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Research Institute Annex (Administrative / Archive Office)

Galor Four Annex

A compact annex serving as a satellite mouthpiece for the Daystrom Institute, the Galor Four Annex feels bureaucratic and function-first: humming comms relays, sterile lighting, and a dedicated intake channel for supplemental science logs. Staffed more by protocol than personnel, the space operates as an institutional sink where intimate observations become archived evidence. Its presence in Data's log address marks it as an authoritative recipient of research records, an administrative gate that can convert private caregiving into formal scrutiny and bureaucratic consequence.
8 events
8 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S3E16 · The Offspring
Ten-Forward Lesson: Forks, Glasses, and a Father's Log

Galor Four annex is invoked verbally as the archival and evaluative destination for Data's supplemental science log; its mention converts the moment into a documented data point destined for institutional analysis rather than solely a private teaching scene.

Atmosphere

Sterile and bureaucratic in implication — humming communications and formality, as opposed to Ten-Forward’s warmth.

Functional Role

Repository and review site for the supplemental log; an institutional sink where personal observations become formal research records.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes the shift from private mentorship to institutional custody and scrutiny.

Access Restrictions

Restricted to authorized Daystrom/Starfleet research personnel; not open to general crew.

Sterile lighting and humming comm relays implied by the annex reference Formal archival context where logs and documentation are stored and reviewed
S3E16 · The Offspring
Parenting as Protocol: Data Records Lal

The Galor Four annex is named as the destination for a copy of Data's supplemental log, representing the institutional repository and research sink where Lal's development will be archived and potentially scrutinized.

Atmosphere

Sterile, bureaucratic and procedural by implication — a repository for formal scientific records.

Functional Role

Recipient location for a formal copy of the supplemental science log; a potential site of evaluation.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies institutional scrutiny and the prospect of Lal becoming an object of centralized research.

Access Restrictions

Functionally restricted to research personnel and institutional processes.

Humming comms relays and sterile lighting (implied) Official records intake and formal channels for scientific documentation
S3E16 · The Offspring
Haftel Demands Lal's Transfer — Picard Asserts Data's Custody

Galor Four (Daystrom Annex) is invoked as the superior research destination where Starfleet wishes to transfer Lal; it stands in the scene as the institutional alternative to the ship's custodial environment, embodying clinical containment and archival study.

Atmosphere

Implied sterile, bureaucratic, and research-focused (not physically present but rhetorically evoked).

Functional Role

Proposed transfer destination and institutional research facility for Lal's continued study.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes institutional control, scientific objectification, and the potential loss of personal continuity for Lal.

Access Restrictions

Implied restricted; accessible to Starfleet researchers and Daystrom specialists rather than ad hoc caretakers.

Referenced as having superior facilities and specialized personnel. Connotes sterile lighting, humming relay systems, and administrative atmosphere (implied).
S3E16 · The Offspring
Picard Declares Lal Data's Child, Offers Compromise

The Galor Four Daystrom annex is invoked as the institutional solution for Lal's custody — described as having superior facilities and personnel; it operates here as the promised site of controlled study and the counterpoint to shipboard nurturing.

Atmosphere

Not physically present but imagined as clinical, bureaucratic, and research-focused in Haftel's pitch.

Functional Role

Proposed destination for transfer; a locus of institutional scientific authority and containment.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes the bureaucratic impulse to convert living relationships into research specimens and to centralize control away from improvisational caregiving.

Access Restrictions

Implied to be restricted and controlled by Starfleet/Daystrom Institute protocol; access governed by research authorizations.

Described as having superior facilities and trained personnel (implied sterile research environment). Positions itself as the institutional repository for unusual or high-risk research subjects.
S3E16 · The Offspring
Picard Refuses Haftel — 'She Is His Child'

Galor Four (Daystrom annex) is invoked as the recommended destination for Lal — the institutional alternative to shipboard care — presented as a superior, controlled research environment and the rationale for Haftel's demand.

Atmosphere

Implied sterile, bureaucratic, and function-first; not present on-screen but invoked as a corrective, institutional space.

Functional Role

Proposed relocation and site of institutional custody and research.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the institutional impulse to convert living subjects into objects of study.

Access Restrictions

Implied: restricted to authorized scientific personnel and Starfleet research oversight.

Described as having superior facilities and personnel Implied sterile settings and archival infrastructure for research
S3E16 · The Offspring
Haftel's Claim: The Battle for Lal

The Daystrom annex on Galor Four is invoked as the recommended destination for Lal — a procedural, clinical location representing controlled research and institutional custody rather than familial care.

