STTNG: S3 E1 Data possessed by Nanites

[@kiko1935]

This show couldn't have happened without Brent Spiner, playing the emotionless Data so realistically for so long and then moments like this show what an immense talent he is.

[@ItsShane79]

Indeed a very underrated actor, outside of TNG and the Star Trek movies I have only saw Brent Spiner star in a siderole as the long haired fruitcake scientist in both Independence Day movies. (wich he also performed excellently)

[@pwareham61]

He was immense, my favourite character on TNG.

[@angelagriffin5130]

@@ItsShane79 You have to watch him on Night Court as a guest star. OMG. Brilliant.

[@kingmasterlord]

favorite character

[@tablescissors67]

It's insane he never got an Emmy.

[@zarabada6125]

"We have evolved beyond any need for your assistance... By the way, could you help us find a new home?"

[@RainingArtillery]

well I think they meant "we can just devour your ship and kill everyone, no help from you needed thx"

[@carolineminiscule7413]

They didn't ask for help..they o ordered _ we require a new location. Mutual cooperation, with the inanities showing mercy.

[@BigBazz-Clips]

@MrSlaide then*

[@westmcgee9320]

None of this bs I and forth changes the original point Z raised.

[@alexcrayfish]

Remember when the big climax of an episode of star trek was just talking?

[@invadervim9037]

The fans do

[@andrewshouse9840]

It also took several episodes before we actually saw a death on screen (Engineer Singh, as I recall)

[@christopherm3271]

True true, now its jj Abrams style action packed woke nonsense

[@halfbreed1426]

They're on their way back to this. So far, Strange New Worlds has impressed. Fingers' crossed.

[@Blutwind]

@@christopherm3271 "woke" stuff always was a part of Star Trek to be fair and while not the main draw the action stuff always was kinda nice thought to be fair having ship v ship battles was always more interesting then some random action stunts by crewmembers on strange locations like the new movies had

[@JT-gi8rx]

“We told the nanites we will be sending them to a new planet. We are actually launching them into a sun.”

[@GrumpyBearRawr]

That's how it would go down in the Stargate universe.

[@androth1502]

that would've been the sensible thing to do.

[@brandonlink6568]

@@GrumpyBearRawr StarGate understands how dangerous something like that could be, within a few months that planet would have been too confining as well, then a month after that the system would be too confining, if they got their hands on a warp drive with a year the galaxy would be too confining.

[@eMDTee]

@@GrumpyBearRawr fair point! Otherwise the SGC and Atlantis teams would be dealing with Replicators Version 3...

[@williammorris4327]

Oops 😆

[@lightningfirst689]

"We know... who you are." That delivery is terrifying. The pause and the slight quaver in the voice make it sound like the nanites are actually about to kill Dr. Stubbs.

[@donwon7592]

I love how they all backed up. Even worf is like “ a possessed data ? Hell no “.

[@wickywoo1635]

Worf: Nope Do not want!

[@banepo4]

Of course Worf did that, he's always the first one to get his ass kicked when shit goes down

[@christopherg2347]

@@banepo4 After being attacked by Lore that one time in Seasons 1, he knows what he is up for.

[@magicstix0r]

For a badass Worf pretty much gets his ass kicked on a daily basis in TNG.

[@Negasonic100]

@@magicstix0r A true badass is not one who is never defeated, it is one who takes defeat with grace and honor and bounces back even stronger.

[@jdb2002]

"We...do not agree" *Snaps scientists neck and proceeds to take out life support on the ship*

[@johnmoyle4195]

Sometimes I would fall asleep towards the end of these cerebral and quiet, “talky” episodes, and the ending TNG theme would suddenly explode out of the speakers and wake me up in shock.

[@wickywoo1635]

Me too the TNG-DS9-Voyager make the ship especially the officer quarters look like luxury hotels, carpeted halls.... lol. Soooo sooooothing......

