History Characters / StarTrekPicard

* BrainUploading: Before he died, he uploaded his mind into Daystrom Android M-5-10 along with the personalities of Data, Lore and Data's daughter Lal. While the process wasn't what Soong considered "complete", his mind is shown to be intact within M-5-10 and is able to assert control over the android for brief periods.

The son of Dr. Noonian Soong and self-professed MadScientist, who helped Maddox continue his own father's work after the Federation instituted a ban on synthetic lifeforms.

* TheBusCameBack: He was last seen in the Season 6 TNG episode [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E11ShipInABottle "Ship In A Bottle"]], tricked into thinking he'd escaped the holodeck like he'd wanted, when he was secretly sent into another holographic program.

!!Civilians

[[folder:"Number One"]]
!!Number One
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/DeNiro

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Picard's pet pitbull at his vineyard in France.

* AbsentAnimalCompanion: He only appears in the series premiere and is never seen again.
* EvilDetectingDog: Picard says that he can trust Dahj because his dog would have warned him otherwise.
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Carries on Picard's nickname for William Riker from ''TNG'' (and his other executive officers).

[[folder:Dr. Bruce Maddox]]
!!Doctor Bruce Maddox
-> '''Played by''': Creator/JohnAles

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A renowned cyberneticist and former Starfleet officer who worked in the Cybernetics Division of the Daystrom Institute. He previously appeared in ''[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' as a scientist initially interested in dissecting the android Lieutenant Commander Data in order to manufacture more synthetic lifeforms like him, but later befriended him.\\
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Sometime after the Federation's ban on artificial lifeforms following the synths' attack on Mars, he vanished from the Daystrom Institute. His disappearance was part of the impetus for Picard's quest.

* TheAtoner: He developed [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots the androids Dahj and Soji Asha]] to help the late Data fulfill his dream of having a daughter.
* BackForTheDead: He dies shortly after being rescued by Picard and co. at the end of his sole appearance in "Stardust City Rag", but not before passing on vital information about Dahj and Soji Asha to Picard.
* BreakTheHaughty: His haughtiness was mostly broken in “The Measure of a Man” but by the time he appeared in this series it was completely gone.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Compared to his clean-shaven appearance as a Starfleet scientist holding the rank of Commander in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan TNG's "The Measure Of A Man"]], the now-civilian ''Doctor'' Maddox sports a [[BeardOfSorrow scruffy beard]], indicative of his depression and fugitive status following the Federation's ban on his life's work into research on synthetic lifeforms.
* MayDecemberRomance: He was already a senior enough officer to be consulted when Data first joined Starfleet, around 60 years before the events of the show, making him at least old enough to be Dr. Jurati's grandfather at the time of their liaison.
* TraumaCongaLine: Was exposed as a FantasticRacist in court, causing him to have a HeelRealization. He befriended Data, only to have him die. His life’s work was outlawed. He was hunted by the Zhat Vash. Finally, he’s killed by his former lover.

[[folder:William Riker]]
!!William Riker
-> '''Played by''': Creator/JonathanFrakes

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Picard's first officer for fifteen years on the U.S.S. ''Enterprise''-D and E. Later captain of the U.S.S. ''Titan''. Now retired on the planet Nepenthe.

* [[Characters/StarTrekTheNextGenerationMainCharacters The Next Generation]]
* [[Characters/StarTrekLowerDecks Lower Decks]]

