In other words, is that dog technically an augment dog? How is Tendi not dismissed from Starfleet and sent to a penal colony?
In other words, is that dog technically an augment dog? How is Tendi not dismissed from Starfleet and sent to a penal colony?
She made the dog from scratch. It’s not a modified creature, it’s an artificial lifeform she created. Augments/Genetic Manipulation is only illegal on citizens, not animals or artificial creatures.
What if she made a human from scratch, though?
Trek hasn’t really fleshed things out, but I would think that’s the goal of Bruce Maddox and other synth developers.