USS Enterprise‑C
Detailed Involvements
Events with rich location context
The U.S.S. Enterprise‑C (its bridge and fate) functions as the conceptual battleground referenced throughout the exchange — the doomed ship whose survival or destruction determines historical outcome and justifies Tasha's sacrifice.
Not physically present in the scene but evoked as smoky, damaged, and urgent — a site of combat and potential tragedy.
Focal object of the transfer request and the moral stakes of the episode (the battleground that will determine history).
Represents historical continuity, sacrifice, and the concrete locus where abstract duties become mortal choices.
Operationally restricted to assigned crew and officers; currently damaged and in crisis.
The Enterprise‑C main bridge is the action's arena: a damaged, claustrophobic command center where pragmatic orders and wrenching personal choices intersect. It frames Yar's transfer from outsider to active participant and functions as the literal and symbolic place where sacrifice becomes a plan.
Tension-filled, urgent, metallic and dim—patch-up work, whispering consoles, and the smell of overheating equipment underlie clipped speech.
Stage for personnel assignment, tactical preparation, and the formalization of the ship's decision to return to the rift.
Embodies the institutional weight of duty and the narrowing moral horizon: choices made here have irreversible temporal consequences.
Effectively restricted to bridge officers and essential crew; senior staff decisions are made privately at the edge of the bridge.
The Enterprise‑C main bridge is the action's physical and emotional stage: a compact, battle‑scarred command ring where the turbolift deposits officers, orders are given, and the main viewer frames the wider strategic reality. It concentrates duty, sacrifice, and the procedural mechanics of wartime decision into a few terse exchanges.
Tension‑filled, austere, and solemn — Red Alert lights and concise speech produce an atmosphere of urgent, restrained grief.
Battleground command center where tactical decisions are issued and the ship's sacrificial posture is enacted.
Embodies the moral isolation of those who must order or accept sacrifice; the bridge becomes a confessional of duty.
Restricted to bridge crew and senior officers; active battle posture limits movement and access to authorized personnel only.
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After Guinan's revelation that Lieutenant Tasha Yar 'wasn't supposed to be here,' Tasha appears in Picard's ready room and calmly requests a transfer to the crippled Enterprise‑C. She frames the …
On the crippled Enterprise‑C bridge, Lieutenant Tasha Yar quietly asserts agency and stakes everything: having secured Picard's approval, she confronts young Castillo off‑line, overcomes his protective resistance, and proves she …
On the crippled Enterprise‑C bridge Tasha delivers a terse report confirming that damage control teams have returned to the Enterprise‑D. Castillo, abruptly wearing command, gives steady orders — "Raise shields." …