Secaucus, New Jersey
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Secaucus is invoked verbally as the birthplace of Clare's sons; it functions as a concrete geographic anchor that turns Clare's grief into searchable civic data (town records, birth certificates) and thus propels the ship's archival inquiry.
Not physically present in the scene; as a referenced place it carries the mundane, municipal aura of birth registries and family history.
Clue/lead — a necessary coordinate for historical records searches that could reunite Clare with descendants or reveal their fates.
Embodies 'home' and lost continuity; stands for the vanished ordinary life Clare longs to reconnect with.
No direct access from the ship; any records would need to be retrieved from archives or databases, subject to inter-temporal availability.
Secaucus, New Jersey, is referenced as the children's birthplace and thus becomes the primary geographic anchor for the records search — invoking municipal birth registries and bureaucratic paper trails the Enterprise can query.
Mentioned as offstage, mundane and bureaucratic — a contrast to the strangeness of Clare's present reality.
Investigative target and emotional anchor linking Clare's memories to searchable public records.
Represents the ordinary life Clare was torn from and the small civic footprint where proof of continuity (and possible descendants) might be found.
Offstage location; physical access not attempted in-scene, only reachable through archival/public records.
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Counselor Deanna Troi enters Clare Raymond's quarters, slices through Clare's sarcastic defenses and names the core emotion driving her panic: profound, unresolved grief. Clare delivers a concise, devastating backstory — …
Counselor Deanna Troi breaks through Clare Raymond's sarcastic defenses and gives Clare language for the raw sorrow she's been refusing to name. Clare admits Donald had her frozen and mourns …