In the science fiction universe of Star Trek, B-4 is the name of a prototype for the android Data and Lore. B-4 was created by Dr. Noonien Soong. As was the case with Data, Lore, and Soong, B-4 was played by the same actor, Brent Spiner.
B-4 was first seen in the movie Star Trek Nemesis. He is a Soong-type android (named after Dr. Noonien Soong, their creator). He is one of the five other androids built by Dr. Soong before Lore and Data (hence ...
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In the science fiction universe of Star Trek, B-4 is the name of a prototype for the android Data and Lore. B-4 was created by Dr. Noonien Soong. As was the case with Data, Lore, and Soong, B-4 was played by the same actor, Brent Spiner.
B-4 was first seen in the movie Star Trek Nemesis. He is a Soong-type android (named after Dr. Noonien Soong, their creator). He is one of the five other androids built by Dr. Soong before Lore and Data (hence the name, B-4). Picard does comment on Soong's apparent love of whimsical names shortly after B-4 is discovered.
B-4's history is somewhat suspect, because at one point Praetor Shinzon of Remus was able to obtain the disassembled B-4 and placed some special programming into him, so he could infiltrate the USS ''Enterprise''-E to gain tactical information of the Federation from the ship.
Knowing B-4 would be found by the Enterprise-E, Shinzon left him disassembled on Kolarus III. After leaving Earth for Betazed, the Enterprise-E picked up...
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