TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee to Star Trek Social Club@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 month agoAre there any Trek episodes where they enforce the Prime Directive to protect a developing world within Federation space from an external influence?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareAre there any Trek episodes where they enforce the Prime Directive to protect a developing world within Federation space from an external influence?TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee to Star Trek Social Club@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareDaniel Quinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIn Star Trek: Insurrection, the Enterprise protected the Baku from the So’na, though if I remember right, there was some debate as to whether the prime directive applied as the Baku weren’t native to the planet.
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAnd… Spoiler… It was an internal conflict anyway
minus-squareValue Subtracted@startrek.websiteMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago there was some debate as to whether the prime directive applied as the Baku weren’t native to the planet. …which is an absolutely insane debate. No one tries to argue that the PD doesn’t apply to the Romulans, even though they’re not native to their world. Colony planets aren’t considered “fair game” for interference.
minus-squareMalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoRomulans: Don’t Tread Mintaka On me
In Star Trek: Insurrection, the Enterprise protected the Baku from the So’na, though if I remember right, there was some debate as to whether the prime directive applied as the Baku weren’t native to the planet.
And… Spoiler… It was an internal conflict anyway
…which is an absolutely insane debate. No one tries to argue that the PD doesn’t apply to the Romulans, even though they’re not native to their world.
Colony planets aren’t considered “fair game” for interference.
Romulans: Don’t
TreadMintaka On me