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.
Events in This Arc
Admiral 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 …