* TenMinuteRetirement: Unsubtly informs Jean-Luc that he is still on "active reserve" with Starfleet and could return to duty at his leisure. Picard politely dissuades him from doing so purely on his behalf. He comes out of retirement anyway in "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2", leading the Federation fleet against the Romulan armada.
* BigDamnHeroes: He comes out of retirement and assumes acting command of the U.S.S. ''Zheng He'' to lead a Federation armada to Coppelius to rescue Picard and the synths from the Romulans.
* CallToAgriculture: After retiring from Starfleet, he and Deanna have taken to growing their own food, rather than replicating it.
* CharacterDevelopment: During the old ''TNG'' days, Riker was very much a highly skilled officer, but one who was far more willing to take risks and play loose with the rules. However, since becoming a father and losing his son to a disease that could have been treated with technology that was banned at the time, he's become a lot more cautious under pressure, fearful of not making it home to his family. When he's placed in charge of the ''Titan''-A after Captain Shaw is incapacitated, Riker refuses to engage the ''Shrike'' despite Picard telling him it's their only chance, arguing that they have 500 lives to protect. In fact, when Picard does subtly accuse Riker of letting his fears keep them from standing a chance, he does not react pleasantly to it. Later, he admits to Picard that his old commander was right: losing his son made him a Nihilist, and it was putting a strain on his marriage with Deanna as a result. Trusting in his friends and engaging in a very risky ploy reinvigorates his old spirit.
* DadsCantCook: Played with. He's seen making handmade pizza, but he does burn the tomatoes. The rest of the pizza must be okay, though, because he serves it at dinner.
* HesBack: After facing his darkest hour, far away from his wife and daughter and in bad standing with both of them because of his nihilistic attitude, Riker gets his swagger back, then tosses ''an asteroid'' at the ''Shrike'' while riding an energy wave out of the nebula.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He still has this dynamic with Picard after all these years. Though he does give the Admiral a bit of a dressing down when he brings Soji to their house and more-or-less tells him that Picard doesn't always know what's best, he still offers his unconditional support and even leads an entire fleet of Starfleet vessels into rescuing the entire planet of androids. That said, Season 3 starts to show cracks forming between the two men. Though Riker agrees to help Picard track down Beverly, when the ''Titan'' is at the mercy of the ''Shrike'', he and Picard start butting heads over what to do--Riker wants to run despite impossible odds, Picard wants to fight despite equally impossible odds. When a saboteur takes out the ''Titan'''s warp core, Riker finally gives into Picard's suggestion to fight--and the ''Shrike'' [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns their own torpedoes agains them]] and sends the ship plummeting to her doom. Riker then [[TranquilFury rather calmly]] orders Picard off the bridge for his grave miscalculation. Only minutes later, he does admit to Picard that he was right, and that he should have listened. Despite his reservations, he does agree to go along with a very insane plan Picard, Beverly, and Jack cooked up to save them, rekindling his old fire.
* NeverMyFault: When the ''Titan'' is hit by her own photon torpedos and sent plummeting to their doom, Riker angrily orders Picard off the bridge for getting the ship and her crew killed--ignoring the fact that he hesitated to follow Picard's suggestion to try to cripple the ''Shrike'' until the last minute, and did so too late to keep the ''Shrike'' from being able to mount a counter offensive. He later [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] it next episode when he comes to Jean-Luc and admits he was wrong to hesitate.
* NoodleIncident: In Season 3, he willingly joins Picard on a mission because he's having some family troubles at home, but it's not revealed what happened as of yet. Unfortunately for him, he quickly regrets it when the mission goes sideways and then some. It's later revealed that he and Deanna were having a marital spat because the death of Thad affected him so greatly, he became a Nihilist, and him leaving was because he thought it would help clear the air.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His son, Thad, died of a rare silicon-based virus. And he will ''not'' take you using his son's death and accusing him of cowardice over it lightly. Not even if it's coming from Picard. It turns out it hits more deeper than that, as losing Thad made him believe in the worst.
* ProperlyParanoid: His and Deanna's house on Nepenthe is outfitted with (presumably) military-grade shielding and sensors capable of detecting approaching cloaked ships. Given the kind of life he and his wife have lived over the past 30 years and the enemies each of them have made, such precautions are entirely justified.
* RealMenCook: He's the cook in his family; Deanna tends to their gardens while Kestra hunts for game meat in the nearby forest. His handmade pizza includes the tomatoes grown by his wife and the bunnicorn (which he prepares as a sausage) was provided by their daughter.
* RetiredBadass: After 30 years of adventures on two ''Enterprise''s and the ''Titan'', Riker has retired from Starfleet and leads a peaceful life raising a family. But those same keen instincts that helped him rise to the captain's chair are not the slightest bit dulled with age.
* SherlockScan: He deduces Soji's identity and that of her pursuers from Picard's comments, Deanna's assessment, and his own observations of Soji.
* TranquilFury: He calmly but harshly orders Picard off the bridge for his suggestion backfiring and sending the ''Titan'' plummeting to her doom.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** {{Downplayed}} in Season 1. He does chastise his old commander a little bit when Picard brings Soji to the Riker residence, telling Jean-Luc that he shouldn't have tried to keep everyone away and that he doesn't always know better, but when Picard tries to explain his reasoning, Riker just lets it go.
** PlayedStraight in Season 3, where he and Picard get into an argument about how to handle the ''Shrike'', and Jean-Luc keeps pressuring him to fight back. It keeps getting worse when Picard implies that Riker is scared given the loss he's experienced, but outright implodes when Riker finally does go with Picard's suggestion, only for the ''Titan'' to be taken out and sent plummeting to her doom. He walks it back next episode, admitting Picard was right.
* YouAreInCommandNow: He's made captain of the ''Titan''-A after Captain Shaw is placed out of action.