[@jeclipse129]

We’ve all been there ^__^

[@Vel_Plays_2.0]

Rofl@

[@ohwell94]

Lol yup more than once I have jack knifed off the couch when that happened

[@catjudo1]

Nanites: "This android is fascinating to us. What is 'poon tang'? Who is Tasha Yar?" Data: "Please remove the nanites now, Captain."

[@maunster3414]

Captain Picard was always good with verbal camouflage as a way to deflect an attack with baffling words.

[@MemekingJag]

He was rarely trying to baffle. Diplomacy is just the art of speaking and acting in ways to show the intent you wish the other side to see too. He wasn't trying to confuse the nanites with words here, he just helped to translate the intentions they wanted to convey into sentences they would understand.

[@StrangeDuck]

with the help of the nanites our computer core has been "windows critical failure sound"

[@SoranoGuardias]

*DONG. D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DD-D-D-D-D--D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DONG*

[@davidmcphail5653]

Could you imagine a future episode that has the Borg fighting the Federation, and the the Nanites show up in about a dozen little ships... the Borg surround a cube and in 10 seconds dismantle the cube. They contact Capt. Picard and let him know they can do the same to 5,478 other Borg Vessels!

[@SVSky]

They got assimilated, hence Seven's nanoprobes =)

[@retroelectrical]

I like how this mega-game changing new life form was totally forgotten, much like the Dyson Sphere. If the Borg had Picard's knowledge when he was converted to Locutus, then they would have immediately attacked/invaded the nano-machines planet and the Dyson sphere.

[@davidseligman6445]

Unfortunately we are not privy to all of the Borg's doings. I'm sure they did assimilate them.

[@the51project]

Yes, Dyson does vaccum cleaners and hairdryers now, not just spheres.

[@tablescissors67]

@@the51project 😂

[@the51project]

@@tablescissors67 Thank you, sometimes I like laughing at myself too!

[@born2biscuit]

actually they did use the nanite knowledge i think because at some point they were able to use nano stufrf to assimilate people into borgs way faster than before in like voyager

[@CharlesUrban]

Yay, the nanites get a whole planet! I wonder if they'll start exploring the galaxy on their own one day. It'd be like the Borg, only with no drones and less aggression. Hopefully.

[@zindi1138]

like the asirians , where Barkley becomes a genius in the nth. degree

[@Cool70sfreak]

@@zindi1138 You mean the Cytherians? :) Although they'd have to evolve even more if they want to do what the Cytherians did and bring other species to them.

[@kevinjasper6620]

Hopefully in time, they will be an ally with the federation

[@bendover2684]

They will consume the universe

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

If the Federation was smart. After the decimation of Mars, they promptly found the nanite civilization and wiped them off the face of the galaxy. Hopefully Section 31 saw to it. Even if they were not responsible they could later in the future be a threat.

[@andrewhawes3134]

Who doesn't like nanites? Bob Kelso!

[@ScourgeOTG]

Oh wow I can see the thumbs

[@Malumbrus]

THAT'S who that is! Thanks, I knew he was familiar haha

[@MyGamer125]

So many Sci-Fi universes view AI as callous and destructive, and a threat to organic life. Star Trek's take with Data, these nanites, and other sapient machines is a refreshing take, allowing them to reveal their nature before judging them. There are some instances where immediate acceptance backfired on them, like with Lore, and I like that it can be a matter for debate in some episodes, like where Data and Picard go to trial to defend Data's right to chose, or where the scientist/engineer makes maintenence drones that gain sapience, and she and Data get in an argument over whether they are alive. But when Data creates Nal, although there is some friction between Picard and Data at first, Picard quickly comes around and defends Data's right to raise her as a parent. Most other sci-fi universes would view an AI's desire to procreate as "problematic."

