@TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee to Star Trek Social Club@startrek.websiteEnglish • 12 days agoAre there any Trek episodes where they enforce the Prime Directive to protect a developing world within Federation space from an external influence?message-square22fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10
arrow-up139arrow-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 • 12 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareDaniel QuinnlinkfedilinkEnglish11•12 days 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-squareValue SubtractedMlinkfedilinkEnglish7•12 days 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-square@MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 days agoRomulans: Don’t Tread Mintaka On me
minus-square@essell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•12 days agoAnd… Spoiler… It was an internal conflict anyway
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.
…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 meAnd… Spoiler… It was an internal conflict anyway