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Ard'rian

courageous technically skilled pragmatic curious supportive
Ard'rian is a technically gifted colonist on Tau Cygna Five who bridges hands‑on engineering and grassroots leadership. Curious and unbowed by local orthodoxy, she quickly allies with Data, offering her home as a covert rally point, using diagnostic gear to tend and repair him, and standing beside him publicly to erode Gosheven's authority. Ard'rian combines mechanical skill, practical organizing, and personal courage to convert private dissent into an active evacuation effort, while revealing a quietly affectionate bond with Data that humanizes her tactical choices.
22 appearances
Colonial civic leadership and technical engineering
Also known as: ARD'RIAN, Ardrian

Ard'rian's Journey

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22 moments
S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Data's Evacuation Plea Rejected; Ard'rian Offers an Alliance

Intrigued and quietly defiant; attracted to novelty and morally impatient with Gosheven's stubbornness.

Ard'rian playfully tests Data's reflexes by throwing an iron bar, verbalizes fascination with his cybernetics, bristles at Gosheven's condescension, then quietly offers her name and assistance and leads Data away …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Ard'rian Tests Data and Quietly Allies with Him

Enthusiastic and intrigued; quietly rebellious toward Gosheven's macho authority and genuinely excited by the prospect of connecting with something novel and useful for her community.

Ard'rian provokes the stalemate by throwing an iron bar at Data, then approaches him with eager technical questions, criticizes Gosheven's condescension, and offers her hand and practical help, initiating a …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
A Test of Trust in Ard'rian's Front Room

Practical and slightly apologetic while diagnosing local politics; shifts to purposeful readiness and mild anxiety when the urgency is confirmed.

Ard'rian hosts Data in her front room, speaks candidly about social dynamics and Gosheven's attitudes, offers to approach Gosheven herself, and physically prepares (grabs coat) to leave immediately when Picard's …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Picard's Evacuation Ultimatum — Data Mobilizes

Supportive and slightly apologetic; she feels the weight of local loyalties but chooses practical action over sentiment.

Ard'rian hosts Data in her front room, articulates why she trusts Data, admits social limits with Gosheven, then responds physically — grabbing her heavy coat and agreeing to go speak …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Blood and Water — The First Rift

Bitter toward Gosheven's obstinacy but quietly hopeful and resolute when choosing to act with Data; personal loyalty shifts toward preserving lives.

Ard'rian challenges Gosheven's romanticized account as nonsense, reacts bitterly to his stubbornness, then quickly pivots to practical support, offering to accompany Data and help persuade the populace.

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Alliance of Persuasion — Data and Ard'rian Pivot to a Public Plea

Bitter toward Gosheven's stubbornness but determined and quietly compassionate, willing to convert private dissent into public action.

Ard'rian bluntly challenges Gosheven's rhetoric as nonsense, questions Data about bypassing leadership, then offers her practical help and solidarity by extending her arm and accompanying him offstage.

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Cold Proof: Data's Moral Shock

Anxious but determined — quietly aligning with Data and willing to provoke the leader to protect the community.

Ard'rian accompanies Data, watches his rhetorical experiment closely, offers a crucial, pointed interjection ('Remembered by who?') that punctures Gosheven's speech and helps shift public sentiment in Data's favor.

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Cracks in the Covenant — Amphitheater Breaks

Urgent and quietly insistent — willing to subvert protocol to save lives and to lend personal credibility to Data's message.

Ard'rian enters with Data, watches his performance closely and interjects at a crucial moment to puncture Gosheven's rhetoric; her presence and encouraging nods tacitly validate Data's tactics and give dissent …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Quiet Rebellion: Haritath and Kentor Break Ranks

Cautiously optimistic and resolute; her hope is tempered by fear of Gosheven's reaction but outweighed by practical urgency to save lives.

Ard'rian approaches Data openly, reads the room with practical hope, offers her house as a rendezvous and immediately takes charge by leading Data away to covertly assemble dissenters.

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Legal Loophole and Quiet Dissent

Quietly hopeful and resolute—willing to risk social backlash to save neighbors.

Ard'rian approaches Data with hopeful resolve, offers her house as a meeting place, and immediately leads him away — converting private dissent into a concrete, physical rallying point.

