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[Star Trek] When USS Voyager got back to Earth, if the Doctor wanted to resign from Starfleet, would he have to apply for Federation citizenship as a new species?
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The Doctor explicitly does not have rights as an individual so can't resign from Starfleet. In *Author, Author* the court found that he met the criteria to be the author of his holonovel, and thus had creative control over its publication, but didn't see it necessary to address the matter of his personhood (as it wasn't relevant to the case at hand).

Now if it did go for judgment, he'd most likely win. The precedent has already been set with Data in *The Measure of a Man,* which while there are slight differences in the details, the premise is the same.

He'd need to go to court to have the right to resign.

Citizenship is an entirely separate issue, but he'd be looking for individual citizenship based on his personal circumstances, not Federation membership for his species. The former is a far more manageable goal.