" Driscoll really believes her life is in jeopardy and is feeling protective of her safety: "This is no place for a girl," he tells her.The crippledEnterpriseretreated to the static-filled atmosphere of Mutara Nebula where "the odds will be even" and defensive shields useless.[Note: The irony of Wood's film role here was that her accidental drowning death in 1981, off of her yacht named theSplendour, was pre-figured by the shocking bathtub scene and an attempted suicidal drowning scene at the reservoir.To him it was a metaphor for he decay of contemporary culture.The same lack of individual integrity hat caused so many people to take the easy way out was rapidly turning he town of his dreams in.