I just re-watched TNG “In Theory” (S04E25) and Data says that the door to his quarters is set to only allow humanoids to enter or leave when Geordie finds Spot in the hall.
Whilst I get that it would be dangerous for Spot to wander the ship freely I think it’s kind of mean to keep him locked in a small room like that forever. There doesn’t seem to be any cat toys in the room but maybe the computer is capable of some sort of environmental enrichment we can’t immediately see.
Do you have a cat? There would be several episodes about Spot breaking various ship systems and causing cat-astrophes
Your summary feels like an episode of Lower Decks demanding to be written!
T’Ana
cat-astro-phes
Damage on a Federation space ship would create a hefty …
cat-astro-fee
I want cat-as-trophy
seems like data would just pin a communicator to his collar and beam him back if he got the urge to go walkabout.
Comm badge chirp
“Mowwww, Mowwww, mrrrowwww.”
“Excuse me, I have an urgent matter to attend to.”
I do and yea, he would have caused complete havoc on board the Enterprise.