[[folder:Deanna Troi-Riker]]
!!Deanna Troi-Riker
-> '''Played by''': Creator/MarinaSirtis

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Former crewmate of Picard on the U.S.S. ''Enterprise''-D and E. Now retired on the planet Nepenthe.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Nepenthe" is largely focused on her and Riker.
* HyperAwareness: She deduces immediately that Soji isn't human because her empathic senses can't read Soji at all.
-->'''Troi:''' She appears fully human. Her face, her voice, her body language, all express clear emotion. The poor thing is clearly traumatized.\\
'''Riker:''' But?\\
'''Troi:''' I can't read her. I sense nothing.
* OlderAndWiser: She admits to Picard she's not as brave as she once was, but Picard replies that just means she's wiser now.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her son, Thad, died of a rare silicon-based virus. Said virus was treatable, but Starfleet banned the only means of providing it at the time because of the synthoid attack on Mars.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Now that they're all older and also civilians, Deanna has no compunctions about [[WhatTheHellHero laying into Picard]] over his rough verbal handling of Soji in her emotionally compromised state.

[[folder:Kestra Troi-Riker]]
!!Kestra Troi-Riker
-> '''Played by''': Creator/LuluWilson

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The teenaged daughter of Deanna Troi and William Riker, who lives with her parents on the planet Nepenthe.

* BigBrotherWorship: She continues to use her big brother's invented languages, even though he is dead and she has no one to speak them to (until Soji learns it).
* ConstantlyCurious: She continuously asks Soji questions about her android abilities, much to Soji's annoyance.
* DeadGuyJunior: She's named for her maternal aunt, who drowned when she was about her age.
* FreakyIsCool: In a galaxy where synthetic life is feared and hated, Kestra thinks that Soji is one of the coolest people she's ever met.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At the dinner table, over pizza, the adults are all stumped about the location of the planet with two red moons that Soji identifies from her dream as her homeworld. Kestra appears to be "playing" on her 24th century version of a smartphone, uninvolved in the conversation, hiding the phone below the table like a typical kid. Then she surprises everyone with the location of the planet, which she determined using her social media contacts.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Certainly seems to fit both descriptions.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When she asks who Soji's father is and Picard mentions Data, Kestra immediately puts two and two together and asks Soji if she's an android. Soji doesn't react well, although it's clear that Kestra is asking out of a genuine sense of curiosity, rather than out of fear or malice.
* {{Pacifist}}: She identifies herself as a pacifist to reassure Soji that she won't shoot her, although bunnicorns aren't part of Kestra's "no kill" rule.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: She's first seen hunting with a bow, wearing (in-universe fantasy) tribal paint.
* {{Tomboy}}: She likes to pretend that she's one of the "Wild Girls of the Woods" when she's in the forest near her house, and she hunts bunnicorns with her bow and arrows (which are real, as she explains to Soji). Because her homeworld Nepenthe is named after a drug of forgetfulness in Greek mythology, she can be compared to Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. Hunting is generally perceived to be a "masculine" activity.
* UnevenHybrid: She's three-quarters human, one-quarter Betazoid.

[[folder:Altan Inigo Soong]]
!!Altan Inigo Soong
-> '''Played by''': Creator/BrentSpiner

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The son of Dr. Noonian Soong and self-professed MadScientist, who helped Maddox continue his own father's work after the Federation instituted a ban on synthetic lifeforms.

* AICronym: Bit of a reverse example, but his initials very pointedly spell out '''A'''. '''I'''. Soong.
* BusCrash: He [[PutOnABus does not appear in Season 2]] and the suplimentary materials for Season 3 reveal that he died shortly after Picard and ''La Sirena'''s crew left his synth compound at Coppelius. All of his research materials, including Lore's body, have been bequeathed to the Daystrom Institute posthumously.
* CategoryTraitor: Despite being a fully biological life form himself, he's perfectly willing to support Sutra in calling in the Synthetic Alliance to ''exterminate all other biological life in the galaxy'' in order to protect the synths.
* GenerationXerox: [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Once]] [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise again]], a Soong family member is played by Creator/BrentSpiner. Moreover, Altan's extreme protectiveness of his creations mirror that of his ancestor Arik.
* HeelFaceTurn: As soon as he discovers from Saga's memories that Sutra was the one who actually murdered her, and then used this pretext to manipulate the other synths into supporting the calling of the Synthetic Alliance, he immediately helps the crew of the ''La Sirena'' by disabling/killing Sutra during an intermission in the beacon activation ceremony, and giving Elnor, Rios and Raffi the signal to attempt to destroy the beacon itself.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: He looks a lot like his father and is continuing his father's work in synthetic life-forms.
* ParentalSubstitute: He sees himself as the father of his android creations, whom he calls "my children."
* ShutUpKirk: He becomes one of the few people to successfully break a PatrickStewartSpeech from the man himself, by tearing into Picard on his failure to sway Starfleet on both the Romulan evacuation ''and'' the synth ban after the attack on Mars, when the latter tries to convince the synths to let him be their voice with the Federation.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Resembles not only his father Noonien Soong, but also his [[IdenticalGrandson ancestors]] Arik and Adam Soong.
** And since Soong made Data in his own image, Altan notes that he's what Data would look like "if he got old and soft."
* WellDoneSonGuy: He seems to harbour some bitterness towards his father because he tells Picard that while Noonian ''had'' him, he ''made'' Data "and he never let me forget it."

