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Jackson Roykirk was an early-21st century Earth scientist who created the Nomad space probe – an artificially-intelligent machine sent out with the mission to seek out new life in 2002. Roykirk's ambition was to build a perfect thinking machine capable of independent logic. Spock described him as one of the most brilliant but erratic scientists of his time. (TOS: "The Changeling")

Appendices

Background information

The photographic image of Roykirk seen in "The Changeling" was "portrayed" by director Marc Daniels. Although he was a 21st century scientist, he wore a standard 2260s Starfleet dress uniform in the photo (albeit it seems to be either a reversed image or configured slightly differently based on the opposite positioning of the "decorations").

According to the Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology, Roykirk died in 2022.

In an homage to Star Trek, a character named "Jackson Roykirk" appeared in an episode of Team Knight Rider entitled "Apocalypse Maybe," played by William Christopher of M*A*S*H fame. While this may seem to be a crossover, constant references to "Star Trek" on the show make it unlikely. [1]

Apocrypha

Jackson Roykirk is mentioned in The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 as being part of the team which designed and created the DY-100 class ship which carried Khan and his remaining followers to the stars.

External link

Jackson Roykirk at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-[[Image:Roykirk.JPG|thumb|Historical photo of Jackson Roykirk.]]
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+|gender         = Male
+|species        = [[Human]]
+|occupation     = [[Scientist]]<br/>Creator, ''[[Nomad]]
+|status         = Deceased
+|datestatus     = 21st century
+|actor          = [[Marc Daniels]]
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-'''Jackson Roykirk''' was an early-[[21st Century]] [[Earth]] scientist who was largely credited for the creation of the ''[[Nomad]]'' space probe -- an artificially intelligent machine sent out with the mission to seek out new life in [[2002]]. Roykirk's dream was to build a perfect thinking machine capable of independent logic. [[Spock]] described him as one of the most brilliant but erratic scientists of his time. (''[[TOS]]: "[[The Changeling]]"'')
+'''Jackson Roykirk''' was an early-[[21st century]] [[Earth]] [[scientist]] who created the ''[[Nomad]]'' [[space]] [[probe]] &ndash; an [[artificial intelligence|artificially-intelligent]] machine sent out with the mission to seek out new [[lifeform|life]] in [[2002]]. Roykirk's ambition was to build a perfect thinking machine capable of independent [[logic]]. [[Spock]] described him as one of the most brilliant but erratic scientists of his time. ({{TOS|The Changeling}})
+==Appendices==
-As a teenager in [[1957]] Roykirk was living in [[Carbon Creek]], [[Pennsylvania]] with his mother [[Maggie]]. She collected money for him in hope that Jack can get higher education. With the help of the [[Vulcan]] [[T'Mir]] they got enough money and he was able to go to college. ([[ENT]]: "[[Carbon Creek (episode)|Carbon Creek]]")
+=== Background information ===
+The [[photograph]]ic image of Roykirk seen in "The Changeling" was "portrayed" by [[directors|director]] [[Marc Daniels]]. Although he was a 21st century scientist, he wore a standard [[2260s]] [[Starfleet]] [[dress uniform]] in the photo (albeit it seems to be either a reversed image or configured slightly differently based on the opposite positioning of the "decorations").
+According to the ''[[Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology]]'', Roykirk died in [[2022]].
-[[Image:Jackcc.JPG|thumb|"Jack" Roykirk in 1957.]]
+In an homage to ''Star Trek'', a character named "Jackson Roykirk" appeared in an episode of {{wt|Team Knight Rider}} entitled "Apocalypse Maybe," played by William Christopher of ''M*A*S*H'' fame. While this may seem to be a {{w|Fictional crossover|crossover}}, constant references to "''Star Trek''" on the show make it unlikely. [http://www.poobala.com/standteam.html]
-:''The young Roykirk is played by [[Hank Harris]]. On the photograph the adult Roykirk is "portrayed" by director [[Marc Daniels]]. Although he is a [[21st century]] scientist on the photo he wears a standard [[2260s]] [[Starfleet]] dress uniform.''
+=== Apocrypha ===
+Jackson Roykirk is mentioned in ''[[The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2]]'' as being part of the team which designed and created the [[DY-100 class]] ship which carried Khan and his remaining followers to the stars.
+===External link===
+*{{mbeta}}
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+[[fr:Jackson Roykirk]]
+[[it:Jackson Roykirk]]
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+[[Category:Scientists|Roykirk, Jackson]]