Object

USS Enterprise-D (NCC-1701-D)

The Galaxy-class starship serving as the primary setting for *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, including episodes like *Captain’s Holiday* (S3E19) and *The Best of Both Worlds* (S3E26). Houses subsystems like the target lock system, warp core, and holodeck, and is central to crew dynamics and mission-driven narratives.

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Purpose

Starship travel to Risa for crew shore leave, halted by claimed repairs

Significance

Picard wields the ship's supposed repair needs as a flimsy excuse to evade Risa and Lwaxana Troi, sparking Riker's distrust and Troi's conspiratorial nudge. The vessel anchors the power shift, where crew intervention undermines captain's control and amplifies personal tensions.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S3E19 · Captain's Holiday

Picard’s Vacation Collapses: The Lwaxana Gambit

The Enterprise itself is the pretext for Picard’s cancellation of the Risa vacation, serving as a shield for his personal discomfort. His claim of ‘extensive repairs’ is a flimsy excuse, revealing his reluctance to confront his own need for rest. The ship’s institutional presence looms over the scene, framing Picard’s dilemma: his duty to the Enterprise versus his crew’s insistence on his humanity. The vessel’s repair needs become a proxy for his internal conflict.

Before: Operational, with no immediate repair needs (Picard’s claim is a fabrication).

After: Unchanged, but now the subject of a private discussion in the Ready Room.

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