Adam Soong

Doctor Adam Soong was a male Human geneticist and engineer who lived during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He was the owner of Soong Dynamics, which produced equipment that he used in his experiments.

Soong's daughters[]

Soong's life's ambition was both to genetically improve Humanity and also to artificially create a Human. Using somatic nuclear cell transfer, he created a series of such beings, all of whom he considered his "daughters". His first dozen attempts only survived for hours, the next few for days. None of his creations lived longer than four years. Five of these daughters were named Persephone, Despoina, Persephatta, Prosperina, and Artemis.

Soong and daughter

Soong and daughter

Soong and daughter

Soong and daughter

For what Soong intended to be his final attempt, Kore, who despite living far longer than her "sisters", suffered from a genetic defect that made exposure to unfiltered air and sunlight deadly. Soong never told any of his daughters their true origin, instead fabricating a childhood and an absent mother for them. (PIC: "Two of One", "Fly Me to the Moon", "Mercy")

Quest for a cure[]

In his quest to find a cure for Kore, Soong partnered with Spearhead Operations, a private military organization, to conduct illegal genetic experiments on homeless veterans. These activities were exposed to the public in January 2023, drawing condemnation; some media outlets called him a "mad scientist". When Soong attempted to solicit greater support for his research from the California Medical Board in 2024, he was instead judged to have violated the Shenzhen Convention. The Federation of State Medical Boards had his license and funding revoked, and barred him from further work in genetics.

Shortly afterward, Soong was approached by Q, who offered a cure for his daughter's condition in exchange for removing an "obstacle": the astronaut Renée Picard, who was due to embark on the Europa Mission. Considering himself a "hostage" to Q if he indeed had a cure, Soong agreed.

At a gala celebrating the Europa Mission, Soong attempted to hit Renée with his car; at the last moment, Jean-Luc Picard pushed his ancestor out of the way, and was struck himself. Soong fled the scene, despondent at his failure, and inadvertently aroused Kore's suspicion about her origins. (PIC: "Fly Me to the Moon", "Two of One")

The next day, Kore learned the truth from a simulacrum of Q, who also provided her with a permanent cure for her condition. She confronted her father about his experiment and, after Soong was unable to answer whether he loved her or his legacy that she represented, she abandoned him. (PIC: "Mercy")

Later that evening, Adam Soong was contacted by the Borg Queen, controlling Agnes Jurati's body. She told him of his potential role in history: in a timeline where Renée Picard made a discovery during the Europa Mission that rendered his work obsolete, he would die alone and forgotten. If she did not make the discovery, Soong would save Humanity from extinction and become venerated as "the father of the future". Soong agreed to aid the Queen in her plans to capture CSS La Sirena, and used his contact with Spearhead Operations to obtain a team of elite mercenaries. (PIC: "Mercy")

On launch day, Soong rigged up four drones to destroy the Europa Mission spacecraft as a backup plan while attempting to murder Renée directly using a fast-acting neurotoxin. However, he only succeeded in killing Tallinn, a Traveler Supervisor tasked with watching Renée, who had disguised herself as Renée, while Raffaela Musiker managed to give Cristóbal Rios manual control over one of the drones, which Rios used to destroy all four. With the successful launch of the Europa Mission, the Confederation timeline Soong created was averted.

Soong later furiously watched a transmission from Renée before his files suddenly started being deleted remotely by Kore. Contacting her father, Kore told Soong that she had made a new future for them both and that "this is for my sisters" before she deleted Soong's entire database. Soong then removed a confidential funding report on Project Khan from 1996 from his filing cabinet. (PIC: "Farewell")

Alternate timeline[]

In an alternate timeline, Soong served as an integral part of the Confederation of Earth. He was known for stating the Confederation's mantra: "A safe galaxy is a Human galaxy." By that timeline's 2401, a holographic statue of Soong that replayed his quote was on display in San Francisco Bay. In this timeline, Renée Picard was prevented from going on the Europa Mission by Q and making a discovery that would render Adam's work obsolete. Earth found itself in an ecological free fall and Humanity turned to Adam and his work for a solution. Adam became known as "the Father of the Future" for saving the Human race. (PIC: "Penance", "Mercy")

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Adam Soong was played by Brent Spiner in his fourth portrayal as a member of the Human Soong family.