8279cd No.33259
Why is Data considered special by the Federation?
Kirk encountered that android making machine from that lost civilization. He also came across that entire planet of androids where he ended up marooning Mudd for his continued bullshit.
By the time of TNG though Data and his little extended family are treated like unique, irreplaceable creations that only Noonian Soong, Super Genius could ever hope to make from scratch.
This is just one more thing that makes me believe that TNG was actually a stealth reboot and not a continuation of the classic series.
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e62a00 No.33260
>>33259
>that filename
Is that the code data used to lockout Picard and Riker that one time?
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8279cd No.33261
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aba577 No.33279
TNG is what you call a soft reboot. It's technically in the same continuity, but you don't need context to understand it.
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f28fe7 No.33290
Because Data was built by a Federation scientist, not an ancient civilization. Data was made to be a unique person, and is technically under jurisdiction of the federation, not under some "lost civilization" or a random planet.
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19040a No.33291
>>33259
I think >>33290 is pretty much there, I think the idea is that Data is something that can be interacted with and understood at a very close level, rather than these weirdo random outside encounters which are nothing more than interesting footnotes in the continuing wacky adventures of the starship enterprise, data is long term observable, until that episode where longterm wasn't good enough and it was time to cut open the golden goose or cut the puppet strings if you will.
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b5ff14 No.33300
>>33259
You can make the same argument for basically anything they make a big deal out of. Why are the Borg seen as so scary and advanced? They've encountered dozens of civilizations and creatures that they were literally helpless against, whereas the Borg went from existential threat to lame duck they had basic parity with with anti-climactic swiftness. And even in their first encounter they were at least able to slow the borg down.
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