Object

Worf's Incident Report

A formal Starfleet administrative report: a concise, typed account bearing service headers, a stardate, and routing marks for command review. The document uses terse factual lines and a signature block; officers treat it as an official record that anchors procedural consequence. Worf invokes having filed the report with the Captain, and its existence tightens the room—becoming the tangible record that links personal motive, duty, and forthcoming command action.

2 appearances

Purpose

To record Lieutenant Worf's official account of the incident and his intended actions, and to route that account to the Captain and Starfleet authorities for review and response.

Significance

Functions as the documentary basis for command judgment: it frames Worf's motive (honor and surrogate family), constrains what authorities can permit, and raises stakes for the orphan's welfare by turning private grief into an accountable, institutional matter.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S3E5 · The Bonding

Troi Pries Open Worf's Grief (R'uustai Tension)

Worf's incident report is invoked at the start to assert protocol and responsibility; its filing establishes that Worf has followed command channels and frames his moral accountability. The report functions narratively as the bureaucratic anchor that contrasts with the emotional, informal counsel that follows.

Before: Filed to the Captain (as Worf states), serving as a completed administrative act documenting the casualty.

After: Remains filed and unchanged; it continues to exist as the formal record that underlies Worf's guilt and justification for action.

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S3E5 · The Bonding

Worf's Bonding Offer, Troi's Caution

Worf's incident report is referenced when he tells Troi he has 'made my report to the Captain'—the report functions narratively as the formal record that anchors responsibility and implies command-level awareness of the casualty.

Before: Filed/created by Worf and, by implication, routed to the Captain; exists as an administrative record external to this conversation.

After: Still filed with command; its existence sharpens the moral stakes in the conversation but is not materially altered by the exchange.

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