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| − | '''''Tan Ru''''' was an advanced alien probe of unknown origin, programmed to collect and sterilize soil samples, possibly in anticipation of [[colony|colonization]]. The probe would later |
+ | '''''Tan Ru''''' was an advanced alien probe of unknown origin, programmed to collect and sterilize soil samples, possibly in anticipation of [[colony|colonization]]. The probe would later accidentally merge with the [[Earth]] [[probe]] [[Nomad]]. |
| − | Tan Ru was equipped with a form of advanced [[artificial intelligence]], since it could use human speech and |
+ | Tan Ru was equipped with a form of advanced [[artificial intelligence]], since it could use human speech and refer to itself by name. The original Nomad probe had suffered a serious loss of memory after a collision with a [[meteoroid]], and when the two probes met, directives from Tan Ru were tranferred and merged with those left in Nomad's memory banks. This created a probe with the unintended directive to 'seek out and sterilize new life' ([[TOS]]:"[[The Changeling]]"). |
''See [[Nomad]] for information on the resulting merged probe.'' |
''See [[Nomad]] for information on the resulting merged probe.'' |
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Revision as of 23:20, 24 June 2005
Tan Ru was an advanced alien probe of unknown origin, programmed to collect and sterilize soil samples, possibly in anticipation of colonization. The probe would later accidentally merge with the Earth probe Nomad.
Tan Ru was equipped with a form of advanced artificial intelligence, since it could use human speech and refer to itself by name. The original Nomad probe had suffered a serious loss of memory after a collision with a meteoroid, and when the two probes met, directives from Tan Ru were tranferred and merged with those left in Nomad's memory banks. This created a probe with the unintended directive to 'seek out and sterilize new life' (TOS:"The Changeling").
See Nomad for information on the resulting merged probe.