An enemy bigger than TNG Picard

Lt. Col. Data (Brent Spiner) made even more enemies than Col. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), despite being generally less confrontational. Star Trek: The Next Generation. As an android who wanted nothing more than to be human, Data spent much of his time observing the humans around him. One of the people he most admired was Captain Picard. As captain of the USS Enterprise-D, Picard has his fair share of enemies. There were too many enemies, so Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) later separated her son from his father.

in Star Trek: Picard In Season 3, Beverly reveals that she and Picard have a son named Jack Crusher (Ed Spelaeas), but that she has been hiding his existence from Jean-Luc. She did this to keep Jack safe, as Picard’s life is often in danger. As the former captain of the Enterprise, representing both Starfleet and the Federation of Planets, it’s no surprise that Picard has enemies. Data, on the other hand, has gained more enemies due to its nature.. As Starfleet’s only android and Dr. Noonien Soong’s (Brent Spiner) greatest invention, Data was unique. Because of this, humans and aliens across the galaxy have had an interest in dismantling, collecting, or assimilating sentient androids.

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Data has more enemies than Jean-Luc Picard.

Data gains enemies just by existing.

Data’s first and perhaps most obvious nemesis arrives. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 13 “Datalore”. When the Enterprise visits the planet where the data was created, They find and reboot his evil twin brother, Loa.Lore later renders Data unconscious, putting the Enterprise at risk.. As Data assumes the role of Sherlock Holmes and adventures on the holodeck, a new enemy appears. TNG Season 2, Episode 3, “Elementary, Dear Data.” When Data’s best friend, Lieutenant Geordi La Forge (Levar Burton), asks the ship’s computer to create an adversary who can defeat Data, the computer responds to the classic Holmes villain Professor James Moriarty (Daniel Burton). Davis) gives sentience.

A few episodes later, TNG Season 2, Episode 9, “The Measure of Man” Data’s right to life is put on trial when Dr. Bruce Maddox (Brian Brophy) visits the Enterprise and claims that he belongs to Starfleet.in TNGSeason 3, Episode 22, “The Most Toys”, a collector named Kibus Fajo (Saul Rubin) kidnaps Data, seeing him as nothing more than a unique specimen to add to his collection. Despite having protocols to prevent Data from harming humans, Fajo enrages Data and the android tries to shoot him..Data gains yet another enemy Star Trek: First Contactwhen the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) attempts to capture and seduce him in order to take control of the USS Enterprise-E.

Will Data’s enemies continue to pursue him after Star Trek: Picard Season 3?

The uniqueness of the data makes him attractive to those who want to take advantage of it.

Even Starfleet, the organization that discovered Data and gave him a purpose, wanted a piece of this unique android.After the data dies Star Trek: Nemesis (and again Picard Season 1), Starfleet Intelligence Section 31 uses Data’s consciousness to guard Daystrom Station, a top-secret black site. Star Trek: Picard Season 3. Thankfully, Data’s friends save him from this fate. Androids gain new synthetic bodies and can now experience organic emotions.

This new version of Data combines the personalities of Data, Lore, B-4, Ral (Harry Todd), and Dr. Altan Sun, but it is Data’s personality that dominates.This upgrade makes your data even more unique than before Star Trek: The Next Generation, which could lead to more sinister adversaries seeking him out. Beverly Crusher may have been worried about Jean-Luc Picard’s enemies, and rightfully so, but Data has even more enemies than his former captain.

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Terry Matalas