Character

Bringloidi Crowd Member

energetic disorder-prone under acute stress deferential practical embarrassed complicit nonverbal disruptive communal panicked resilient industrious reticent calm under pressure anxious proud resolute noisy protective compassionate toward animals

The Bringloidi are a displaced cultural group arriving on the Enterprise as refugees, travelling with essential livestock and family holdings. Their mass transport creates immediate logistical and cultural upheaval—animal noises, panicked milling, and strained quarters—while Danilo emerges as their outspoken leader. Initially implicated in an onboard cargo fire and blamed during the chaos, the Bringloidi later become central to a pragmatic survival plan when Picard identifies them as the complementary gene pool Mariposa needs. They function narratively as both humanitarian burden and unexpected solution.

5 appearances

Transporter Logistics and Shipboard Environmental Disruption

Also known as: GOATS, Bringloidi people, Bringloidi child, transported goats, still worker, small girl, waiting passengers, barnyard animals, the Bringloidi, Bringloidi (crowd), two other men, refugees, hold occupants, cronies, men and women, bleating livestock, crowd members, Bringloidi crewman, hold refugees, SMALL GIRL, Bringloidi refugees, Bringloidi girl

Bringloidi Crowd …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

5 moments

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

Detection, Ultimatum, and the Rush to Transport

Confused, frightened, and clinging to familiar comforts (animals) — the group is reactive rather than organized.

Disembark collectively in the transporter room with livestock; noisy and anxious, they crowd platforms and create sensory and logistical chaos that forces Starfleet personnel to shift from protocol to triage.

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

Evacuation Before Diplomacy

Disoriented and frightened but determined to preserve what they value, clinging to livestock as lifelines amid sudden relocation.

The Bringloidi refugees arrive en masse with animals, creating immediate physical and cultural pressure on Starfleet personnel; their noises are audible from the bridge and their presence triggers O'Brien's alarm.

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

Transporter Stampede: Bringloidi Barnyard Chaos

Fearful urgency mixed with practical focus on salvaging what matters to them (people and livestock).

Group of refugees being beamed up; their arrival with animals converts a technical rescue into a cultural collision — anxious, noisy and physically intrusive in the transporter room.

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

Transporter Room Stampede — Danilo's Challenge to Authority

Anxious but resolute — focused on protecting animals which symbolize survival and continuity for their group.

Bringloidi refugees swarm the platform carrying crates and animals, responding to Danilo's commands; their collective presence converts the transporter room into a makeshift barnyard and forces Starfleet to triage humanitarian …

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

Containment Order and Danilo's Challenge

Fearful resilience—frightened about abandonment but resolute to preserve their cultural means of survival.

The Bringloidi refugees mill and press onto the transporter platform with their animals, anxious and determined, following Danilo's commands and clogging the room with livestock and detritus while reacting to …

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