Object

Nakamura's Right Leg

An implied human right leg belonging to Admiral Nakamura, cloaked by his Starfleet uniform trousers and boot in the corridor boarding moment. The limb is not physically inspected or injured; it exists primarily as a bodily referent when Nakamura offers to "give his right leg," turning anatomy into rhetorical currency.

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Purpose

Biological support for standing, walking, and bracing—here functioning as a figurative token in speech rather than an explicitly manipulated physical object.

Significance

Operates as a sharp metaphor that humanizes Nakamura and dramatizes envy and ambition: the hyperbolic offer to "give his right leg" intensifies the power play with Picard and foreshadows political pressure that will complicate Picard's defense of Data.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S2E9 · The Measure of a Man

The Admiral's Warning

Nakamura's offhand reference to "right leg" functions as a rhetorical object: a physical metaphor for the sacrifices officers make for command. It is invoked to dramatize desire and to make his admission vivid, turning anatomy into currency of longing and leverage.

Before: Conceptual/metaphorical; an unspoken bodily referent existing only as rhetorical potential.

After: Activated as a spoken metaphor in the corridor exchange; remains rhetorical, not physical—no inspection or physical action occurs.

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