Thirty Days story
Tom Paris disregards orders by helping an aquatic world and is demoted to Ensign. Directed by: Winrich Kolbe. Story by: Scott Miller.
26 total · 3 choice · 12 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| climate change and bureaucratic inaction | choice | Monean bureaucracy was unable to face the challenge of climate change |
| duty vs. conscience | choice | Tom violated orders by helping his Riga to blow up an oxygen mining facility that was polluting Riga's planet. |
| ecological destruction | choice | Monean mining operation caused their world ocean to evaporate |
| boredom | major | Tom in the brig |
| bureaucracy | major | Monean social problem |
| confronting an old ghost | major | Tom introspecting about his relationship with his dad |
| eco-terrorism | major | Tom and Riga committed acts of eco-terrorism by sabotaging the refineries. |
| environmentalism | major | Riga's consciousness was raised about the importance of protecting the environment by the end of the episode |
| father and son | major | Tom and his estranged father |
| fatherly disappointment in a son | major | Tom's father in Tom |