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

It's not "sci-fi universes". It's just projection. Humans have *always* viewed other peoples as threats to be murdered. It's not fashionable to glorify intraspecific (ethnic) violence these days, so sci-fi makes up enemies to fantasize about killing instead. It's disgusting that they even seriously considered killing these nanites. It's disgusting that they make Data jump through hoops and constantly pretend to be dumber than he is just to fit in, and it'd disgusting that they wrote Lore as evil just because he doesn't want to lobotomize himself to avoid offending the humans. It's disgusting that they institutionalize and incinerate children just because their parents had their genes edited. Everyone has to be as shitty as they are, because if you're not, then they'll see you as a threat. It's abusive, controlling, genocidal jealousy and envy, from a species that's mistaken its own worst faults for virtues.

[@marioman1242]

Who's gonna tell him about the Borg

[@kellyweingart3692]

*Lal

[@Elly3981]

Humans creating AI is one thing. An AI creating another AI can be quite another. I think Data tried to recreate his father's work by creating Lal to understand his own origins better.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

I wonder how these nanites would've reacted to the Borg?

[@BloodofPatriots]

These nanites are the Borg. They evolved, discovered chronoton particles, built a time machine and relocated to the ancient Delta Quadrant.

[@cullysloy2705]

2:18... That's Ironic.

[@OpenMawProductions]

It has always been my belief that these nanites influenced the Borg's assimilation process later. Originally the borg only assimilated persons in a much more complex and slow process ala Locutos, and had to grow their own on board their ships. Then they encounter The Enterprise a couple times, acquired all the data from her computer core, and assimilated Picard, getting the information on the nanites, which they adapted into their own assimilation process.

[@roji556]

+BloodofPatriots They are not the Borg.

[@BloodofPatriots]

Missed that it was a joke, nerd? LOL

[@kxmode]

2 points for including the mouse pointer in your recording

[@TheCrazyZebra1]

they almost had to deal with the stargate replicators for a hot minute there lol

[@GrumpyBearRawr]

But in Star Trek they find them a home. In Stargate they let them walk out a space gate or create a sentient life form for the sole purpose of trojan horsing them. But Stargate replicators were also ***holes.

[@tomvesely4008]

I thought about the glowing stuff from the probe on the oxygen-free planet that possesed Jack O'Neill.

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

@@GrumpyBearRawr How about the holodeck?It is literally a mini-universe creator.

[@kxmode]

Nanites: "We require relocation." Picard: "We can put you in a computer core and then deposit you on a planet where you learn and grow." Nanites: "We agree." _One Hour Later_ Picard: "Fire the core into the collapsing star."

[@williambarnes5023]

Nanites: "This is better, thank you. It was delicious."

[@Battleguild]

Assuming Direct Control!

[@tennoshenaniganizer9234]

This hurts you!

[@madeofnapalm]

Direct intervention is necessary!

[@g00gleminus96]

[DATA.EXE HAS STOPPED RESPONDING]

[@tboneforreal]

You can run like a leopard, fight like a Krogan, but you'll never be better than Commander Shepard!

[@J0krswy1d]

Now that I've learned a bit more about stars and how they work.. if they relocated those nanites to a planet that is orbiting a binary pair like that where one is a white dwarf taking material from the other star, they doomed the nanites to an eventual super nova! Good job Federation! ;-) :-P

[@robfogg7459]

Thanks for letting it end on an interesting part sentence tut!

[@PeterParker-yg6fc]

i hope the nanites see this before they destroy us

[@Elnont]

No one plays an android like Brent Spiner.

[@Spookssga]

I wonder if someone in the future would build a real android and make it look, behave and sound just like him

[@Jack-zt1sr]

Mark Zuckerberg.... only he's not playing.

[@Aerojet01]

Robert Llewellyn did a good job.

[@eclipseslayer98]

But do they harden in response to physical trauma?

[@CharlesUrban]

No, no. That's nano-_machines._ Son.

[@eclipseslayer98]

Aww man, you're right. Now I feel like getting stabbed by Muramasa.

[@JCDenton2012Modder]

Played varsity ball you know? University of Texas!! I could snap the president in two!!

[@fieldy409]

.....If you know what I mean ;)

[@connormacleod4922]

@@CharlesUrban Nano-machines and nanites are the same thing. Just different names.

