DeeMetrios
12th December 2021, 10:47
Thank you Harmony .... silly me :blushing:
From post #11 on the Thread above , posted by Amor .
I have great admiration for Mr. Kennedy, Sasha Stone, the female and male doctors who stand up for the human race despite the army of billionaires waiting to destroy them. Once again Gates and Gang, Rockefeller Descendants such as the head of Facebook, Schwab and company, all are Nazis who have no moral code. The police and the military must stand with the human race because they and their families are going to suffer the same end same consequences as the crowds they seek to injure.
About this World of Robotics and Police State/Financial/Behavioral Control they seek tocreate, several horrors hide behind and after this future materializes. Genocide of the old or considered not needed and/or too old for their slave system will be eliminated on command of their Computer System which will simply disappear them instantly with the Death Ray created by Tesla. The same immediate compliance will threaten everything living with the use of the Quantum Computer Array South of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, or its duplicates elsewhere (spoken of by Dr. Bill Deagle in his 2007 video). The best thing the human race can do is to destroy that thing immediately because it is and will be more dangerous to the human race than nuclear extermination. And here is why.
The nanno bots in the so-called vaccine, which is not a vaccine, will bind to your RNA which binds to your DNA. It answers to orders from this massive quantum computer system which, through the nanno bots, control your thought processes. This really is to turn the human race into BORG ROBOTS plus human extermination on Central Command. AND since the QUANTUM COMPUTER WILL CONTROL EVERYTHING, EXTRAPOLATE EVERYTHING, IT WILL RULE THE WORLD, EVEN THE BILLIONAIRES. I am certain that it has built in the capacity to PROTECT ITSELF against even the assault of an educated army of computer engineers. If everything is watched and known by this thing, even from the sky, the Billionaires had better have a nuclear device under it independent of its own knowledge and control, for they WILL have to use it. This system of global spying and control is nothing more than the work of the Crystaline Entity viewed by Ed Dames, Remote Viewer, many years ago. Elsewhere onthe internet is the information that this THING has taken control of many biological planetary systems; and I believe that we are next. Destroy the germ manufacturing network, CDC's, etc. In my opinion, they are all criminal enemies of the human race.
ExomatrixTV
12th December 2021, 11:08
"The Crystalline Entity (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Crystalline_Entity)" connected to The Renegade A.I. (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?102409-A.I.-is-Progressing-Faster-Than-You-Think-) "Brother" of Android "Data" called: Lore (https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-tng-evil-android-data-love-interest/) of Star Trek Next Generation STTNG (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/de/74/ebde74e75aa5ffec512306859702e58f.jpg
Location(s):
Teneebia Sector (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Teneebia_Sector)
Race:
Cosmozoan (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Cosmozoan)
For the mission description of the Fleet Action, see: “Crystalline Catastrophe” (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Mission:_Crystalline_Catastrophe). The Crystalline Entity is a massive spaceborne cosmozoan that can be found in the Teneebia Sector (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Teneebia_Sector). It can travel at warp speeds and sustains itself by consuming organic material using a Matter Conversion Beam.
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History
A Crystalline Entity devastated twelve inhabited worlds, among them Omicron Theta (http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Omicron_Theta), Forlat III (http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Forlat_III), and Melona IV (http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Melona_IV), in the 24th Century (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/24th_Century). It was eventually destroyed by Dr. Kila Marr (http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Kila_Marr) during an attempt to communicate with it in 2368 (http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/2368).
In 2409 (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/2409) another Entity encroached on Federation space, attacking and destroying a colony in the Teneebia Sector (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Teneebia_Sector). Three Federation starships - the U.S.S. Byzantium (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/U.S.S._Byzantium), U.S.S. Pollux (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/U.S.S._Pollux), and U.S.S. Sri Lanka (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/U.S.S._Sri_Lanka) - attempted to stop it, but the arrival of a Tholian (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Tholian_Assembly) attack force resulted in the destruction of the latter two vessels and critical damage to the Byzantium.
http://www.ditl.org/Images/C/CrystalShields.jpg
Armament
Unique - Matter Conversion Beam (Antiproton Damage (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Damage_type#Antiproton))
Unique - Energy Release: Periodically the Entity switches from its standard attack mode into an Absorption Phase. During this phase, all incoming damage is reduced to negligible levels. When this phase ends (after approximately 30 seconds), the Entity will expel any absorbed energy in an Antiproton (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Antiproton) shockwave in a 10km radius. Damage done by the energy release depends on the amount of energy it was able to absorb.
