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For 23rd century Terran captain, please see Maddox.

Doctor Bruce Maddox was a male Human 24th century Starfleet cyberneticist and one of the Federation's most prominent researchers in that field during the late 24th century. He worked in the Cybernetics Division of the Daystrom Institute and, in 2365, was the Associate Chair of Robotics. He was later promoted to Chair of Robotics.

Early life

Maddox was born in San Francisco, California on Earth. He was vaccinated against common diseases and given a Federation Security Number. (PIC: "Stardust City Rag")

Starfleet career

Early career

In 2341, he was consulted in Starfleet Academy admissions. He was the only person to object to Data's entry on the grounds that, as an android, Data did not qualify as a sentient being.

Ever since learning about Data and Dr. Noonien Soong's work, Maddox was inspired to continue it. He followed Data's career remotely while he worked on his in cybernetics. He dreamed of creating more androids to help Starfleet in dangerous situations.

Attempt to study Data

In 2365, Commander Maddox maintained an office at Starbase 173, where he had earned Vice Admiral Nakamura's support on a proposal to disassemble and reverse-engineer Lieutenant Commander Data in order to gain the final piece of knowledge he needed. After presenting his proposal to Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William T. Riker, and Data, Data studied Maddox's proposal and found it to be flawed in its ability to preserve the nuances of his positronic brain, prompting Maddox to assert his authority and order Data to submit by transferring him from USS Enterprise-D to Maddox's command.

Data refused and resigned from Starfleet, but Maddox challenged his right to do so, claiming that Data was property, not a sentient lifeform, a position initially supported by Captain Phillipa Louvois of the Judge Advocate General's office. Captain Picard challenged this position, stating that Data is arguably a sentient being as defined by most of Maddox's own criteria. Furthermore, Data currently represented an entire race and duplicating him for the purposes of forced labor constituted slavery. Louvois agreed with Picard's standpoint and ruled that Data was a sentient being with full rights under Federation law. Data nonetheless encouraged Maddox to continue his research, and that he was open to possible collaboration with the cyberneticist. It was at this point that Maddox truly began to see Data as a person, and not just a remarkable machine to study. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")

When Data's program was infiltrated after an Iconian software transmission, his systems went down. Geordi La Forge mentioned that an expert such as Maddox, or somebody similar, could help. (TNG: "Contagion")

Despite the troubles inherent in their earlier relationship, Data held no ill will against Maddox, and corresponded regularly with him, keeping detailed records of all inter-personal activities. (TNG: "Data's Day")

Coppelius and the Asha sisters

Maddox went on to recruit Dr. Agnes Jurati to join him in his research at the Daystrom Institute's Division of Advanced Synthetic Research, and the two eventually became lovers. Among the ideas they developed together in his later career was that of fractal neuronic cloning, a technique by which new "twin" androids could be created, even in "flesh-and-blood" human-appearing bodies, from a single positronic neuron of a "parent" android. He disappeared following the Attack on Mars and the banning of synthetics in 2385, with his whereabouts remaining unknown despite Dr. Jurati's attempts to locate him.

Maddox established himself on the distant world of Ghulion IV, which later became known as Coppelius. There, with the assistance of Dr. Altan Soong, the son of Noonien Soong, they created their own community of organic androids, created through fractal neuronic cloning using Data's salvaged positronic neurons. However, Maddox firmly believed that the Federation and others were part of a conspiracy that orchestrated the attack on Mars. Despite Soong's concerns that it would bring unwanted attention to their sanctuary, Maddox created the Asha sisters, Soji and Dahj, to discover the truth. He left Coppelius with them and sent Soji to the Borg Reclamation Project in the Romulan Free State, while Dahj was sent to Boston and later the Daystrom on Earth. Both Soji and Dahj believed themselves to be fully human, assuming the detailed identities Maddox had created for them, and neither knew about their origin or their real mission. (PIC: "Stardust City Rag", "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1")

Life on the run

After leaving Coppelius, Maddox established a new facility with a substantial loan from Bjayzl to further his research. However, his lab was destroyed by the Tal Shiar, leading him to conclude that they must also have murdered Dahj, leaving him unable to pay his debt to Bjayzl. She initially ordered his death but eventually reconsidered, knocking him out with drugged tranya, planning to sell him to the Tal Shiar.

