The Cloud Minders story

tos3x19 · 1969-02-28

Kirk races against time to acquire plague-fighting minerals from a world in the midst of a civil uprising.

27 total · 6 choice · 8 major · 13 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
discrimination in society choice The city dwellers thought the troglytes biologically inferior and only allowed them to come to their city when in possession of a special permit.
ethnic hatred choice Troglytes and Stratos city dwellers
exploitation of sentient beings choice Troglytes exploited in the mines
slavery choice The Trogyltes were enslaved by the Cloud City dwellers.
social oppression choice The Troglytes were systematically oppressed by Stratos city dwellers.
utopia on the back of slave labor choice city dwellers luxuriate in the clouds while Troglytes toil in the mines
civilization vs. savagery major who is really the monster here?
dehumanization major Troglytes
floating city major Stratos Cloud City :: Stratos cloud city
multi-species civilization major The city dwellers were under the mistaken impression that the cave dwellers were of a different species.