Location
Outer Space
Boundless void beyond Earth's atmosphere hurls a meteor into U.S. airspace, fooling silo officers into readying Minuteman ICBMs for launch. Will's poker-game account in Leo's office captures its cold impersonality—silent cosmic debris mimicking North Korean aggression—forcing characters to confront human fallibility amid national peril. The expanse looms as an unwitting adversary in tense West Wing debates.
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Evidence of Things Not Seen
Poker Night: Faith Tested
Outer Space is named as the true origin of the track (the meteor); its invocation collapses human assumption and underscores the randomness that can stress defensive systems.
Atmosphere
Indifferent, remote, existential.
Functional Role
Cosmic cause that reveals the fragility of terrestrial systems.
Symbolic Significance
Suggests the limits of human control in a universe where chance can trigger mortal consequences.
Access Restrictions
Not applicable; inaccessible to human control.
Cold vacuum
Unpredictable debris
Detachment from human affairs
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