colonization theme
Colonization is a process of establishing control over areas or peoples for foreign people to advance their trade, cultivation, exploitation and possibly settlement. Such a process is featured in the story. In modern fiction, colonization typically comes at the expense of indigenous cultures and is seen as a moral wrong.
Examples
The Federation was preparing a seemingly lifeless planet for colonization in tng1x18 "Home Soil", but it turned out that it harbored a very unusual form of life. The morality of the whole endeavor became a central topic for the story.
3 total · 2 choice · 1 major
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng1x18 | choice | Federation terraformers were preparing a seemingly lifeless planet for colonization, but it turned out to harbor microscopic sentient life forms. |
| tos1x26 | choice | The Horta's planet had been colonized by a Federation mining operation. |
| futurama3x10 | major | The Wong's tricked the Native Martians into selling Mars for one lousy bead. |