Farallon
Doctor Farallon was a female Tyran scientist and inventor of the  technology. She was also the developer of the exocomps.

The particle fountain, which operated from aboard the Tyrus VIIA station, was a new mining technology completely unlike any existing mining technology. To explore the possibilities, the project was started which Dr. Farallon supervised. A few years before field testing commenced, she experimented with modified industrial servo mechanisms which she called exocomps. The devices not only replicate tools, but had problem-solving capabilities. She thought these would help to complete the project more quickly.

In 2369 Dr. Farallon assisted Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge of the starship  to perform an evaluation of the particle fountain technology. The Starfleet was interested to use a particle fountain on Carema III. When there were problems with the new mining system, Farallon used the exocomps to repair the mining systems. Data discovered the exocomps were sentient. At first Farallon refused to believe Data, but after it was determined that they were, she agreed not to exploit the exocomps.

Dr. Farallon was a great admirer of Dr. Noonian Soong and made an extensive study of his positronic network design. ()

Background information 
Dr. Farallon was played by Ellen Bry.

According to the script, "she's an attractive humanoid alien woman about the same age as Geordi."

She was named after the  off the coast of San Francisco. ()

Her costume from this episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay.

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