Having been tracked to Freecloud by Raffi Musiker, Maddox was rescued from Bjayzl by Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of La Sirena two weeks later, but was brought aboard the ship extremely injured and near death. (PIC: "Stardust City Rag")

Death

Bruce Maddox, dead — Bruce Maddox, deceased: 2399

Maddox was killed by his former lover Agnes Jurati in La Sirena's sickbay when she disabled the hematic microrepair treatment that could have saved his life. When later confronted by Picard, Jurati admitted she had done so under compulsion by Commodore Oh, the head of Starfleet Security, who had performed a mind meld with her shortly before they left Earth and showed her the "Admonition", the devastation that Oh believed would be caused by synthetic lifeforms. (PIC: "Stardust City Rag", "Broken Pieces")

Memorable quotes

"'When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes / I all alone beweep my outcast state.' Tell me: are these just words to you? Or do you fathom the meaning?"
"Is it not customary to request permission before entering an individual's quarters?"

- Maddox and Data, when Maddox was entering Data's quarters (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")

"You are imparting Human qualities to it because it looks Human – but I assure you: it is not. If it were a box on wheels I would not be facing this opposition."

- Maddox, to Picard and Louvois on Data absorbing Human qualities (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")

"Now tell me, commander, what is Data?"
"I don't understand."
"What is he?"
"A machine!"
"Is he? Are you sure?"
"Yes!"
"You see he's met two of your three criteria for sentience, so what if he meets the third, consciousness, in even the smallest degree? What is he then? I don't know, do you? (to Riker) Do you? (to Phillipa Louvois) Do you?"

- Picard and Maddox, on what Data is (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")

"He's remarkable."

- Maddox, on Data, following his legal defeat (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")

Appendices

Appearances

TNG: "The Measure Of A Man"
PIC:
- "Stardust City Rag"
- "The Impossible Box" (archive footage)
- "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1" (archive footage)

Background information

Bruce Maddox was played by Brian Brophy in his first appearance, and by John Ales in his second.

Apocrypha

In the novel Immortal Coil, Maddox worked with Reginald Barclay and Emil Vaslovik on a project to combine holographic technology with a positronic brain to develop a new type of android. Maddox was injured in an attack on the facility by the Exo III androids, who attempted to steal the prototype the team had developed. Unknown to both the androids and Maddox, Vaslovik had stolen the prototype and replaced it with a non-functional dummy. Vaslovik, who revealed himself as the immortal Flint, had hidden the prototype aboard the USS Enterprise-E disguised as Security Chief Rhea McAdams. The Enterprise was successful in defeating the androids, and Maddox returned to his work.

In Articles of the Federation, Maddox, now a captain, argues before Federation President Nan Bacco and the Federation Judiciary Council that B-4 should not be disassembled. He was successful in his arguments against Doctor Lars Patek, and B-4 remained in the custody of Maddox and the Daystrom Institute.

