Soong in prison at the beginning of Borderland.

Dr. Arik Soong is a fictional geneticist and later cyberneticist, portrayed by Brent Spiner on Star Trek: Enterprise. Soong appeared in a three-episode story arc consisting of "Borderland", "Cold Station 12", and "The Augments". Image File history File links Download high resolution version (853x480, 408 KB)Arik Soong in Borderland, at 3:57. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (853x480, 408 KB)Arik Soong in Borderland, at 3:57. ... Borderland is the name of the 80th episode from the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... http://www. ... [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} Homo (genus). ... Male symbol Male is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces sperm. ... Starfleet Command In the Star Trek fictional universe, Starfleet is the defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets. ... Brent Spiner Brent Spiner as Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation Brent Jay Spiner is a Jewish-American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television and movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Brent Spiner Brent Spiner as Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation Brent Jay Spiner is a Jewish-American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television and movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... In episodic storytelling media such as television, comic books and comic strips a story arc is an extended or continuing storyline. ... Borderland is the name of the 80th episode from the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Cold Station 12 is the name of the 81st episode from the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... The Augments is the name of the 82nd episode from the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ...

Dr. Arik Soong is a criminal mastermind and follows the mad scientist archetype. While director of the Starfleet Medical facility Cold Station 12, he stole nineteen genetically enhanced "Augment" embryos placed in stasis after the end of the Eugenics Wars. He took the embryos to a remote and secluded planet, where he raised them and taught them they were gifted and superior. Starfleet caught up with Soong when he was off on a side trip, and imprisoned him ten years after the theft, leaving the Augments stranded on the remote planet with just his teachings and the physical necessities for survival. As they grew up alone, they became violently committed to the formation of a genetically engineered race of superhumans, believing themselves to be the future of humanity. They LAUGHED at my theories at the institute! Fools! Ill destroy them all! Caucasian, male, aging, crooked teeth, messy hair, lab coat, spectacles/goggles, dramatic posing — one popular stereotype of mad scientist. ... Starfleet Medical is the medical branch of Starfleet in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... An iconic image of genetic engineering; this 1986 autoluminograph of a glowing transgenic tobacco plant bearing the luciferase gene of the firefly strikingly demonstrates the power and potential of genetic manipulation. ... The Augments were a genetically enhanced race of superhumans in the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Embryos (and one tadpole) of the wrinkled frog (Rana rugosa). ... The Eugenics Wars are a backstory event in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Starfleet Command In the Star Trek fictional universe, Starfleet is the defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets. ...

Dr. Soong has a disagreeable personality. He likes to taunt or mock others, making fun of their situations. He is capable of showing great affection or even love towards his creations.

Dr. Soong believes genetic engineering is a panacea to humanity's problems. As a result, he questions humanity's abandonment of genetic engineering in his "lively" debates with Jonathan Archer and Phlox. The dialogue of these debates include Soong trying to prove that genetic engineering should be used to benefit humanity. Of course, his claims are compared to the suffering caused by genetic engineering during the Eugenics Wars which was the cause of about 30 million deaths. Consequently, the survivors of the Eugenics Wars banned genetic engineering on humans and viewed using this technology to improve humanity as taboo. Soong does acknowledge the reality of the Eugenics Wars and tries to prove genetic engineering is not inherently evil. He does attempt to strike a chord with Jonathan Archer by mentioning his father's affliction with Clarke's Disease saying that the technology could have cured him and spared him from years of suffering. Jonathan Archer is a fictional character from the television show Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005). ... Doctor Phlox is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise played by John Billingsley. ...

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Twenty years after the theft, and 10 years into Soong's prison sentence, Soong's "Augments" steal a Klingon Bird-of-prey. Enterprise is tasked with finding them to avert a war with the Klingons, and takes Soong along to make the search easier. The Augments free Soong from the Enterprise brig and proceed to Cold Station 12, a Starfleet and Denobulan run medical facility where the remaining 1,800 genetically-enhanced embryos are stored. Klingons (tlhIngan in the Klingon language) are a fictional race of humanoids in the Star Trek universe. ... Bird-of-Prey is a common name for various makes of Romulan and Klingon warship in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... The Enterprise (NX-01) is a starship in the Star Trek fictional universe commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer. ... Cold Station 12 is the name of the 81st episode from the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ...

Soong finds, to his dismay, that his Augments have taken his teachings to an extreme, and he escapes from the Bird-of-prey in order to help Enterprise stop them from starting a war with the Klingons.

Ultimately failing to prove that 'improved' humans could peacefully co-exist with the rest of the galaxy, upon returning to prison, Arik Soong admits that perfecting humanity may not be possible. He vows to find 'perfection' by creating artificial life, noting that he might not finish in his lifetime, and that it might take "a generation or two", a vision apparently passed on to his progeny, specifically Noonien Soong, established to be his great-grandson. This phrase is also an obvious acknowledgement of the manifestation of said vow in the form of Data in a series titled "The Next Generation." In the fictional Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, Dr. Noonien Soong (played by Brent Spiner) is a human cyberneticist who lived on the colony Omicron Theta for several years, where he created six androids with positronic brains, the last two being Lore and Data, both of whom were also...

The story ends on a positive note, leaving the viewers to think that it is likely that Soong was released from prison sometime before his death. Especially considering that the story gave little indication that Soong had yet fathered any descendants at that point. It also leaves enough "open" ends to permit an eventual return of the character in subsequent episodes. The series ended, though, before this could happen.

External links

• Arik Soong article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki