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Lunar Five (lunar penal facility & resettlement outpost)

Lunar Five is a lunar complex operated by Angosia combining a military maximum-security penal installation with a resettlement outpost. Set against a barren regolith and ringed by reinforced modules, sealed airlocks, containment domes, watchtowers, and tracking stations, the site functions both as a penal fortress for high-risk detainees and as a politically fraught resettlement location for cast-off veterans. Its physical features (observation towers, containment fields, hardened modules) and its narrative role (diplomatic flashpoint, social stigma, and security challenges) are central to events in the episode "The Hunted."
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S3E11 · The Hunted
Senate Interrupted — Lunar Five Breakout

Lunar Five is the origin point of the crisis — a harsh penal colony whose breakout and subsequent sabotage are the factual causes driving the diplomatic rupture in the rotunda.

Atmosphere

Not present physically in the scene but invoked as chaotic, damaged, and hostile — alarms, sabotage, and emergency procedures dominate its situation.

Functional Role

Source of the fugitive and the scene of the crime that triggers the diplomatic and tactical response.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies Angosia's punitive infrastructure and the moral questions surrounding its penal practices.

Access Restrictions

High-security penal installation (implied); currently compromised due to sabotage and chaos.

Hardened containment domes and watchtowers (implied) Emergency lights and alarms (implied)
S3E11 · The Hunted
Lunar Five Breakout — Angosia's Facade Cracks

Lunar Five Penal Colony is the origin of the criminal breach referenced in the rotunda; its sabotage, guard deaths, and resulting chaos are the proximate cause of the diplomatic rupture and the reason Starfleet must consider operational involvement.

Atmosphere

Described as chaotic and compromised—sabotage and violence have converted a secure facility into an emergency scene.

Functional Role

Source of the crisis and criminal incident; focal point for pursuit and investigation.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the darker machinery of Angosian policy—incarceration and its moral cost—which is about to be exposed to Federation scrutiny.

Access Restrictions

A high-security penal facility under Angosian authority, now in disarray and effectively uncontrollable by routine staff.

Hardened modules and watchtowers suggesting militarized containment Alarms and emergency lights washing facilities in stark light Sabotaged uplinks and disrupted telemetry
S3E11 · The Hunted
Vanishing Drive — Danar Slips the Net

Lunar Five is invoked as the designated custodial destination and a narrative threat-reducer: Nayrok's naming of the penal colony raises the stakes by reminding the crew of the prisoner's supposed security classification and the political consequences if custody fails.

Atmosphere

Evocative and tense in implication — the mention of a maximum security facility creates a background sense of severity and political embarrassment.

Functional Role

Offered as the intended containment site and as an argument in diplomatic negotiation over responsibility and culpability.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes state authority and the political cost of the prisoner's escape; stands in for Angosia's claim to handle its own security failures.

Access Restrictions

Implicitly restricted: a maximum-security facility with strict custody protocols; not directly accessible to the Enterprise without political negotiation.

Mentioned rather than shown — functions through implication and associated policy weight. Referenced to heighten diplomatic stakes and to frame the prisoner's danger level.
S3E11 · The Hunted
The Vanishing Drive — Danar Eludes Sensors

Lunar Five is cited as the penal origin of the prisoner and functions narratively as the political stake behind the escape; its reputation as a maximum security facility raises the diplomatic cost of the containment failure.

Atmosphere

Mentioned atmosphere is tense and charged — the bridge reacts to the political implications of an escape rather than the physical geography of Lunar Five.

Functional Role

Off‑scene origin and source of custody; a narrative catalyst that transforms a tactical interception into a diplomatic incident.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes institutional responsibility and the political consequences of failure; Lunar Five's name amplifies stakes and shame for Angosia if the prisoner remains free.

Access Restrictions

Heavily guarded and restricted (maximum security) as asserted by Nayrok, implying strict custody protocols.

Described elsewhere as a harsh, wind-scarred penal facility whose escape would be politically explosive. Mention functions as a tonal contrast to the sterile professionalism of the Enterprise bridge.
S3E11 · The Hunted
Diplomacy, Dismissal, and a Sensorless Threat

Lunar Five functions as the origin of custody and the logistical bottleneck: Nayrok requests hours to repair its containment field and arranges a transport pickup, making it the political and practical center of Angosia's request and the reason for the diplomatic exchange.

Atmosphere

Distant and implicated—an offstage site that carries the odor of compromised containment and political embarrassment.

Functional Role

Source of custody, pickup location for the detainee, and the reason for Nayrok's request for delay.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies Angosia's failing institutions and the political stakes of the incident.

Access Restrictions

Controlled by Angosian authorities; contested responsibility for restoring containment.

