YEAR 524

part i.
Character name: Data
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Species: Soong-type android
Character powers:

• Super-human strength, speed (both physical and mental), dexterity, and durability
  
• Inability to feel physical pain (or pleasure)
  
• Does not require rest of any kind
  
• Not affected by poison, biological illness, environmental changes, mind-altering substances, drowning, or the vacuum of space
  
• Can perfectly replicate any voice he has ever heard
  
• Has hearing more sensitive than a dog’s, and can identify several hundred different distinct sound patterns simultaneously (such as different voices in a crowded room or different songs playing over one another); sense of touch is also canonically shown to be heightened (ie: ability to feel very small details in texture, identify materials, and find imperfections in said materials via touch); sight is likely heightened as well
  
• Can perform self-diagnostics

part ii.
1.) Is it acceptable for your character to be mind-controlled or persuaded? How susceptible are they to mind control, hypnotism, or suggestion?
Data is immune to all types of magical/biology-based mind-control. He is, however, vulnerable to technology-based manipulations of the mind, such as being reprogrammed with alternate personalities/consciousnesses or having his homing signal activated. I'm unsure whether technology even exists in Baedal that would allow anyone to pull something like that off, or whether there are any PCs who would have the knowledge required to do so, but if you think your character would be able to do something like this and you want to work it into a plot, I'll ask that you definitely speak to me first.

2.) Is it acceptable for your character to have their mind read? Does this include traumatic memories? What is their mind like (disturbing, orderly, joyful, surprisingly empty, etc.)? If the character has psychic walls or preventative measures against psychic interference, please explain.
Data is also immune to all types of telepathy and empathy. He doesn't have psychic barriers, and he doesn't have any kind of an aura—he just doesn't register at all to telepaths and empaths. It should be noted that if Data ever installs his emotion chip, empaths will be able to pick up on his emotional state, but telepaths will still be unable to get a read from him.

3.) Are thoughts mentioned in narration acceptable for a telepath to pick up?
See #2.

4.) What about emotions, in the case of an empath? What sort of general emotional reading would such a character receive from yours?
See #2.

5.) Are there any aspects of your character's mind, emotions, or memories you would like to be picked up, mentioned, or used in character? Conversely, is there anything that should not be noticed, or at least never mentioned?
See #2.


( parts iii–v )

Out of Character Information
Name: Laura
Username: cartoonheroine
Are you over the age of eighteen?: ayup
Current characters in Baedal: H.R.M. Mycroft Holmes • diogenesis

In Character Information
Basics
Character Name: Data
Username: asimovsdream
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Played By: Brent Spiner
Icon: here.

Canon Character Section
Physical Description: Data was created and activated 32 years ago, though he doesn’t age—he retains the appearance of a slim humanoid male in his late-20s (though he is capable of activating an aging program if he wishes). His hair is completely smooth and chestnut-brown, and it has the ability to grow if Data wishes it to do so (he’s also capable of growing facial hair). Though he appears otherwise convincingly human, Data’s skin is an extremely pale gold color with a metallic sheen, and his eyes are a matching bright gold.

Despite being made of non-biological materials and having the ability to bear enormously heavy amounts of weight, Data still only weighs about 100 kg (220 lbs). His legs are exactly 87.2 cm (34.3 in) in length; overall, he’s approximately 177.8 cm (5’10”) tall. His positronic brain has an ultimate storage capacity of 88.81784197 petabytes—which is 50 times the identifiable storage capacity of the human brain—and functions nearly twice as quickly as a human brain, at 60 THz. Conveniently, Data is able to be dismantled and then re-assembled again with no damage done (even after almost 500 years). A master “on/off switch,” which only his close friends know about, is located on his back, concealed between his shoulder blades. More detailed technical specs regarding his physical makeup (materials used, etc) can be found here.

It should be noted that it is in no way obvious that Data is an android. He is always mistaken for a biological life form in the series unless others are already familiar with his name or appearance. He is able to eat and drink even though he only requires the occasional “semi-organic nutrient suspension in a silicon-based liquid medium” to “lubricate his biofunctions.” As Dr. Bashir is so surprised to note, Data even simulates breathing and the presence of a pulse, and his blinking program uses a Fourier series to simulate randomness.

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