Object

Yoshimitsu Computers

A pallet of advanced computing hardware packed in reinforced crates stamped with a Yoshimitsu sigil: compact alloy chassis, rack‑mountable processing nodes, dense fiber‑optic ports, and banks of dormant status LEDs. Crates sit among homestead tools and livestock manifests, appearing new and professionally packaged rather than improvised. Data flags the line item; Picard treats the entry as an anomalous clue rather than routine cargo, its presence jolting the ready room conversation.

2 appearances

Purpose

High‑performance computing units intended for colony infrastructure, data processing, or communications — modular processors and I/O suites designed to manage agricultural, logistical, or beacon systems aboard a colonist vessel.

Significance

Functions as a narrative contradiction and investigatory lead: the advanced electronics conflict with the Mariposa's otherwise pastoral cargo manifest, provoking Picard’s command‑level inquiry and suggesting hidden trade, cultural crossover, or covert provisioning that drives the plot forward.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

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

Mariposa Manifest — A Contradiction Unearthed

Yoshimitsu computers are read aloud from the manifest as a conspicuously advanced cargo item; their presence heightens the puzzle of why high-tech hardware would accompany primitive homestead goods.

Before: Recorded as a line-item in the archived Mariposa manifest.

After: Remains a manifest entry now foregrounded by Picard as an unexplained datum.

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

From Curiosity to Command: Picard Seizes the Mariposa Lead

Yoshimitsu computers appear as a line item on the Mariposa manifest; they serve narratively to deepen the puzzle by juxtaposing high technology with pastoral cargo and to suggest that the manifest spans a wide technological range.

Before: Listed within archived manifest data as cargo.

After: Called out by Picard aloud and now logged mentally as a key anomaly prompting investigation.

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