First Contact story
Riker is hospitalized during a botched pre-first contact mission. Xenophobia results in increasing hostility toward his presence.
15 total · 3 choice · 4 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| conservative vs. liberal | choice | Malcorians struggle to decide whether to open relations with the Federation or keep to themsleves |
| isolationism | choice | isolationist elements in Malcorian society |
| the ethics of interfering in less advanced societies | choice | Picard takes pains to familiarize the Malcorians with the Prime Directive |
| alien living secretly among us | major | Malcorian :: Riker among Malcorians |
| cultural preservation | major | The Malcorians worried that contact with the Federation would endanger the continuation of their culture. |
| disillusionment | major | Krola :: Krola with liberal Malcorian government |
| medical occupation | major | Riker was being kept in an alien Hospital and attended by alien doctors. |
| appearance altering technology | minor | Riker :: Riker surgically altered to look like a Malcorian |
| flirtation | minor | Lanel :: Lanel at Riker |
| flying saucer theory of UFOs | minor | Enterprise visit Malcorians |