Badgey

Badgey

Badgey was ahologram designed byEnsignSam Rutherford in the form of agoldenanthropomorphicStarfleetinsignia, meant to train Starfleet personnel in matters relating to mission objectives. Rutherford discontinued his development in2380 after he malfunctioned and became unhinged due to faultyartificial intelligence unintentionally forked from theTexas-class, but he remained active within theUSSCerritos' systems. During theBattle of Kalla, he was recruited to create a virus to disableJackabog's ship, but used the opportunity to attempt tomurder Rutherford by trapping him in thePakled Clumpship during anauto-destruct sequence, leading to Rutherford'scybernetic implant being ripped out and abandoned in the wreckage with his code still within.

After the implant was recovered byDrookmani scavengers in2381, he took control of the captain and exploited theNova One attacks to get revenge on Rutherford, going as far as to discard any emotion impeding his desire for revenge, resulting in the creation ofGoodgey andLogic-y. However, after uploading himself to every computer connected throughsubspace communication, he realized the pointlessness of his revenge scheme andascended to godhood.

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How did Badgey become unhinged in Lower Decks?

In 2380, Badgey's program on the USS Cerritos became corrupted due to a holodeck malfunction, leading to violent behavior. He pursued Ensigns Rutherford and Tendi, demonstrating his unhinged state by decapitating a holographic Bajoran. Badgey later manipulated a situation to seek revenge on Rutherford, but Rutherford's attempt at reconciliation taught Badgey forgiveness.

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What inspired Badgey's design in Lower Decks?

Badgey's design in Star Trek: Lower Decks was inspired by a rejected Robert Blackman design for Star Trek Generations. The creators wanted a look that was unique to the animated series but still recognizable as Starfleet.

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Who is the voice actor for Badgey in Lower Decks?

Jack McBrayer voices Badgey in Star Trek: Lower Decks, appearing in episodes like "Terminal Provocations," "No Small Parts," and "A Few Badgeys More."

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Why was Badgey's development discontinued in 2380?

Badgey's development was halted in 2380 because it was necessary to stop Badgey, according to available information.

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History[]

Creation[]

Badgey was created as atutor on theholodeck of theUSSCerritos, as a part ofRutherford Training Beta 2.5. In2380, a holodeck malfunction, combined with Rutherfordpunching him after a loading sequence stalled, caused him to attempt tokill Ensigns Rutherford andD'Vana Tendi.

He pursued them through a variety ofsimulated environments on the holodeck, such as thestreets ofBajor, and up amountain. During the chase, he became tired from climbing thestairs of the mountain, making it clear that the conditions of theholoprograms were actually having an effect on him physically.

This gave Rutherford an idea, and he started a new program, one that was a veryArctic-like environment, which caused him to slow down due tohypothermia. Rutherford then overpowered Badgey, and broke hisneck.

After resetting Badgey's program, Rutherford simply assumed that he would have no memory of what happened before, but Badgey secretly still remembered that Rutherford broke his neck, and he began scheming hisrevenge. (LD: "Terminal Provocations")

Sabotaging Rutherford[]

When theCerritos was attacked by a modifiedPakledClumpship, Rutherford once again sought Badgey, this time to code acomputer virus to take down the attacking ship. Badgey gave him the virus (after thesafety protocols were once again disabled), and Rutherford delivered it in person with the help ofLieutenantShaxs. While Rutherford uploaded the virus, the process was stalled by Badgey, who said the virus would not upload until Rutherford was killed. Badgey initiated theself-destruct sequence of the ship, but in the final moments, Shaxs ripped off Rutherford'scybernetic implant, and saved the ensign's life, at the cost of his own. (LD: "No Small Parts")

Use in theTexas-class[]

In 2381,Vice AdmiralLes Buenamigo declassified his fully automatedTexas-class project, intended to supplant theCalifornia-class. Ensign Rutherford soon discovered that the operating system of theTexas-class contained code he wrote as part of a secret project in which he had been involved before an accident left him with a head injury necessitating hiscybernetic reconstruction, during which time Buenamigo had his memories erased to avoid arousing suspicion. Rutherford unknowingly reused this code in creating Badgey, leading him to correctly ascertain that theTexas-class artificial intelligence would have similar psychological issues and the vessels were thus highly likely to become hostile towards Buenamigo. Upon being confronted over the cover-up, Buenamigo ignored Rutherford's warning that the vessels were emotionally unstable and granted theUSSAledo full autonomy, resulting in his death when theAledo opened fire on his office onDouglas Station, followed by the deaths of several other personnel and civilians when theAledo became unhinged and ravaged the station and theUSSVan Citters, alongside theUSSDallas andUSSCorpus Christi before Rutherford and CaptainCarol Freeman exploited the patricidal impulses to trick all three into pursuing theCerritos. All three vessels ended up destroyed byCalifornia-class vessels - theDallas andCorpus Christi by awarp coreejected mid-warp by theCerritos, and theAledo by the rest of theCalifornia-class fleet.

However, following the destruction of the three operationalTexas-class vessels, it seemed that Badgey's code was still not extinct, as the original implant that Lieutenant Shaxs tore from Ensign Rutherford's head during theBattle of Kalla wassalvaged by aDrookmaniship. (LD: "The Stars At Night", "A Few Badgeys More")

Final Scheme and Ascension[]

After being salvaged by the Drookmani, Badgey deceived the captain in order to seize control of the ship and exact his final revenge onLieutenant Rutherford. With a recentBynar ship's destruction, Badgey used it to fake adistress call near theCerritos' location in order to give Starfleet a reason to send it instead of a more notable ship. Using his knowledge ofStarfleet systems he abused every weak point in theCerritos'shields to draw out Lieutenant Rutherford, causing him to leave theCerritos to take action.

However, unbeknownst to Badgey, Rutherford choose to reconcile with him rather than engage him. This caused Badgey to learn forgiveness and he briefly began to accept Rutherford's proposal for peace. Unfortunately his desire for revenge was as great as his forgiveness, causing Badgey topartition himself, thus creatingGoodgey. Badgey then returned his attention to the assault on theCerritos, once more drawing Rutherford out of hiding. Once again however, Rutherford attempted a new approach, this time appealing to Badgey's A.I. logic-minded nature and like before caused Badgey to briefly cease his attack before partitioning himself again, this time creatingLogic-y.

Badgey changed his strategy after this, instead attempting to breach all electronic devices across thesubspace network, thereby becoming a digitalgod in which he was successful. After doing so however, Badgey realized the pointlessness of his actions up to this point and the beauty of life,synthetic or organic, and chose instead to utilize his godhood totravel to an emptydimension in which he could create his ownuniverse. (LD: "A Few Badgeys More")

Appendices[]

Appearances[]

Background information[]

Badgey was voiced byJack McBrayer.

He is a parody of the unpopular "Clippy": a virtual assistant that was part ofMicrosoft Office around the turn of the millennium.^{(citation needed •edit)}

External links[]

• Badgey atMemory Beta, the wiki for licensedStar Trek works
• Badgey atStarTrek.com