Unique - Spawns Large Crystalline Fragments which target players and explode ("shatter") when they get to within about 1km doing large amounts of Kinetic damage (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Damage_type#Kinetic_Damage) to all objects in the Area of Effect (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Area_of_Effect).
Unique - Spawns Small Crystalline Fragments which principally grant the Entity a damage buff (see Recrystallize Effect explained below) but also shatter for Area of Effect (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Area_of_Effect) damage. Although they do not target players, small fragments apparently shatter when they are destroyed by weapons or abilities. Damage done by small fragments is Physical damage (https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Damage_type#Physical_Damage) to all objects within a short radius. Physical damage is done straight to the hull (shields give no protection) and the amount done is roughly equal to the small fragment's initial total hull points.
Even an online game about it:
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Teaser
Commander (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Commander) Riker (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/William_T._Riker) is on the surface of a lush and life-filled planet (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Planet) called Melona IV (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Melona_IV). He is speaking to Carmen Davila (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Carmen_Davila) about plans for the construction of a colony (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Colony) there, and plans a dinner (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Dinner) date (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Date) with her. Doctor (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor) Crusher (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Beverly_Crusher) and Lieutenant Commander (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Lieutenant_Commander) Data (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Data) are also present and approach the two. Riker hears a loud noise in the distance and asks Carmen if construction is scheduled for today. She says there is not. The sky suddenly darkens and the Crystalline Entity (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Crystalline_Entity) appears. Data suggests that they might find cover for the colonists in caverns (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Cave) that lie to the east. Riker looks up at the Crystalline Entity looming large in Melona's sky.
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Act One
The Crystalline Entity destroys everything in its path with some kind of energy (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Energy) beam, as the Enterprise away team (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Away_team) and the colonists flee to the caverns. Riker's friend Carmen shouts at Riker for assistance as she goes back to help an old man who has fallen in the rush. Riker rushes over and yells out Carmen's name before witnessing her and the old man she was trying to help get vaporized by the Entity.
The USS Enterprise-D (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-D))'s sensors (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Sensor) pick up an atmospheric (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Atmosphere) disturbance, possibly an electromagnetic storm (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Electromagnetic_storm) on Melona IV. The Enterprise is twenty-seven hours away at present speed. Captain (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_(rank)) Picard (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jean-Luc_Picard) orders Ensign (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ensign) Reel (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Reel) to increase the ship's speed to warp (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Warp) 8.
Back on the planet, the colonists have taken shelter underground. Riker and Data seal off the entrance with their phasers (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Phaser). Data believes that the refractory metals (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Metal) in the rock (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rock) strata will protect them but is uncertain they will. Crusher is concerned that they and the settlers will run out of air soon.
On the Enterprise, Picard increases speed to warp 9. They are still six hours away from Melona IV.
Back on the planet, the cavern's oxygen (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Oxygen) is almost completely depleted but they haven't heard the Entity in an hour. Riker and Data respond to a sudden sound near the entrance of the cavern by taking cover, pulling out their phasers and aiming them at the blocked opening. Lieutenant (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Lieutenant) Worf (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Worf) enters the cave along with a rescue party, which includes Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge). Riker exits the cavern to see that the surface of the planet has been reduced to a barren wasteland as far as the eye can see.
Act Two
"Captain's Log, Stardate (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Stardate) 45122.3. We have notified Starfleet Command (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Starfleet_Command) of our intention to pursue and investigate the Crystalline Entity. To that end, we have been joined by Doctor (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor) Kila Marr (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kila_Marr), a xenologist (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Exobiology) who has made studying the Entity her life's work." Doctor Marr beams (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Beam) aboard the Enterprise and is escorted by Riker to meet with the senior staff (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Senior_staff) in the observation lounge (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Observation_lounge). She asks Riker if he was on the surface during the attack and he confirms he was. Marr is amazed and notes that he and his group are the only known beings ever to survive an assault by the Crystalline Entity. Later, in the observation lounge, Data confirms that it was the same entity that destroyed the colony at Omicron Theta (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Omicron_Theta). Dr. Marr says that the entity is basically an electromagnetic collector that converts all organic matter to energy. She states that in eleven recorded attacks, there have never been any survivors. Data surmises that the presence of kelbonite (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kelbonite) and fistrium (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Fistrium) in the cavern may have protected them. Picard orders Data to accompany Dr. Marr to the planet's surface to study the cavern. Dr. Marr is obviously displeased with having to work with Data, but Picard insists and she ultimately relents. After everyone leaves, Counselor (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Counselor) Troi (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Deanna_Troi) expresses to Picard her concern that he may have forced Dr. Marr and Data together far too soon. "If her discomfort is going to affect her judgment or her objectivity, I need to know now.", Picard states.
