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Ten-Forward Meeting Table

A waist‑high, dark‑polished corner table in Ten‑Forward with a smooth, slightly reflective surface and faint scuff marks. Compact enough for two to stand or sit close, the table routinely bears small plates, forks, water glasses and napkins. In the present material Data sets utensils and a glass on its plane while guiding Lal; the glass tips, a small wet smear appears, and Data rests forearms on the edge as he both teaches and transcribes. The surface functions as a social focus—objects collect, hands hover, and the table absorbs the intimate gestures and the clinical detritus of Data's lesson and log-taking.
17 appearances

Purpose

Provide a casual communal surface in Ten‑Forward for placing drinks, utensils and small personal items, and to stage informal social interactions and brief instructional exchanges.

Significance

Serves as the physical locus for Data's parenting experiment with Lal: it holds the utensils and glass used to reveal Lal's motor deficits and anchors the moment when private caregiving becomes recorded evidence. The table thus converts a domestic tableau into bureaucratic trace, helping precipitate the institutional confrontation that follows and marking the tension between social intimacy and Starfleet procedure.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

17 moments