arms race theme
Two rival factions each strive to improve to their arsenal of weaponry in order to outdo the other and gain an upper hand in the event of a war.
10 total · 4 choice · 2 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng2x11 | choice | Romulans wanted to use the gateway for war, but Picard destroyed them on behalf of the Federation |
| tng7x12 | choice | Federation and Romulans race to recover the interphasic cloak |
| tos2x26 | choice | USA and USSR |
| tos3x04 | choice | Federation and Romulans |
| movie: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) | major | Superman was conflicted about how much he should intervene to stop a potential arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| movie: The Flight That Disappeared (1961) | major | Walter Cooper advocated constructing a "beta bomb" and dropping it on the enemy before the enemy did it to them first, but others, including Dr Carl Morris, disagreed. |
| movie: Destination Moon (1950) | minor | General Thayer explained to a group of wealthy industrialists how the first country to put missiles on the Moon pointed at Earth would rule the world, and the expedition to the Moon needed to be financed for this reason. |
| movie: Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) | minor | It was mentioned that the Umbrella Corporation had sparked a new arms race by peddling its zombie causing T-virus to various world powers. |
| movie: The Core (2003) | minor | Zimsky explained that the United States government commissioned the building of a targeted seismic event triggering super weapon in response to their enemies were building one. He stated the "mutually assured destruction" principle in the course of his explanation. |
| tng3x20 | minor | Federation and Romulans |