Object

Granger's Laptop Computer

A portable clamshell computer—a compact laptop—resting in Prime Minister Granger's office during the Mariposa visit. It presents a thin display and keyboard surface, utilitarian dark casing, and a faint screen glow when active. Characters treat it as an informational prop: present on the desk, consulted or referenced as part of the delegation's briefing and diplomatic posture.

2 appearances

Purpose

Serve as a portable informational device for storing and displaying briefing materials, diplomatic records, and on‑site data used during the Prime Minister's meeting.

Significance

Functions as a small but tangible instrument of statecraft: a repository for briefing materials and a visual cue of bureaucratic procedure that helps frame the shift from polite diplomacy to clinical, ethical questioning in the scene.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder

Warm Welcome, Cold Diagnosis

A portable clamshell laptop is carried into the office by an attendant (3C) and functions as a visual cue of bureaucratic administration and potential documentary evidence; it reinforces the formal setting and implies archival or technical data may support or contradict statements being made.

Before: Carried by attendant entering the office, closed or held at hand.

After: Remains in the attendant's possession in the office, visually present but not yet consulted or opened during this exchange.

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S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder

Mariposa's Secret: The Clone Revelation

The portable clamshell laptop is carried into the office by one of the Mariposan women and functions as a prop of bureaucratic normalcy and administrative competence; its presence underscores that this is a functioning government rather than an abstract experiment and hints at documentary records that might explain or conceal cloning practices.

Before: Closed or carried by 3C as part of the delegation entering Granger's office, positioned as an innocuous administrative prop.

After: Remains in the possession of the Mariposan attendant (3C), unchanged physically but narratively reframed as a potential source of information once the diplomatic façade collapses.

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