Ford Prefect

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Ira Graves, Humanoid of the Year

Ira Graves: Humanoid of the Year

According to set dressing created for TNG: "The Schizoid Man", Ford Prefect was the product manager for the artificial intelligence division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.

Prefect's signature was on a certificate naming Ira Graves as "humanoid of the year" in gratitude for his contributions to the Proxima Centauri Interplanetary Bowling League (and also their marching band).

The certificate was not seen on screen, but depicted in Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission (p. 76).

Both Ford Prefect and the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation are references to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, though the original Ford Prefect was not associated with the Corporation. The original Prefect, (while Human-looking), was said to be a Betelgeusian.

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