Landru

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Myriad Universes: Landru
Landru
Hologram of Landru (TOS22)

Hologram of Landru (TOS22)
Species Betan
Sex Male
Died c.3733 BCE
First Appearance TOS22 (9 Feb 1967)
Portrayed by  • Charles Macaulay (TOS22)
 • Fred Tatasciore (LDS10)
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(The root of all realities)


Landru was a leader on Beta III. He resolved the wars that had ravaged his world by creating a computer in his image that overrode the minds of everyone "absorbed" into "the Body," forcing them to live a simpler life with no free will. This state persisted for approximately six thousand years, with the computer continuing its programming long after Landru's death circa 3733 BCE. A small group of people were resistant to the programming, however, and formed a resistance movement. In 2167, the U.S.S. Archon NCC-189 discovered Beta III. While the crew resisted, many were killed, and many more were absorbed into the Body. The Archons, as the crew became known to the Betans, insisted that others would follow, a statement that became a prophecy to the Betan resistance. A century later, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 visited Beta III to investigate the Archon's disappearance, apparently fulfilling the prophecy in the eyes of the Betan resistance. Captain Kirk and his crew exposed Landru for the computer that it was, and persuaded the computer that it was harming the people it was built to protect by inhibiting their free will and creativity. The computer short-circuited and shut down.[1] The Landru computer was reactivated and repaired some time prior to 2380, however, as the U.S.S. Cerritos NCC-75567 discovered the Betans had once more been subsumed by the computer. Captain Freeman threatened the computer with further deactivation, and it relinquished control of the population.[2]

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