The Crossing story
Incorporeal aliens attempt to take over Enterprise. Directed by: David Livingston. Story by: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and André Bormanis.
7 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| incorporeal being | choice | An incorporeal alien inhabited the body of Tucker and experienced the physical through his senses. |
| alien point of view | major | An incorporeal alien inhabited the body of Tucker and experienced the physical world through his senses. |
| facing a ship takeover | major | Incorporeal aliens attempted to take over the Enterprise. it turned out that the wasps were in fact trying to take the ship over |
| out-of-body experience | minor | Tucker had a series of out-of-body experiences in which he visited Florida. |
| the calculus of human life | minor | Archer was faced with deciding whether to escape leaving one third of the crew dead or stay and find a way for everyone to survive. |
| the good of the many vs. the needs of the few | minor | Archer was faced with deciding whether to escape leaving one third of the crew dead or stay and find a way for everyone to survive. |
| the thirst for knowledge | minor | The incorporeal aliens claimed to be curious about learning about what it is like to be corporeal and wished to learn about their own evolutionary past when they were corporeal. |