Vox Sola story
A strange, symbiotic alien creature boards Enterprise and starts kidnapping members of the crew. Directed by: Roxann Dawson. Story by: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga & Fred Dekker.
10 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| incompatible modes of communication | choice | Hoshi struggled to communicate with the freaky web alien. |
| parasitic being | choice | A parasitic, web-spinning, alien boards Enterprise and starts kidnapping members of the crew. |
| compromising one's ethical principles vs. self-preservation | major | Phlox refused to hurt the creature even to save the crew. Hoshi preferred to try to free Archer and other crew members trapped in the creature by communicating with it, while T'Pol and Malcolm preferred using violence. |
| conflict of privacy preferences | major | The Kreetassans found it exceedingly offensive when crew put food into their mouths in public. The Kressians drew a strong association between eating and mating, and did both activities in private by custom. |
| foreign point of view | major | The Kreetassans found it exceedingly offensive when crew put food into their mouths in public. The Kressians drew a strong association between eating and mating, and did both activities in private by custom. |
| beating one's self up | minor | Hoshi beat herself up over failing to communicate with the Kreetassans. |
| classic films | minor | Mayweather was enthusiastic about watching a classic French film at the ship's movie night. |
| coping with personal failure | minor | Hoshi beat herself up over failing to communicate with the Kreetassans. |
| first contact | minor | A first contact attempt with the Kreetassan was botched due to recurring linguistic and cultural misunderstandings. |
| sports | minor | Tucker bribed Archer with a taped game of water polo. |