Sub Rosa story
Dr. Crusher attends her grandmother's funeral, and takes on an unusual family tradition.
15 total · 3 choice · 5 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien origin of a superstition | choice | The alien Ronin was thought to have been a ghost. |
| ghost | choice | Ronin was a ghost |
| infatuation | choice | Beverly, Ronin :: Beverly and Ronin |
| coping with the death of a family member | major | Beverly attended the funeral of her grandmother Felisa Howard on Caldos II. |
| grandmother and granddaughter | major | Felisa Howard/Beverly :: Felisa Howard and Beverly |
| human vs. spirit | major | The antagonist made every appearance of being a ghost and a component of this story was the more scientifically minded protagonists’ reluctance to accept that superstitious notion. In the end, Ronin was revealed to be an “anaphasic lifeform” which needed a corporeal lifeform to take physical form. |
| incorporeal being | major | Anaphasic Being of Sub Rosa :: Ronin |
| remembrance | major | Beverly about her grandmother |
| facing a mortal enemy | minor | Beverly :: Beverly faces Ronin |
| fusion power | minor | The Caldos colony was said to be power by fusion systems. |