Object
USS Eisenhower (Aircraft Carrier)
A verbally invoked Nimitz‑class style aircraft carrier: imagined as a massive steel‑hulled warship with a broad flight deck and island superstructure, bristling with aircraft and crew though never shown on screen. The name drops into the room like a detonator; staff reactions snap sharp — voices cut off, posture tightens, and options are reframed around the vessel's implied scale and lethality. Characters treat the ship as an outsized, actionable asset rather than a prop, responding to the idea of its deck, aircraft and command capability.
2 appearances
Purpose
Operate as a large naval platform for power projection: launch and recover aircraft, host and sustain a carrier air wing and crew, and function as a command-and-control node for high‑intensity military responses.
Significance
Serves primarily as a rhetorical escalatory lever in the scene: invoking the Eisenhower instantly militarizes debate, silences banter, and exposes the gulf between aggressive military options and the staff's eventual humanitarian consensus. The ship functions as a narrative pressure valve—threatening disproportionate force and forcing moral and political recalibration.
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