Referred to as damaged (containment field needing repair). Implied harsh, utilitarian penal architecture and emergency lighting from prior canonical description.
S3E11 · The Hunted
The Vanishing Prisoner: Danar Defies Sensors

Lunar Five Penal Colony is the origin of the transfer and the site Nayrok cites as needing repairs; it functions here as the political and logistical source of the problem, and Nayrok's plea for time anchors the crisis in Angosian responsibility and potential culpability.

Atmosphere

Remote and beleaguered in implication—an austere penal outpost with urgency and strained resources.

Functional Role

Source of custody and the logistical reason for the transport; a politically sensitive origin point for blame.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies state responsibility and the cost of securitization policies—Angosia's systems and choices are now under scrutiny.

Access Restrictions

Operationally controlled by Angosian authorities; transfer requires coordination and approval.

Described as harsh and wind-scarred in broader context (implied urgency and isolation). Referenced as damaged or needing containment repair, which raises logistical and political alarms.
S3E11 · The Hunted
Files Reveal Danar as Soldier, Not Criminal

Lunar Five is referenced as the military prison facility that holds Danar; though offstage, it functions as the origin point for Danar's custody and the military records now being examined, framing the ethical and political questions raised on the bridge.

Atmosphere

Grim and institutional in implication — a harsh penal environment suggested by the records.

Functional Role

Source of custody and military documentation; explanatory origin for Danar's lack of civilian records.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies state militarization and the institutional separation between military and civilian justice.

Access Restrictions

Heavily guarded military facility; access restricted to military authority and vetted visitors.

Wind-scarred satellite base with containment domes Riot-scarred courtyards and watchtowers (as implied by records)
S3E11 · The Hunted
Manufactured Soldier, Political Reckoning

Lunar Five is invoked as the penal exile where Danar and others like him were sent; its mention supplies the political context and the place-based evidence of Angosia's policy of dumping conditioned soldiers rather than rehabilitating them.

Atmosphere

Described indirectly as sterile, punitive, and isolating—a clinical dumping ground for those deemed problematic.

Functional Role

Source location for the crisis — the site of exile that transformed soldiers into stigmatized fugitives and escalated the diplomatic stakes.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes institutional abandonment and the intersections of security policy with moral failure.

Access Restrictions

Operated by Angosia; not accessible to Enterprise without diplomatic negotiation or orders.

Concrete modules embedded in regolith (as recalled in wider synopsis) Airlocks, biocontainment wards, antiseptic ambience (implied through discussion)
S3E11 · The Hunted
Engineered for War: Angosia's Betrayal Revealed

Lunar Five is invoked as the penal exile where conditioned soldiers were sent; it functions narratively as the place of institutional abandonment and the origin point for the political crisis now facing the Enterprise.

Atmosphere

Implied desolate, clinical and punitive — a remote penal colony that strips individuals of reintegration and hides state practice.

Functional Role

Source of conflict and the site to which Danar and similar soldiers were exiled.

Symbolic Significance

Represents state denial and moral abandonment — a geographic expression of political repudiation.

Access Restrictions

Heavily controlled and remote — effectively inaccessible to the public and controlled by Angosian authorities.

Low‑slung concrete modules embedded in regolith (implied) Sterile airlocks and fluorescent lighting (implied) Sealed biocontainment wards and guarded observation bays (implied)
S3E11 · The Hunted
Calling Out Lunar Five: Picard Forces the Gulag Truth

Lunar Five is referenced repeatedly as the destination and site of contested policy — framed by Nayrok as a 'resettlement' but named by Picard as a prison. In this event it functions as the looming destination that justifies Angosian urgency and hardline retrieval tactics, shifting the debate from moral remedy to custody logistics.

Atmosphere

Implied as harsh, punitive, and militarized — a place of containment and marginalization.

Functional Role

Became the contested site whose custody determines Danar's immediate fate and justifies Angosia's announced enforcement action.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes Angosia's hidden coercion — the dissonance between public pacifist image and institutional repression.

Access Restrictions

De facto restricted, heavily controlled and guarded as a penal colony (as described verbally by Nayrok and Picard).

Described as a penal colony — wind-scarred, austere, and militarized (as referenced in the broader scene context). Functions as an off-world destination requiring ship transport and custody procedures.
S3E11 · The Hunted
Angosia's Ultimatum — Diplomatic Shutdown

Lunar Five functions as the named destination and institutional endpoint for the prisoner; referenced as a penal colony whose resettlement policy Picard is challenging, it embodies the penal logic Nayrok defends and to which Danar will be returned.

