Data's internal epistemic and identity crisis after losing at Strategema — an android's rupture in certainty that moves from diagnostic withdrawal and self‑doubt to remediation, moral coaching, reframing of the problem, and eventual intellectual vindic...
Data's internal epistemic and identity crisis after losing at Strategema — an android's rupture in certainty that moves from diagnostic withdrawal and self‑doubt to remediation, moral coaching, reframing of the problem, and eventual intellectual vindication.
Events in This Arc
During a high-speed Strategema match in Ten-Forward, Data and Kolrami accelerate to machine tempo until the game counter freezes at 133 and the readout declares Data defeated. Troi and Pulaski …
Picard interrupts Data's self-imposed withdrawal and forces a moral and professional reckoning: Data admits he fears making a mistake; Picard refuses to accept abdication and reframes the crisis—perfect execution doesn't …
In Ten-Forward, the crew crowds around Data and the Zakdorn Kolrami as their rematch of Strategema becomes an escalating public spectacle. Data deliberately redefines his objective — not to defeat …