Scientific Method story
The crew have unexplained illnesses as they are closely observed by unseen intruders. Directed by: David Livingston. Story by: Sherry Klein and Harry 'Doc' Kloor.
15 total · 3 choice · 7 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the calculus of human life | choice | risk a few aliens to save millions |
| the ethics of valuing human lives | choice | risk a few aliens to save millions |
| unethical human experimentation | choice | Aliens subjected the Voyager crew to nasty medical experiments in order to save millions. |
| alternate points of view | major | the case was made that humans would have done the same |
| coping with having a chronic condition | major | Chakotay and Neelix |
| exploitation of sentient beings | major | Janeway accused aliens of |
| office romance | major | Tom and B'Elanna |
| psychological stress | major | Janeway in particular did with her headache |
| sacrifice to defeat an enemy | major | Captain Janeway flew into a binary pulsar at great risk to herself and her crew in order to to foil some hostile aliens. |
| what if people around me started falling mysteriously ill one by one | major | The crew were at a loss to explain why various members among them fell victim to unique ailments. Little did they know that their plight was on account of a group of cloaked aliens performing scientific experiments on them. |