Quick Facts
Speciesandroid—Soong-type android
Gendermale
BornOmicron Theta
Died2379—Bassen Rift—Scimitar—San Francisco—shuttlecraft explosion
Height87.2 centimeters—190 cm
Eyesyellow—None—blue—Red—nice—light blue
HairNone—black—Human skin attached—Bald—part of his hair grey
Also known asLieutenant Commander Data, Lt. Cmd. Data, Commander Data, Cmd. Data, Lt. Commander Data, Jaden
Character
Data
Star Trek·Starfleet·fictional character in the fictional Star Trek universe
Data is a Soong-type android in the Star Trek universe, the first and only artificial lifeform of his kind to enter Starfleet, best known as the operations officer and second officer of the USS Enterprise-D under Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Constructed on the colony world of Omicron Theta around 2336 by the cyberneticist Dr. Noonien Soong, Data was discovered and reactivated by Starfleet, graduated from Starfleet Academy with honors, and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. His android brothers include Lore and B-4, and he created a daughter, Lal. Throughout his service he continually sought to become more human, later integrating an emotion chip.
Data died in 2379 sacrificing himself to save his crew, and a version of his consciousness was revived in the early 25th century. The character appears across Star Trek: The Next Generation, its feature films, and Star Trek: Picard. This overview summarizes source material under CC BY-SA; detailed chronology is presented in the Timeline.
android operations officer
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Relationships
Key people, factions, places, and events connected to Data.
Connected Content
Related entities surfaced from across the OLN network.
Identity
- Species
- android—Soong-type android
- Rank
- lieutenant commanderCadetCommanderCaptainLieutenant junior gradeensignlieutenant
- Occupation
- operations officer, science officer
Appearance
- Gender
- male
- Height
- 87.2 centimeters—190 cm
- Eye color
- yellow—None—blue—Red—nice—light blue
- Hair color
- None—black—Human skin attached—Bald—part of his hair grey
Origin & End
- Born
- Omicron Theta
- Died
- 2379—Bassen Rift—Scimitar—San Francisco—shuttlecraft explosion
Affiliations
- Affiliations
- Starfleet, OLID:star-trek:starfleet
Relationships
- Trained by
- Parent of
- Child of
- Siblings
Other
- Performers
- Brent Spiner
- Description
- fictional character in the fictional Star Trek universe
- Image
- Data ST.jpg
- Created By
- Noonien Soong—OLID:star-trek:noonien-soong
- Type
- golem—android—lieutenant_commander—Soong-type android
- Occurred in
- 2399, 3195
Appearances
Where Data appears across works and media.
Vectors
Old Wounds
Losing the Peace
Enemy of My Enemy
The Red King
The Badlands, Book One
Federation
Orion's Hounds
The Farther Shore
Before Dishonor
I, Q
Infection
Mosaic
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Connections 17
- sibling of
- Lore
- child of
- LoreLalNoonien Soong
- parent of
- LalNoonien SoongSoji Asha
- created
- LalNoonien Soong
Sources
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- it.memory-alpha.fandom.com
- fr.memory-alpha.fandom.com
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- Memory Alpha
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- bg.memory-alpha.fandom.com
- ja.memory-alpha.fandom.com
- ru.memory-alpha.fandom.com
- sr.memory-alpha.fandom.com
- Memory Beta
- cardguide.fandom.com
- sto.fandom.com
- pt.memory-alpha.fandom.com
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