Affliction story
Phlox is kidnapped by the Klingons who are seeking to cure a disease caused by an attempt to create Klingon/Augment hybrids; T'Pol's mental abilities grow after she conducts her first mind meld. Directed by: Michael Grossman. Story by: Manny Coto.
17 total · 1 choice · 9 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| unethical human experimentation | choice | Phlox was forced to create a Klingon/Augment hybrid. |
| career choice | major | Tucker changing ships on account of T'Pol |
| duty vs. duty | major | Malcolm was torn between following his duty to Archer and his former commander Harris. |
| genetic engineering in society | major | The Klingons used genetic engineering to create Klingon/Augment hybrids and it resulted in the a deadly mad-made virus infecting Klingons, left, right, and center. |
| genetically engineered soldier | major | The Klingons used genetic engineering to create Klingon/Augment hybrids. |
| human vs. captivity | major | Phlox is kidnapped by Klingons and forced to seek a cure for a disease caused by an attempt to create Klingon/Augment hybrids. |
| human vs. contagious disease | major | Dr. Phlox was kidnapped by the Klingons to find a cure. He was forced to work under the threat of execution as the virus spread rapidly through Klingon colonies. |
| human-made pandemic | major | Klingon scientists had attempted to create "super-soldiers" by injecting themselves with human Augment DNA (from the era of Khan Noonien Singh). The DNA self-mutated into a highly contagious, airborne plague, which spread from colony to colony. Dr. Phlox was kidnapped by the Klingons to find a cure. |
| romantic love | major | T'Pol and Tucker. |
| ruthlessness | major | Klingons were conspicuously ruthless in killing their own people. |