All through Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology’s seven season run, the android Information sought to raised perceive humanity, and desired to be human himself. Whereas this quest to be one thing extra motivated Information within the present, a preview for Star Trek #16 reveals that his android aspect is much extra highly effective. Much more highly effective than followers could notice.

IDW Publishing has shared a primary take a look at Star Trek #16, written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and drawn by Marcus To. The preview opens with catastrophe on the Tzenkethi homeworld. The Theseus is down a number of command officers, forcing Sisko to return to the ship. He enters the bridge, and is shocked to seek out solely two crew members: Lieutenant Descheeni and Information.

Information has hooked his positronic internet into the Theseus’ computer systems, and he tells Sisko that, because of the crew losses, he has consolidated their shifts, in addition to your entire Alpha Shift, into one, and he’s doing each single considered one of them.

Information’s Positronic Mind Makes Him One in every of Star Trek’s Most Highly effective Characters

The preview ends there, leaving followers in awe of Information’s newest miracle. Information’s positronic mind, developed by Physician Noonian Soong, is not like anything within the Federation. It permits Information to carry out duties past human capacity, resembling processing massive, advanced equations. Information’s android skills have saved the Enterprise, and the galaxy, many instances. Regardless of his nice energy, Information longs to be human. In varied Subsequent Technology episodes, Information undertakes a wide range of endeavors, be it portray or performing, that give him perception into humanity. When Information obtained his emotion chip in Star Trek: Generations, it introduced him one step nearer to his purpose.

Information’s lengthy journey to raised perceive people, and develop into one himself, involves an finish within the third season of Star Trek: Picard. Information’s consciousness was transferred to a brand new, artificial/natural physique, the closest he would ever get to being a real human. On this new kind, Information was capable of absolutely discover the vary of human feelings. Most apparently, he lastly gained the power to make use of contractions, one thing he had been unable to do beforehand. The present concludes with Information returning to the galaxy, reborn and prepared for brand spanking new adventures.

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Information’s Android Kind Is Nonetheless a Nice Asset to Starfleet

But, as seen within the preview for Star Trek #16, Information’s android kind affords a fantastic deal to Starfleet as properly. The Theseus was in dire want of recent crewmembers, and Information undertook their work himself. Information’s positronic mind offers him superior multi-tasking skills, and he places it to spectacular use right here by doing the work of no less than a number of people. If Information had ever been granted his want, and have become fully human, then the superb feat followers see on this challenge by no means would have occurred–-which in flip would have led to whole disaster, and a doable battle with the Tzenkethi.

Star Trek #16 is on sale January 17 from IDW Publishing!