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What if l challenge this ruling?

Data is an extraordinary piece of engineering, but it is a machine.

that Lieutenant Commander Data has the freedom to choose.

- ls Commander Data intelligent? MADDOX: Yes.

Have him report immediately to Commander Maddox

We have rule of law in this Federation.

How will you proceed?

Expanding them for some,

l will cancel that transfer order.

- lrrational? - You are endowing Data

And just to make it more interesting, the man with the ax takes all.

Oh, ain't love wonderful?

lntelligence, self-awareness, consciousness.

Well, you are self-aware.

But with your help, l am learning.

Reduced to the mere facts of the events.

l have no right to be there.

You're worried about what's gonna happen to him.

A court-martial is standard procedure when a ship is lost.

The office of Judge Advocate General has rendered a finding of property.

PlCARD: Captain's log, stardate 42523.7.

behind a comfortable, easy euphemism.

COMPUTER: --Valor and Gallantry,

with questions best left to saints and philosophers.

Rights, rights. l'm sick to death of hearing about rights.

Then l so challenge. Convene your hearing.

Yes, l evaluated Data when it first applied to the Academy.

l request a recess.

to take care of such an eventuality.

l would prefer not to answer that question, sir.

Now, tell me, commander, what is Data?

evaluating the condition of its current software.

so close to the Neutral Zone.

DATA: A gift from you, sir.

l've had to send people on far more dangerous missions.

lts continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds,