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Freighter Docking Station

Beltane Nine

Beltane Nine stands as a pivotal off-world hub where freighters dock and sign-on procedures occur, embodying a crossroads of escape and evasion. Its atmosphere pulses with undercurrents of desperation and avoidance, reflected in Jake Kurland’s urgent flight to flee familial and personal responsibility. The location reverberates with the tension of abandonment, symbolizing a fraught threshold between duty and self-preservation. Though physically unvisited, the mention of Beltane Nine as the intended destination anchors it as a critical narrative locus of reckoning and rebellion within the broader starship and Federation context.
2 events
2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S1E19 · Coming of Age
Jake Defies Duty, Shuttles Away from Responsibility

Beltane Nine is referenced as Jake’s intended destination, a symbolic off-world hub representing escape and detachment from Starfleet duties and familial obligations. Though not physically present, its mention frames Jake’s flight as a crossing into moral and personal exile.

Atmosphere

Unseen but evoked as a place of looming abandonment and new beginnings under duress.

Functional Role

Symbolic destination for Jake’s self-imposed exile and rejection of responsibility.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies the crossroads between duty and escape, hope and avoidance.

S1E19 · Coming of Age
Jake’s Defiant Flight Ends in Power Loss

Though only referenced as Jake’s destination, Beltane Nine functions as a critical symbolic locus of escape and unresolved personal conflict. It embodies the place Jake hopes will offer refuge from familial expectations and failure, anchoring his desperate flight in the broader narrative context.

Atmosphere

Not physically present in scene but carries a charged emotional atmosphere as an off-world hub of escape and avoidance.

Functional Role

Represents the intended refuge and goal of Jake’s unauthorized flight.

Symbolic Significance

A symbol of Jake’s desire to evade responsibility and seek new beginnings.

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Everything that happens here

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S1E19 · Coming of Age
Jake Defies Duty, Shuttles Away from Responsibility

In the tense cockpit of a shuttlecraft, Jake Kurland decisively rejects his obligations to face his father after failing to qualify for Starfleet Academy. He coldly informs Captain Picard of …

S1E19 · Coming of Age
Jake’s Defiant Flight Ends in Power Loss

In a moment charged with fear and rebellion, Jake Kurland openly defies Captain Picard's direct order to return to the Enterprise, choosing instead to flee to Beltane Nine and avoid …