Recently resigned Starbotian Commander S101 has admitted he has a degenerative mental condition which will, in a few decades, leave him "brain dead". The illness, commonly known as bit rot, affects older Starbotians and is thought to be due to a flaw in the Starbotian brain design. It affects Starbotians in a similar was to Alzheimers in humans and S101 says that his erratic behaviour in the last days of his command are likely to be due to the early stages of bit rot, though he was not using it as an excuse.
Currently the illness, which was only discovered a few decades ago, has no cure. S101 will continue to slowly deteriorate until his brain no longer functions and his personality matrix collapses. This is not likely to happen for around 20-30 years at current rate of decline so he is hopeful a medical breakthrough can be made.
