Object
Enterprise‑C Bridge Console (smoking/blasted; Yesterday's Enterprise)
A waist‑high Enterprise‑C bridge console (one of the smoking, charred bank of consoles seen in the "Yesterday's Enterprise" scene): brushed composite housing with inset touch displays, status lamps and tactile controls. A concentrated rupture scorches one panel to a quarter‑sized melted scar; melted plastics, exposed wiring and jagged metal flakes pepper the surface. Smoke curls from scorched seams, intermittent sparks and dying alarm tones occur, and nearby panels and banked consoles show catastrophic heat damage. Crew members (including Geordi, Picard, Riker, Beverly and a pinned Captain Garrett) interact with it as both hazard and forensic evidence during the Enterprise‑C timeline event.
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Purpose
To provide real-time sensor telemetry, system diagnostics, alarms, and control interfaces enabling bridge officers to monitor external space and coordinate ship operations.
Significance
The console's violent destruction fractures the bridge's operational capability: displays and alarms fail, physical debris injures command personnel and severs rapid situational awareness. That loss of instrumentation and the blast's corporal impact on Captain Garrett catalyze an emergency transfer of command and heighten the moral and tactical stakes facing the crew.
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