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Data, however, wonders if that itself does not describe becoming a parent. He tells Data that he has taken on quite a responsibility by creating a new life, which, according to Picard, has nothing to do with the challenges of parenting itself. Picard angrily argues that he cannot just turn it on and off like a machine. Data apologizes, stating that he did not anticipate his objections and asks whether he should just turn it off. He tells him that what he has done will have serious ramifications, especially after Starfleet finds out about it. Picard growing increasingly impatient with DataДetermined to put an end to this, Picard still has a conversation with Data in his ready room. Troi responds by pointing out that Picard has never been a parent.

#The offspring the offspring android#

Picard states that he fails to understand how a five- foot android with heuristic learning systems and the strength of ten men can be called a child. She thinks that they have no say in Data's wish to call Lal his child. Deanna wonders why biology, rather than technology, should determine whether it's a child for, after all, Data has created an offspring, a new life out of his own being. During their conversation down the corridor, Picard insists that they do whatever they can to discourage the perception of this new android as a child, for it is not a child, to Picard, but an invention, an extraordinary one. When leaving, he asks Counselor Troi to accompany him. Picard, whose state of mind borders ever closer to irritation, asks that Data see him in his ready room at his earliest convenience. Data states that he decided to allow his child to chose its own gender and appearance. Troi asks why he hasn't given it a more Human look, as this model looks androgynous. Data is a little surprised at the captain's request, pointing out that he has not ever noticed anyone else on board consulting him about their procreation. Essentially, he did a transfer from his brain to Lal's.Д¬aptain Jean-Luc Picard, who is also taken aback by this, tells Data that he would have liked to have been consulted. Data explains that there was a new submicron matrix transfer technology introduced at the conference which he discovered could be used to lay down complex neural net pathways. La Forge points out that no one has ever been able to do such a thing, at least not after Data was created. In his lab, Data explains that Lal has a positronic brain which is very similar to his own and that he began programming it at the cybernetics conference. I have just been advised of a highly unusual project undertaken by Commander Data.' The android greets them and somewhat taken aback, they realize that it calls Data 'father', upon which Data states that, in fact, Lal is his child.ДЄct One ' Captain's log, supplemental.

When they finally arrive at the lab, they find out that he has created a Soong-type android and named it Lal.

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La Forge says that ever since returning from a cybernetics conference, Data has been spending every free second in the lab as well as keeping it locked.

As they are walking, they speculate about what Data might have in store for them. Wesley Crusher, Geordi La Forge, and Counselor Deanna Troi are walking in a corridor to Data's lab, where he has summoned them without revealing to them why. While Commander Riker is away on personal leave, the Enterprise has traveled to Sector 396 to begin charting the Selebi asteroid belt.'Дata, Wesley, La Forge, and Troi in cybernetics Summary Teaser ' Captain's log, Stardate 43657.0.