External links

Bruce Maddox at StarTrek.com
Bruce Maddox at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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+{{disambiguation|23rd century Terran captain|Maddox}}
-[[Commander]] '''Bruce Maddox''' was a [[24th century]] [[Starfleet]] [[cybernetics]] expert, and the Associate Chair of [[Robotics]] at the [[Daystrom Institute|Daystrom Technological Institute]]. He was the only person to object to [[Data]]'s entry into [[Starfleet Academy]] in [[2341]] on the grounds that, as an [[android]], Data did not qualify as a [[sentience|sentient]] being.
+[[Doctor]] '''Bruce Maddox''' was a [[male]] [[Human]] [[24th century]] [[Starfleet]] [[cyberneticist]] and one of the [[Federation]]'s most prominent researchers in that field during the late 24th century. He worked in the Cybernetics Division of the [[Daystrom Institute]] and, in [[2365]], was the [[Associate Chair of Robotics]]. He was later promoted to [[Chair of Robotics]].
+== Early life ==
-In [[2365]], Maddox earned [[Admiral]] [[Nakamura]]'s support on a proposal to disassemble and reverse-engineer [[Lieutenant Commander]] Data for research. Having studied the works of [[Doctor]] [[Noonian Soong]], Maddox believed the untested procedure would provide him with the final knowledge required to allow for mass production of [[Soong-type]] androids. After presenting his proposal to [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]], [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker]] and Data, Data studied Maddox's proposal and found it to be flawed in its ability to preserve the nuances of his [[positronic brain]], prompting Maddox to assert his authority and order Data to submit by transferring him from {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} to Maddox's command aboard [[Starbase 173]].
+Maddox was born in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] on [[Earth]]. He was [[Vaccine|vaccinated]] against common [[disease]]s and given a [[Federation Security Number]]. ({{PIC|Stardust City Rag}})
+==Starfleet career==
-Data refused and resigned from Starfleet, but Maddox challenged his right to do so, claiming that Data was property, not a sentient [[lifeform]], a position supported by Captain [[Phillipa Louvois]] of the [[Judge Advocate General]]'s office. Captain Picard challenged this position, stating that Data is arguably a sentient being as defined by most of Maddox's own criteria. Furthermore, Data currently represented an entire race and duplicating him for the purposes of forced labor constituted [[slavery]]. Louvois agreed with Picard's standpoint and ruled that Data was a sentient being with full rights under Federation law. ({{TNG|The Measure Of A Man}})
+===Early career===
+In [[2341]], he was consulted in [[Starfleet Academy]] admissions. He was the only person to object to [[Data]]'s entry on the grounds that, as an [[android]], Data did not qualify as a [[sentient being]].
+Ever since learning about Data and Dr. [[Noonien Soong]]'s work, Maddox was inspired to continue it. He followed Data's career remotely while he worked on his in [[cybernetics]]. He dreamed of creating more androids to help Starfleet in dangerous situations.
-When Data's program was infiltrated after an [[Iconian software transmission]] his systems went down. [[Geordi La Forge]] mentioned that an expert, a Maddox, or somebody like them could help. ({{TNG|Contagion}})
+===Attempt to study Data===
-Despite the incident, Data continued to discuss his experiences with Commander Maddox, including his inter-personal activities. ({{TNG|Data's Day}})
+In [[2365]], [[Commander]] Maddox maintained an [[office]] at [[Starbase 173]], where he had earned [[Vice Admiral]] [[Nakamura]]'s support on a proposal to disassemble and [[reverse-engineer]] [[Lieutenant Commander]] Data in order to gain the final piece of knowledge he needed. After presenting his proposal to [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]], [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker]], and Data, Data studied Maddox's proposal and found it to be flawed in its ability to preserve the nuances of his [[positronic brain]], prompting Maddox to assert his authority and order Data to submit by transferring him from {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} to Maddox's command.
-{{bginfo|Bruce Maddox was played by [[Brian Brophy]].}}
+Data refused and resigned from Starfleet, but Maddox challenged his right to do so, claiming that Data was property, not a sentient [[lifeform]], a position initially supported by Captain [[Phillipa Louvois]] of the [[Judge Advocate General]]'s office. Captain Picard challenged this position, stating that Data is arguably a sentient being as defined by most of Maddox's own criteria. Furthermore, Data currently represented an entire race and duplicating him for the purposes of forced labor constituted [[slavery]]. Louvois agreed with Picard's standpoint and ruled that Data was a sentient being with full rights under Federation law. Data nonetheless encouraged Maddox to continue his research, and that he was open to possible collaboration with the cyberneticist. It was at this point that Maddox truly began to see Data as a person, and not just a remarkable machine to study. ({{TNG|The Measure Of A Man}})
+When Data's program was infiltrated after an [[Iconian software transmission]], his systems went down. [[Geordi La Forge]] mentioned that an expert such as Maddox, or somebody similar, could help. ({{TNG|Contagion}})
+Despite the troubles inherent in their earlier relationship, Data held no ill will against Maddox, and corresponded regularly with him, keeping detailed records of all inter-personal activities. ({{TNG|Data's Day}})
+===Coppelius and the Asha sisters===
