Object
Hester Dealt's Disposable Lab Coat
A stark white disposable lab coat clings to Hester Dealt's frame like sterile armor, its crisp fabric catching the bridge's harsh lighting as she materializes onscreen. The coat's loose sleeves swallow her wrists, creating ghost-like movements that amplify her barely contained panic. Through the viewscreen's distortion, the coat transforms into a visual scream—half mask above, full-body protection below—marking the invisible line between survival and contamination. As medical trustee, the disposable barrier becomes her badge of authority, every rustle of its synthetic fabric underscoring the gravity of Plasma Plague containment protocols.
3 appearances
Purpose
Protective medical attire serving as both personal protective equipment during plague containment operations and visual designation of medical authority during Enterprise screening procedures
Significance
The coat embodies the Enterprise's transformation into a 'corridor of living death,' its disposable nature mirroring the terrifying fragility of life when facing cosmic-scale biological threats. Each wearer becomes both savior and potential vector, trapped in plastic-wrapped fate
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