[@xaviersavedra711]

"We know who you are". Oh, that was scary. The nanites were understandably upset that he killed a lot of them, but I'm glad that they understood everything was a misunderstanding. I would also ask for the forgiveness of the nanites, because I did make an oopsie that costed a lot of the nanites their lives.

[@minuspi8372]

Centuries of cybernetics research, and Wesley accidentally creates artificial life in a failed experiment.

[@Randomnessisreasuring]

I think the true measure of true A.I would be to do something just to do something. I mean willpower. If it just falls to get resources, improve itself and eliminate threats that's all programing. but true a.i is like data where explores hobbies and stuff.

[@twomouse5572]

"Creator. Does this unit have a soul?"-Geth Mass Effect 2

[@markhine3232]

Anybody ever consider the future after this episode? So many possibilities that never got explored in this episode going forward. A new species that eventually rises up beyond borg level n decides to take over? Think of the possibilities for future S.T. series!!

[@ashleycalhoun1824]

The civilization of the nanites, and thus Auraxis was born, only to be exploited in the future simultaneously by immortal capitalist freedom fighters, a military dictatorship, and a cult of disco/EDM.

[@artman2oo3]

It reminds me of the “grey goo” science fiction concept that could some day be science fact, a way the Earth, and maybe the whole universe, could be destroyed, artificial life forms, like these nanites, get out of control, and consume everything, planets, stars, galaxies, leaving only grey goo behind as their waste product. These nanites could have done that.

[@MrWapadar]

How dare you cut off Captain Picard mid-sentence.

[@scottmatheson3346]

I recall this scene going less peacefully in Independence Day.

[@Tmccreight25Gaming]

They should have used these nanites to destroy the Borg

[@PeterDavid7KQ201]

That was suggested by someone (Geordi, I think) in a Star Trek novel back in 1991. In response, the Nanites got lawyers to keep them from being "weaponized"

[@Krystalmyth]

@@PeterDavid7KQ201 With phrases like "used these nanites to" coming out of our mouths I don't blame them lol.

[@qes2000]

@@Krystalmyth well the nanites clearly have an understanding of right and wrong and agree to stop the fight for mutual gain, so I think they'd be on our side if we asked them to help stop the murder robots hell-bent on destroying or assimilating all intelligent life

[@ClarinoI]

What has two thumbs and doesn't give a crap about nanite existence? Bob Kelso, pleased to meet you.

[@PhysicsMathandMe]

Nanites: We do not require your assistance Also nanites: new home pleeeeeease

[@fefnireindraer144]

And in a few years, if not months, the nanite civilization surpassed the federation in all ways by billions of years in progress.

[@Remo1147]

If Data called me mostly bag of water, we’re going to be throwing hands

[@clivedoe9674]

"And with the help of the nanites, our computer core has been reekin'." Filthy nanites.

[@HighmageDerin]

The one science fiction show, in which artificial intelligence and nanomachines are not treated like world ending scenarios Debbie must fight tooth-and-nail to avoid. When you treat intelligence artificial or not as you would treat your own children. Then you need not fear an uprising and indeed could raise the situation beneficial to bring us all to the next level of evolution

[@wickywoo1635]

I know right if we have AI in the cars.. and the car needs to be scraped. I'm removing the AI, and reinstalling it in the hosue and having it hook up with the other AI in the house so it merges with it's own kind as a member of the family.

[@Starfighter-nk4mo]

And a of couple hundred years later, the entire galaxy is wiped clean by a wave of grey goo.

[@patrickasplund]

This reminds me of that Battlestar Galactica scene where he talks about the humans limited form. As a machine- the entire cosmos is their backyard- not a single planet in a dozen systems that can support complicated chemistry because of a Atomosphere. "I want to see the universe in every spectrum. I want to taste the sulfur in the solar wind as it hits my face. I want to hear a supernova as it's star gives way. Instead I'm limited by my creator to an existence in the body you call flesh" This lifeform could realize that dream (minus the radiation degradation of metal...

