The Ensigns of Command story
Data must persuade a stubborn colony to evacuate their homeland under threat of a powerful and mysterious race.
25 total · 5 choice · 12 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien point of view | choice | Sheliak :: Sheliak pedantry |
| attachment to one's land | choice | Gosheven :: colonists |
| leadership | choice | Data, Gosheven :: Data's leadership skills put to the test against those of Ghosheven |
| resettlement vs. fighting for one's homeland | choice | A colony of 15,000 people grappled with the decision of fighting the Shelliak for ownership of Tau Cygna V or evacuate to another world. |
| the qualities of a good leader | choice | Data, Gosheven :: Data and Gosheven |
| AI point of view | major | Data :: Data in dealing with the colonists |
| AI prejudice in society | major | some colonists against Data |
| android | major | Data, Soong Type Android :: Data |
| attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy | major | Colonists of Tau Cygna V :: Sheliak on colony |
| conflict of cultural norms | major | The Sheliak saw humans as a lesser form of life that could be exterminated as necessary. Also they were exceedingly conscious of legal protocol, an opening that allowed Picard to get the better of them. |