Paul Stubbs' Quarters (Stubbs' Cabin)

Private quarters belonging to Paul Stubbs aboard the starship. The compact, low‑ceilinged cabin functions both as living/work space and, at moments of crisis, a claustrophobic site of enforced isolation and psychological unraveling. The room’s atmosphere alternates between recycled‑metal sterility and ozone/solder tang as failing terminals and cooling fans stutter; lighting constricts to narrow pools and occasional electrical arcs can render the occupant unconscious. Narrative beats occurring here include a disciplinary rebuke that turns the space into supervised confinement and a localized technical/biological assault that escalates contagion from nuisance to deliberate threat. The cabin therefore serves as both holding cell and locus of tactical revelation.

2 events

2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S3E1 · Evolution

Stubbs' Facade Cracks

Doctor Stubbs' private quarters function as the confined stage for Troi's counseling attempt and Stubbs' defensive performance. The door's opening frames the encounter, and the room's intimacy focuses attention on the emotional exchange and the fragility revealed within it.

Atmosphere

Tension-filled and claustrophobic; the intimacy of the space amplifies the strained interplay between practiced charm and underlying emptiness.

Functional Role

Meeting place for private counsel and enforced isolation where authority and vulnerability collide.

Symbolic Significance

Represents moral and emotional isolation—Stubbs' personal interiority boxed off from the ship; the room becomes a crucible revealing the cost of obsession.

Access Restrictions

Guarded and monitored; presence of security outside indicates restricted access and supervised visitation.

Sliding door opens to admit Troi A visible security guard stands outside the doorway Close quarters that concentrate the emotional tension

S3E1 · Evolution

Dark Plague: Stubbs Electrified

Stubbs' cabin serves as the intimate battleground where private memory and technological sabotage collide: a cluttered, low‑ceilinged personal space whose electronics fail in a creeping pattern that isolates Stubbs and concentrates danger inward, turning a sanctuary of routine into a crucible of vulnerability.

Atmosphere

Claustrophobic, suddenly menacing—quiet nostalgia collapses into panic as darkness and electrical thunder replace comforting noise.

Functional Role

Refuge for personal reflection and research; by this event, a battleground and crime scene that precipitates outside intervention.

Symbolic Significance

Represents Stubbs' isolation and the collapse of ordered control; the cabin becomes a physical metaphor for how his private obsessions make him uniquely vulnerable to the emergent intelligence.

Access Restrictions

Crew quarters—normally private but accessible to authorized personnel and security; guarded until forced entry is required in an emergency.

Fading console lights and a terminal at the far corner Overhead lights that gutter and then produce a violent electrical arc A hush punctuated by the imagined sound of a cheering crowd and then Stubbs' scream

Events at This Location

Everything that happens here

S3E1 · Evolution

Stubbs' Facade Cracks

Counselor Troi visits Doctor Stubbs in his quarters, probing the practiced charms and brittle humor that mask his obsession. Stubbs deflects with swagger and grand promises, but when Troi names …

S3E1 · Evolution

Dark Plague: Stubbs Electrified

Alone in his cabin, the obsessive Dr. Paul Stubbs drifts through the memory of a baseball game as power fails around him: terminals, panels and lights die in a slow, …