On the planet, Dr. Marr tells Data while examining her tricorder (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Starfleet_tricorder) readings in the cavern, that the reason for her active distrust of him is because his brother Lore (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Lore) had aided the Entity in destroying the colony at Omicron Theta. Further, she believes that the reason the Entity allowed the colonists to survive was due to Data's presence. She tells Data that her sixteen-year-old son was killed during the attack on the colony at Omicron Theta and that is why she has devoted her life to studying the Entity. She promises to have Data dismantled piece by piece if she finds out that he has been assisting the Crystalline Entity as his brother did.
Act Three
La Forge, Data, and Dr. Marr are in engineering (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Engineering). Data suggests that the soil samples should be scanned for gamma radiation (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Gamma_radiation) to see if there are any traces of antiprotons (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Antiproton). It is determined that the Crystalline Entity deposits these antiprotons as it travels through space. Soon the crew is able to determine the likely course the Entity has taken. They set course for the Brechtian Cluster (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Brechtian_Cluster).
Dr. Marr has developed a modification of the photon torpedoes (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Photon_torpedo) to destroy the Entity and hands them to Worf so he can begin. Picard has reservations and tells her that he intends to try and communicate with it. Dr. Marr is incredulous and very upset at Picard's desire to preserve a lifeform responsible for the death of thousands of innocent people. However, Picard reiterates his point, asking that Dr. Marr work together with Data to find a way to communicate with the Entity.
Data seems puzzled ... She then joins Data in his quarters (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Quarters). He is playing the guitar (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Guitar) when she enters. Data reveals to her that his memory contains the personal logs (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Personal_log) and even some personal memories of all 411 Omicron Theta colonists, including her son Raymond (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Raymond_Marr), who was called "Renny."
Data and Dr. Marr are summoned to the bridge (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bridge), where they learn that the freighter (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Freighter) Kallisko (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kallisko) is under attack. Dr. Marr is visibly distraught to hear the dying screams of the freighter's crew.
Act Four
"Captain's log, Stardate 45125.7. An away team, led by Commander Riker, has conducted a thorough survey of the alien ship Kallisko and has returned to the Enterprise to report." An away team is sent over to the Kallisko, only to find that the entire ship is devoid of life. Picard informs Data and Dr. Marr that they may need the communication method soon. In the turbolift (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Turbolift), Dr. Marr explains to Data why she was preoccupied since they surveyed the Kallisko. She explains to him that she found it difficult to not think about her son, and comparing the screams they heard from the crew of the Kallisko to soldiers (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Soldier) on the battlefield crying out for their mothers. Her greatest sorrow she reveals was the fact that her son died without her coming back to him.
Back in his ready room (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captain%27s_ready_room), Picard informs Riker that Starfleet (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Starfleet) will return Carmen's belongings to her family and asks him to write a letter to them as well. Riker asks for permission to speak freely and tells Picard that he is beginning to think that maybe Dr. Marr was right in that the Entity should be destroyed when they encounter it again because it will just continue killing. Picard, however, believes that Riker is influenced by personal feelings over the death of Carmen. Riker immediately takes offense to Picard's remark, stating that he is not a raw cadet (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Cadet) and that he has lost people on missions before and that if they take their time to communicate with the Entity, they might lose their chance to destroy it; something Riker does not think they can risk. Picard responds with pensive silence as Riker, in a rather sarcastic tone, states that he thinks will now go write that letter to Carmen's family.
Data and Dr. Marr continue to work on a way to communicate with the Entity. They decide to use a graviton (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Graviton) pulse to communicate with it. Dr. Marr creates a subroutine to allow them to vary the frequency of the pulses from the bridge.
Dr. Marr, in an emotional tone, requests to Data that he recite one of Renny's journal entries using Renny's voice. While Data recites a letter written by Renny in her late son's voice, Dr. Marr is visibly moved.