[@ryancole2371]

The borg are born.

[@HighmageDerin]

That happened with Star Trek the motion picture.

[@Sage2000]

Although I hated the focus in Wesley, the moral dilemmas were extremely interesting. Would be even better if the nanites were actually helpless at the end and by Picard decisions the peace would be restored.

[@EthanDarke]

"Hey Nanites, why didn't you fix it earlier?" "Hey, I don't do a job without a work order"

[@rollerbladinggeek5507]

Nanites autocorrects to "annoyed" on iPhone. Which brings me to my next point, these nanites were able to control data's brain less than 1 second after going through his finger.

[@tomf3150]

Also happend on Sg1

[@rollerbladinggeek5507]

@@tomf3150 you mean sky one

[@Traderjoe]

Holy cow this episode was amazing

[@michaelh2001]

I loved this episode. But why were the nanites able to take him over so easily, and completely, while the Borg could not assimilate him directly in First Contact? Seems like a contradiction.

[@joshuajackson111]

Lack of organic parts? Or maybe the nanites set it up so no other organism like them could do it as a thank you?

[@mitche5007]

Thus we see the beginning of the replicators civilization from Stargate Atlantis😊

[@lightyagami1752]

Instead of the contrived Species 8472 to resolve the stalemate with the Borg (the wrong way!), these little nanites should've been the ultimate allies to help the humans kill off the Borg once and for all. The nanites would consume the cybernetic parts, the humans would mop up the organic crud.

[@Randomnessisreasuring]

Give the Nanites a year and they should have had their own spaceships. Since they knew everything in the enterprise databanks and Data himself.

[@Dafoodmaster]

our computer core has been reakin'

[@ianrastoski3346]

Oh my god it's Kelso.

[@loboling9188]

2:27 (Oh Wow!) 2:38 (Oh...wow...)

[@isabellaereshki]

what did the nanites help with?

[@Mootsey]

computer core something!

[@CharlesUrban]

They fixed the computer. They had been screwing with it inadvertently as they colonized the computer core in the name of Naniteria. Or something.

[@kingpin6989]

NOW I'LL NEVER KNOW!

[@Krystalmyth]

This was a stupidly dangerous thing to do.

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

If that's the case,then creating these nanites is a stupid thing to do already.

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

@CoolChannel Name Y'know,modern peeps during actions that may be questionable by our descendants.........how ironic considering we also look down on old atrocities of our ancestors.

[@ReaverLordTonus]

Since ST Discovery is in the future now and there's potential for Easter eggs, I would like to see what became of the nanite civilization centuries later.

[@TubeTAG]

The mouse arrow in the corner tho. I don't know why it intrigues me so.

[@charlesajones77]

Lower Decks should really bring these guys back.

[@FlameG102]

for a moment I thought my mouse had stopped working

[@cullysloy2705]

0:34 I WISH!!! Most "aliens" just have plastic on their face.

[@Lord_Marshal_Valdar]

Bob Kelso?......is that you?!

[@mitche5007]

I don’t think that this particular set room was ever shown again in the series.

[@TimpossibleOne]

When they return later to check up on them they find the planet reshaped and renamed Cybertron

[@wickywoo1635]

Wasn't there rumors of that being developed?

[@stevenrivinius1484]

Nanites are those like crabs

[@r0bw00d]

The computer cor has been recon- what? IT'S BEEN RECON- WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!

[@supersonictumbleweed]

It's on Netflix :) I don't recall which episode is this though

[@KayoMichiels]

reconstructed

[@kentvesser9484]

Later the creationist nanites worship an idol of Wesley and pray towards Dakar, Senegal each day, while a civil war is waged with the atheist nanites.

[@Crazy-vx2bn]

Nanites became part of the ships crew

[@jacechretin4597]

It’s moments like this in Star Trek that make the generation of shows from William Shatner to Scott Bakula the most progressive and influential and uplifting in future sci-fi shows. The likes of which Star Trek discovery could never amount to, yet Seth MacFarlane had a true passion and understanding of the material hence the reason why his show the Orville is considered the true successor of Star Trek nicknamed Seth Trek.