[[folder:Guinan]]
!!Guinan
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/WhoopiGoldberg (25th century), Ito Aghayere (2024)

A mysterious El-Aurian bartender and an old friend of Picard's, who used to run "Ten Forward" on the ''Enterprise-D''. Now, she runs a new Ten Forward in Los Angeles.

For tropes relating to her original appearance, see [[Characters/StarTrekTheNextGenerationRecurringCrew this page]].

* BrokenPedestal: Her younger self decides to pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere and leave Earth in the 21st century when she sees how rampantly racist, violent, and selfish they've become.
* TheBusCameBack: She returns after her last on-screen appearance in ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', 31 canonical years prior.
* {{Foil}}: To Q, like before. Both are OlderAndWiser and come back into Picard's life in Season 2, but she's there to be his moral support, while he's there to instill yet another "test" for humanity. Moreover, her aging up comes from wanting others to be comfortable, while Q does it to mess with his much older foe.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Because the events of "Time's Arrow" from ''TNG'' never occurred in the altered reality, Guinan fails to recognize Picard when he arrives at 10 Forward in 2024, even though he still has his memories intact of the encounter.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: She still has this dynamic with Picard, who she happily greets when he comes to visit her bar in LA. When she notices that her old friend seems reluctant to talk about the incident that stunted his desire to have a personal relationship, she happily drops the subject.
* OlderAndWiser: {{Downplayed}}. She only looks slightly older since her last appearance, and she's just as wise as she always was, but she has gotten older to make humans feel more comfortable around her.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: {{Invoked}}. She can age if she chooses, and does so to make her patrons not so frightened as seeing her stay young.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In 2024, she decides to cut and run and leave Earth to its fate when humanity's failings grow worse by the day. Picard is able to convince her to stay just a bit longer for the moment.
* TimeShiftedActor: Ito Aghayere plays a younger Guinan in 2024 instead of Creator/WhoopiGoldberg.

[[folder:Maurice Picard]]
-> '''Played by:''' Clive Church, Creator/JamesCallis

The late father of Jean-Luc Picard.

* AbusiveParents: {{Subverted}}. While Jean-Luc recalls Maurice being very mistreating of his wife, it turns out that she had a severe mental illness that he was struggling to deal with, and kept his son back out of fear for his own safety. All of Picard's recollections were little more than a SelfServingMemory.
* BaitAndSwitch: His initial appearance in Picard's mind has him bear a striking resemblance to Dr. Julian Bashir from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', complete with the same uniform and badge. However, it was Maurice the entire time.
* FakeShemp: Up until Episode 7 of Season 2, Maurice's appearances in ''Picard'' have him being played by someone who clearly isn't James Callis.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He didn't want Jean-Luc to go up into space and join Starfleet, wanting Picard to tend to the estate. Picard refused, and the two were on bitter terms before Maurice died. It left Picard with regrets of how things turned out, and, as later revealed, a very different view of the man than who he really was.
* ParentsAsPeople: The man struggled with a wife with severe bipolar disorder who was inadvertently hurting her son, and wound up alienating said son in an attempt to keep him safe.
* PosthumousCharacter: He had died long before Picard became captain of the ''Enterprise'', so his only appearance here is as an illusion and a memory in Picard's mind.
* {{Technophobia}}: Picard once mentioned on ''TNG'' that he was a very staunch traditionalist, and fought with Yvette over getting a replicator. It's best evident in Picard's mind that there's very little tech in the house, in stark contrast to how he's running things in the present, though the fact that Picard held a very different view of his father compared to how he actually was has put that into question. "Hide and Seek" shows he's using a datapad, suggesting Picard may have been remembering wrong.

