Data (Star Trek)
Data is a male television character that features in Star Trek.
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Biography
Data was a male android developed by the scientist Dr. Noonien Soong in the 24th century with the goal of creating an artificial intelligence that was sapient. He was the fifth of six known androids developed by Soong with Data being created on the world of Omicron Theta around the year 2336. Soong's prior creation was another android known as Lore who had been deactivated. (TNG: Datalore) This was done so against the protests of Soong's wife Juliana. (TNG: Datalore) According to Noonien, he had built Data to be perfect amongst his androids with the intention of making these improvements to Lore. (TNG: Brothers). During his development, Juliana came to see Data as a beloved son but came to fear for him as she thought he would either fail like his previous 'brothers' or become dangerous like Lore which would have resulted in him being dismantled. (TNG: Inheritance)
A fragment of Data managed to survive within a salvaged positronic neuron that was salvaged by Bruce Maddox. He took it with him as he looked to develop synth life in secret leading to a partnership with Altan Inigo Soong who was the son of Noonien Song. The pair established a colony on the hidden world of Coppelius and continued their work on making more life-like androids. At Coppelius Station, the positronic neuron was maintained and kept within a quantum simulation construct allowing Data to continue on living. However, he believed that this was a needless existence and instead wanted it to end as he believed it gave life meaning. In 2399, this fragment of Data encountered Jean-Luc Picard after his near-death experience where the two had some final words with one another. Data then requested Picard to shut down the neuron to allow him to live a natural end to his existence. Picard was then restored in a new body where he complied by fulfilling his friend's last wish with the neuron powered down thus leading to Data's death. (PIC: Et in Arcadia Ego)
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- Data was portrayed by actor Brent Spiner where he first appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Encounter at Farpoint".
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- Star Trek: The Next Generation:
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