Daedalus story
Dr. Emory Erickson, inventor of the transporter, conducts a long-range experiment in order to recover his lost son. Directed by: David Straiton. Story by: Michael Bryant & Ken LaZebnik.
15 total · 5 choice · 4 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the death of a child | choice | Central to the story is that Emory Erickson was unable to accept that his lost son, Quinn, was really dead. |
| obsession | choice | Emory Erickson was obsessed with recovering his lost son Quinn. |
| obsession with a life-dedicated project | choice | Emory Erickson was obsessed with recovering his lost son Quinn. |
| remorse | choice | Emory Erickson felt guilty (we think) about having lost his son in an reckless transporter experiment. |
| risk taking in the advancement of science and technology | choice | Emory Erickson lost his own son in a risky transporter experiment. |
| father and daughter | major | Emery Erickson was taken care of by his daughter Danica Erickson. |
| father and son | major | Emery and his lost son Quinn. |
| teleportation device | major | Emory Erickson, the inventor of the transporter, visited Enterprise ostensibly to conduct experiments on an interstellar teleportation device. |
| the life of a loved one vs. the lives of many | major | Should Archer allow Emory Erickson to continue his efforts to rescue his son from another dimension at the risk of losing more of the crew? |
| anti-technology way of life | minor | Emory Erickson talked about how he had to overcome people objecting to his research in teleportation for supersititous reasons. Archer commented how he still preferred and old fashioned shuttlepod to the transporter. |