Object

USS Hathaway Warp Engines

The USS Hathaway's warp propulsion assembly: an aging bank of Avidyne-class warp engine modules in the engineering section. Consolidated depiction includes both technical quirks (pitted casings, legacy gauges, finicky diagnostics) and functional descriptions emphasizing capability (precisely timed, millisecond-grade warp pulses used in the ship's tactical gambits). This unified description captures the engine hardware across narrative contexts — maintenance-focused scenes and tactical/moral set-pieces where the engines' performance is pivotal.

2 appearances

Purpose

Provide the Hathaway with onboard propulsion and associated power generation/control for the ship's engines.

Significance

Functions as the story's technical complication and ticking clock: the engines' archaic, temperamental condition establishes a forty‑eight hour repair expectation, propels Geordi to volunteer personal responsibility, and creates the high‑risk engineering beat that motivates later improvisation and heroics.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E21 · Peak Performance

Geordi Volunteers to Fix the Avidyne — Forty‑Eight Hour Clock

The Hathaway's Avidyne engines are invoked by Geordi as the source of the episode's technical difficulty. Though not physically present, they function as the narrative complication that justifies the forty‑eight‑hour deadline and Geordi's packed kit.

Before: Physically installed on the Hathaway and characterized as archaic and touchy; known to engineering through schematics/research.

After: Still an unresolved, looming technical challenge on the Hathaway — identified and mentally prepared for but not yet fixed.

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S2E21 · Peak Performance

Wesley's Unauthorized Antimatter Run

The Hathaway's aging Avidyne propulsion assemblies provide the physical context for the exchange: their empty warp chamber and finicky, legacy nature are the engineering obstacle Geordi references and the problem Wesley attempts to solve with the salvaged chips and hoped-for antimatter.

Before: An aging, vulnerable bank of Avidyne engines with an empty antimatter chamber and diagnostic mismatches; under active inspection by engineering crew.

After: Remains nonfunctional and dependent on external antimatter; the engines' unresolved condition heightens urgency and anchors the risk of Wesley's departure.

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