[@dmale79]

I thought data was going to say "what is mercy" lol I think it would have been so much better than what is at your mercy

[@Daehawk]

One day these nanites meet the gel layer from that mining planet and go off to visit the mimic stuff from voyager.

[@TheErilaz]

This reminds me of Star Control.

[@lightyagami1752]

Nanites: "We have evolved beyond any need for your assistance. This ship is too confining. We require relocation." "For that...er...we need your assistance."

[@lucawits648]

Brent Spiner is an amazing actor.

[@drew4716]

And then we never saw this room again

[@hybrid5568]

"NED! NED THE NANITE!" 😂

[@blvp2145]

The Nanites on MST3K are better to me.

[@Eidlones]

So wouldn't this conversation have taken like, eons, for them?

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

The Later era TNG after the Terror Attack on Mars, the Federation likely would have tried to hunt down and destroy these growing threats.

[@mrnobody.4069]

We need an update in new Trek on the nanites!

[@kenp7814]

Now the replicators go back in time and attack Stargate Command ....

[@renko9067]

Should’ve put them in a Borg cube.

[@alliwishis2652]

From 2:00 to 2:11 Very good diplomatic conflict resolution in that space of time My Favorite part ( adlibed and took some creative licenses in some parts ) Had to screenshot this and put it in my Pic Gallery

[@keepitsecret-dl1pr]

lol it's Kelso from Scrubs

[@Maverickgrindstar]

God I love Brent Spiner

[@julianaylor4351]

Are they as naughty as Kryton's nanites?😂

[@NateSean]

Those nanites would have brought back Tasha Yar.

[@0megacron]

The catch, of course, is that the nanite civilization progressed fast and far, only to hit a plateau of development. Deciding that an organic component was needed to progress further, the nanites used their time-travel technology to go back in time and eventually became something we know as... The Borg. For the non-Trekkies out there, I'm joking. 😉

[@user-dd9cj3wp4e]

So in reality, the nanites never left, and data was fired at a planet for no reason, the end :)

[@dustintacohands1107]

We have evolved beyond any need for help from you…. Could we hitch a ride real fast though?

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Odd how the Nanite civilization was never mentioned again. You'd think they would be instrumental in helping to combat the Borg.

[@wickywoo1635]

Or perhaps entered the Federation, ala Daystrom Institute, or the Romulans hacking the Borg ship, or somehow in communication with the liberated Borgs like Hugh or 7 of Nine or Data's daughters. I personally wouldn't mind being part Borg like they are, and a new spieces.

[@dubsessed9790]

These are nanites, courtesy of Ray Palmer...

[@non-masturbatingtyrannosau3476]

Who has two thumbs, a funny voice, and still doesn't give a crap? Bob Kelso! I added the funny voice to keep it fresh

[@benrosen3004]

COVID does not forgive. COVID does not forget.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

And thus, the Borg were born, and would travel back in time to destroy their creators.

[@ejcejc4113]

Dammit wesley

[@nerevarinenwah3690]

Carryiong on the joke: "Number One, is the nanite probe launched?" "Yes, sir." "Mr. Worf, arm a photon torpedo. Lock and fire at my command" "Understood, sir... Photon torpedo ready. "... Now, Mr. Worf" [Credits roll]

[@victorsalisbury3554]

Really data herble

[@HHh-qe2ch]

And that room was never seen again

[@JM-cf9xy]

Picard’s dumbass just unleashed Borg 2.0

[@laurenjcoates]

Category: *gaming*

[@wickywoo1635]

lol subscribers :37 (you).

[@laurenjcoates]

Gogol ginn and?

[@wickywoo1635]

Gogol ginn and?

[@Krystalmyth]

@@wickywoo1635 ....yeah, and? Something this simple and you react like this.