Object
Sickbay Medical Knitter
A benchtop/bench‑surface automated medical knitter in Sickbay: a compact, box‑like composite unit with illuminated status panels, filament/feed ports, a shuttered access bay for fine articulating manipulators, and a treatment cradle. The device emits a mechanical hum and intermittent error flashes; its knitting/servicing mechanisms sputter and stick, producing amber error indicators and leaving clinicians to abandon automated care for hands‑on triage.
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Purpose
To fabricate and apply knitted dressings and custom-fitted supportive materials (e.g., rapid splints, bandages, or tissue-like closures) automatically for acute injuries and wound care.
Significance
Its failure triggers a tonal shift from automated triage to hands-on care: the knitter's breakdown forces Pulaski to abandon technology, demand a manual splint, and reconfigure Sickbay into low-tech triage—escalating stakes and thematically foregrounding human ingenuity over fallible automation.
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