Exocomp

• Industrial servo mechanism augmented with micro-replicator functionality and an adaptive axionic chip network (TNG: "The Quality of Life")
  • Developed by Doctor Farallon c.2365 (TNG: "The Quality of Life")
  • Intention was to allow individual exocomps to function as independent problem-solving drones (TNG: "The Quality of Life")
• Practical flexibility resulted in the development of low-level sapience (TNG: "The Quality of Life")
  • Initial recognition of massive circuit pathway development misidentified as design flaw (TNG: "The Quality of Life")
  • Positively identified as sapient by Commander Data April 2369 (TNG: "The Quality of Life")
• Following discovery of sapience by Commander Data, exocomps elected to remain with Doctor Farallon to aid in research (TNG: "The Quality of Life")
  • Due to public availability of exocomp schematics prior to discovery, some existed in the general public (TNG Novel: Immortal Coil)
    • General prevalence unknown, but three were rescued from mistreatment by Emil Vaslovik, taken in on Valhalla Station, Odin (TNG Novel: Immortal Coil)