Mudd androids History . The android s of the planet Mudd originated in the Andromeda Galaxy . They were constructed by an unnamed humanoid species for the purpose of performing necessary service functions , freeing their makers to evolve a perfect social order . Large groups of androids were sent to establish outposts for various purposes . At one time , there were many such outposts of androids scattered throughout the stars , but when the sun of their homeworld went nova , the androids ' " makers " slowly became extinct . By the later 2260s , there were only a few outposts remaining . On one of these outposts , located on a K - class planet in the Milky Way Galaxy , the androids worked at adapting the planet for productive use . They had managed to build vast libraries , impressive medical research laboratories , and cutting - edge engineering shops until the slow march of time caused them to lose focus on their original purpose . The accidental arrival of the Human Harcourt Fenton Mudd sometime between 2266 and 2268 brought the androids a new , if misguided , purpose . Organization . The androids consisted of a single coordinator named Norman , who utilized a central control complex to join some 207 , 808 other individual androids into a mass brain , forming one gigantic , highly intelligent mind . The androids were divided into groups of identical models each numbering up to five hundred units . Among these were the Herman series , the Oscar series , and many others . Constructed of a self - renewing plastic over a skeleton of beryllium - titanium alloy , none of the android bodies had never worn out , but the estimated duration was 500 , 000 years . While the android collective brain is vast and formidable , it had a weakness in its inability to process logical paradoxes and irrational behavior . The Mudd era . When the planet was stumbled upon by fugitive Harcourt Fenton " Harry " Mudd , the androids dubbed him Lord Mudd the First . Serving Mudd with near - absolute loyalty , they nevertheless held him against his will . While prisoner and ruler of the android population , Mudd ordered the construction of an additional 2 , 501 androids , most of which were very attractive female models , including the Alice series , the Barbara series , the Maisie series , the Trudy series , and the Annabelle series . In addition , he commissioned a single android in the image of his estranged wife Stella , whom he could command to be silent at will to amuse himself . Needing beings to serve , and being less than satisfied with Harry Mudd as the sole provider of purpose , the androids promised to allow him to leave if he would help them secure new specimens to serve . At Mudd ' s direction , Norman posed as a Starfleet officer and commandeered and sabotaged a Federation starship , the , and forced it to the planet Mudd . The androids long observation of Harry Mudd caused them to draw certain negative conclusions about the Human race as a whole . Although realizing that Mudd was flawed even for a Human being , the androids nevertheless determined that the Human race was much too greedy and corruptible to have free run of the galaxy . They determined the best way to control Humanity ' s aggressive and inquisitive instincts was by serving them , until Humans became completely dependent on them , happy and controlled . ( ) The post - Mudd era . Using a combination of irrational behavior and logical paradoxes , the androids were eventually overcome by the " Enterprise " crew with the assistance of Harry Mudd . With the androids incapacitated , it became possible for the Starfleet personnel to reprogram the androids to continue once again the project they had been sent to the planet to accomplish . In addition , the androids were to be left with custody of Harry Mudd , not as a sovereign ruler , but instead as a " first - class example of a Human failure " , to be observed in order to avoid similar individuals in the future . In addition , five hundred new androids were commissioned by Starfleet Captain James T . Kirk , based upon Harry Mudd ' s original Stella design , including its characteristic shrill and shrewish demeanor , but without any regard for Harry ' s command for it to " shut up " . In spite of Harry Mudd ' s rather colorful reputation and auspicious history , Federation records well into the 2360s still referred to the planet as " Mudd " , and presumably the androids were likewise named " Mudd - type androids " in tribute to " Lord Mudd I " , the first sovereign ruler of the planet . ( ; )