V'ger and it's data

[balls]

What ever happened to all of the data that Vger transmitted to earth? Was Starfleet able to utilize the information? Did any of the novels ever address it? It would seem that with Vger's knowledge spanning the galaxy, there'd be a lot of information to sort through.

 

[KeepOnTrekking]

I was under the impression that V'ger melted the wires and the data transmission was never sent to Earth. It wanted to transmit the information directly to the Creator, which ended up being Decker.

 

[eyeresist]

And Decker fused with V'ger, so basically the data went nowhere. Starfleet never saw it.

Basically, V'ger failed its mission.

 

[TwoJakes]

A shame, probably some good stuff.

 

[Tracy Trek]

And Decker fused with V'ger, so basically the data went nowhere. Starfleet never saw it.

Basically, V'ger failed its mission.

That was my impression as well, the data remained with Decker, Ilia and V'Ger when they merged into one life form and IMO ascended to a higher plane of existence.

 

[RColtrane]

[QUOTE="Basically, V'ger failed its mission. [/QUOTE]

No, it didn't. It found its creator (or at least one of its kind, since Decker is not one of the original engineers who built the probe 300 years ago).

 

[Jedi Marso]

Yeah, V'Ger and Decker merged and evolved into a higher being- V'Ger's 'universe spanning knowledge' (to paraphrase Spock) went with them, sadly. Otherwise the Excelsior would have probably been on par with the Enterprise-J a few years later!

 

[BillJ]

I was under the impression that V'ger melted the wires and the data transmission was never sent to Earth. It wanted to transmit the information directly to the Creator, which ended up being Decker.

The merged Decker/Ilia combo became... Q!*

*In honor of Roddenberry's claim that the machine planet was the Borg homeworld.

 

[eyeresist]

Basically, V'ger failed its mission.

No, it didn't. It found its creator (or at least one of its kind, since Decker is not one of the original engineers who built the probe 300 years ago).

V'ger was supposed to transmit its data, but refused and actually sabotaged its transmitter. Fusing with a human was a second-best solution, at best.

 

[Silanda]

V'ger was supposed to transmit its data, but refused and actually sabotaged its transmitter. Fusing with a human was a second-best solution, at best.

V'ger wasn't going to be a part of that madness. A universe of knowledge transmitted at 1970's data rates? Ouch!