[[folder:Yvette Picard]]
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/MadelineWise

The late mother of Jean-Luc Picard.

* AbusiveParents: Of the accidental kind. She didn't know it, but she was hurting her son during one of her episodes, leading her husband to lock her in a room in the chateau to keep their son safe.
* DrivenToSuicide: She hanged herself after suffering a severe episode of bipolar disorder when Jean-Luc was a boy.
* FreudianExcuse: She's the reason her son had become so stoic and closed off to everyone for many years, as her condition caused her to be locked up during an episode, and when the young and confused Picard unlocked the door for her, she hung herself in the middle of the night. The poor lad was so heartbroken and confused, he denied himself the chance to be loved for so long.
* PosthumousCharacter: She had passed away many years ago.
* {{Retcon}}: "Where No One Has Gone Before" implied that Yvette survived to old age, and that Picard still had fond memories of their encounters in her later years. ''Picard'' revealed that she had killed herself in her younger age, and that Picard would often imagine his mother as having lived that long to suppress the memory of that traumatic experience.
* SelfServingMemory: On her son's part, at least. While he remembered his mother as a kind and gentle woman, she was suffering from severe bipolar disorder that she refused to treat, and hurt her son inadvertently on more than one occasion. She herself also saw Maurice as mistreating her, when he was trying desperately to help her. Later, when it's revealed she committed suicide, Picard would often imagine her as an old woman, as he did in the ''TNG'' episode "Where No One Has Gone Before".
* UnwantedHealing: In the future era of the 24th century, where there's undoubtedly a treatment, if not a cure, for her condition, she refuses any and all attempts at it in spite of her hurting her son.

!!Federation News Network

[[folder:Richter]]
!!Richter
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->'''Played by''': Creator/MerrinDungey

A reporter for the Federation News Network, who interviews Picard on the anniversary of the Romulan supernova.

* AllThereInTheScript: Her name comes from the closed captioning, and isn't spoken aloud.
* FantasticRacism: She seems to have a grudge against Romulans, "the Federation's oldest enemy." Picard calls her out on it.
-->'''Picard:''' The Federation understood there were millions of lives at stake.\\
'''Richter:''' Romulan lives.\\
'''Picard:''' No. ''Lives''.
* ImmoralJournalist: She goes back on her word not to bring up Picard's retirement from Starfleet, has an obvious bias against Romulans and synths, and interrupts Picard in the middle of responses to steer the conversation toward her intended topic.
* MeaningfulName: "Richter" is the German word for "judge." Her role is harshly criticizing Picard for his sympathy towards the Romulans and the anger at the Federation pulling back from the evacuation.

!!Season 3
[[folder:Professor James Moriarty]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Greetings, old friends."]]

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/DanielDavis

A holographic incarnation of Franchise/SherlockHolmes' archnemesis who gained sentience and then wanted a way to live beyond the restraints of a holodeck by any means necessary.\\
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For tropes related to his prior appearances, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/StarTrekTheNextGenerationOtherRecurringCast see here]].
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* TheBusCameBack: He was last seen in the Season 6 TNG episode [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E11ShipInABottle "Ship In A Bottle"]], tricked into thinking he'd escaped the holodeck like he'd wanted, when he was secretly sent into another holographic program.
* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: Similarly to Creator/JohnDeLancie during the previous Season, Daniel Davis is now in his late 70s. So, like Q, the Moriarty hologram now physically appears at that same age, rather than in his forties as he did during TNG. This may be justified in-universe due to the original holodeck programming persisting and Moriarty still experiencing the passage of time even while outwardly deactivated.
* FlatCharacter: As Riker notes, this isn't the self-aware hologram they encountered on the ''Enterprise''-D, but rather a more basic security measure that only captures the hostility of the original Moriarty program.
* GracefulLoser: Once Riker solves the music puzzle, Moriarty genuinely remarks "Marvelous" and then deactivates.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: His sneering opinion of the (from his perspective) now-elderly Riker and Worf.
-->'''Moriarty''': What solvable puzzles you all are. Your unguarded expressions, your physical scars. My, how time has spun you all apart. Such pathetic old warriors!
* RoleReprise: Daniel Davis reprises the role of Moriarty for the first time in 31 years.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Upon being reactivated, he expresses his delight at being reunited with his "old friends" from the ''Enterprise''-D ... by leveling and [[DramaticGunCock cocking a loaded pistol]] at them.
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[[folder:Daystrom Android M-5-10]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Survival...it's human nature, pal."]]

