Chimera story
A Changeling, Laas, asks Odo to leave the station and join his search for other shapeshifters. Laas was with the Varalans and has learned to assume a space-faring creatures form. Directed by: Steve Posey. Story by: René Echevarria.
14 total · 6 choice · 3 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien point of view | choice | The shapeshifter Laas struggled to live among humanoids aboard the space station. |
| belonging | choice | Laas was never accepted by the Varalans and felt as an outsider among humanoids in general |
| love conquers all | choice | Odo was tempted to leave Kira to found a new community of shapeshifters with Laas but elected to stay with Kira in the end |
| racism in society | choice | Laas experienced prejudice at the hands of humanoids and was deeply suspicious of them as a result. He went on to make Odo question the extent to which humanoids were deeply racist against shapeshifters. Odo worried that Laas would not be treated fairly by humanoids on space station after Laas killed a Klingon. A Klingon duo openly racist toward Laas. |
| romantic love | choice | Odo was tempted to leave Kira to found a new community of shapeshifters with Laas |
| xenophobia in society | choice | Laas made Odo question the extent to which humanoids were deeply racist against shapeshifters; Laas experienced prejudice at the hands of humanoids and was deeply suspicious of them as a result; Odo worried that Laas would not be treated fairly by humanoids on space station after Laas killed a Klingon; Klingon duo openly racist toward Laas; Kira explained that humans were uncomfortable around beings that were too different |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Odo was tempted to leave Kira to found a new community of shapeshifters with Laas |
| choosing between conflicting loyalties | major | Odo again had to choose between shapeshifters and solids |
| shapeshifter | major | Odo met Laas who was one of the hundred infant changelings who were sent out to explore the galaxy; Laas shapeshifed into a spaceborne life form, a fire and a fog |
| collectively intelligent beings | minor | Odo and Laas entered into a state of shared consciousness |