+Maddox went on to recruit Dr. [[Agnes Jurati]] to join him in his research at the Daystrom Institute's [[Division of Advanced Synthetic Research]], and the two eventually became lovers. Among the ideas they developed together in his later career was that of [[fractal neuronic cloning]], a technique by which new "twin" androids could be created, even in "flesh-and-blood" human-appearing bodies, from a single positronic neuron of a "parent" android. He disappeared following the [[Attack on Mars]] and the banning of [[synth]]etics in [[2385]], with his whereabouts remaining unknown despite Dr. Jurati's attempts to locate him.
+Maddox established himself on the distant world of Ghulion IV, which later became known as [[Coppelius]]. There, with the assistance of Dr. [[Altan Soong]], the son of Noonien Soong, they created their own community of organic androids, created through fractal neuronic cloning using Data's salvaged positronic neurons. However, Maddox firmly believed that the Federation and others were part of a conspiracy that orchestrated the attack on Mars. Despite Soong's concerns that it would bring unwanted attention to their sanctuary, Maddox created the Asha [[sister]]s, [[Soji Asha|Soji]] and [[Dahj Asha|Dahj]], to discover the truth. He left Coppelius with them and sent Soji to the [[Borg Reclamation Project]] in the [[Romulan Free State]], while Dahj was sent to [[Boston]] and later the Daystrom on Earth. Both Soji and Dahj believed themselves to be fully human, assuming the detailed identities Maddox had created for them, and neither knew about their origin or their real mission. ({{PIC|Stardust City Rag|Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1}})
+== Life on the run ==
+After leaving Coppelius, Maddox established a new facility with a substantial loan from [[Bjayzl]] to further his research. However, his lab was destroyed by the [[Tal Shiar]], leading him to conclude that they must also have murdered Dahj, leaving him unable to pay his debt to Bjayzl. She initially ordered his death but eventually reconsidered, knocking him out with drugged [[tranya]], planning to sell him to the Tal Shiar.
+Having been tracked to [[Freecloud]] by [[Raffi Musiker]], Maddox was rescued from Bjayzl by Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of ''[[La Sirena]]'' two weeks later, but was brought aboard the ship extremely injured and near death. ({{PIC|Stardust City Rag}})
+===Death===
+[[File:Bruce Maddox, dead.jpg|thumb|Bruce Maddox, deceased: 2399]]
+Maddox was killed by his former lover Agnes Jurati in ''La Sirena''{{'}}s sickbay when she disabled the [[hematic microrepair treatment]] that could have saved his life. When later confronted by Picard, Jurati admitted she had done so under compulsion by [[Commodore]] [[Oh]], the head of [[Starfleet Security]], who had performed a [[mind meld]] with her shortly before they left Earth and showed her the "[[Admonition]]", the devastation that Oh believed would be caused by synthetic lifeforms. ({{PIC|Stardust City Rag|Broken Pieces}})
+== Memorable quotes ==
+"''{{'}}When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes / I all alone beweep my outcast state.' Tell me: are these just ''words'' to you? Or do you fathom the ''meaning?"<br />
+"''Is it not customary to request permission before entering an individual's quarters?''"<br />
+: - '''Maddox''' and '''Data''', when Maddox was entering Data's quarters ({{TNG|The Measure Of A Man}})
+"''You are imparting Human qualities to it because it ''looks'' Human &ndash; but I assure you: ''it is not.'' If it were a box on wheels I would ''not'' be facing this opposition.''"
+: - '''Maddox''', to Picard and Louvois on Data absorbing Human qualities ({{TNG|The Measure Of A Man}})
+"''Now tell me, commander, what is Data?''"<br />
+"''I don't understand.''"<br />
+"''What is he?''"<br />
+"''A machine!''"<br />
+"''Is he? Are you sure?''"<br />
+"''Yes!''"<br />
+"''You see he's met two of your three criteria for sentience, so what if he meets the third, consciousness, in even the smallest degree? What is he then? I don't know, do you?'' (to Riker) ''Do you?'' (to Phillipa Louvois) ''Do you?''"
+: - '''Picard''' and '''Maddox''', on what Data is ({{TNG|The Measure Of A Man}})
+"''He's remarkable.''"<br />
+: - '''Maddox''', on Data, following his legal defeat ({{TNG|The Measure Of A Man}})
+== Appendices ==
+=== Appearances ===
+<div class="appear">
+* {{TNG|The Measure Of A Man}}
+* {{PIC}}
+** {{e|Stardust City Rag}}
+** {{e|The Impossible Box}} {{small|(archive footage)}}
+** {{e|Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1}} {{small|(archive footage)}}
+</div>
+=== Background information ===
+Bruce Maddox was played by [[Brian Brophy]] in his first appearance, and by [[John Ales]] in his second.
+=== Apocrypha ===
+In the novel ''[[Immortal Coil]]'', Maddox worked with [[Reginald Barclay]] and Emil Vaslovik on a project to combine [[Holographic program|holographic technology]] with a positronic brain to develop a new type of android. Maddox was injured in an attack on the facility by the Exo III androids, who attempted to steal the prototype the team had developed. Unknown to both the androids and Maddox, Vaslovik had stolen the [[prototype]] and replaced it with a non-functional [[dummy]]. Vaslovik, who revealed himself as the immortal [[Flint]], had hidden the prototype aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} disguised as [[Chief of security|Security Chief]] Rhea McAdams. The ''Enterprise'' was successful in defeating the androids, and Maddox returned to his work.
+In ''{{dis|Articles of the Federation|novel}}'', Maddox, now a captain, argues before [[President of the United Federation of Planets|Federation President]] Nan Bacco and the Federation Judiciary Council that [[B-4]] should not be disassembled. He was successful in his arguments against Doctor Lars Patek, and B-4 remained in the custody of Maddox and the Daystrom Institute.
+=== External links ===
+* {{startrek.com|database_article/maddox||external}}
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