-> '''Played by''': Creator/BrentSpiner

The final project of Dr. Altan Soong before his death; he's actually the amalgamation of the personalities and memories of Data, Lore, Laal, B-4, and Noonian Soong mixed into an android with an aged appearance, kept hidden from the public following Starfleet's lifting of the synthoid ban.
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* BackFromTheDead: Lore was deactivated and dismantled by Data over 30 years before the events of ''Picard''. Now, thanks to a small piece of him existing inside M-5-10, he's back to menace his late brother's friends and former shipmates all over again.
* TheBusCameBack: Sort of. Lore (or at least a piece of his personality) returns 30 years after his final appearance in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent "Descent"]] (and discounting a "cameo" of sorts on ''[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E05AnEmbarrassmentOfDooplers Lower Decks]]'').
* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: An interesting contrast with Data's posthumous appearances back in Season One. Unlike Data (where makeup and effects tried to match his TNG Movie-era appearance), M-5-10, like Spiner, now physically appears in his mid-70s. To justify this change, it's revealed that Soong built the android to look more human, and closer to how he was when he died.
* FauxAffablyEvil: The final Season Three trailer shows some of Lore's personality is still leaning on this behavior.
* LastOfHisKind: A variation. While Altan Soong has since created a new generation of Soong-type androids, the deaths of Data and B-4 mean that Lore (or at least what's left of him) is now the last of the original androids ''personally'' constructed by Noonien Soong prior to his death -- or at least he is assuming [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E9Inheritance Juliana Soong]] has finally passed away in the interim since TNG. At the same time, it's intended to be the start of a new breed of androids, as a mix of all three previous Soong type models mixed with the good doctor.
* MindHive: Altan died before he could integrate all of the personalities into one cohesive whole, so instead the various fragments of personality are at war with each other for control.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Complicated, if arguable example. Season Three's big selling point, of course, is the reunion of the entire TNG Cast for the first time since ''Nemesis''. However, Brent Spiner had retired from playing Data after his character's sendoff in the Season One finale. M-5-10 is thus a workaround to bring Spiner back (while playing into the final Season's theme of legacy and without having to contrive another long-lost Soong relative), while still "technically" playing all four Soongs (Data, Lore, B-4, and Altan) at once.
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The final project of Dr. Altan Soong before his death, he's actually the amalgamation of the personalities and memories of Data, Lore, B-4, and Soong mixed into an android with an aged appearance, kept hidden from the public following Starfleet's lifting of the synthoid ban.

* MindHive: Atlan died before he could integrate all of the personalities into one cohesive whole, so instead the various fragments of personality are at war with each other for control.

-> '''Played by:''' Jay Karnes

* HateSink: Shaw is designed to be this: he has a hatred towards Borg and ex-Borg, which he shows when he forces Seven of Nine to use her old name "Annika Hansen"; he also shows open disdain for Picard and Riker, clearly not up to playing their games, not meeting the two when they arrive on the ''Titan'', and shoving them in bunk beds despite their iconic status. He also prefers things to be nice and orderly, and is not happy when Seven is able to get Picard and Riker to a shuttle so they can continue their investigation. The man is clearly one major incident away from performing SanitySlippage and doing something regrettable. However, it's later shown that he deliberately became this because he was a survivor of Wolf 359, and he played up his {{Jerkass}} tendencies because he didn't want to be hurt again.

* UnexpectedCharacter: The return of the Founders (or at least rogue Founders). While showrunner Terry Matalas had previously [[https://trekmovie.com/2022/11/28/star-trek-picard-season-3-is-a-continuation-of-voyager-and-ds9-too-says-showrunner stated]] the Dominion War's aftermath and legacy were important to the final Season, the Changelings ''are'' still first and foremost the BigBad of ''Deep Space Nine'' and Sisko (to say nothing of the absence of overt references to ''TNG'''s first spinoff in the preceding seasons of ''Picard''). So, few people (if any) were actually expecting to see the Dominion (or at least a renegade faction of the Gamma Quadrant empire) pop up to antagonize non-[=DS9=] 24th Centruy characters for the first time in the onscreen canon.

* AngerBornOfWorry[=/=]SourSupporter: Trailers show him talking frustratedly with Picard for having "roped in" the other former ''Enterprise'' officers to help him on a highly dangerous mission (to say nothing of his daughter Sydney).
* TheBusCameBack: He will make his return for the first time since ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' in Season 3.
* DeadpanSnarker: True to form, he still has his dry wit about him. The Season 3 trailer has him a bit stunned, yet not very surprised, that Picard had talked Riker and Worf into helping him on another mission.