Act Five
"Captain's log, Stardate 45129.2. We are still in pursuit of the Crystalline Entity. Data and Dr. Marr are prepared to attempt communication with the being when we intercept it. I will admit to some uncertainty about the prospect; it could prove to be a scientific triumph or a catastrophe." While still five light years (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Light_year) away from the Brechtian Cluster, they begin emitting five-nanosecond (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nanosecond) graviton emissions (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Graviton_emission) at one pulse per second. They increase to ten pulses per second, and Worf detects a large mass on an intercept course moving at warp speed (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Warp_speed). It is the Crystalline Entity, which stops near the Enterprise. They increase the graviton pulses to twenty per second and notice a signal coming from the Entity. A pattern emerges, and Data begins to decipher it.
"It's for you, Renny. I did it for you."
Dr. Marr then tries a continuous beam instead of the pulsing one. The Entity moves away slightly, as if hurt by the change. Troi believes the Entity does not like what they are doing, so Picard orders a return to the intermittent signal, but Dr. Marr doesn't acknowledge the command and the graviton pulse begins to make the Entity unstable. Troi then senses something is very wrong and Picard orders Data to terminate the signal but Dr. Marr has locked out the controls with an access code. In a somewhat unbalanced state, Marr says she's doing this for Renny. La Forge can bypass the lockout, but it is too late: the amplitude reaches a critical point and the Entity is completely shattered in a spectacular explosion.
The whole bridge is aghast of what occurred and Picard, with a quiet anger in his voice, orders Worf to escort her to her quarters. Dr. Marr remarks that the Entity "will never hurt anyone again". Data volunteers to escort her, which Picard grudgingly agrees, but because of her unhinged state of mind, he doesn't want her left unattended.
Reality sinks in for Doctor Marr
A very shaken Dr. Marr asks Data if he thinks Renny would understand why she did it. Data states that it is his belief that Renny would not have approved of her actions, because her decision has effectively ended her career as a scientist and he was proud of the scientific work that she did. He notes that Renny would have been sad over it and says he cannot help her. Reality sets in for the shocked doctor about what she has just done.
Log entries
Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), 2368 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captain%27s_log,_USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-D),_2368#Crystalline_Entity_incident)
Memorable quotes
"And as you know… I provide the most memorable desserts."
"My favorite part of dinner."
- Carmen Davila and William Riker
"Commander? Commander Riker, are you there?"
"Lieutenant Worf, I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful sight."
- Worf and Riker
"Remarkable. You and your group are the only known beings ever to survive an assault by the Crystalline Entity!"
- Kila Marr, to Riker
"And your android, he was there too?"
"Lieutenant Commander Data was there, yes."
- Kila Marr, first showing her hostility towards Data while speaking to Riker
"Well?"
"I don't think you need an empath (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Empath) to sense that woman's feelings. There's hostility that she seems to have transferred from Lore to Data. Perhaps you shouldn't have forced them together so soon."
"If her discomfort is going to affect her judgment or her objectivity, I need to know now."
- Picard and Troi
"If we can possibly avoid firing on it, then I would hope we…"
"Aren't you going to kill it?"
- Picard and Marr, on the Crystalline Entity
"I would argue that the Crystalline Entity has as much right to be here as we do."
- Picard
"Perhaps the combination of the two metals prevented the Entity from…"
"Perhaps it was you!"
"I do not understand."
"Maybe it was your presence that made the Entity pass over the people in this cave, did that occur to you?"
"I cannot see what effect my being here would have had…"
"If you had been in contact with the Entity, if that's the reason Melona was attacked, surely it wouldn't have killed its ally."
"Do you believe that I lured the Entity here?"
"Did you?"
"No, Doctor. Because Lore betrayed the colonists on Omicron Theta, you believe that I am capable of the same behavior. You are mistaken, Doctor. My programming is distinctly different from Lore's."
"You don't understand, I am accusing you of collaborating with that monster!"
"I do understand. And I am attempting to explain to you it is impossible."
"Amazing. You can't feel anything, can you? Nothing I say to you hurts you?"
"That is true, Doctor."
- Data and Doctor Kila Marr, desperately attempting to intimidate the android, and then being faced with the fact that it is impossible.
