Object

Alexana Devos's Office Drawer

A shallow office drawer set into Alexana Devos's desk, sized to hold small personal or evidentiary items. It yields a single, scanner‑defying Ansata armband when opened; characters handle the armband directly after its removal. The drawer functions as a discreet receptacle in a formal office, appearing utilitarian and unremarkable yet pivotal because it contains an item that provokes political and operational debate.

2 appearances

Purpose

To store and conceal small office items or evidence-sized objects; in the scene it serves as the immediate physical container from which an Ansata armband is produced and presented.

Significance

Serves as the narrative source of a crucial clue: the Ansata armband. The drawer's content catalyzes the technical mystery, hardens ideological divides, and raises personal and operational stakes by introducing a tangible, baffling device into diplomatic deliberations.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S3E12 · The High Ground

Alexana's Ultimatum: Dehumanization and the Impossible Request

Alexana withdraws a single armband from this shallow drawer, using it as the only concrete piece of evidence she can offer. The drawer functions as a repository for recovered insurgent gear and as the dramatic reveal point for the meeting's physical clue.

Before: Seated closed within Alexana Devos's office drawer, in municipal custody as recovered evidence.

After: Drawer is empty of that particular item; the armband has been removed and passed into Picard/Riker's hands for study.

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S3E12 · The High Ground

Armband, Doubt, and Riker's Assignment

Alexana opens the shallow office drawer and removes the armband; the drawer operates as the literal repository of evidence and a dramatic reveal mechanism that produces the physical proof underscoring her claims.

Before: Closed or holding evidentiary items (including the armband) within Alexana's desk in her office.

After: Left open or emptied of the armband (now in Picard/Riker hands); remains as part of Alexana's office furnishings.

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