Extinction story
While pursuing the Xindi, three crew members are exposed to an alien virus and begin to mutate into Loque'eque, a long-dead alien race. Directed by: LeVar Burton. Story by: André Bormanis.
9 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| quarantine dilemma | choice | Were they justified in quarantining Loque'eque to save their own people? |
| human vs. contagious disease | major | The Enterprise crew scampered to find a cure for the mutagenic virus that had infected Archer, Reed, and Sato. |
| human-made pandemic | major | Tret explained how a virus genetically engineered by the Loque'eque would wipe out his civilization, if the virus ever made it to their planet. |
| species transmutation | major | The Loque'eque genetically engineered a virus that infects humanoids and transforms them into Loque'eque. |
| what if I underwent a physical metamorphosis | major | The Loque'eque genetically engineered virus that transformed Archer, Hoshi, and Malcolm into Loque'eque. |
| alien brought pandemic | minor | Tret explained how a virus genetically engineered by the Loque'eque would wipe out his civilization, if the virus ever made it to their planet. |
| flirtation | minor | Romance was in the air between T'Pol and Tucker. |
| mass infertility | minor | The Loque'eque genetically engineered a virus that infects humanoids and transforms them into Loque'eque because they somehow lost the ability to reproduce. |
| multi-species civilization | minor | The Enterprise crew discovered a new arboreal species of Xindi. |