The Slaver Weapon story
In the shuttlecraft Copernicus , Mr. Spock, Uhura, and Sulu are en-route to Starbase 25 to deliver a stasis box—a rare artifact of the Slaver culture when the Kzinti intervene.
12 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| speculative weapon | choice | Central to the story was Spock and his party's discovery of an ancient handheld multifunction super gun of alien design. The Kzinti used a spiderweb-shaped energy field to immobilize Spock and his fellow officers. |
| war of mutual annihilation | choice | Slaver empire destroyed in ancient war |
| facing a mortal enemy | major | Spock, Uhura, Sulu :: landing party face Kzinti |
| galactic master race | major | Slaver :: Slavers mastered galaxy |
| mysterious maker alien race | major | Slaver :: stasis box civilization |
| stasis technology | major | The Slavers had preserved various items in stasis boxes. |
| attitude of superiority | minor | The carnivorous Chutf-Captain looked down on mere eaters of plants, like Spock. |
| felinoid being | minor | Kzinti :: Kzinti |
| second guessing one's self | minor | Spock :: Spock about finding the second stasis box |
| sexism in society | minor | Kzinti men assumed Uhura was a mindless female |