Surgical Theft — The Mariposan Harvest
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Clones 4A and 4B, in surgical gear, drive long hand-held needles into the unconscious Riker and Pulaski's sternums, extracting tissue as nurses 5A and 5B assist. Open, empty cloning equipment looms in the background, signaling clinical intent.
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Clinical detachment masking an overriding focus on task completion; internally governed by a cold survival logic rather than cruelty for its own sake.
Clone 4A stands at a surgical table in full surgical gear, using a long hand-held needle to penetrate an officer's sternum and extract tissue with professional detachment, executing the harvesting protocol without visible hesitation.
- • Extract viable tissue samples efficiently to supply the cloning bank.
- • Follow colony directives and ensure procedure is completed without complication.
- • Preserving the Mariposan genetic line justifies invasive means.
- • Obedience to colony protocol is paramount; individual consent is expendable in crisis.
Emotionally neutral and focused; guided by the imperative to obtain genetic material and by a habitual, institutionalized method of operation.
Clone 4B mirrors 4A's actions at the second surgical table, methodically penetrating an unconscious officer's chest and harvesting tissue, reinforcing the sense of coordinated, systematized extraction.
- • Secure usable tissue to replenish failing clones' genetic stock.
- • Maintain procedural steadiness to avoid harming the sample viability.
- • The survival of the collective outweighs individual rights.
- • Technical proficiency and adherence to protocol will ensure the colony's survival.
Unconscious physically; narratively embodies violation and professional horror — latent indignation and the betrayal of medical ethics undercut her dignity.
Dr. Pulaski lies unconscious on an adjacent surgical table, her chest being penetrated for tissue while clone nurses steady her; her medical expertise is rendered moot as she becomes the target of clinical extraction.
- • Survive and recover from the invasive extraction.
- • Uphold medical ethics and protect patients (implied professional drive, though incapacitated here).
- • Medical practice requires consent and cannot be weaponized.
- • Science and healing should not be subordinated to survival at the cost of others' bodies.
Calm and focused on procedural tasks; any personal moral conflict is either suppressed or absent in service of the operation.
Nurse 5A assists at the table, physically steadying and restraining the unconscious officer while the clone surgeon extracts tissue; her movements are competent and complicit, making caregiving gestures serve the harvest.
- • Keep the patient immobilized and stable to facilitate tissue removal.
- • Ensure the extraction proceeds according to the clones' medical protocol.
- • Assisting the procedure is necessary for colony survival.
- • Duty and obedience to the cloning operation take precedence over individual consent.
Quietly compliant; emotionally regulated to maintain clinical efficiency, with any empathy subordinated to operational demands.
Nurse 5B mirrors Nurse 5A: she steadies the unconscious body, monitors the immediate field for complications, and supports the clone surgeons as active facilitators of the extraction.
- • Prevent movement or bleeding that might ruin the tissue sample.
- • Assist in completing the extraction swiftly and cleanly.
- • The medical team must prioritize the colony's genetic needs.
- • Following orders and clinical routine preserves the group's future.
Physically unconscious; narratively registers as violated and betrayed — his likely surface state is incapacitation, with implied indignation and rage latent beneath.
Commander Riker lies unconscious on a surgical table, chest exposed and being punctured by a long hand-held needle; he is physically immobilized and becoming an involuntary donor while the procedure proceeds around him.
- • Survive the procedure and retain bodily integrity (immediate, even if incapacitated).
- • Protect the crew and prevent further harm to shipmates (implied prior intent carried into vulnerability).
- • Starfleet officers' bodily autonomy should be respected.
- • Hostile or desperate societies do not have the right to violate unconscious victims for survival.
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The Mariposan surgeons' surgical gear is worn by both clone surgeons and likely the attendant nurses; it anonymizes the operators, supports sterile procedure, and visually converts caregiving attire into the costume of violation, reinforcing clinical detachment during extraction.
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