Granger's Cloning Laboratories

A cluster of sterile laboratory suites packed with incubation vats, stacked cryogenic canisters, slate-gray console banks, and modular cloning frames. Narrow catwalks thread between banks of humming bioreactors and chilled sample lockers; faint biohazard decals and handwritten Mariposan labels puncture the clinical clean. Pulaski prowls the benches, fingers lingering on clipped tissue vials as Picard points to racks as negotiable property; Granger flinches, shame and defiance tightening his posture.

3 appearances

Purpose

To culture, incubate, and preserve genetic clones and their supporting tissue lines for Mariposan population maintenance.

Significance

Serves as the material locus of the extinction crisis and the bargaining chip that converts diplomatic argument into coercive action; the labs embody cultural identity, ethical revulsion, and the practical means of survival that force Granger and Danilo into a humiliating sociobiological compromise.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder

Ultimatum and the Spit-Shake Pact

Granger's cloning laboratories are the explicit lever Picard threatens to inspect and transport to the Enterprise. The labs function as both evidence (of potential stolen tissue) and leverage to force Mariposan compliance with Pulaski's breeding plan.

Before: Operational and under Granger's control on Mariposa; ethically disputed but in his possession.

After: Placed under imminent threat of seizure and transport to the Enterprise; legal/possessive control becomes contested.

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S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder

Extinction Deadline and the Spit-Sealed Pact

Granger's Cloning Laboratories are invoked as the locus of potential wrongdoing and the physical source of Mariposa's clone line. Picard cites Riker's desire to inspect them and threatens transportation of all equipment to the Enterprise as leverage in the bargaining.

Before: Under Granger's control on Mariposa; functioning as the production site of clones and cultural identity.

After: Placed under immediate threat of seizure/transport to the Enterprise pending inspection — effectively removed from unchallenged Mariposan custody.

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S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder

Spit-Sealed Survival Pact

Granger's cloning laboratories and their equipment function as the tangible leverage Picard threatens to seize: they are the locus of suspected stolen tissue and the biological means to reproduce. The promised transport of this gear converts scientific property into bargaining power and forces Mariposa's compliance.

Before: Located under Mariposan control on Mariposa, operational and proprietary to Granger's people.

After: Threatened with seizure and transport to the Enterprise — ownership effectively suspended; physical removal is implied as a coercive measure.

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