Object
Laboratory Assembly Biobed (Lal's Incubation Bed)
A compact, laboratory-grade biobed occupying Data's workspace: low-profile alloy frame, narrow padded cradle sized for a human child, integrated diagnostic ports and restraint anchors, and rail-mounted tool interfaces used during replication work. Linens are minimal and clinical; the mattress bears the slight depressions of a recently completed subject. Data gently lifts the replicated child from the bed as Troi steps forward, responding to the child's human appearance.
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Purpose
Provide a sterile, instrumented assembly and incubation platform for constructing, stabilizing, and initially evaluating a recently replicated humanoid (used here to host and support Lal immediately after creation).
Significance
Serves as the physical and emotional locus for Lal's birth: the moment shifts the act from experiment to parenthood, reframing Data's creation as a child and triggering impending institutional and ethical conflict over Lal's status.
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