![]() I hope this was a bit of fun and an excuse to jump back into the Star Trek galaxy. That’s my theory! I doubt it will ever be confirmed, but you never know! It seems plausible to me, at least. Maybe she was the one sent to Omicron Theta to deal with Dr Soong, and this entire situation is her doing. This could have even been the first mission of a young Zhat Vash operative named Oh. This would explain why they didn’t take any aggressive action against Data during The Next Generation era, and could also explain why Dr Soong went into hiding after the Omicron Theta attack – he may have been hiding from the Zhat Vash. ![]() Perhaps they figured that the existence of Data showed that the Federation would not stop until they were forced to, or at least that it was no longer possible to stop Federation AI research by killing one android. So that’s the extent of the theory, and any Zhat Vash involvement afterwards appears to have ignored Lore. Openly attacking Omicron Theta would surely have started a conflict with the Federation, and if that could be avoided through this kind of cloak-and-dagger operation, well that seems exactly like something they would seek to do. With Lore being the only extant android, a “clean” attack on the colony, wiping out the entire site and all of its inhabitants, would work very well from the Zhat Vash’s perspective. Laris first told Admiral Picard – and us as the audience – about the existence of the Zhat Vash. From the Zhat Vash’s perspective in the 2330s, if they could force Lore to be shut down – and ideally kill Dr Soong at the same time – the Federation would be unable to replicate the work and would thus be unable to build more. But Dr Soong didn’t have a civilisation – he had one single operational android. A single android was bad enough, but what they feared most was a civilisation of them. Their main goal was to prevent the rise of synthetic life. As mentioned, none of this appears to have been classified, and while Dr Soong kept his work private, it may have been possible for the Zhat Vash to infiltrate Omicron Theta and gain access to his research. If they were following Dr Soong’s work on positronic brains, they may have been working on ways to shut down his research or reprogram Lore. That makes it even more likely, in my opinion, that the Zhat Vash would have found out about Dr Soong and Lore on Omicron Theta. Although it seems to be androids that were the main focus of Zhat Vash attention, as Laris made clear, the Romulans fear all kinds of AI – so these events would certainly have upset them enough to keep an eye on Starfleet and the Federation.Ī fleet of ships under Control’s command went rogue and attacked the USS Enterprise and the USS Discovery. In the mid-23rd Century, two Federation AIs went rogue: Control (as seen in Discovery Season 2) and the M-5 multitronic unit (as seen in The Original Series second season episode The Ultimate Computer). The Zhat Vash seem to have been able to infiltrate the Federation with relative ease, having two spies inside Starfleet that we know of, and even if a Zhat Vash operative in this era were not an especially high-ranking officer, given the openness of Dr Soong’s work and the dedication the Zhat Vash have to their cause, I think we can reasonably suggest that they would have come to know what he was doing, and thus of the existence of Lore.Īs I suggested in my last crossover theory, it stands to reason that the Zhat Vash will have been deeply alarmed about the Federation and their synthetic research. Dr Soong’s reputation seems to have been known within the Federation, and his work doesn’t appear to have been classified or somehow kept secret. ![]() Lore was activated months (or possibly years) before Data, and lived with his creator on the Omicron Theta colony. The Zhat Vash were able to reprogram Federation synths, leading to the attack on Mars. As part of their plan to prevent the Federation developing synths, a Romulan agent named Oh infiltrated Starfleet shortly after the discovery of Data in 2338. They believed that the development of artificial life would lead to all life in the galaxy being exterminated, and sought to wipe out synthetics wherever they found them. An ancient, secretive Romulan sect, the Zhat Vash were on an anti-synthetic crusade. Next we have the Zhat Vash, who were introduced in Star Trek: Picard. We would also learn that Lore was responsible for luring a spacefaring lifeform called the Crystalline Entity to his homeworld, killing most of the citizens of the colony. ![]() He was, in effect, Data’s “evil twin,” and would go on to cause havoc for Data and the crew of the Enterprise-D. Lore was introduced in The Next Generation Season 1 episode Datalore, and would return in Brothers in Season 4, as well as the Season 6 finale Descent, and Descent, Part II which opened Season 7. Before we go any further and get into the weeds, let’s recap. ![]()
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