Rogue Planet story
Enterprise finds a sunless solitary planet with a small group of aliens who are hunting "wraiths", an indigenous telepathic and shape-shifting species. Directed by: Allan Kroeker. Story by: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga & Chris Black.
9 total · 5 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| facing being hunted like an animal | major | The Eska were surreptitiously tracking down a sentient, telepathic, shapeshifting alien. |
| hunting | major | The Eska took pleasure in hunting on rogue planet and had done so for generations. Malcolm enthusiastically went on safari with a party of Eska hunters. |
| rogue planet | major | Crew stumbled on a rogue planet and went to investigate it. T'Pol speculated that the planet was once gravitationally bound to a star but had been thrown out from its orbit. T'Pol described how life on the planet was distributed in a number of oases unlike on Earth. Also the landing party was in total darkness on the planet surface. |
| shapeshifter | major | The Eska were hunting a species of shapeshifter indigenous to the rogue planet. |
| telepathic being | major | Wraith communicated telepathically with Archer. In general, the wraiths read the minds of those around them an assumed the form of what people wanted them to be. |
| lookism in society | minor | T'Pol explained that Vulcans, unlike Humans, were valued for their achievements rather than their looks. |
| space exploration | minor | The crew stumbled on a rogue planet and sent a landing party down to scientifically investigate it. |
| the killing of animals | minor | Crew explained how humans had outgrown the barbarism of killing animals. |
| what if I met the perfect mate | minor | Archer explained how the shapeshifter appeared to him as the embodiment of his idea of the perfect woman. |