Earth Orbit

A cold, evidentiary band of space circling the blue planet where telemetry pins provenance to a single, clinical origin. Starlight sharpens the planet’s curve while orbital debris drifts like punctuation; technical readouts and preservation-program signatures hang in Data’s consoles as incontrovertible facts. The orbit feels remote and forensic—its status as the preservation vehicle’s expected home transforms the void into a locus of accusation, suggesting unseen hands moved what should have stayed in place and hardening the crew’s suspicion.