History Recap / TheOrvilleS1E06Krill

'''Malloy:''' Probably not "stein."\\

** Malloy complains that the Krill stabbed him in the new leg that [[Recap/TheOrvilleS1E05Pria he had just grown back]].

* DarkIsEvil and EvilIsNotWellLit: Justified. The Krill race evolved in an environment with very little sunlight, which explains why their ships are scarcely lit (especially when compared to Union ships) and is supposed to be a cause of their generic unfriendliness.

* ExtremeOmnivore: Bortus can eat virtually anything, as the harsh conditions of his homeworld necessitated that their people be able to derive sustenance from whatever they could find. He chows down on a cactus, a napkin, and a glass to demonstrate. This may also explain why they only need to urinate once per year — their bodies produce very little waste, since they’re able to process so much more than ours.

* FrictionlessReentry: Averted. Mercer has Malloy skim the atmosphere to create a smokescreen from the reentry friction, blinding the Krill long enough so he can drop their entire compliment of torpedoes onto them without them trying to dodge.

* MoralMyopia: Krill society sees anyone but them as soulless beings to be treated as nothing more than obstacles. When Mercer kills the entire crew of the Krill destroyer save Talaya and the kids to defend a helpless colony, she only sees the Krill he killed and says that all the kids will see, too. Though given Kajo's vast interest in Humans and even asking if they have a soul, she might not be ''entirely'' right.

* EurekaMoment: Mercer has one, while explaining to Kojo about various human races, specifically about the reason for the black skin of Africans. He suddenly realizes that the Krill, having evolved in perpetual darkness, have no natural protection against ultraviolet.

Mercer and Malloy go on an undercover mission to obtain a copy of the Krill Bible in order to understand them better, but they discover the Krill ship they've infiltrated is on its own mission: using a weapon that will kill a hundred thousand humans on a nearby colony. And the Krill have their own children aboard the ship.

* BittersweetEnding: Mercer not only obtained the Krill Bible, but he brought along an intact Krill destroyer and prevented the massacre of a hundred thousand innocent civilians. However, despite his best efforts to protect the children, he's told by Talaya that all he did was ensure they'd grow up wanting vengeance for him killing the rest of the ship's crew. It's hard to say how right she is about that, given at least Koja is shown to be curious and inquisitive.

* CassandraTruth: When questioned on why he and Mercer have inflitrated the Krill ship, Gordon honestly replies that they came to steal the Anhkana. The captain doesn't believe him, as it's far more likely they came for the experimental neutron bomb than a mere book, regardless of its importance to the Krill.

* FalseFlagOperation: Mercer and Malloy use holographic disguises and a captured Krill shuttle to infiltrate one of their destroyers.

-->“Six days you are to do your work; but on the seventh day, you are to cease from your labor, in order that your bull and your donkey may rest.”'''—Exodus 23:12'''\\
“The righteous one takes care of his domestic animals.”'''—Proverbs 12:10'''

* WorfBarrage: In a true ‘’Series/StarTrek’’ fashio, the ‘’Orville’’ fires all energy weapons at the Krill ship with the Worf {{Expy}} reporting “No damage.”

* NamesTheSame: The Krill god Avis shares his name with a rental car company, which Malloy mocks constantly.

* ExtremeOmnivore: Bortus can eat virtually anything, as the harsh conditions of his homeworld necessitated that their people be able to derive sustenance from whatever they could find. He chows down on a cactus, a napkin, and a glass to demonstrate.

* WouldntHurtAChild: Mercer calls off the plan to tripper the neutron bomb inside the Krill ship when he realizes they have children aboard.

* TheReveal: The Krill in the pilot episode hadn't worn helmets out of purely military necessity, they'd done so as protection from sunlight.

* MoralMyopia: Krill society sees anyone but them as soulless beings to be treated as nothing more than obstacles. When Mercer kills the entire crew of the Krill destroyer save Talaya and the kids to defend a helpless colony, she only sees the Krill he killed and says that all the kids will see, too. Though given Kajo's vast interest in Humans and even askng if they have a soul, she might not be ''entirely'' right.

