Is there a lot of inbreeding in the Soong family line?
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It's not inbreeding if you clone yourself and raise your own clone.
There's no "Breeding" to be had since you're not mating with anybody.
It's like Jango Fett & Boba Fett.
Minus the accelerated aging for the clones issues.
As one Soong's natural life passes, their mind will be uploaded to the Soong Family Cloud Server.
There's no "Breeding" to be had since you're not mating with anybody.
It's like Jango Fett & Boba Fett.
Minus the accelerated aging for the clones issues.
I'd think it would be easier for each Soong to upload their mental conciousness to a machine and be part of a Great Network of previous Soongs, living on the server, ready to help the current generation of Soongs.And in a further plot twist, Arik has actually been transferring his own consciousness to each successive clone, so he lives on as part of his master plan to rule the galaxy.
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As one Soong's natural life passes, their mind will be uploaded to the Soong Family Cloud Server.
Clones don't have identical personalities (see: Orphan Black).
Soong is like Scaroth, last of the Jagaroth. Material splinters of his being are scattered through time. His ultimate goal? Rewrite history and stop Data from getting blown to smithereens in the first place. 
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Or: identical twins.
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Soong is like Scaroth, last of the Jagaroth. Material splinters of his being are scattered through time. His ultimate goal? Rewrite history and stop Data from getting blown to smithereens in the first place.
"I say, what a wonderful android, he's so violent!"
Also Clone Wars.
Ya but ff sake they are really overdoing it with Soongs.
For both Janeway & T'Pol the situation is a bit different though:
In both cases, Janeway/T'Pol were the ones telling a story, and clear cases of self-inserts/unreliable narrator. Especially in Janeway's case, her story didn't line up with historical records. So using the same actor made a ton of sense.
Older Brent Spiner on ENT looked a lot different than old-make-up Spiner on TNG, so I can totally buy that these are supposed to be different people. On PIC S1 that's more difficult. And especially if they introduce another one in S2, they need to find an explanation (cloning/robot bodies would suffice).
That leaves us with only the real question: How come that Data itself looks like he's aging throughout the years?
In both cases, Janeway/T'Pol were the ones telling a story, and clear cases of self-inserts/unreliable narrator. Especially in Janeway's case, her story didn't line up with historical records. So using the same actor made a ton of sense.
Older Brent Spiner on ENT looked a lot different than old-make-up Spiner on TNG, so I can totally buy that these are supposed to be different people. On PIC S1 that's more difficult. And especially if they introduce another one in S2, they need to find an explanation (cloning/robot bodies would suffice).
That leaves us with only the real question: How come that Data itself looks like he's aging throughout the years?
He is one of the final 5That leaves us with only the real question: How come that Data itself looks like he's aging throughout the years?
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That leaves us with only the real question: How come that Data itself looks like he's aging throughout the years?
According to TNG: "Inheritance", when they discover Julia Tainer is an android, the following exchange happens in sickbay:
RIKER: "Why does the scanner read her as a human?"
CRUSHER: "Because she has a feedback processor designed to send out a false bio-signal."
LAFORGE: "It's part of her ageing program. Not only does she age in appearance like Data, her vital signs change too."
So Data's physical appearance can change over time, which gives him the approximation of ageing – which is handy, because of course Brent Spiner isn't immortal. Quite what this would mean for Data left to "age" naturally for centuries isn't entirely clear, since Data has also stated that he's effectively immortal barring accidents (TNG: "Time's Arrow, Part 1": "Until now it has been theoretically possible that I would live an unlimited period of time".)
I'd say especially in T'Pol's case, as we see a photo of Janeway's ancestor, while with T'Pol's story we're left with the possibility she made the whole thing up (don't even get me started on the velcro stinger suggesting otherwise: we know who invented velcro, when and how).
On a massive space station. Make him the Rick Sanchez of Trek, leaving a trail of sapient androids everywhere he goes.
What's the collective noun for Soong?
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