Object

Charybdis (Explorer Ship)

A lost Terran explorer vessel (Charybdis) tied to Colonel Stephen Richey, preserved in fragmentary mission records and sensor telemetry. The ship appears in recovered archives that Wesley and Geordi access on the bridge; its official files and ruined comms reframed the crew’s priorities and link the vessel to the mystery of The Royale. In-scene references treat it as an off-stage/archival object that catalyzes an investigative turn in the episode.

2 appearances

Purpose

Serve as an exploratory expedition vessel conducting reconnaissance and scientific missions.

Significance

Functions as a historical clue and narrative pivot: records linking the Charybdis to Colonel Richey and the hotel called The Royale convert a simple rescue into an investigation of an apparent illusion’s origin, forcing Picard into a morally fraught strategic choice.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E12 · The Royale

Richey Revelation and Severed Comms

The Charybdis appears as an archival object: Picard reads a retrieved record linking Colonel Richey to the explorer ship Charybdis, whose lost telemetry reframes the current entrapment as potentially connected to historical exploration and vanished missions.

Before: Preserved in Enterprise archival databases as a historical file; not yet queried in this scene.

After: Partially retrieved and displayed on the bridge console; the record is used to connect the remains to Richey before interference limits further retrieval.

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S2E12 · The Royale

Static and the Charybdis: Bridge Communications Collapse

The Charybdis exists here as an archival object whose telemetry and mission record are pulled up on the bridge; its failed telemetry becomes a crucial clue linking twentieth‑century terrestrial remains to a lost deep‑space mission, reframing the present emergency as historically charged.

Before: Recorded in long-term archives as a lost explorer ship with failed telemetry and no return; inert in databases.

After: Partial telemetry and mission summary are displayed to Picard, provoking new lines of inquiry; the ship’s historical file gains immediate operational relevance.

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