Thaddeus Troi-Riker

[valkyrie013]

Okay, just thought of this,
Thad died of a silicon virus, and it seemed that the only cure was to cultivate it in a positronic matrix. Now as said, there was an Android Ban in place, so no active positronic matrix's..
BUT..
Will Riker did know of atleast 2 In active positronic Matrixes that he had access to.. B4 and Lore.
Now if this was my kid, I'd go and steal 1 of the bodies, activate it to create a cure, and then deactivate it, damn the consequences. Would Will go to penal colony to make sure his son lived? Yep.

Now this brings to mind what happened in Enterprise, where Archers dad died of a disease that could have been cured by some Genetic Engineering, and there was a complete Ban on GE then. After awhile it was relaxed to a point where disease/health concerns you could use it.
Why wasn't this in place for the Positronic Ban?? That it could be used for Diseases and the like?? the Positronic matrix didn't have to be sentient?

Sorry, but Thad's death is just big irritation for me, in looking at Deanna.. she had her Dad die, her Sister die, her first son die.. now Thad? COME ON! Give the woman a break..

 

[fireproof78]

Death is accepted as a part of life.

Gene's vision.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Riker stealing an android's brain--if he had the means to conduct such a feat--wasn't going to facilitate forbidden long-term research by the specialists who'd need to conduct such research.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

Sorry, but Thad's death is just big irritation for me, in looking at Deanna.. she had her Dad die, her Sister die, her first son die.. now Thad? COME ON! Give the woman a break..

And her planet invaded. I thought it was a bit excessive, as well.

 

[dupersuper]

Or just go to the planet from Insurrection...

 

[Llywela]

Riker stealing an android's brain--if he had the means to conduct such a feat--wasn't going to facilitate forbidden long-term research by the specialists who'd need to conduct such research.

Plus, even if they had access to a positronic brain, from what Deanna said it still wasn't a guaranteed cure, just the most positive line of development seen before the ban.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Knowing their links to B4 and Lore, Starfleet probably warned them NO.

 

[Timo]

The Feds are probably accustomed to there being customs and mores that forbid healing anyway. Genetics are wrong, except in certain cases (heck, pretty much every cure Crusher ever came up with involved rewriting somebody's DNA). Cloning is wrong. Prolonging of life unnaturally is wrong. And we fairly seldom see anybody rebel there. Generally, our heroes enforce these mores: Riker and Picard both gun down clones left and right, say.

I guess this falls under the accepting-death-for-greater-good clause that the heroes in any case live by, then.

Timo Saloniemi