* NotSoDifferent: Grayson believes this is the case with what the Anhkana and the Bible say about ownership and superiority when she first hears about the Krill faith, saying: ''"And Man shall have all the animals in subjugation"''. This, however, is an In-Universe CriticalResearchFaliure as the Anhkana permits the genocide of other sentient beings who aren't Krill, the Bible on the other hand makes it clear to treat animals well:
-->“Six days you are to do your work; but on the seventh day, you are to cease from your labor, in order that your bull and your donkey may rest.”'''—Exodus 23:12.'''\\
“The righteous one takes care of his domestic animals.”'''—Proverbs 12:10.'''

* MoralMyopia: Krill society sees anyone but them as soulless beings to be treated as nothing more than obstacles. When Mercer kills the entire crew of the Krill destroyer save Talaya and the kids to defend a helpless colony, she only sees the Krill he killed and says that all the kids will see, too.

* TokenHeroOrc: Koja is incredibly interested in humans and even asks if they have a soul, when the Anhkana specifically states that anything that's not a Krill doesn't.
* ASimplePlan: Mercer and Gordon have a simple mission: dress up as Krill, infiltrate a Krill ship, copy their bible. It escalates to stopping a weapon of mass destroyer and hijacking the entire ship.

** Though, of course, she could end up been quite wrong as an explanation could be given to them off-screen that goes some what like this:
-->'''Random Person Talking To The Krill Kids:''' I'm sorry that we killed most of the crew, but look at it this way; [[FridgeLogic If some mysterious highly advanced alien race believed they had the right to everything, and was about to test a weapon on 100,000 peaceful Krill colonists, would you not do everything you could to stop that test? Would you not expect any upstanding Krill to do everything they could to stop it?]] ''That's the situation we were in''.
* BittersweetEnding: Mercer not only obtained the Krill Bible, but he brought along an intact Krill destroyer and prevented the massacre of a hundred thousand innocent civilians. However, despite his best efforts to protect the children, he's told by Talaya that all he did was ensure they'd grow up wanting vengeance for him killing the rest of the ship's crew.
** Though Talaya could end up been wrong due to how well they ended up been treated by the Union, the fact that they saw Mercer risk his life to save them all from been killed and the fact that they were quickly returned to their families.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Mercer's reasoning for not killing the children. Plus Koja is shown to be inquisitive and questions the logic of the Anhkana, which makes him that much more reluctant to harm the kids.

* TokenHeroOrc: Koja is incredibly interested and even asks f they have a soul, when the Anhkana specifically states that anything that's not a Krill doesn't

* WeakenedByTheLight: The Krill evolved on a world with virtually no sunlight, so intense ultraviolet light is lethal to them.

* BittersweetEnding: Mercer not only obtained the Krill Bible, but he brought along an intact Krill destroyer and prevented the massacre of a hundred thousand innocent civilians. However, despite his best efforts to protect the children, he's told by Talaya that all he did was ensure they'd grow up wanting vengeance for him killing the rest of the ship's crew. Koja is shown to be inquisitive and questions the logic of the Anhkana, which makes him that much more reluctant to harm the kids.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Mercer's reasoning for not killing the children.

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* ArmorPiercingResponse
-->'''Talaya:''' Why did you save the children?
-->'''Mercer:''' They're kids, with their whole lives ahead of them. They're not my enemies.
-->'''Talaya:''' After what they saw you do today? They will be. ''They. Will. Be.''

* DownerEnding: While Mercer not only obtained the Krill Bible, an intact Krill destroyer, and prevented the massacre of a hundred thousand innocent civilians, the ending isn't a win for Mercer himself because despite risking his own life to ensure the safety of the Krill children, he's told by Talaya that all he did was ensure they'd grow up wanting vengeance for him killing the rest of the ship's crew.
* TheReveal: The Krill in the pilot episode hadn't worn helmets out of purely military necessity, they'd done so as protection from sunlight.

* DownerEnding: While Mercer not only obtained the Krill Bible, an intact Krill destroyer, and prevented the massacre of a hundred thousand innocent civilians, the ending isn't a win for Mercer himself because despite risking his own life to ensure the safety of the Krill children, he's told by Talaya that all he did was ensure they'd grow up wanting vengeance for killing the entire rest of the ship's crew.

** Malloy complains that the Krill stabbed him in the new leg that he'd [[Recap/TheOrvilleS1E05Pria just had grown back]].