Strange New World story
A storm traps an away team in a cave on an alien world, and pollen spores cause them to experience psychosis. Directed by: David Livingston. Story by: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga.
15 total · 2 choice · 8 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| descent into madness | choice | Tucker went delusional inside cave and became convinced that T'Pol was plotting with rock monsters against him. |
| mistrust | choice | Mistrust between T'Pol and landing party members leads to complications about being rescued from the surface of planet. |
| acute anxiety | major | Tucker dreamed up a deluded conspiracy theories under the influence of hallucinogenic compound found on planet. |
| fear | major | Landing party members became paranoid and fearful inside the cave. |
| first contact | major | Archer and crew attempt to contact new life on earth-like planet. |
| human vs. the elements | major | The landing party fled to a cave to escape a violent windstorm. [storm] |
| persecution complex | major | Tucker went delusional inside cave and became convinced that T'Pol was plotting against him. |
| risk taking vs. playing it safe | major | Archer wanted to rush down headlong to explore new planet, against T'Pol's better judgment, and they landing party became exposed to lethal pathogen as a result of his recklessness. |
| space exploration | major | Archer and the crew attempted to contact new life on earth-like planet. |
| substance intoxication | major | Landing party became confused and paranoid under the influence of spores on the planet. |