Custody and moral authority over Lal: Starfleet Research (represented by Admiral Haftel) demands institutional custody of the emergent android for controlled study while Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew defend Data's custodial/parental claim — a ...
Custody and moral authority over Lal: Starfleet Research (represented by Admiral Haftel) demands institutional custody of the emergent android for controlled study while Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew defend Data's custodial/parental claim — a clash between bureaucratic protocol and a moral/personal claim to guardianship.
Arc Timeline
Season 3
3 eventsAdmiral Haftel appears on the Ready Room viewscreen to demand that Starfleet remove Lal from Data's care and transfer her to the superior facilities at Galor Four. Picard frames Data's …
A formal Starfleet custody confrontation erupts into moral and personal territory when Admiral Haftel orders Data to surrender the emergent android Lal and Picard publicly refuses. Data declares Lal his …
On the bridge Picard and the senior staff confront the aftermath of Lal's death. Data, unable to accept obliteration, reveals he has incorporated Lal's programs and memories into his own …