Sickbay Electrocution — Beverly's Emergency
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
A nurse is electrocuted by a malfunctioning food slot while retrieving hot chocolate, collapsing to the ground unconscious.
Beverly rushes to the nurse's aid, horrified to discover he's stopped breathing.
Eric reacts with confusion as Beverly confirms the life-threatening situation.
Beverly performs emergency resuscitation, successfully restoring the nurse's breathing and pulse.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Shocked and alarmed; confusion and concern dominate, with a tendency to defer to medical authority rather than act.
Eric watches the electrocution and collapse, voices confusion with 'What happened...', remains on the periphery as a stunned eyewitness, offering no direct medical aid but registering the severity of the event.
- • Understand what just occurred
- • Not interfere with Beverly's resuscitation efforts
- • Be available to give an eyewitness account or fetch help if asked
- • Process the frightening abnormality of a routine device suddenly becoming lethal
- • This is an abnormal and dangerous situation beyond his capacity to fix
- • Medical personnel (Beverly) know what to do and should lead the response
- • The incident signals a larger problem aboard the ship that may affect others
- • Immediate facts (what happened, who is hurt) matter more than speculation in the moment
Surface alarm and maternal concern combined with laser-focused clinical control — upset but functionally detached to prioritize saving the patient.
Beverly rushes to the fallen nurse, utters 'Omigod,' checks for a pulse, performs immediate resuscitative maneuvers using available materials and resources, and confirms restored breathing and a stronger pulse.
- • Restore the patient's breathing and circulation
- • Stabilize the patient's condition for transport to Sickbay proper
- • Determine the cause of the electrocution and prevent further casualties
- • Provide immediate reassurance and leadership to any bystanders
- • Immediate, skilled intervention can reverse the condition and save the patient's life
- • She is the responsible medical authority in this moment and must act without delay
- • The equipment or ship systems may be malfunctioning and pose additional danger
- • Crew safety depends on decisive medical action and quick assessment
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
Two steaming cups of hot chocolate are the immediate reason the nurse reaches into the slot; they function as incidental props that anchor the mundane before it flips to crisis. Their presence frames the gesture that triggers the electrocution and makes the injury disturbingly ordinary.
The recessed refreshment dispenser malfunctions, producing a dangerous red arc of electricity that directly strikes the nurse. Functionally it is the proximate hazard and narrative catalyst — a trusted domestic machine becoming a source of bodily harm and proof of wider systems instability.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The Sickbay waiting room — a compact, normally calm clinical vestibule — becomes the immediate stage for the accident and ad hoc triage. Its proximity to medical staff allows Beverly to intervene instantly; its domestic features (refreshment slot, benches) make the wound to normalcy more jarring.
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Key Dialogue
"BEVERLY: "Omigod....""
"ERIC: "What happened...""
"BEVERLY: "He's not breathing...""