William Riker's internal struggle — physical vulnerability forces an inward battle over identity, memory and agency as his past is weaponized in treatment (memories that define self become the battleground for survival).
William Riker's internal struggle — physical vulnerability forces an inward battle over identity, memory and agency as his past is weaponized in treatment (memories that define self become the battleground for survival).
Events in This Arc
A tight, clinical crisis scene: Picard arrives as Pulaski maps an alien organism that has fused itself into Riker's sciatic nerve. Riker slips between stoic humor and shock while Pulaski …
Pulaski and Troi confront a brutal choice in Sickbay as Riker’s vitals collapse while an alien vine‑microbe feeds on emotional chemistry. Troi pinpoints the survival‑based memories that slow the organism; …
Riker wakes in Sickbay after Pulaski's emergency neural purge. Troi's relief and Pulaski's clinical caution collide as Pulaski insists on memory diagnostics before releasing him. Riker's playful, reflexive claim — …