A Private Little War story
Captain Kirk must decide how to save a primitive people from the technological interference of the Klingons .
23 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 17 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the ethics of interfering in less advanced societies | choice | Should the Federation arm the hill people? |
| transnational conflict over a claimed territory | choice | Neurals :: Federation and Klingons over planet |
| compromising one's ethical principles vs. self-preservation | major | Tyree, Nona :: Tyree and Nona |
| duty vs. compassion | major | Kirk :: Kirk decides to arm the natives in violation of the Prime Directive |
| noble savage utopia | major | Neurals :: hill people lived in bliss until the Federation and Klingons arrived |
| pacifism | major | Tyree :: Tyree |
| alternative medicine | minor | Nona and her berries and roots |
| ape-like being | minor | The mugato. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Tyree mourned the loss of his senselessly murdered wife, Nona. |
| exploiting a lover | minor | Nona :: Nona at Kirk |