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Gosheven Shuts Down Data — Kentor Chooses Survival

Initially hopeful and assertive; after Data's shutdown she is angry, alarmed, and urgently practical—channeling outrage into diagnostic action.

Ard'rian hosts the meeting in her living room, backs Data's factual presentation, presses Kentor to take a public stand, and after Data is shut down immediately rushes to examine him …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Gosheven's Show of Force: Data Silenced and Momentum Lost

Angry and urgent in response to Gosheven's violence, shifting quickly into focused, practical concern as she examines Data's circuitry and assesses his condition.

Backing Data's message and pressuring Kentor to take a stand; reacts instantly to the prod—rushing to Data, furious at Gosheven, and pulling an electronic scanner to check and attempt diagnostics …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Diplomacy Collapses — Gosheven Silences Data; Sheliak Expel Picard

Angry and alarmed at Gosheven's violence; resolutely pragmatic as she tries to repair Data and salvage momentum.

Ard'rian hosts the meeting, backs Data's argument, rushes to check Data after he is struck, and produces an electronic scanner to diagnose him — protective and technically engaged, she moves …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Sheliak Expulsion and Data's Reboot — Diplomacy Cut Off, Action Required

Worried then relieved; bitter and disillusioned about the colony's divisions and the impotence of rhetoric.

In her living room, Ard'rian repairs and reboots Data with worrying hands; she expresses relief when Data revives, bitterness about fractured loyalties, and frustration that words failed to mobilize the …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Reboot, Disillusion, and Data's Tactical Pivot

Worried and focused while diagnosing Data, then briefly relieved, quickly shifting to bitter disillusionment and readiness to support decisive measures.

Ard'rian anxiously inspects Data with an electronic scanner, expresses relief when he reboots, then voices bitter disappointment at fellow colonists; she stands as the emotional conduit whose private frustration helps …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Action Over Argument — Data's Escalation

Worried then relieved, edged with bitter disillusionment — hopeful that action might work but distrustful of local leadership and human promises.

Ard'rian anxiously scans Data with electronics, expresses relief when he revives, reports waning loyalties among colonists, voices bitter cynicism that words no longer persuade, and asks practical questions about Data's …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Data Tears Himself Apart to Make a Demonstration

Torn between awe at Data's skill and shock at the brutality of his decision; stunned, conflicted, and momentarily speechless.

Ard'rian watches in the shuttle's confined space as Data cannibalizes his arm components, reacts with a mix of fascination and horror, and receives Data's instruction to tell Gosheven about the …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Data's Aqueduct Ultimatum

Stunned and horrified with an admixture of admiration and anxiety; she is aghast at the sacrifice yet understands the tactical necessity.

Ard'rian watches Data's self‑surgery with fascination and horror, witnessing the technical work and then absorbing Data's command; she is left speechless, then attempts to protest as she is pressed into …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Data's Calculated Ultimatum

Proud, tender, and quietly relieved — emotionally invested in both the outcome and Data himself.

Ard'rian stands among the colonists watching Data's actions; at the end she watches him with an expression conveying pride and an intimate, complicated affection that humanizes the aftermath of his …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Aqueduct Ultimatum — Data Forces the Choice

Proud and tender — relieved that pragmatic action spares lives, emotionally moved by Data's intervention.

Ard'rian watches from the crowd, quietly allied with Data's aims; after the decision she looks at Data with evident pride and affection, signaling personal investment in the moral outcome.

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Departure and the Unfelt Goodbye

Wistful and exposed; oscillates between hope and quick resignation. She deliberately seeks closure while bracing for disappointment.

Ard'rian approaches the grounded shuttle, offers muted praise about the evacuation, seeks personal reassurance about memory and feeling, confesses attraction, becomes downcast when refused, accepts a mimicked kiss and then …

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S3E2 · The Ensigns of Command
Measured Goodbye: Data's Calculated Farewell

Sadness and disappointment tempered by pragmatic need for closure; she experiences wistful affection and self-directed frustration for wanting what cannot be returned.

Ard'rian approaches the shuttle, greets Data, reports practical readiness for evacuation, then vulnerably presses him about memory and feelings; after receiving Data's unemotional answers she responds with a combination of …

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