Memory loss fail-safe system

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The memory loss fail-safe system was a defense built into the programming of Lieutenant Commander Data. In the event of a memory loss, it was intended to protect the android from anyone who might try to take advantage of him.

Data's ethical and moral subroutines would take over all his basic functions. Effectively, he entered a self-preservation mode in which he only knew right and wrong.