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Lantree Crew Autopsy Findings

The autopsy findings of the Lantree crew present a medical enigma—individuals who outwardly appeared perfectly healthy yet exhibit cadavers aged to near-fossilization. Dr. Pulaski's clinical report describes cellular degeneration patterns incompatible with natural aging or known diseases, suggesting rapid biological time acceleration. These findings materialize as holographic displays in the conference lounge, their sterile blue glow contrasting with the visceral horror they document. The bridge officers react with a mix of professional intrigue (Pulaski's scientific fascination) and tactical alarm (Picard's instinctive recoil at non-combat casualties). The reports' paradoxical data—healthy crew becoming ancient corpses without warning—serves as the first physical evidence linking the event to clandestine genetic research.

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Purpose

To document and communicate the unusual medical condition of the Lantree crew's remains, providing forensic evidence for Starfleet's investigation into their mysterious rapid-aging deaths.

Significance

These findings transform the incident from a routine medical mystery into a bioethical crisis, forcing Picard to weigh quarantine protocols against scientific curiosity. They physically manifest the invisible threat facing the Enterprise, making abstract danger concrete through visceral forensic details. Pulaski's presentation of the data becomes a power struggle between medical authority and command decisions, with the reports as the battleground.

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When this object appears and how it's used

5 moments

S2E7 · Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unnatural Selection

Quarantine Clash

The horrifying autopsy findings serve as the evidentiary foundation for the entire crisis discussion, their impossible scientific contradiction (healthy crew becoming ancient corpses) justifying both Pulaski's scientific urgency and Picard's drastic containment orders.

Before: Recently completed medical data awaiting senior staff review

After: Established as the trigger for emergency protocol activation

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S2E7 · Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unnatural Selection

Medical Cold War

The autopsy findings of the Lantree crew serve as the chilling scientific evidence that drives the crisis discussion, with Pulaski clinically presenting the inexplicable rapid aging phenomenon that contradicts all known medical paradigms.

Before: Recently completed medical reports awaiting presentation

After: Accepted as critical evidence in determining the biological threat nature

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S2E7 · Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unnatural Selection

Quarantine Proclamation

Serves as primary evidentiary basis for Pulaski's alarming revelations about rapid aging syndrome, grounding the abstract biological threat in concrete forensic details that visibly disturb the command staff.

Before: Recently compiled from Lantree cadaver examinations

After: Integrated into ongoing threat assessment patterns

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S2E7 · Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unnatural Selection

Clash of Command and Conscience

The autopsy findings loom as unspoken context for the confrontation, their impossible contradiction of recent perfect health fueling the urgency to understand the rapid-aging phenomenon.

Before: Recently examined

After: Catalyzing investigation

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S2E7 · Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unnatural Selection

Command Collides with Hippocratic Duty

The Lantree autopsy findings serve as the evidentiary foundation for the entire confrontation, their inexplicable results (healthy crew aged to death) triggering both medical caution and command action. The reports are referenced visually in the conference lounge though not physically present in this moment.

Before: Recently completed and analyzed by medical team

After: Remains primary evidence for biological threat assessment

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