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[[File:Henoch_thallassa.jpg|thumb|An android being built]]
 
[[File:Henoch_thallassa.jpg|thumb|An android being built]]
An '''android''' was an advanced form of [[robot]], equipped with a self-aware [[artificial intelligence]] and made with the purpose to imitate [[humanoid]] [[lifeform]]s in at least rudimentary physical form.
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An '''android''' was an advanced form of [[robot]], equipped with a [[Self-aware machines|self-aware]] [[artificial intelligence]] and made with the purpose to imitate [[humanoid]] [[lifeform]]s. ({{TNG|The Measure Of A Man}})
   
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The film ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', which [[Charles Tucker]] showed to the [[cogenitor]] "[[Charles]]" in [[2153]], included an android character which the [[Human]] characters in the film were afraid of. "Charles" asked why this was so, and Tucker explained that the people of [[Earth]] at the time had a hard time trusting things that they didn't understand. ({{ENT|Cogenitor}})
Androids began replacing other forms of robots in the late [[22nd century]] when it became clear that a more lifelike appearance was needed for successful interactions with [[Human]]s. The biggest challenge that androids continually had was their inability to fit seamlessly into society.
 
   
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In the [[23rd century]], the crew of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} encountered several kinds of androids in the course of their [[five-year mission|mission]]. ({{TOS|What Are Little Girls Made Of?}} ''et al'')
Androids were generally used for tasks that humanoids found either dangerous or tedious such as trash collection or cleaning up hazardous materials. Androids were generally many times stronger than the people who built them and therefore are much better able to survive in poor environmental conditions. This ability made them both very useful to their creators but also made them more likely to be destroyed, an issue that [[Federation]] ethicists debated for some time.
 
   
The first truly successful android in the [[Federation]] was the [[Soong-type android]] [[Lieutenant commander]] [[Data]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}. His eventual growth beyond his original programming created renewed interest in the field of humanoid robotics.
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However, the first truly successful androids in the [[Federation]] were the [[Soong-type android]]s created by [[Doctor]] [[Noonien Soong]]. Most notable of these was [[Lieutenant commander]] [[Data]], who served as [[operations officer]] on board the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} and {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}}. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
   
==Alien androids==
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==Types of androids==
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===Automated Personnel Units===
===Exo III - The Old Ones===
 
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[[File:3947.jpg|thumb|Automated Personnel Unit 3947]]
The [[Old Ones (Exo III)|Old Ones]] of [[Exo III]] discovered how to build sophisticated androids thousands of years ago. They made their machines more and more complex, eventually conferring upon them the ability to feel emotions. Their greatest technical achievement was perhaps the [[android duplicator]], a mechanism that could manufacture an exact duplicate of a living being, including its memories.
 
 
In [[2372]], the {{USS|Voyager}} found a deactivated android which, upon repair by [[B'Elanna Torres]], identified itself as [[Automated Personnel Unit]] [[3947]]. It used Torres' goodwill to gain sympathy for his "people", who were on the verge of extinction after the death of their creators, the [[Pralor]]. It was later found that a people known as the [[Cravic]] had also made Automated Personnel Units, and that the Cravic were also extinct. Originally, the two peoples had been at war, using the Automated Units to battle. However, when the war ended and it was time to dismantle the APUs, the robots, not understanding anything except war and self-preservation, wiped out their creators and resumed their war. ({{VOY|Prototype}})
   
 
{{bginfo|The term "robot" was favored in dialog instead of "android" throughout the episode in question, although the Automated Personnel Units had a definite humanoid appearance.}}
The Old Ones built their machines too well; according to a surviving machine, [[Ruk]], the Old Ones became afraid of their machines and began to deactivate them. Their survival threatened, the machines overcame their programming and slew their builders. Ruk and all other known Exo III type androids were destroyed in [[2266]]. ({{TOS|What Are Little Girls Made Of?}})
 
   
===Automated Personnel Units===
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=== Exo III androids ===
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[[File:Android duplicator.jpg|left|thumb|Android duplicator]]
In [[2372]], the {{USS|Voyager}} found a deactivated android which, upon repair by [[B'Elanna Torres]], identified itself as [[Automated Personnel Unit]] [[3947]]. It used Torres' goodwill to gain sympathy for his "people", who were on the verge of extinction after the death of their creators, the [[Pralor]]. It was later found that a people known as the [[Cravic]] had also made Automated Personnel Units, and that the Cravic were also extinct. Originally, the two peoples had been at war, using the Automated Units to battle. However, when the war ended and it was time to dismantle the units, they killed their creators and resumed their war. ({{VOY|Prototype}})
 
 
A sapient species on the planet [[Exo III]], now known only as "the [[Old Ones (Exo III)|Old Ones]]", discovered how to build sophisticated androids thousands of years ago. They made their machines more and more complex, eventually conferring upon them the ability to feel emotions. Their greatest technical achievement was perhaps the [[android duplicator]], a mechanism that could manufacture an exact android duplicate of a living being, including that person's memories.
   
