Location
New London, Connecticut
New London, Connecticut houses the U.S. Navy's Trident submarines, surfacing in Will's poker-night account as the projected target of a radar-tracked projectile mistaken for an enemy missile. Staff halt their card game, hands frozen over chips, as he describes silo officers readying Minuteman ICBMs to defend this coastal stronghold. The city stands as a nerve center of submerged nuclear power, its strategic waters evoking the knife-edge brink of accidental war where vigilance meets human frailty.
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S4E20
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Evidence of Things Not Seen
Poker Night: Faith Tested
New London is invoked as the prospective target of the perceived incoming projectile, explaining why silo crews read the track as an existential threat—its military assets make an East Coast impact plausible to operators.
Atmosphere
Strategic and vulnerable in the anecdote's logic.
Functional Role
Geographic reference that makes the radar track concrete and alarming.
Symbolic Significance
Represents the domestic stakes of strategic deterrence.
Access Restrictions
Civilian port and military facilities; not directly relevant to access in-scene.
Coastal submarine basing (implied)
Nighttime radar signatures
Strategic naval presence
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