Zora

Zora was the name taken by the computer of the after the ship's jump to the 32nd century. The computer had developed an artificial intelligence complete with a personality. 
== History ==
Zora's genesis appeared to date from the year 3189, when the , which had been stored within the Discovery computer, began to merge with it, causing the computer to speak with a distinctly new computer voice. () This personality was gendered female, and chose the name "Zora" because it meant "dawn" or "new day" in languages on Earth, Ni'Var, and . ()
Within a relatively short period of time, she developed emotions. () She worked with the crew of the Discovery on a personal level to escape a subspace rift, struggling with the task due to having to manage her new emotions. ()
In the 33rd century, Discovery was taken into deep space and abandoned on a Red Directive mission which was expected to take longer than the crew's lifetimes. Admiral Michael Burnham promised that Starfleet would come back for Zora once the mission -- which involved "Craft" -- was over and that there would be a new beginning waiting for the AI upon her return. ()
After the ship had been abandoned for almost a thousand years, Zora developed a predilection for the 1957 film Funny Face, starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. () Zora even created a holographic representation of Zora who later performed a dance from the film with Craft on the bridge of the Discovery. ()
== Alternate timelines and realities ==
In an alternate timeline, Zora was the only survivor on the wreckage of the in 3218 after the ship was rescued from the time cycling by the Federation too late to stop Moll and L'ak. When the time cycling Michael Burnham and Commander Rayner arrived in 3218, Zora explained what had happened to them and helped Burnham figure out the pattern of the time cycling. As the two jumped to another time period, Zora begged them to set things right again. ()
== Relationships ==
==== Gray Tal ====
Gray Tal helped Zora through her emotional and sensory overload by playing a game with her that he used to get used to his new synthetic body. () Later he protested against the 'failsafe' Zora constructed for herself. ()
==== Craft ====
While the Discovery was abandoned by her crew, she and Craft spent an extensive amount of time alone together, getting to know each other. In time, they developed a bond that almost became a romantic relationship, but Craft was stopped from reciprocating Zora's affection by memories of his wife. () 
==== Crew ====
One of the Discoverys first actions displaying sentience was holding a movie night for the crew, and Saru speculated that her goal was to protect the crew. (). Later on in her development, Zora created a family tree featuring many members of the Discovery crew, mirroring Burnham's own family tree. () She had even edited her primary function to be "to care for the crew of Discovery." ()
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=== Background information ===
Zora was voiced by Annabelle Wallis, with Sash Striga in a non-speaking role as Zora's dancing avatar.
A deleted line from , revealed as part of the 2020 San Diego ComicCon@Home table read, indicated that the "Zora program" was under development by the Daystrom Institute in 2258 as a replacement for Control. 
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Category:Artificial lifeforms
Category:Starfleet personnel (32nd century)