Object
Rutian Plaza Cafe Table
A modest outdoor cafe table positioned in the Rutian plaza: a waist‑high, portable dining surface used by passersby and patrons. The table reads as public and utilitarian—worn at the edges from constant use and easily moved—serving as a small, grounded focal point in the open square. In the explosion sequence characters use the table as a staging point: they lean on it, cluster around it to tend the wounded, and repurpose its surface for improvised triage and bandaging as civic order collapses around them.
2 appearances
Purpose
Provides a public outdoor dining surface for cafe patrons and a convenient, movable staging area in the plaza that can support small items used by passersby or aid responders.
Significance
Functions as a civilian anchor that heightens the shock of the bombing: the ordinary dining table becomes an impromptu triage station and visual marker of disrupted daily life, emphasizing Beverly Crusher's abandonment of protocol and the collision between humanitarian duty and security concerns.
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