* UnexpectedCharacter: His cameo in the Season Three Trailer was arguably even more of a surprise than Lore's return. Justified, as confirmation of Brent Spiner's role in the final Season (and hints from Terry Matalas) meant many had correctly guessed Spiner might be playing Lore again. But even with how many TNG secondary characters have popped up in the preceding two Seasons, few people (if any) were actually expecting Moriarty to return after a 30 year absence (especially after "Ship in a Bottle" had essentially closed out his story).

[[folder:Lore]]

The fourth Soong-type android constructed by the late Noonien Soong and his wife Juliana. Lore is the late Data's older 'brother' and a longtime thorn in the sides of him, Picard, and the ''Enterprise''-D/E veterans.\\
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For tropes related to his prior appearances, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/StarTrekTheNextGenerationOtherRecurringCast see here]].

* BackFromTheDead: Lore was deactivated and dismantled by Data over 30 years before the events of ''Picard''. Now, somehow, he's back to menace his late brother's friends and former shipmates all over again.
* TheBusCameBack: Lore returns 30 years after his final appearance in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent "Descent"]] (and discounting a "cameo" of sorts on ''[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E05AnEmbarrassmentOfDooplers Lower Decks]]'').
* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: An interesting contrast with Data's posthumous appearances back in Season One. Unlike Data (where makeup and effects tried to match his TNG Movie-era appearance), Lore, like Spiner, now physically appears in his mid-70s. The in-universe explanation is currently unknown, although it's worth pointing out TNG ''did'' establish that Data was designed to age in appearance. As Data's "brother", it stands to reason Lore has that same programming.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Still seems to be this based on his behavior and dialogue in the final Season Three trailer.
* LastOfHisKind: A variation. While Altan Soong has since created a new generation of Soong-type androids, the deaths of Data and B-4 mean that Lore is now the last of the original androids ''personally'' constructed by Noonien Soong prior to his death -- or at least he is assuming [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E9Inheritance Juliana Soong]] has finally passed away in the interim since TNG.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Complicated, if arguable example. Season Three's big selling point, of course, is the reunion of the entire TNG Cast for the first time since ''Nemesis''. However, Brent Spiner had retired from playing Data after his character's sendoff in the Season One finale. Lore's resurrection is thus a workaround to bring Spiner back (while playing into the final Season's theme of legacy and without having to contrive another long-lost Soong relative).
* RoleReprise: Spiner reprises the role of Lore for the first time in 30 years.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Data had deactivated and dismantled Lore at the end of his final TNG appearance. So, similarly to Vadic's motive, ''how'' Lore has come back from the dead is one of the big pre-release mysteries of the final Season.

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: His sneering opinion of the (from his perspective) now-elderly Picard and company in the final Season 3 Trailer.
-->'''Moriarty''': Such pathetic old warriors!

* RoleReprise: Michelle Forbes reprises the role of Ro Laren for the first ([[BackForTheDead and last]]) time in the twenty-nine years since [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E23PreemptiveStrike "Preemptive Strike"]].

* RankUp: After returning to Starfleet, she ended up advancing to the rank of commander.

For tropes related to her prior appearances, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/StarTrekTheNextGenerationRecurringCrew see here]].

* AngerBornOfWorry[=/=]SourSupporter: Trailers show him talking frustratedly with Picard for having "roped in" the other former ''Enterprise'' officers to help him on a highly dangerous mission.

The helm officer of the ''Titan''.

* BigBad: Revealed during "Seventeen Seconds" to be the true antagonists of the final Season rather than Vadic (as she'd been pro

* RoleReprise: Mihcelle Forbes reprises the role of Ro Laren for the first ([[BackForTheDead and last]]) time in the twenty-nine years since [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E23PreemptiveStrike "Preemptive Strike"]].

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Ro returns after her last appearance in TNG: "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E23PreemptiveStrike Preemptive Strike]]", twenty-nine years ago. Sadly, she doesn't survive "Imposter".]]

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Ro survived the Dominion's purge of the Maquis, only to still end up getting killed by the Dominion (albeit rogue Founders) decades later. Adding to the irony, Ro -- a Starfleet officer who infiltrated the Maquis and ended up defecting -- is killed by ''another'' RenegadeSplinterFaction that's infiltrated Starfleet.]]

