Terra Nova story
Enterprise is sent to learn what happened to an early Human colony called Terra Nova. Directed by: LeVar Burton. Story by: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga.
14 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| space colonization | choice | Enterprise crew stumbled on a lost Earth colony whose inhabitants had disappeared. we were told the story of Earth's first colony |
| the ethics of interfering in less advanced societies | choice | Crew contemplated forcing the less advanced Novans to abandon their planet and come back to Earth. |
| trust in a potential foe | choice | Archer wish for Novans to trust that he was acting in their best interest and Archer showed trust in Jamin by giving him his pistol. Jamin asked Archer to trust him as the tracked down a cliff wall to rescue a Novan. |
| asteroid impact | major | T'Pol discovered evidence that an asteroid impact triggered the civilization ending mass radiation poisoning on Terra Nova colony. |
| forced resettlement | major | Crew contemplated forcing the Novans to abandon their planet and come back to Earth. |
| forced resettlement for peoples' own good | major | The crew contemplated forcing the Novans to abandon their planet and come back to Earth in order to save them from certain death. |
| mass radiation poisoning | major | Some sort of space radiation destroyed wiped out the deep space Earth colony and its civilization. |
| subterranean civilization | major | Crew discovered a lost Earth colony that had taken to living in caverns. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | major | Some sort of space radiation destroyed wiped out the deep space Earth colony and its civilization. |
| first contact | minor | Crew contacts lost Earth colony that forgot they had Human origins and considered themselves to be Novans. |