 
The Old Ones built their machines too well; according to a surviving machine, [[Ruk]], the Old Ones became afraid of their machines and began to deactivate them. Their survival threatened, the machines overcame their programming and slew their builders. Ruk and all other known Exo III-type androids were destroyed in [[2266]]. ({{TOS|What Are Little Girls Made Of?}})
{{bginfo|Ironically, the term "robot" was favored in dialog instead of "android" throughout the episode in question, although the Automated Personnel Units had a definite humanoid appearance.}}
 
   
===Mudd's androids===
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=== Flint-type android ===
 
:''See: [[Rayna Kapec]]''
In [[2268]], infamous criminal [[Harcourt Mudd|Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd]], having escaped from imminent execution on [[Deneb V]] on charges of fraud, fled known space and encountered a [[Class K planet]] inhabited by thousands of advanced [[Mudd androids|androids]] originally from the [[Andromeda Galaxy]]. Their makers had established outposts throughout their own galaxy, and had built only a handful of outposts in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]; however, when the sun of their home [[star system]] went [[nova (star)|nova]], most of their civilization was destroyed. The remaining makers died out over time, leaving only distant outposts of androids. These androids had their first encounter with native life in the Milky Way when Mudd crash-landed on their planet. Mudd was hardly an ideal model of Humanity, and the androids decided that Humans were a form of galactic pest that needed to be contained for their own protection (and the protection of the galaxy). These androids could have an operational lifespan of up to 500,000 years, and had access to advanced medical technology which could let them transplant humanoid brains into android bodies to grant them virtual immortality.
 
   
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=== Ilia probe ===
Mudd was detained, albeit in very comfortable surroundings, as the androids were quite happy to build replicas of any person he wanted, and provide him with any wish he could want (except freedom). When the androids attempted to abduct the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, the crew was able to escape by discovering the weakness of these androids; their minds were so highly logical that by intentionally acting as illogically and unpredictably as possible, the androids could be overloaded and incapacitated. ({{TOS|I, Mudd}})
 
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[[File:Ilia probe.jpg|thumb|Ilia probe]]
 
The [[Ilia probe]] was an android created by ''[[V'Ger]]'' to gather information about the [[carbon unit]]s aboard the refit {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}. It was a highly complex construct built out of the body of the [[Deltan]], [[Lieutenant]] [[Ilia]]. As a side effect of being made out of a living humanoid, it retained many aspect's of Ilia's personality, including [[pheromone]]s, memories, and ultimately her [[emotion]]s. It contained molecule-sized microprocessors and billions of connected mechanisms. ({{film|1}})
   
===Ilia probe===
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=== Mudd's androids ===
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[[File:norman.jpg|thumb|left|Norman, coordinator of the androids of Mudd]]
The [[Ilia probe]] was an android created by [[V'Ger]] to gather information about the [[carbon unit]]s aboard the ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS Enterprise]]''. It was a highly complex construct which mimicked the biological properties (including [[pheromone]]s), memories, and ultimately [[emotion]]s of the [[Deltan]], [[Lieutenant]] [[Ilia]]. It contained molecule-sized microprocessors and billions of connected mechanisms. (''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'')
 
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A [[Class K planet]] was inhabited by thousands of advanced [[Mudd androids|androids]] originally from the [[Andromeda Galaxy]]. Their makers had established outposts throughout their own galaxy, and had built only a handful of outposts in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]; however, when the sun of their home [[star system]] went [[nova (star)|nova]], most of their civilization was destroyed. The remaining makers died out over time, leaving only distant outposts of androids.
   
