Star Trek The Next Generation
Object

Enterprise Medical Manifest

A comprehensive digital manifest listing every biological sample, pharmaceutical compound, medical device, and plague specimen scheduled for transport aboard the Enterprise. The systematic inventory appears as scrolling data streams on bridge monitors, its amber text cascading beneath priority alerts while officers verify each potentially lethal entry.
3 appearances

Purpose

To provide complete documentation and tracking of highly dangerous plague specimens being contained aboard the Enterprise for scientific study

Significance

Serves as the catalyst for Picard's reassertion of absolute authority when he discovers Pulaski has abandoned her post securing these lethal samples; embodies the lethal stakes that demand absolute discipline even amid cosmic wonders

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments
S2E1 · Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Child
The Corridor of Living Death

The master ledger pops to Data’s console under Picard’s demand; every line of amber script is a potential accusation if even one pathogen slips containment.

Before: Resides in Medical Collection Station databanks, invisible and unknown to crew
After: Transferring to Enterprise computer banks via Data’s protocol handshake with station systems
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S2E1 · Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Child
Picard Locks Onto the Plague Mission

Appended imperceptibly; Data’s binary fingers harvest it as sacred text, Ingredient ledger of planetary apocalypse sluicing through Enterprise core memory like chilling prophecy.

Before: Awaiting transmission from F.M.C.S. databanks
After: Downloading to Enterprise main computer pending Pulaski review
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S2E1 · Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Child
Precautionary Quarantine Before Cargo

Picard demands the comprehensive pathology manifest, forcing Data to interface with station databanks—a moment where electronic paperwork becomes the front line against xeno-biological catastrophe.

Before: Sealed within the Federation Collection Station’s computer archives
After: Activated for full download to Data’s console for joint review with Pulaski
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