Lore

Prime Timeline

Year	Event
2335	● [1] Lore and Data are created. [1]   People :  Data, Doctor Noonien Soong
2364	● [1] The Enterprise visits Omicron Theta, the planet on which Lieutenant Commander Data was discovered in 2336. Another Android, Lore, is discovered and assembled on the colony. Lore is discovered to have a psychopathic personality, almost destroying the Enterprise by calling on a Crystalline Entity which destroyed the Omicron Theta colony. Lore is left adrift in space and the Entity driven off. [1]   People :  Data   Species :  Crystalline entity
2367	● [2] Acting under the compulsion of a homing signal built into his program, Lieutenant Commander Data hijacks the Enterprise-D and takes it to the planet Terlina III, where Professon Noonien Soong is discovered to still be alive. Soong offers Data a chip designed to allow him to experience emotions. Lore also answers the call; the psychotic android steals the chip and kills Soong. [2]   People :  Data, Doctor Noonien Soong
2369	● [3] A Borg vessel is detected in Federation space. The ship is discovered to be operating outside the influence of the Borg collective, under the control of the android Lore. Lore manages to disable Data's ethical subroutine and convince him to join forces with the Borg. He also captures several of the senior officers of the Enterprise also. [3]   People :  Admirall Alynna Nechayev, Data   Species :  Borg ● [4] Beverley briefly commands the Enterprise-D during the invasion of the Borg under the command of Lore. Destroys the Borg transwarp vessel. [4]   People :  Beverly Crusher   Species :  Borg
2370	● [4] Dr. Beverly Crusher, in command of the Enterprise during the absence of Captain Picard, is successful in destroying the Borg vessel. Lieutenant Commander La Forge manages to reinitiate Data's ethical subroutine; Data disables and then dismantles Lore. [4]   People :  Beverly Crusher, Jean-Luc Picard, Geordi La Forge, Data ● [4] Data obtains an emotion chip from Lore. [4]   People :  Data

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References

#	Series	Season	Source	Comment
1	TNG	1	Datalore
2	TNG	4	Brothers
3	TNG	6	Descent, Part 1
4	TNG	7	Descent, Part 2

Series :	TNG Season 1
Episode :	Datalore

Series :	TNG Season 4
Episode :	Brothers

Series :	TNG Season 6
Episode :	Descent, Part 1

Series :	TNG Season 7
Episode :	Descent, Part 2

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