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Class M Planet (Potential Colony Destination)

Class M Planet NB2323

A distant, habitable world designated NB2323 (Class M). Referenced in Picard’s supplemental log as a plotted heading and possible destination for a second colony, NB2323 functions as an off‑screen focal point for hope, contingency, and diplomatic calculation — an unseen world whose potential shapes shipboard decisions and anxieties about settlement and survival. Canonical evidence ties the designation to the same episode, scenes, and character interactions in STAR TREK: TNG — Up the Long Ladder.
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S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder
Sickbay: Healing Hands and Quiet Alliances

Class M Planet NB2323 is named in the captain's supplemental log at the scene's start as a probable destination for a second colony; its presence functions as a quiet strategic objective that hangs over even intimate shipboard moments like Sickbay conversations.

Atmosphere

Hopeful and tentative — the planet reads as a possible solution to a demographic and survival problem, lending weight to interpersonal choices made aboard the Enterprise.

Functional Role

Narrative hook and moral horizon; it orients the crew's future decisions and gives urgency to forming alliances with refugees and healers.

Symbolic Significance

Symbolizes future possibility and the pragmatic stakes behind today’s medical and diplomatic acts.

Mentioned as Class M and half a light year from the Bringloid system in Picard's log. Serves as a distant objective that reframes Sickbay's compassionate actions as part of a larger colonization/settlement calculus.
S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder
Course Set to NB2323 — Healing & Quiet Alliances

The alternate canonical entry for NB2323 reiterates the planet's role as an unseen but binding objective; it concentrates narrative pressure by making the Sickbay healing serve as a small victory within a much larger resettlement decision.

Atmosphere

Quietly urgent — the planet's potential colors interpersonal moments with practical stakes.

Functional Role

Narrative horizon/goal that compels medical and diplomatic choices aboard the Enterprise.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies the precariousness of human projects in deep space — hope tied to a single plotted point.

Mentioned in supplemental log amidst warp travel to signal immediacy. Serves as a mental map for both command decisions and refugee hopes.
S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder
Riker Reasserts Command, Worf Restored

Class M Planet NB2323 is invoked by Data’s report as the ship’s plotted destination. It functions narratively as the concrete objective that converts a human exchange into mission-oriented momentum and frames the next operational phase.

Atmosphere

Invoked as a distant but certain rendezvous point — provides a focus that calms and organizes the bridge’s attention.

Functional Role

Rendezvous/destination waypoint that defines the ship’s immediate course and strategic intention.

Symbolic Significance

A locus of hope and contingency; it symbolizes a future solution for the colonies and justifies the crew’s coordinated effort.

Referenced verbally as a plotted heading. Temporal detail provided (ETA eighteen hours) that creates urgency and a timetable. Described as Class M, implying habitability and high stakes for passengers/colonists.

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