Symbiosis story
Picard tries to mediate a trade dispute between two neighboring planets, one of which is the sole supplier of a drug to treat the other's apparently fatal disease.
19 total · 1 choice · 13 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the ethics of interfering in less advanced societies | choice | Picard choose not to interfere in the Brekkian-Ornaran dispute by refusing to be involved with dealing the drug. |
| attitude of superiority | major | The Brekkians looked down their noses at the Ornarans. |
| desperation | major | T'Jon and Romas, the drug addicted aliens, were desperate for another dose. |
| drug abuse | major | The Ornarans were entirely dependent on a drug produced by the Brekkians. |
| duty vs. compassion | major | Picard had to choose whether to help the drug addicted aliens or not. |
| exploitation of sentient beings | major | The drug dealing Brekkians exploited the Ornarans ruthlessly through the latter's dependence on a substance called Felicium. |
| greed for riches | major | The drug dealer aliens Sobi and Langor wanted to make a profit even at the cost of keeping the people of a neighboring planet addicted to a powerful narcotic. |
| illegal drug trade | major | The Brekkian economy relied entirely on exporting a single narcotic to the Ornarans. |
| interfactional mediation | major | Picard mediated deftly between the drug dealers and the drug addicts. |
| self-justification | major | The Brekkians, Sobi and Langor in particular, rationalized keeping the Ornaran people addicted to a powerful narcotic with a self-serving argument about how doing so was in the best interest of both peoples. |