Starbase Seventy-Three
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Starbase Seventy-Three is referenced in dialog as the stop where Riker acquired the eggs, anchoring a mundane logistics detail and subtly highlighting dependence on external supply lines for small but meaningful comforts.
Implied busy, utilitarian provisioning hub; mentioned only to ground the provenance of the eggs.
Resupply source for rare ingredients and other necessities.
Represents the chain of mundane support that allows crew rituals to exist even far from home.
Starbase Seventy-Three is referenced as the last stop where Riker procured the Owon eggs, grounding the scene's material scarcity and connecting the personal ritual to the logistics of Starfleet supply chains.
Practical and logistical—an implied, ordinary supply point rather than an exotic or emotional setting.
Narrative provenance for ingredients; explains how the crew obtains non-standard foodstuffs.
Represents the routine infrastructures that sustain life aboard ship.
Starbase Seventy-Three is referenced as the stop where Riker procured the Owon eggs, establishing provenance for the ingredients and offering a small, believable logistical detail that undercuts the ritual with mundane supply constraints.
Evoked as a routine logistical hub — efficient and functional rather than sentimental.
Narrative explanation for how exotic ingredients reached the ship; grounds the scene in the broader operational world of Starfleet logistics.
Represents the institutional supply chain that enables private comforts aboard the Enterprise.
A public provisioning station — accessible to Starfleet vessels and personnel during scheduled stops.
Starbase seventy-three is referenced as the off‑ship provisioning point Riker could have used; its invocation frames scarcity and the decision to fabricate rather than procure authentic ingredients, giving context to supply constraints.
Mentioned only; not physically present. Evokes logistical, utilitarian imagery of supply hubs.
Off‑scene supply origin invoked to explain why Riker did not obtain authentic ingredients.
Represents institutional logistics and the gap between ideal provisions and on‑hand improvisation.
N/A for the scene (offstage reference).
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