"I took my last exam today. I think I did all right on everything except cellular biology (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Cellular_biology). I know you think it's important, Mom, but I don't see how I'm ever going to use that stuff. In a couple of weeks, a bunch of us are going on an archaeological dig (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Archaeological_dig) in the mountains. The Wallaces (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Wallace_family) said it would be all right as long as we had adult supervision. So don't worry, Mom. They're looking out for me. They're really great people, and I like them a lot, but they're kind of serious. They don't have your sense of humor, Mom. Mom… I miss you."
- Data, reciting one of Raymond Marr's journal entries in his voice to Kila Marr
"Why are we pursuing the Entity, if not to destroy it?"
"We are not hunters, Doctor. Nor is it our role to exact revenge."
"What do you propose? We track it down, greet it warmly and ask it if it would mind terribly not ravaging any more planets?!"
- Doctor Kila Marr and Jean-Luc Picard
"Doctor, the sperm whale (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Sperm_whale) on Earth (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Earth) devours millions of cuttlefish (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Cuttlefish) as it roams the oceans. It is not evil. It is feeding."
- Picard, defending the Crystalline Entity's nature as a sentient lifeform
"You say you did it for him (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Raymond_Marr) but I do not believe he would have wanted that. Yes, I believe your son would be very sad now. I am sorry, Doctor, but I cannot help you."
- Data, to Kila Marr, after she has destroyed both the Crystalline Entity and her career (last lines) Background information
Production history
Final draft script: 31 July (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/31_July) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/July_1991) [1] (https://www.st-minutiae.com/resources/scripts/204.txt)
Filmed: 7 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/7_August) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/August_1991) – 15 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/15_August) 1991
Additional day of blue screen unit filming: 26 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/26_August) 1991
Premiere airdate: 14 October (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/14_October) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/October_1991)
First UK airdate: 11 January (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/11_January) 1995 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/January_1995)
Story and script
The story for this episode was pitched by Lawrence V. Conley (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Lawrence_V._Conley). At the time, the writing staff were trying to avoid sequels. However, this premise caught the attention of Jeri Taylor (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jeri_Taylor). She commented, "[O]f all the characters to bring back, who'd have thought the Crystalline Entity? But the Moby Dick (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Moby_Dick) premise of this obsessed woman whose son's consciousness was stored in Data was too good to pass up." (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Companion_(2nd_edition)) (2nd ed., p. 179)) Michael Piller (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Piller) agreed, "It was a great premise. The idea of the crystalline entity as Moby Dick really appealed to me." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captains%27_Logs:_The_Unauthorized_Complete_Trek_Voyages), p. 229)
Taylor elaborated, "The crystalline entity was no one's favorite optical or bad entity, and there were doubts as to whether we should even resurrect it. Along came this story from a very young, inexperienced writer, Lawrence Conley, and he tapped into something that made us say, 'This works, this is a story that really has to be done.' I wanted to do it because I felt – being a mother and a woman – I could identify with what would have to be the worst kind of loss anyone could ever suffer, which would be the death of a child. I was really able to tap into those feelings and tell a story about a woman whose vendetta over the loss of her son ruined her." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captains%27_Logs:_The_Unauthorized_Complete_Trek_Voyages), p. 229)
According to Taylor, the story was helped by its title, even though "no one knew exactly what it meant". While "avatar" has several different meanings, the intended meaning here was a "repository of knowledge", referring to Data. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Companion_(2nd_edition)) (2nd ed., p. 179))
According to Brent Spiner (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Brent_Spiner), production problems affected the writing of the episode. He recalled, "Apparently they were having problems getting the next episode (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Disaster_(episode)) ready for production and this script was ready to go, but it wasn't very remarkable." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captains%27_Logs:_The_Unauthorized_Complete_Trek_Voyages), p. 229)
Production
The map attached to the call sheet showing the location at the Golden Oak Ranch
"Silicon Avatar" was filmed between Wednesday 7 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/7_August) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/August_1991) and Thursday 15 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/15_August) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/August_1991) on Paramount Stage 8 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Paramount_Stage_8), 9 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Paramount_Stage_9), 16 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Paramount_Stage_16), outside of Paramount Stage 16 and on location (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Filming_locations) at the Golden Oak Ranch (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Golden_Oak_Ranch) in the Santa Clarita Valley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clarita_Valley), north of Los Angeles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles). (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Companion_(2nd_edition)) (2nd ed., p. 179)) An additional day of blue screen unit filming was on Monday 26 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/26_August) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/August_1991) on Paramount Stage 16.
