's medical cot serves as the immediate treatment surface for Ian; it focuses attention physically and emotionally, hosting Pulaski's interventions and Troi's final, intimate act of cradling the emitted life‑force close to the child's former resting place.

Before: Set up in Troi's quarters with Ian lying upon it, linens covering him until Pulaski pulls them back.

After: Left empty and warm after Ian's body fades; linens disturbed where Pulaski and Troi worked and grieved.

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