Bem story
The Enterprise crew is taken captive by a race of primitives on a newly discovered planet.
6 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien point of view | choice | BEM was a being composed of autonomous body parts and this, apparently, caused him to have very strange ways that the humans had trouble understanding. |
| biologically distinguished being | choice | A main novelty of the story is a humanoid alien, named Ari bn Bem, who was composed of autonomous body parts. |
| alien experiment | major | BEM was secretly performing an experiment on the humans |
| alien overseers | major | Delta Theta III God :: god of reptilian natives |
| coping with an incompetent coworker | major | Kirk, Scotty :: crew with BEM; especially Kirk and Scotty |
| shame | minor | Ari bn Bem :: Bem |