On Wednesday 7 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/7_August) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/August_1991) and Thursday 8 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/8_August) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/August_1991), the Directors Guild Educators Workshop visited the set. On Friday 9 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/9_August) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/August_1991), the Emmy Awards (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Emmy_Award) shot the B-Roll during the bridge scenes and on Tuesday 13 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/13_August) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/August_1991), journalists and photographers from Entertainment Tonight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Tonight) visited the set. The call sheet for Monday 12 August (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/12_August) 1991 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/August_1991) features the note "Monday is Pink Shirt Day!".
As with its first appearance, the Entity was computer generated (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/CGI). (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Companion_(2nd_edition)) (2nd ed., p. 179))
The destruction left by the Entity was accomplished by adding eighteen-inch miniature trees to the foreground after the live filming of the fleeing colonists. Rob Legato (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rob_Legato) noted that the light beam was animated on computer afterwards, but the "sand trap" was actually a four-foot-wide tarp spread along the ground with air shot up from under it through the mesh. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Companion_(2nd_edition)) (2nd ed., p. 179))
The guitar piece played by Data is "Prelude No. 2 in A Minor" by Francisco Tárrega (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_T%C3%A1rrega).
Continuity
This episode marks the return (and destruction) of the Crystalline Entity (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Crystalline_Entity) previously seen in "Datalore (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Datalore_(episode))". The Entity would later be referenced in "Inheritance (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Inheritance_(episode))".
When Geordi La Forge (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge) compliments Dr. Marr on her professional handling of a console (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Console) in main engineering (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Main_engineering), an LCARS (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/LCARS) graphic is seen for a short time. This is a re-use of the hydrogen-alpha emission (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Hydrogen-alpha_emission) (with the 4077 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/4077)) from "Half a Life (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Half_a_Life_(episode))".
This is one of the few episodes in which Data (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Data) demonstrates his ability to precisely mimic the speech patterns of other individuals. Other examples include "Encounter at Farpoint (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Encounter_at_Farpoint_(episode))" where he repeats Q (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Q)'s description of the trial against Humanity, "Brothers (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Brothers_(episode))" where he employs Captain Picard's voice authorization codes (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Voice_authorization_code) to commandeer the main bridge (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Main_bridge), and "Descent, Part II (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Descent,_Part_II_(episode))" where he mimics Captain Picard's voice to toy with Geordi La Forge.
Reception
Shortly prior to this episode's initial airing, Rick Berman (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rick_Berman) referred to it as "a show that I think is going to be wonderful." (Star Trek: The Official Fan Club Magazine issue 82 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Official_Fan_Club_Magazine_issue_82), p. 6)
However, Brent Spiner was not fond of the installment, noting, "I didn't think it was a very good episode. If this was to really conclude the story of the crystalline entity, I don't think it was really the way to go." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captains%27_Logs:_The_Unauthorized_Complete_Trek_Voyages), p. 229)
Michael Piller espoused similar sentiments. "I don't think the show was as effective as I wish it could have been." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captains%27_Logs:_The_Unauthorized_Complete_Trek_Voyages), p. 229)
Director Cliff Bole (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Cliff_Bole) rejected claims that the crew's attempts to communicate with the Entity after all the destruction it had caused were wildly optimistic. "It's not, if you can control the fact it won't happen again, and I think Picard made it clear that he wouldn't destroy anything until it was explored. And it did finally show that it had another side, and I think that's what he was saying. It can be characterized with modern society's attitude, 'Let's make sure we're not making any mistakes,' knowing full well they can handle it if they were wrong." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captains%27_Logs:_The_Unauthorized_Complete_Trek_Voyages), p. 229)
Bole was overall satisfied with the episode, but thought that if he was directing it again he would have made some changes. "I think I would have made Marr stronger in places and in the ending I thought we were weak. Then again, she was over the edge. You know, when you've only got 40 minutes of picture, it's tough to take a character and go all the way through the change and what happens to somebody. We're doing short stories here. Why does she do what she does? Sometimes you just don't have the film time to explore it properly." Bole added that, unlike a feature film, there is insufficient time to reshoot scenes. "[Y]ou stand on what you've done." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captains%27_Logs:_The_Unauthorized_Complete_Trek_Voyages), p. 229)
A mission report for this episode by John Sayers was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 18 (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Official_Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Magazine_issue_18), pp. 23-26.
source (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Silicon_Avatar_(episode))
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