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100 DARVOT FRITTERS THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE the Federation's development project on O'Brien, Keiko; Colm Meaney as O'Brien, Miles; Sierra Pecheur ~ Sherman's Planet in 2267. ("The Trouble as T'Pel, Ambassador; Alan Scarfe as Mendak, Admiral; Shelly with Tribbles” [TOS]). The diplomatic Desai as V'Sal; April Grace as Transporter technician. SEE embarrassment to the Klingon government ~~ Adelphous IV; Andorians; autosequencers; barber shop; bioover the Sherman's Planet incident marked mechanical maintenance program; Crusher, Dr. Beverly; the end of his career in Klingon Intelligence. “Dancing Doctor, The"; Data; Daystrom Institute of Darvin spent the next hundred years eking Technology; Devoras; Enterprise-D, U.S.S.; feline suppleout a meager existence, posing as ahuman ment 74; Galvin V; Hindu Festival of Lights; Juarez, merchant named Barry Waddle, When the Lieutenant; Maddox, Commander Bruce; Mendak, Admiral; Cardassian government returned the Orb ~~ Mot; Murasaki Effect; O'Brien, Keiko; O'Brien, Miles; phase of Time to the Bajoran government in early transition coils; Replicating Center; Selok, Subcommander; 2373, Darvin seized the opportunity to use ~~ Spot; T'Pel, Ambassador; transporter carrier wave; transthe Orb to send him and the Starship porter ID trace; Umbato, Lieutenant; wedding; Zhukov, U.S.S. Defiant back in time to 2267. In the past Darvin unsuccessfully tried to murder Captain James T. Kirk, Data. (Brent Spiner). A whom he blamed for his fall from grace. Darvin believed that humanoid android so Kirk's death would change the outcome of the Sherman's Planet sophisticated that he was incident, so that his younger self would not live his life in dis- regarded as a sentient grace. Darvin had hoped that killing Kirk would have earned him a life-form with full civil statue in the Hall of Warriors. (“Trials and Tribble-ations” [DS9)) rights. Data was a Starfleet officer who served darvot fritters, Breakfast food. Neelix made darvot fritters from as operations manager vegetables from Voyager's hydroponics bay. To be properly pre- under the command of pared, darvot fritters should be rotated every ten minutes until Captain Jean-Luc Picard they turn a deep chartreuse. (“Phage” [VGR)). “Never, never aboard the Starship rotate the chef every ten minutes,” cautions Bob Justman. “He'll Enterprise-D ("Encounter turn chartreuse, the fritters will turn puce, and I'll turn and run." [\ at Farpoint, Part II" [TNG]) Promises, promises. J and later, aboard the Starship Enterprise-E Darwin Genetic Research Station. (Star Trek: First Contact) Federation science facility located Creation. Data was built around 2335 by the reclusive scientist on planet Gagarin IV, headed by Dr. . Noonien Soong (pictured) and his wife, Juliana Soong, at the Sara Kingsley. In the late 2350s and Omicron Theta colony. Data was actually the fifth positronic 2360s, a research project at the android constructed by Soong; the first three were unsuccessful Darwin Station developed human “Inheritance” [TNG]). The fourth, the first to become functional, was children who had an aggressive known as Lore. (“Datalore” [TNG]). SEE: Soong-type android. Lore immune system, capable of attack- exhibited dangerous behavior, forcing Soong to disassemble him ing disease organisms before they Soong thereafter pursued the idea of building an android free of entered a human body. The children's antibodies were also capa- emotions. Soong hoped this new android would not exhibit the ble of attacking human beings, a fact not discovered until 2365, cruelty shown by Lore. Juliana had wanted Data to have a female when the entire crew of the U.S.S. Lantree was killed after expo- form, but Noonien, as before, created Data in his own image. sure to the children. The scientific staff of the Darwin Station were Following his activation, Data was much like a baby, though he was also afflicted by the antibodies and suffered symptoms resem- made in the form of a full-grown adult. Data had difficulty learning bling hyperaccelerated aging, but a transporter-based technique basic social skills, and “social niceties” had to be built into his prowas successful in restoring all station personnel to normal, gramming. SEE: modesty subroutine. In addition, a creative (“Unnatural Selection” [TNG]). The Darwin Station was named for ~~ capacity was also programmed into Data by Mrs. Soong, who reanaturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882), who postulated the theory ~~ soned that, without emotions, the android would need another way of evolution. The exterior of the station was a matte painting cre- to express himself. After this initial period, Data was thought ated by Illusion Arts. The painting was later re-used in other unsuccessful and was deactivated. (“Inheritance” [TNG]). He was episodes, including as the science station in “Descent, Part I" programmed with the logs and journals of the Omicron Theta (TNG). colonists in an effort to help Data function better in human society. (“Datalore™ [TNG], “Silicon Avatar” [TNG)) Darwin, Frank. Starship Voyager engineer. In 2372, Darwin was Unfortunately, before Data could be reactimurdered while at his engineering post by fellow crew member vated, the Crystalline Entity attacked the Lon Suder. ("Meid" [VGR]). colony, and Soong and his wife, Juliana, were forced to abandon their work. Fearing that, data clip. Handheld information storage device, In 2370, com- when reactivated, Data might behave as Lore mand personnel from Deep Space 9 reviewed information froma did, Juliana made Dr. Soong leave Data at the Kellerun data clip relating to the supposed death of Dr. Julian colony site. (“Inheritance” [TNG]). Data Bashir and Miles O'Brien. ("Armageddon Game" [DS9]) remained in a dormant condition underground, where he was discovered in 2338 by the crew data crystal. Small and very sophisticated information storage of the Starship Tripoli. Data subsequently device. The Idanian intelligence agency used a data crystal to joined the Starfleet and eventually became store Arissa's memories. The data crystal was equipped with operations manager aboard the Enterprise-D. security features that prevented unauthorized access to the infor- ~~ (“Datalore” [TNG]) mation contained inside. (“A Simple Investigation” [DS9]) Form and function. Data was based on a sophisticated positronic brain developed by Soong, from concepts first postu“Data’s Day.” Next Generation episode #85. Teleplay by Harold lated in the 20th century by Dr. Isaac Asimov. (“Datalore” [TNG]) Apter and Ronald D. Moore. Story by Harold Apter. Directed by Data's body closely mimicked humanoid form, and contained Robert Wiemer. Stardate 44390. 1. First aired in 1991. A typical approximately 24.6 kilograms of tripolymer composites, 11.8 day in the life aboard the Enterprise-D as seen through the eyes of ~~ kilograms of molybdenum-cobalt alloys, and 1.3 kilograms of Data. This is the episode in which we first meet Keiko, who mar- bioplast sheeting. (“The Most Toys" [TNG]). His upper spinal supries Miles O'Brien. We also see the Enterprise-D barber shop and port was polyalloy, while his skull was composed of cortenide Data's cat for the first time. GUEST CAST: Rosalind Chao as and duranium. (“The Chase” [TNG]). Soong went to extraordinary