 
These androids had their first encounter with native life in the Milky Way when infamous criminal [[Harcourt Mudd|Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd]], having escaped from imminent execution on [[Deneb V]] on charges of fraud, fled known space and [[crash land]]ed on their planet in [[2268]]. Mudd was hardly an ideal model of Humanity, and the androids decided that Humans were a form of galactic pest that needed to be contained for their own protection (and the protection of the galaxy). These androids could have an operational lifespan of up to 500,000 years, and had access to advanced medical technology which could let them transplant humanoid brains into android bodies to grant them virtual immortality.
==Sargon-type androids==
 
[[File:Henoch_thallassa.jpg|thumb|Henoch and Thalassa work on the android]]
 
'''Sargon-type androids''' were [[humanoid]] [[android]]s which were created to hold the minds of [[Sargon]], his wife [[Thalassa]], and [[Henoch]], who were the lone survivors of their race.
 
   
 
Mudd was detained, albeit in very comfortable surroundings, as the androids were quite happy to build replicas of any person he wanted, and provide him with any wish he could want (except freedom). When the androids attempted to abduct the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, the crew was able to escape by discovering the weakness of these androids; their minds were so highly logical that by intentionally acting as illogically and unpredictably as possible, the confused androids would be overloaded and incapacitated. ({{TOS|I, Mudd}})
They had placed their minds in spheres, becoming energy beings. The androids would have given them mobility and allow them to leave their planet. They borrowed Human bodies to build the androids.
 
   
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{{bginfo|In dialogue included in the final draft script of {{TAS|Mudd's Passion}} but not in that episode's final version, Harry Mudd claimed that, before making a getaway from "the robot planet" in a stolen spaceship, he had introduced the android population (in his words) to "the concept of organized sports" which had entailed "thousands of robots cheering" and "two teams locked in mighty struggle."}}
The plan failed when Henoch tried to destroy Sargon and keep his Human host. Sargon and his wife did not use the android bodies, as they realized they did not have the discipline to use their mental powers in the physical realm. ({{TOS|Return to Tomorrow}})
 
   
===See also===
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=== Sargon-type androids ===
 
[[File:Henoch thallassa.jpg|thumb|Henoch and Thalassa, in the bodies of Spock and Ann Mulhall, work on an android]]
 
'''Sargon-type androids''' were [[humanoid]] [[android]]s which were created to hold the minds of [[Sargon]], his wife [[Thalassa]], and their friend [[Henoch]], who were the lone survivors of their race.
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They had placed their minds in spheres, becoming beings of pure energy. The android bodies would have given them mobility and allow them to leave their planet. They borrowed Human bodies to build the androids.
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The plan failed when Henoch, enamored with the return of physical sensation, tried to destroy Sargon and keep possession of his host, [[Spock]]. Although Henoch's plan was foiled, Sargon and Thalassa ultimately did not use the android bodies, as they decided they did not have the discipline to use their mental powers in the physical realm. ({{TOS|Return to Tomorrow}})
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=== Soong-type androids ===
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[[File:Data and Lore (2364).jpg|thumb|Data and Lore, two Soong-type androids]]
 
*[[Soong-type android]]
 
*[[Soong-type android]]
 
**[[B-4]]
 
**[[B-4]]
 
**[[Lore]]
 
**[[Lore]]
 
**[[Data]]
 
**[[Data]]
**[[Juliana Tainer|Juliana Soong]]
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**[[Lal]]
 
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*[[Flint]]-type android
 
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== Appendices ==
**[[Rayna Kapec]]
 
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=== Related topics ===
 
*[[Induced self-destruction]]
 
*[[Induced self-destruction]]
   
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* {{wikipedia}}
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*{{wikipedia|Android (robot)}}
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Revision as of 05:37, 21 April 2015

Henoch thallassa

An android being built

An android was an advanced form of robot, equipped with a self-aware artificial intelligence and made with the purpose to imitate humanoid lifeforms. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")

The film The Day the Earth Stood Still, which Charles Tucker showed to the cogenitor "Charles" in 2153, included an android character which the Human characters in the film were afraid of. "Charles" asked why this was so, and Tucker explained that the people of Earth at the time had a hard time trusting things that they didn't understand. (ENT: "Cogenitor")

In the 23rd century, the crew of the USS Enterprise encountered several kinds of androids in the course of their mission. (TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" et al)

However, the first truly successful androids in the Federation were the Soong-type androids created by Doctor Noonien Soong. Most notable of these was Lieutenant commander Data, who served as operations officer on board the USS Enterprise-D and USS Enterprise-E. (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Types of androids