Atmosphere

Not physically present but evoked as harsh, punitive, and remote—a place of containment and suppressed violence.

Functional Role

Focal point of custody and conflict; the site to which Angosia seeks to remove responsibility and attention.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes state control, exile, and the ethical distance between 'resettlement' and imprisonment.

Access Restrictions

Heavily guarded, militarized penal colony with strict state control over ingress and egress.

Wind‑scarred satellite base imagery implied Concrete and steel modules, watchtowers and containment domes (evoked) Austerity and bleakness associated with punitive resettlement
S3E11 · The Hunted
Programmed Souls: Danar's Defiance

Lunar Five is referenced as Danar's penal origin and the nightmare he dreads; although off-screen, the penal colony's existence supplies the emotional stakes and explains Danar's determination to escape or die.

Atmosphere

Implied as harsh, oppressive, and punitive—an atmosphere of cruelty and enforced survival.

Functional Role

Antagonistic homeland and the endpoint Danar refuses; its mention motivates his threat to resist transfer at all costs.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes past trauma, state brutality, and the institutional machinery that created Danar's condition.

Access Restrictions

State-controlled penal colony; not accessible to Danar by choice and essentially permanent for returned prisoners.

Wind-scarred, concrete modules and containment domes (implied). Austerity, barbed controls, and a sense of irreversible punishment.
S3E11 · The Hunted
Sensors Restored — Angosia's Confession, Away Team Ordered

Lunar Five is the scene of the crime: a penal colony where Danar attacked, prisoners are rioting, and the breakout originated. It is the destination for the away team and the immediate locus of casualties and moral urgency.

Atmosphere

Reported as chaotic and violent in Nayrok's hail; implied alarms, wounded personnel, and mass unrest.

Functional Role

Battleground and investigative target where containment and rescue must be executed.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the failure of Angosia's custodial system and the human cost of secret militarization.

Access Restrictions

Effectively hostile and dangerous; requires a secure away team entry under Starfleet protocols.

Reports of wounded personnel and rioting prisoners Use of a police shuttle as an attack vector Implied emergency medical and security operations on-site
S3E11 · The Hunted
Angosia's Admission — Picard Assembles the Away Team

Lunar Five Penal Colony is named as the site of Danar's attack and the riot; it functions as the immediate crime scene and humanitarian disaster that compels Starfleet intervention and raises questions about Angosia's penal practices and experimentation.

Atmosphere

Reported chaotic and violent — alarms implied, wounded people, mass prisoner unrest and potential breakdown of containment.

Functional Role

Battleground and origin point for the breakout, the locus of casualties, and the evidence trail for investigation.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the moral failure of Angosia's policies and the human cost of state-engineered soldiers.

Access Restrictions

Remote, militarized, and likely under quarantine or strict control prior to outside assistance.

Containment domes and watchtowers (implied) Reports of wounded officers and rioting prisoners Sense of emergency and alarms transmitted to the Enterprise
S3E11 · The Hunted
Rotunda Reckoning: Picard's Moral Ultimatum

Lunar Five is invoked as the official resettlement destination for the veterans and the government's proposed remedy; its mention frames the veterans' exile and the question of whether 'survival' there is humane or acceptable.

Atmosphere

Austere and punitive by implication — portrayed as exile rather than sanctuary.

Functional Role

Narrative counterpoint to reintegration — the government's offered but morally fraught solution.

Symbolic Significance

Represents political abandonment and the ethical cost of convenient policy.

Access Restrictions

Politically controlled resettlement, not an open option for reintegration without government action.

Stark, utilitarian habitat imagery (invoked) Connotations of isolation and limited resources
S3E11 · The Hunted
Rotunda Reckoning — "We Want Our Lives Back

Lunar Five Settlement is repeatedly invoked as the government's proposed solution for the veterans' resettlement; in this event it functions as the conditional exile offered by Nayrok contrasted with the veterans' demand for homecoming.

Atmosphere

Austerity and exile — imagined as inhospitable and stigmatized in the veterans' eyes.

Functional Role

Proposed relocation/refuge used as the government's political remedy and moral deflection.

Symbolic Significance

Represents social abandonment and the punitive outcome of state policy.

Access Restrictions

Presently under government control as a penal/resettlement site; not framed as a voluntary sanctuary.

Described as austere habitat modules Cultural stigma associated with the site Imagined distance from civic life and family
S3E11 · The Hunted
Standoff and Conditional Withdrawal: Forcing Accountability

Lunar Five is invoked as the state's proposed resettlement — a bleak outpost offered as the veterans' future — functioning in this event as the government's purported remedy and a moral pivot Picard rejects as sufficient without accountability and rehabilitation.

