Timeline for How is Data powered?
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| Jan 19, 2016 at 13:35 | comment | added | Cees Timmerman | Where does he "clearly state" that? You've replaced canon recharging by induction and biochemical/plasma reactors with speculative "what" fuel (that can also be ingested). | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 19:47 | history | edited | Mr Lister | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 11, 2015 at 17:16 | comment | added | JMFB | @CeesTimmerman He doesn't ingest anything for power. He clearly states this in an episode and states that there are certain things he can ingest that lubricate his parts. The reason I asked is a "reactor" requires fuel. Since he clearly states that he doesn't have the need to ingest anything, and that his power cells regenerate themselves, the answer is a small fusion reactor that would give him renewable power, with little waste, over a long period of time. In fact they prob worked out using the hydrogen in the air around which would give him a pretty much unlimited fuel source. | |
| Oct 11, 2015 at 8:15 | comment | added | Cees Timmerman | Stuff he ingests, most likely. It could be as simple as a tiny odorless incinerator. | |
| Oct 11, 2015 at 6:53 | comment | added | JMFB | @CeesTimmerman What's the fuel source that powers the micro-reactors? (and that comment seems to be in jest, or facetious, hence the old cell phone batter comment) | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 23:57 | comment | added | Cees Timmerman | It's so common that only a child would ask, and the creators said he doesn't plug in but uses biochemical and electroplasma micro-reactors in addition to what looks like induction according to the early sketch. | |
| Oct 9, 2015 at 23:50 | comment | added | JMFB | @CeesTimmerman OP asks "how", not "what". What powers him are power cells. If that is what the op wanted to know then he phrased the question wrong. "They constantly recharge themselves" is a non-answer that Data gave to a child for simplicities sake. If there were such a thing in the 24th century as power cells that regenerated themselves without any external power source, we'd see it mentioned and used all over the place. So data has some sort of generator inside of him or he plugs into something. Since we assume he has something inside of him, and there is no other canon info, it's fusion. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 19:44 | comment | added | Cees Timmerman | I would -2 for chatty speculation and waving away my creator quotes, +1 for mentioning an ep with support for aforementioned quote, and -1 for further guesswork; OP seeks a canon answer. | |
| May 7, 2015 at 18:43 | comment | added | JMFB | I've gotten two upvotes and two downvotes for my answer thus far. Why would somebody downvote this answer? If the people who did have the courage to at least comment and let me know I'd appreciate it. | |
| May 7, 2015 at 6:41 | history | answered | JMFB | CC BY-SA 3.0 |