Object
Enterprise‑D Life Support Systems
A shipwide environmental apparatus centered in Sickbay: banks of medical-grade air scrubbers, pressure regulators, temperature modulators, and recessed conditioning conduits embedded in wall panels and floor grilles. Stainless and polymer housings hum with controlled airflow; diagnostic LEDs pulse along compact consoles. Crew-in-sickbay touch readouts and exchange urgent looks as the system sustains Garrett’s breathing and stabilizes an alien, time-displaced body.
4 appearances
Purpose
To regulate and maintain breathable atmosphere, pressure, temperature, and other environmental conditions within Sickbay and connected compartments to keep patients alive and clinically stable.
Significance
Functions as the immediate proof of Garrett’s survival and anchors the medical reality that forces Picard’s moral choice: because the life-support systems are active, the crew faces a live, human cost to restoring the timeline. The system’s operation turns a technical detail into narrative leverage, heightening urgency and ethical stakes.
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