Friday's Child story
The crew of the Enterprise become entangled in a planet's tribal power struggle.
32 total · 1 choice · 9 major · 22 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| diplomacy | choice | the mining rights |
| alien point of view | major | Capellans, Capellan :: Capellan ideology of the survival of the strong |
| cowardice | major | Kras :: Kras |
| facing a mortal enemy | major | Kirk :: Kirk faces Kras in fight to the death |
| foreign point of view | major | Humans and Klingons competed against each other in convincing the Capellans their cultures were more similar. Eleen objected to McCoy touching her while delivering her baby as it was against Capellan customs for a woman to be touched by a man who is not her husband. |
| honesty | major | Capellans valued honesty |
| honor | major | Maab :: Maab |
| integrity | major | Maab :: Maab |
| rule by strength of arm | major | Capellans, Capellan :: only strong should survive |
| transnational conflict over a shared resource | major | the episode was about negotiating for mining rights on the planet |