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Tanugan Lab (holodeck forensic reconstruction)

A holodeck-recreated forensic laboratory space used in the TNG episode "A Matter of Perspective": compact, clinical workroom with low modular benches, banks of consoles and diagnostic displays, and a prominent Lambda-field generator. Holographic figures (including Riker and Nel Apgar) are projected among assay racks and glass screens while a single workstation blinks with diagnostic traces. Projected readouts and overlays (used by characters such as Krag) convert routine instrumentation into visual evidence; the environment conveys antiseptic recycled air, faint ozone, and taut stillness as memory, telemetry and testimony are tested.
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S3E14 · A Matter of Perspective
Holodeck Deposition: The First Meeting Recreated

The Tanugan laboratory is recreated inside the holodeck as the setting for the deposition: clinical benches, banks of consoles, humming condensers and a medium reactor are rendered to produce a faithful forensic stage where interpersonal dynamics and technical data intersect.

Atmosphere

Clinical and tension-filled: fluorescent glare, low mechanical hums, and an undercurrent of social awkwardness create charged stillness.

Functional Role

Stage for evidentiary reenactment and cross-examination; a neutralized 'crime scene' where testimony can be replayed and inspected.

Symbolic Significance

Represents contested truth — where private intimacy (Manua) and public science (Apgar's work) collide; the lab embodies both technical authority and human vulnerability.

Access Restrictions

Presented as a restricted research environment in the narrative; simulation still limits access to those involved in the inquiry (investigators, Starfleet officers).

Large array of energy-focusing condensers and field coils that quietly hum Holistic glow from lab readouts and a medium-sized reactor providing low ambient sound Harsh fluorescent lighting lending an antiseptic, exposed feeling Consoles and readouts displaying experimental data and the deposition timeline
S3E14 · A Matter of Perspective
Holodeck Deposition: The First Meeting Reconstructed

The Tanugan lab—recreated within the holodeck/space-station laboratory—functions as the staged forensic arena for the deposition, translating raw instrument detail and social interactions into a single, examinable scene that binds technical fact to human behavior.

Atmosphere

Clinically lit and tension-filled: the room feels like a controlled forensic chamber punctured by an abrupt, erotic interruption that heightens discomfort.

Functional Role

Meeting place and staged reconstruction site where testimony, technical data, and interpersonal dynamics converge for investigative scrutiny.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies the collision between rational scientific work and messy human motives—where instruments and intimacy both become evidence.

Access Restrictions

Reconstructed for investigators and observers only; access implied limited to authorized personnel through holodeck control.

Harsh, clinical fluorescent lighting emphasizing equipment and faces Faint mechanical hum from condensers and reactor Rows of consoles and readouts framing a central experimental array A counter used as social staging where Manua lounges provocatively
S3E14 · A Matter of Perspective
Sanctuary Breach — A Threat Made Visible

The Main Laboratory Area is used twice: first, holograms of Riker and Apgar stand there during the resumed program where Apgar lodges a grievance; second, it functions as the formal viewing space where observers watch the holodeck reconstructions and Krag overlays his hypothetical, turning private rooms into public evidence.

Atmosphere

Cold, clinical, and accusatory—light washes faces in cyan and transforms private pain into formal display.

Functional Role

Stage for formal review and forensic reenactment; a public forum where private incident is converted into institutional testimony.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the transformation of personal conflict into institutional scrutiny and the loss of private agency under procedural observation.

Access Restrictions

Restricted to investigators, senior officers, and authorized observers during reconstruction.

Cyan holo-lighting that flattens emotional nuance Holographic figures standing like suspended evidence Observers arranged over the simulation, faces lit by displays
S3E14 · A Matter of Perspective
Holodeck Confrontation — From Personal Rupture to Damning Reconstruction

The Main Laboratory Area is the backdrop for the holodeck's forensic display: after the guest-quarters tableau is frozen, holograms of Riker and Apgar reappear in the lab where Krag can superimpose telemetry and reenact the alleged final moments, turning private drama into public forensic spectacle.

Atmosphere

Clinical, accusatory — cold cyan light washes faces and renders emotions secondary to projected data streams.

Functional Role

Staging area for the official holodeck reconstruction and evidentiary presentation.

Symbolic Significance

Represents institutional adjudication where private human conflict is translated into objective, prosecutable data.

Access Restrictions

Controlled — access limited to investigative personnel and attending officers during the reconstruction.

Cold cyan lighting from holographic readouts Holographic figures of Riker and Apgar standing like suspended witnesses Projected data overlays from Tanugan computers
S3E14 · A Matter of Perspective
Krag's Holographic Indictment: Riker at the Reactor

The holodeck's Main Laboratory Area (reconstructed) is the primary stage for the later part of the recon, where holographic Riker and Apgar appear and where Krag replays the hypothetical 'Krag One'—it functions as a clinical, accusatory arena where technical readouts wash faces in cyan and testimony becomes spectacle.

Atmosphere

Coldly forensic and tense, with a clinical wash of readouts and a stillness that magnifies the accusatory visuals.

Functional Role

Stage for the forensic replay and public confrontation; a controlled environment where evidence is displayed and frozen.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies institutional scrutiny: the laboratory space turns private conflict into prosecutable data.

Access Restrictions

Controlled by ship officers and investigators; participants include command, Krag, and selected witnesses.

Cold cyan readouts illuminating faces Holographic figures standing between console banks Silence punctuated by terse procedural lines The programmed lab consoles and frozen instrumentation

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