Object

Ribosome Transfusion Testing Schedule

A practical diagnostic and procurement plan assembled in Sickbay: a printed or console-based schedule listing crew names, timed test slots, sample‑collection steps, and priority notes for identifying compatible ribosome donors. Beverly Crusher consults and adjusts it while preparing to screen Enterprise personnel for a rare transfusion match.

2 appearances

Purpose

To organize and direct systematic testing of crew members for compatible ribosomes so medical staff can identify suitable donors and arrange any necessary procurement or transfusion procedure.

Significance

Functions as the immediate medical response to Patahk's crisis, forcing the crew to consider internal donor resources, accelerating ethical and diplomatic tensions, and turning a clinical triage into a ship‑wide operational decision with security implications.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S3E7 · The Enemy

Sickbay Triage — Ribosome Match and Magnetic Degeneration

The Ribosome Transfusion Testing Schedule is invoked by Beverly as she orders systematic screening of the entire crew to locate a compatible donor. Narratively, the schedule externalizes the medical problem into a ship‑wide logistical burden and dramatizes the cost of saving the Romulan.

Before: Not yet established; Beverly is preparing to set up the schedule as she announces the need to test the crew.

After: Initiated and being set up — testing schedule established as an active protocol and resource-consuming procedure.

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S3E7 · The Enemy

Patahk's Defiant Silence: Medical Crisis Becomes Diplomatic Threat

Beverly references and initiates a ribosome transfusion testing schedule to identify compatible donors among the Enterprise crew; the schedule functions narratively as the logistical step required to attempt a life‑saving transfusion and as a device that mobilizes the crew into medical participation.

Before: Conceptual / being assembled by Dr. Crusher as an urgent diagnostic and donor procurement plan.

After: Activated — Dr. Crusher has begun setting up the schedule and will use it to test crew members for compatibility.

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