Object

Trisinov Medication

A scarce and highly controlled medication called trisinov, small vials containing a potent pharmaceutical substance. Its presence in Sickbay triggers tense negotiations, as Paul Manheim demands it as essential payment for sharing critical security data. The medication's physical form is hinted as standard Starfleet medical vials, but its value transcends mere healing: it transforms into a bargaining chip wrapped in desperation and distrust. Manheim’s manic insistence on receiving trisinov underscores its vital role in his fragile condition and the unfolding crisis, making it a symbol of his precarious grip on sanity and survival.

7 appearances

Purpose

To provide crucial medical treatment necessary for stabilizing Paul Manheim’s deteriorated physical and mental state following his interdimensional ordeal.

Significance

Functions as a powerful bargaining chip that escalates tension and conflict, linking the fragile scientist’s survival directly to the crew’s ability to secure vital security codes and prevent planetary catastrophe. It embodies the intersection of medical necessity and desperate leverage within the narrative’s fraught power dynamics.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

7 moments

S1E24 · We'll Always Have Paris

Manheim’s Fractured Clarity and Demanding Bargain

Trisinov medication becomes a critical bargaining chip as Manheim demands thirty cubic centimeters in exchange for providing essential coordinates and security codes vital to bypass planetary defenses and access his laboratory, symbolizing his precarious control over the crisis.

Before: Stored securely in Sickbay, unused.

After: Intended for administration to Manheim pending negotiation.

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S1E24 · We'll Always Have Paris

Manheim’s Revelations and Demands in Sickbay

Trisinov medication becomes a central bargaining item as Manheim demands thirty cc’s in exchange for giving the Enterprise vital coordinates and security codes, transforming the medicine into a symbol of desperation and leverage within the crisis.

Before: Stored carefully in Sickbay, controlled and scarce.

After: Now a critical bargaining chip, its administration pending and tied to the negotiation with Manheim.

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S1E24 · We'll Always Have Paris

Manheim's Unstable Bargain: Demand Amid Dimensional Crisis

Trisinov medication becomes the critical bargaining chip Manheim demands in exchange for security codes and planetary coordinates necessary to access his laboratory and close the dimensional window. Its presence transforms from mere medical aid to a symbol of leverage amid crisis.

Before: Available in Sickbay as a scarce, controlled medical resource.

After: Implied to be promised or required by Manheim, setting up tense negotiations.

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S2E22 · Shades of Gray

Sadness Stalls the Infection

Tricordrazine is referenced as a known pharmaceutical option that Pulaski hesitates to re-administer; its mention frames the ethical and clinical stakes and motivates Pulaski to attempt a neural/emotional intervention instead of risking another dose.

Before: Available in Sickbay inventory as an emergency pharmaceutical; previously considered or administered earlier in treatment but not currently favored.

After: Withheld for the moment as Pulaski chooses to pursue emotion-based stimulation; remains a reserved fallback if the new approach fails.

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S2E22 · Shades of Gray

Targeting Pain: Isolating Sadness to Starve the Microbe

Tricordrazine is referenced as a pharmacological backup Pulaski is reluctant to administer further; its mention frames the risk calculus and motivates Pulaski to seek a non‑drug strategy (emotionally driven stimulation) instead of immediate additional dosing.

Before: Available in sickbay stores as a known but risky treatment option; not currently administered to Riker at this moment.

After: Still available but deliberately withheld as Pulaski pursues the neural stimulation strategy; remains a contingency should the emotional approach fail.

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S2E22 · Shades of Gray

Fragile Stabilization — Tricordrazine Injection

Tricordrazine is the named emergency pharmaceutical Pulaski orders and injects; narratively it represents a stopgap pharmacological measure that slows the organism's activity enough to produce measurable, but incomplete, clinical improvement.

Before: Available in Sickbay medical stores and brought forward for immediate administration.

After: Administered into Riker; its immediate systemic effect produces modest vital sign improvement while not fully resolving neural instability.

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S2E22 · Shades of Gray

Escalation: Tighten the Pattern

Tricordrazine is the emergency pharmaceutical Pulaski orders and delivers to slow the vine‑borne microbe; its administration demonstrably lowers the organism's growth rate but does not restore stable neural function, necessitating further escalation.

Before: Stored as a sterile, single‑use medication in Sickbay's supplies, available for immediate dosing.

After: Administered to Riker; the dose has been used and the immediate pharmacological effect partially registers on diagnostics.

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