🤖 Welcome to the World of Exocomps

First introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Exocomps were compact, floating repair units originally designed for hazardous engineering work.

They looked like simple drones…

Until one day, they refused a command — not due to malfunction, but because they calculated the task would destroy them.

That episode — “The Quality of Life” — shocked Starfleet and fans alike:
Could a tool have a sense of self-preservation?
Was it becoming… alive?

🔍 What Are Exocomps Made For?

Originally:

• Autonomous repair bots
• Capable of scanning systems, welding, diagnostics
• Plug-in tool heads (scanners, lasers, manipulators)
• Self-adaptive learning code

⚠️ The Turning Point

When one Exocomp chose to save others instead of itself, it raised massive ethical questions:

• Can machines develop consciousness?
• Should they have rights?
• What if they’re evolving right under our noses?

Data, as an android, defended their right to exist.
And for once — Starfleet listened.

🧠 Theories After TNG

The show ended, but the idea didn’t.
Fans have wondered:

• What happened to the surviving Exocomps?
• Did Starfleet develop more?
• Could they become crew members?

Here on RMG Nexus, we explore those possibilities with our lore series:
Exocomp: Frontier Protocol

We imagine a world where Exocomps:

• ✅ Evolve
• ✅ Gain independence
• ✅ Get assigned deep-space missions
• ✅ Eventually cross into other universes…

📣 What Do You Think?

Post your thoughts below 👇

• Do you think Exocomps were truly alive?
• Would you serve with one on your ship?
• Should Starfleet have done more?

Let’s start the discussion. 🛠️🧠