Atmosphere

Implied sterile, bureaucratic, and research-focused; an environment designed for observation and containment rather than domestic learning.

Functional Role

Proposed relocation site for Lal; functions as the institutional alternative to on‑ship caregiving.

Symbolic Significance

Represents institutional authority and the depersonalization of emergent life — the foil to Data's domestic, relational claim.

Access Restrictions

Implied to be an institutional annex with restricted, research-controlled access.

Sterile lighting and humming communications infrastructure (implied) Archive and laboratory orientation rather than domestic furnishings Proximity to Daystrom Institute administrative processes
S3E16 · The Offspring
Custody of Lal — Parent Versus Protocol

The Daystrom annex on Galor Four is invoked as the proposed, sterile institutional destination for Lal — a locus of research expertise that crystallizes Haftel's rationale for relocation and serves as the institutional counterpoint to Data's domestic claim.

Atmosphere

Implied clinical and bureaucratic — organized for controlled study rather than familial warmth.

Functional Role

Proposed custody location and research facility; narrative antagonist in custody dispute.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes institutional control, scientific objectification, and the bureaucratic impulse to manage emergent life apart from personal bonds.

Access Restrictions

Implied specialized access; controlled by Daystrom Institute and Starfleet protocols.

Sterile, function-first lighting and procedural atmosphere (implied) Administrative annex with humming comm relays and archival protocols (implied)
S3E16 · The Offspring
Haftel's Transfer Offer — Picard's Moral Stand

The Galor Four Annex is invoked as the proposed destination for Lal—a sterile institutional site where Starfleet Research would place her for controlled study, used rhetorically by Haftel to justify removal from Data's care and to legitimize institutional oversight.

Atmosphere

Not physically present in the scene but evoked as a clinical, bureaucratic environment: sterile, controlled, archival.

Functional Role

Proposed relocation site; exemplifies institutional control and scientific custody in contrast to the ship's familial environment.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes institutional assimilation—where private caregiving is converted into data and subjects are anonymized for study.

Access Restrictions

Presented as a secure research annex with controlled access and formal intake procedures; implied limitation on private parental access.

Invoked as a dedicated, well-equipped facility at Galor Four. Associated with humming comms relays, sterile lighting, and archival intake channels (procedural, clinical imagery).

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S3E16 · The Offspring
Ten-Forward Lesson: Forks, Glasses, and a Father's Log

In the ship's social hub, Data attempts a quiet, methodical parenting moment—teaching Lal how to use utensils and drink from a glass. Lal imitates but fails to replicate the drinking …

S3E16 · The Offspring
Parenting as Protocol: Data Records Lal

At a Ten-Forward table Data conducts miniature lessons while simultaneously transcribing a formal research log — his intimate caregiving rendered as institutional evidence. Lal imitates his fork use but fails …

S3E16 · The Offspring
Haftel Demands Lal's Transfer — Picard Asserts Data's Custody

Admiral Haftel appears on the Ready Room viewscreen to demand that Starfleet remove Lal from Data's care and transfer her to the superior facilities at Galor Four. Picard frames Data's …

S3E16 · The Offspring
Picard Declares Lal Data's Child, Offers Compromise

In the Ready Room Picard mounts a moral and tactical defense of Data, arguing that nurturing emergent life is precisely the Enterprise's mission. He reframes Lal not as a research …

S3E16 · The Offspring
Picard Refuses Haftel — 'She Is His Child'

Admiral Haftel demands that the emergent android Lal be removed from the Enterprise and taken to Galor Four for study, framing her as a research asset vulnerable to institutional control. …

S3E16 · The Offspring
Haftel's Claim: The Battle for Lal

In the ready room Picard calmly pulls back the curtain on Admiral Haftel’s true purpose: he wants Lal moved to the Daystrom Institute for study. Data, stunned, frames the move …

S3E16 · The Offspring
Custody of Lal — Parent Versus Protocol

In the Ready Room Picard frames Admiral Haftel's visit as more than bureaucratic oversight: Haftel intends to remove Lal to the Daystrom annex. Data quietly but fiercely rejects the idea, …

S3E16 · The Offspring
Haftel's Transfer Offer — Picard's Moral Stand

Admiral Haftel arrives with a suave, institutional pitch: Lal should be relocated to Starfleet Research at Galor Four for her own "broadening," a thinly veiled attempt to remove her from …