Has the Prime Directive caused more problems than prevented for the Federation
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Yes, but it was Merrick who let them know about the Federation.
Ron Tracy was in the same kind of situation with the Koms and the Yangs.
But both chose to interfere in the existing societies for their own benefit.
But Ron Tracy was already full blown crazy when he did it. So mental illness played a factor there.
Six of one, half-dozen of the other. We never got a clear picture of why Tracy stayed planetside, and if he was interfering prior to EXETER’s crew dying, or only after.
But, again, it’s the kind of situation which might make people put more teeth into the Prime Directive.
It’s human nature to make stricter rules to control “bad people” instead of reviewing the processes that put bad people in positions of authority and choosing better people.
Sixgun McGurk
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Those were all outright humans though. If you find your own people out there then you don't treat them like some sort of bug eyed talking toads.
What's the sitch?
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Isn't it in lore the reason the reason why most of the species seem to be able to breed and look humanoid is because they are seeded/descended from some ancient race. There was an episode where there was an ancient message encoded in parts of multiple species and when you had enough of them there was a message from the progenitors.
Does this invalidate the prime directive at all?
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It means that most if not all of the life in the galaxy is artificial and was set up to develop in certain ways,that they are all related.
The argument is silenced when the tricorder begins projecting a holographic image of a humanoid. She explains that her civilization existed alone in the galaxy, billions of lonely years before any of the others developed. They decided to spread their genetic material to other planets, in the hopes of creating a rich ecosystem of humanoids who could fulfill the joys of finding and integrating with alien cultures that these first beings never had. Most parties seem disgusted at the thought of a common progenitor.
So most of the time when starfleet practices extreme non interference they are actually fucking over younger innocent siblings and not "strangers".
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Not all life was humanoid though? Even in the AQ? There were the Horta, the Sheliak, the Tzenkethi, and the Tholians.
Captain Boday doesn’t strike me as humanoid.
What seems to have happened is that the Ancient Humanoids seeded most habitable worlds in the galaxy. Not all of them.
Captain Boday doesn’t strike me as humanoid.
What seems to have happened is that the Ancient Humanoids seeded most habitable worlds in the galaxy. Not all of them.
Or just because they seeded them, doesn't mean that life is assured to come out that way...merely tilted. But yes, the Horta among others probably are not descended, given how radically divergent they are, such as in the case of the Horta being silicon life.