test of loyalty theme

A commander is unsure of their subordinate's loyalty and arranges a temptation to see whether they will commit treason or not.

Examples

Romulans tested their commander Jarok's loyalty by enticing him to defect to the Federation in tng3x10 "The Defector". Jarok was so upset he ingested a felodesine chip to kill himself.

6 total · 1 choice · 1 major · 4 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahp5x07 choice The whole story was about the mobster Barberosa testing the loyalty of his new underling, Art.
play: Measure for Measure (1604) major Vincentio was, in fact, testing Angelo by leaving him in charge of Vienna
ds91x11 minor Zek devised elaborate test of his son's loyalty
movie: Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) minor Shinzon asked a female subordinate to kill someone as a test of her loyalty.
movie: Tenet (2020) minor The Protagonist passed a test of loyalty by ingesting a suicide pill rather than compromising his mission.
tng3x10 minor Romulans were testing Jarok's loyalty