I would suggest it's not even really close. I'm pretty sure that the Menk might feel differently about Phlox's decision in a few hundred years.
while Phlox tries to see it as 'living in harmony' and having developed a 'stable' relationship, the Valakians were definitely using them as labor, forcing them to live in compounds where food cannot be readily grown and generally taking advantage of their naivety.
To aid the Valakians was to perpetuate that enslavement.
Further, it's rather important to note Phlox didn't create the genetic issue to begin with, nor did he cause it to accelerate. while withholding medical care is problematic, so is providing medical care that allows an entire species to perpetuate the exploitation of a "lessor" species.
23 Comments
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 31d
There was no prime directive for archer to break.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 31d
He gave a speech about it once though, that's close enough
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 7 pts · 31d
Some kind of directive. Yes.
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 31d
Hence why one of the crew members got knocked up by an alien SE1EP5
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 30d
I mean, to be fair, he didn’t know he was having weird mindsex.
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 31d
Captain Picard (season 1-2): I would rather sacrifice literally my entire ship and crew than contaminate the natural development of this world.
Captain Archer: lol I'm going down there and bringing my dog with me
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 30 pts · 31d
Archer could not break the Prime directive as it did not exist yet.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 31d
Kinda what I meant. He's the reason it exists.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 31d
all that leaping around in time messing stuff up really played havoc with the timeline.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 31d
Keeps Dulmur and Lucsly busy.
vapeloki@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 31d
What prime directive? He wrote that shit
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 31d
GenevaPrime Suggestionssundray@lemmus.org · 21 pts · 31d
Lemmine@feddit.org · 8 pts · 30d
You got a long road ahead of you still
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 30d
Nouvellalia@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 30d
He and Gushy changed the past hundreds of times. Even combined, Picard and Janeway couldn't get close.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 30d
Janeway's situation comes with an asterisk because "Year of Hell" technically gets wiped from the timeline.
notsure@fedia.io · 5 pts · 31d
Phlox committed genocide, did he not?
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 31d
He abstained from interfering, thus allowing nature to take its course. So... kinda.
Tango@piefed.ca · 12 pts · 31d
It's surprising how often adhering to the prime directive results in genocide.
sundray@lemmus.org · 13 pts · 31d
It's a rough galaxy out there...
... if the Federation has anything to say about it.
notsure@fedia.io · 7 pts · 31d
It's complicated...
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 30d
I would suggest it's not even really close. I'm pretty sure that the Menk might feel differently about Phlox's decision in a few hundred years.
while Phlox tries to see it as 'living in harmony' and having developed a 'stable' relationship, the Valakians were definitely using them as labor, forcing them to live in compounds where food cannot be readily grown and generally taking advantage of their naivety.
To aid the Valakians was to perpetuate that enslavement.
Further, it's rather important to note Phlox didn't create the genetic issue to begin with, nor did he cause it to accelerate. while withholding medical care is problematic, so is providing medical care that allows an entire species to perpetuate the exploitation of a "lessor" species.