Why didn’t Soji get the “trust Picard” message?
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Soji's distrust of Picard felt completely manufactured. Even if she didn't get a "trust Picard" message, she should've known who he was due to her supposed encyclopedic knowledge of Borg info. Soji was sharp enough to get assigned to the Borg cube, and knew things about the Borg that she didn't even realize she knew.
So how did knowledge of some of the most infamous men in Borg history, Picard (who was Locutus and escaped the collective), Riker (who basically single handedly saved the Federation from the Borg), and Data (who also helped save the Federation from the Borg, and did so again in First Contact after getting cozy with the Borg Queen) escape Soji? It doesn't make any sense.
Soji should by all rights have been going "Oh, I know who you are Picard, I know who you are Riker, oh whoa, Data's my dad? I read all about that guy!" instead of going "Grrr, my so obviously super shady Romulan boyfriend tried to kill me, I can't trust anyone!!!"
Probably because she was on Earth. Soji wasn't.
I assumed it was a preprogrammed message...
Soji: You fought in the Dominion War?
Picard: Yes. I was once a Starfleet officer, the same as your father.
Soji: I wish I'd known him.
Picard: He was the best scientific mind in the galaxy, and a cunning officer. I understand that you've become quite a good scientist yourself. And he was a good friend.
Soji: How did my father die?
Picard: A young praetor of Romulus named Shinzon, who was a clone of mine until he turned to evil, helped Romulans like your boyfriend hunt down and destroy Starfleet officers. He trapped and murdered your father.
Picard: Yes. I was once a Starfleet officer, the same as your father.
Soji: I wish I'd known him.
Picard: He was the best scientific mind in the galaxy, and a cunning officer. I understand that you've become quite a good scientist yourself. And he was a good friend.
Soji: How did my father die?
Picard: A young praetor of Romulus named Shinzon, who was a clone of mine until he turned to evil, helped Romulans like your boyfriend hunt down and destroy Starfleet officers. He trapped and murdered your father.
Well at least in the end Picard didn't die(as consciousness disembodied) , and then return in a new form to guide the rest.
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She was physically closer to Picard than Dahj.
I don't think so, Picard was on the cube at the time. When Soji woke he was in France and she was.....somewhere not France.
Bad Wifi connection.
?? Dahj was living on Earth, as was Picard. That's why Dahj was given sub-conscious programming to seek Picard out if she was in trouble. Soji's part of the mission saw her sent to work on the Artifact, in another part of the galaxy entirely, with no reason for Maddox to suppose Picard would ever go there. That's why she wasn't given the 'trust Picard' programming. She wasn't expected to be anywhere near him for him to be able to help her. The way they were programmed had nothing to do with the sequence of events that actually transpired, it was about what Maddox tried to anticipate when constructing the synths.
I suspect Kahlesh worded things sloppily. I think the question pertains to the fact that when Dahj was activated after the Romulans attacked her in Boston and Picard was in France, she got the "Trust Picard" message. Meanwhile, when Soji was activated after Narek's attempt to kill her on the cube, Picard was also on the cube but she did not get the Trust message.
My guess? Dahj had the Trust Picard software but Soji didn't. Because Plot.
My guess? Dahj had the Trust Picard software but Soji didn't. Because Plot.
Not because Plot. Because, like I said, one was stationed on Earth, close to Picard, and the other was stationed half a galaxy away. It doesn't matter that Picard happened to be on the Artifact with Soji when she activated. Maddox had no way to foresee Picard making that journey and therefore didn't allow for it when he constructed and programmed the synths. The ultimate sequence of events has no bearing on the plans Maddox made three years earlier. He was a human and could only anticipate so much. Each of the twins was given the specific programming she was expected to need, given the circumstances in which she was being placed. Soji didn't have the Trust Picard programming because at the time she was constructed she wasn't expected to ever be anywhere near Picard and therefore wasn't expected to need it. Simple as that. Dahj was given that specific programming because she was stationed on the same planet as Picard, close enough to be able to get to him if she needed to.
That's basically what I was saying, sorry I thought I was clear.
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