* TheHandler: [[spoiler:Is revealed to be Worf's superior at Starfleet Intelligence.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Rather than attempt to save herself and potentially fail, Ro rams her shuttle into the ''Intrepid'''s nacelle, with both it and the bomb ensuring that the ''Intrepid'' won't be pursing the ''Titan''-A anytime soon.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: Ro has taken multiple precautions to protect herself from the Changeling infiltration, such as traveling by shuttlecraft to avoid a [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident transporter "accident"]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for her, it's ultimately not paranoid enough and the Changelings still take her out, though not before she can pull a HeroicSacrifice.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:While Ro still firmly believes that her decision to join the Maquis was the right one, she does reconcile with Picard. Just before her death, he tells her he finally sees that she never betrayed him as a person or her beliefs in doing the right thing. Her final act is to save his life and everyone else on the ''Titan''-A.]]

* CastingGag: Judging by the Season 3 trailer, Amanda Plummer has basically the same role [[Creator/ChristopherPlummer her father]] had in ''The Undiscovered Country'', including a penchant for red leather and twirling around in a CoolChair. Adding to the gag, she's also the final Big Bad for the TNG Crew just as her father was the final Big Bad for the TOS Crew.

* CompositeCharacter: She's named after the ''Titan'', a ''Luna''-class vessel from the 24th Century, but is a 23rd century design of the old ''Constitution''-class updated to 25th-century standards.

* TemptingFate: His first in-person meeting with Picard and Riker has him explain how "boring" their inspection of the ship will be. He states that there will be no explosions, firefights-- basically everything that ends up happening in the first episode ''alone''. If TemptingFate has a button, this man has mercilessly pogo-sticked all over it.

* CallingTheOldManOut: A non-familial variation with Picard -- albeit who, in his way, became a surrogate father figure to her during ''TNG''. Her reunion with her former captain is icy and bitter for both of them, as she blasts Picard's flaws and her own old resentments.

->'''Played by:''' Michelle Forbes

* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: His official title is "Worf, son of Mogh, House of Martok; son of Sergey, House of Rozhenko; bane of the Duras family; slayer of Gowron".

[[folder:Ro Laren]]
!!Ro Laren

Another veteran of the ''Enterprise''-D. While initially clashing with Picard and his command crew, a mutual respect gradually developed between the Capain and rebellious officer. However, despite her loyalty, Ro ultimately betrayed Picard during a mission to infiltrate the Maquis. Having survived the Dominion's purge of the Maquis, Ro did time in prison and has now rejoined Starfleet as an Intelligence operative.

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Ro returns after her last appearance in TNG: "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E23PreemptiveStrike Preemtive Strike]]", 29 years ago. Sadly, she doesn't survive "Imposter"]].
* CallingTheOldManOut: A non-familial variation with Picard (albeit who, in his way, became a surrogate father figure to her during TNG). Her reunion with her former Captain is icy and bitter for both of them, as she blasts Picard's flaws and her own old resentments.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: Ro survived the Dominion's purge of the Maquis, only to still end up getting killed by the Dominion (albeit rogue Founders) decades later. Adding to the irony, Ro -- a Starfleet officer who infiltrated the Maquis and ended up defecting -- is killed by ''another'' RenegadeSplinterFaction that's infiltrated Starfleet.
* FirstNameBasis: After reconciling with Picard she began calling him Jean Luc.
* TheHandler: Is revealed to be Worf's Intelligence.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Rather than attempt to save herself and potentially fail, Ro rams her shuttle into the ''Intrepid'''s nacelle, both it and the bomb ensuring the ''Intrepid'' won't be pursing the ''Titan''.]]
* NeverMyFault: Ro still feels she made the right choice defecting to the Maquis 30 years ago (though deep down, and despite her anger and resentments towards Picard, she ''does'' still regret betraying him).
* RankUp: After returning to Starfleet she ended up advancing to "Commander".
* RecruitingTheCriminal: Having survived the Dominion's purge of the Maquis, Ro did time in a Federation prison before being recruited by Starfleet Intelligence. It's justified, as Ro ''was'' a graduate of Advanced Tactical Training. Combine that with skills she picked up while with the Maquis and she's still a valuable asset for tradecraft operations.
* ProperlyParanoid: Ro has taken multiple precautions to protect herself from the Changeling infiltration (such as traveling by shuttlecraft to avoid a [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident transporter "accident"]]. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for her, it's ultimately not paranoid enough and the Changelings still take her out, though not before she can pull a HeroicSacrifice.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: While Ro still firmly believes her decision to join the Maquis was the right one, she does reconcile with Picard. Just before her death, he tells her he finally sees that she never betrayed him as a person or her beliefs in doing the right thing. Her final act is to save his life and everyone else on the Titan.]]
* RoleReprise: Mihcelle Forbes reprises the role of Ro Laren for the first (and last) time in the 29 years since [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E23PreemptiveStrike "Preemptive Strike"]].