In the Flesh story
The ship encounters a training facility for an alien invasion of Earth. Directed by: David Livingston. Story by: Nick Sagan.
11 total · 4 choice · 5 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien point of view | choice | aliens looking at human society from without |
| attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy | choice | attack by species 8472 was discussed, and also the Borg, Humans from 8742 point of view |
| diplomacy vs. force | choice | Janeway debated with Seven about how to face the Species 8472 |
| learning about a foreign culture | choice | Species 8472 exerted themselves, with difficulty, to learn about human culture so that they could infiltrate and destroy the federation. |
| de-escalating a conflict | major | The humans and Species 8472 made efforts toward negotiation a truce to their ongoing conflict. |
| espionage | major | this was an allegory for some cold war nonsense cf. sleeper villages |
| flirtation | major | Chakotay and Valarie in a strange way |
| mutual trust | major | Janeway took the first step in the detante to build trust |
| putting differences aside | major | Janeway and Boothby |
| annihilation by WMDs | minor | Voyager crew threatened Species 8472 with Borg nanoprobes |