Object

Wesley Crusher's Antimatter Containment Orb

A palm- to snowball-sized clear containment orb mounted in a small magnetic chamber at Wesley's personal station that houses a concentrated antimatter pellet. The orb pulses with a faint corona, emits a low humming resonance and occasional micro-sparking, and shows fine clamp marks and diagnostic glyphs. Wesley furtively withdraws the orb and programs an immediate beam-off transfer while Burke urges procedure and speed. The orb functions as a hazardous MacGuffin in the episode.

1 appearances

Purpose

To isolate and stabilize a small sample of antimatter for storage, transport, or controlled disposal.

Significance

Serves as the hazardous plot catalyst: Wesley's secret jettison of the orb sets up a high-risk engineering solution and marks a moral, rule‑bending beat that raises stakes for the ship and crew. The object links personal culpability to broader technical consequences, enabling later crisis resolution while exposing character and protocol tension.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S2E21 · Peak Performance

Wesley's Improvised Dilithium Hack Wins Riker's Blessing

Wesley's antimatter containment orb is the central experimental device being installed into the Hathaway's antimatter chamber. It functions as the catalyst/containment mechanism intended to initiate and moderate a controlled plasma/antimatter reaction that could restore needed power.

Before: In Wesley's personal station after being retrieved from the Enterprise; intact, contained, and ready for installation.

After: Placed into the antimatter chamber and primed for integration with the dilithium control array; now actively part of the risky modification.

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