Automated Personnel Units

File:3947.jpg

Automated Personnel Unit 3947

In 2372, the USS Voyager found a deactivated android which, upon repair by B'Elanna Torres, identified itself as Automated Personnel Unit 3947. It used Torres' goodwill to gain sympathy for his "people", who were on the verge of extinction after the death of their creators, the Pralor. It was later found that a people known as the Cravic had also made Automated Personnel Units, and that the Cravic were also extinct. Originally, the two peoples had been at war, using the Automated Units to battle. However, when the war ended and it was time to dismantle the APUs, the robots, not understanding anything except war and self-preservation, wiped out their creators and resumed their war. (VOY: "Prototype")

The term "robot" was favored in dialog instead of "android" throughout the episode in question, although the Automated Personnel Units had a definite humanoid appearance.

Exo III androids

Android duplicator

Android duplicator

A sapient species on the planet Exo III, now known only as "the Old Ones", discovered how to build sophisticated androids thousands of years ago. They made their machines more and more complex, eventually conferring upon them the ability to feel emotions. Their greatest technical achievement was perhaps the android duplicator, a mechanism that could manufacture an exact android duplicate of a living being, including that person's memories.

The Old Ones built their machines too well; according to a surviving machine, Ruk, the Old Ones became afraid of their machines and began to deactivate them. Their survival threatened, the machines overcame their programming and slew their builders. Ruk and all other known Exo III-type androids were destroyed in 2266. (TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?")

Flint-type android

See: Rayna Kapec

Ilia probe

Ilia probe

Ilia probe

The Ilia probe was an android created by V'Ger to gather information about the carbon units aboard the refit USS Enterprise. It was a highly complex construct built out of the body of the Deltan, Lieutenant Ilia. As a side effect of being made out of a living humanoid, it retained many aspect's of Ilia's personality, including pheromones, memories, and ultimately her emotions. It contained molecule-sized microprocessors and billions of connected mechanisms. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

Mudd's androids

Norman

Norman, coordinator of the androids of Mudd

A Class K planet was inhabited by thousands of advanced androids originally from the Andromeda Galaxy. Their makers had established outposts throughout their own galaxy, and had built only a handful of outposts in the Milky Way Galaxy; however, when the sun of their home star system went nova, most of their civilization was destroyed. The remaining makers died out over time, leaving only distant outposts of androids.

These androids had their first encounter with native life in the Milky Way when infamous criminal Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd, having escaped from imminent execution on Deneb V on charges of fraud, fled known space and crash landed on their planet in 2268. Mudd was hardly an ideal model of Humanity, and the androids decided that Humans were a form of galactic pest that needed to be contained for their own protection (and the protection of the galaxy). These androids could have an operational lifespan of up to 500,000 years, and had access to advanced medical technology which could let them transplant humanoid brains into android bodies to grant them virtual immortality.

Mudd was detained, albeit in very comfortable surroundings, as the androids were quite happy to build replicas of any person he wanted, and provide him with any wish he could want (except freedom). When the androids attempted to abduct the USS Enterprise, the crew was able to escape by discovering the weakness of these androids; their minds were so highly logical that by intentionally acting as illogically and unpredictably as possible, the confused androids would be overloaded and incapacitated. (TOS: "I, Mudd")

In dialogue included in the final draft script of TAS: "Mudd's Passion" but not in that episode's final version, Harry Mudd claimed that, before making a getaway from "the robot planet" in a stolen spaceship, he had introduced the android population (in his words) to "the concept of organized sports" which had entailed "thousands of robots cheering" and "two teams locked in mighty struggle."

Sargon-type androids

Henoch thallassa

Henoch and Thalassa, in the bodies of Spock and Ann Mulhall, work on an android

Sargon-type androids were humanoid androids which were created to hold the minds of Sargon, his wife Thalassa, and their friend Henoch, who were the lone survivors of their race.

They had placed their minds in spheres, becoming beings of pure energy. The android bodies would have given them mobility and allow them to leave their planet. They borrowed Human bodies to build the androids.

The plan failed when Henoch, enamored with the return of physical sensation, tried to destroy Sargon and keep possession of his host, Spock. Although Henoch's plan was foiled, Sargon and Thalassa ultimately did not use the android bodies, as they decided they did not have the discipline to use their mental powers in the physical realm. (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow")

Soong-type androids

File:Data and Lore (2364).jpg

Data and Lore, two Soong-type androids

Appendices

Related topics

External link