Object

Bringloidi Crates of Chickens

A cluster of live chickens packed into slatted transport crates and makeshift cages, padded with straw that trails onto the transporter platform. Feathers fly and clucks and panicked flapping puncture the air; droppings and the tang of animal waste streak the deck. The crates are small-to-medium, roughly human-torso sized, portable by two people, and show hurried repair—tied slats, rope handles, and nailed-on patches. Refugees shoulder and wheel them through the transporter room; Chief O'Brien scowls as straw cascades underfoot while Danilo Odell argues for their necessity and crewers push to contain the mess.

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Purpose

To transport and house live chickens as livestock—providing food, resources, and cultural sustenance for the Bringloidi refugees during relocation.

Significance

They catalyze the transporter-room pandemonium and crystallize the cultural clash: the crates transform logistical nuisance into political provocation, force Picard to impose containment (beam to Cargo Hold Seven), and trigger Danilo's personal challenge to Starfleet authority. The animals function both as tangible survival goods and narrative leverage that escalates interpersonal and cultural stakes.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

4 moments

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

Transporter Room Stampede — Danilo's Challenge to Authority

Crates of chickens are carried and clustered on the transporter platform, spilling straw and feathers that contribute to the mess; they serve as the refugees' justification for staying with their animals and as the visual evidence of sanitary risk.

Before: Being carried or shouldered by refugees, some crates open with straw protruding.

After: Transported (per Picard's order) onto the transporter pad and queued for movement to Cargo Hold Seven; still messy and soiled.

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

Containment Order and Danilo's Challenge

Crated chickens, packed with straw, crowd the transporter pad and spill mess onto the floor; they serve as a visual and sanitary justification for Picard's order to move the group to Cargo Hold Seven and embody the cultural stakes Danilo defends.

Before: Held by refugees in slatted crates on the transporter platform, producing feathers and straw underfoot.

After: Queued for transport to Cargo Hold Seven under O'Brien's command; still contained but moving off the platform.

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

Transporter Platform Standoff — Danilo's Challenge

Crates of chickens are carried and jostled by refugees across the transporter pad; feathers and straw spill free, their presence both a logistical headache and a visual testimony to the Bringloidi's dependence on live stock for survival and comfort.

Before: Packed and carried onto the transporter platform by refugees, intact though battered and trailing straw.

After: Loaded as part of the group designated to be transported to Cargo Hold Seven; still noisy and messy.

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

Corralled Authority: Livestock, Lines, and a Private Challenge

Crates of chickens are carried and spilled across the transporter pad, their feathers and straw intensifying sensory disorder; they are both cargo and cultural payload that crew resist but ultimately must move to the cargo hold.

Before: Packed with live chickens and lined with straw, carried by Bringloidi onto the platform.

After: Loaded for transport to Cargo Hold Seven as part of the ordered evacuation.

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