Object
Sonny's Kansas City Steak
A thick Kansas City strip steak, richly marbled and seared, presented hot on a plain plate with steam rising visibly from the cut surface. The meat reads heavy and tactile; its browned crust and interior juices suggest immediate consumption. Data produces the portion with mechanical precision and places it before Sonny, whose posture relaxes and breaks into a smile as aroma and texture register, the steak functioning as a tactile, consumable consolation.
1 appearances
Purpose
A single-serving entrée produced on demand by the ship's food system for immediate consumption, intended to satisfy a character's craving for a specific twentieth‑century culinary experience.
Significance
Functions as an emotional anchor and cultural touchstone: it briefly restores a vanished pleasure, softens Sonny toward Data, and dramatizes the larger loss of familiar comforts among displaced survivors, shaping character rapport and tone in the scene.
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