Atmosphere

Implied austerity and exile; bleak and insufficient as a humane solution.

Functional Role

Narrative lever: Angosia's offered fix and the veterans' symbol of dispossession.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies exile and the second‑class fate assigned to those who served the state.

Access Restrictions

Politically designated resettlement, stigmatized and remote rather than welcoming.

Described as austere habitat modules against barren horizon (referenced in synopsis) Connotes isolation rather than rehabilitation

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S3E11 · The Hunted
Senate Interrupted — Lunar Five Breakout

During a ceremonial tour of Angosia's senate, Prime Minister Nayrok's cultivated image of pacifist intellectualism is publicly shattered when aide Zaynar reports a violent escape from the Lunar Five penal …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Lunar Five Breakout — Angosia's Facade Cracks

During a ceremonial diplomatic visit to the Angosian senate, Prime Minister Nayrok's polished veneer of reason is brutally ruptured when his aide interrupts to report a violent escape from the …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Vanishing Drive — Danar Slips the Net

During a tense bridge sequence Riker orders the stolen transport detained and Data brings the ship to bear. Sensors briefly register only a drive section and wreckage on an asteroid …

S3E11 · The Hunted
The Vanishing Drive — Danar Eludes Sensors

On the Enterprise bridge, Riker orders the intercepted transport detained while Angosia's Nayrok warns the crew the escapee is deadly. The small vessel appears to be reduced to a single …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Diplomacy, Dismissal, and a Sensorless Threat

On the bridge Picard fields Angosia's carefully measured plea for time and containment while Prime Minister Nayrok alternates conciliatory diplomacy with a cutting aside about Riker's injuries—a small, revealing stab …

S3E11 · The Hunted
The Vanishing Prisoner: Danar Defies Sensors

On the bridge, a routine diplomatic handoff collapses into alarm when Enterprise systems reveal a paradox: the stolen transport shows no life signs and, moments later, the detention cell is …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Files Reveal Danar as Soldier, Not Criminal

On the bridge Troi has Data pull Angosian records and discovers a jarring truth: Roga Danar has no civilian police file because he was held at Lunar Five — a …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Manufactured Soldier, Political Reckoning

In the Observation Lounge Troi dismantles the lone-fugitive narrative: Roga Danar was an idealistic recruit who was psychologically conditioned and biochemically altered into a 'perfect soldier.' Beverly reads off obscure …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Engineered for War: Angosia's Betrayal Revealed

In the observation lounge Troi and Crusher lay out a devastating case: Roga Danar was not a criminal by choice but a product of his government — psychologically rewired and …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Calling Out Lunar Five: Picard Forces the Gulag Truth

In the Ready Room Picard quietly dismantles Prime Minister Nayrok's euphemisms about Lunar Five, forcing the Angosian to choose words that reveal culpability. Troi watches as Picard reframes 'resettlement' as …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Angosia's Ultimatum — Diplomatic Shutdown

Picard presses Prime Minister Nayrok for truth and humanitarian alternatives for Roga Danar, offering medical and non‑lethal options. Nayrok stonewalls, recasting Danar as an agitator and invoking Angosian sovereignty to …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Programmed Souls: Danar's Defiance

In the detention cell Data and Roga Danar share a disarmingly calm, philosophical exchange that lays bare their different 'programming'—Data's ethical, non‑lethal constraints and absence of feeling versus Danar's biochemical …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Sensors Restored — Angosia's Confession, Away Team Ordered

With the Enterprise's sensors repaired and tactical systems coming back online, the bridge regains operational control even as Roga Danar remains at large. Immediately, Prime Minister Nayrok hails to report …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Angosia's Admission — Picard Assembles the Away Team

A tense, game-changing transmission from Prime Minister Nayrok shatters Angosia's calming diplomatic posture: Roga Danar has attacked Lunar Five, ignited riots, and—crucially—was created by Angosia itself. Picard hears the confession …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Rotunda Reckoning: Picard's Moral Ultimatum

Picard, Data, Troi and Worf materialize in the Angosian senate to confront a government that engineered soldiers and then cast them aside. Data and Troi expose Angosia's ethical failure while …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Rotunda Reckoning — "We Want Our Lives Back

Bloodied, engineered veterans led by Roga Danar storm the Angosian senate rotunda. Picard, Data, Troi and Worf confront a defensively armed but morally compromised government; Data forces the Prime Minister …

S3E11 · The Hunted
Standoff and Conditional Withdrawal: Forcing Accountability

In a tense rotunda showdown Picard physically interposes between Roga Danar's bloodied veterans and the Angosian senators, exposing the government's role in creating and abandoning engineered soldiers. As veterans demand …