Bruce Maddox
authoritative
consulted
specialist
respected
Bruce Maddox functions as a Starfleet cybernetics expert invoked when Data's positronic systems fail. In the presented engineering crisis, Geordi utters Maddox's name as the sort of specialist who could diagnose or repair Data, casting Maddox as an authoritative external consultant whose expertise the crew lacks onboard. Maddox's offstage presence highlights the Enterprise's dependence on narrow technical authorities and the precariousness of synthetic life when routine diagnostics collapse into fatal silence.
27 appearances
Artificial Intelligence and Cybernetics
Also known as:
Maddox,
Commander Maddox
Bruce Maddox's Journey
A timeline through the narrative