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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Conor chafes over doing what is needed for his people and abiding by their most sacred beliefs, especially when his feelings for Troi develop. In the end, he would rather none of the colonists leave, but he would especially prefer that Picard be the one to deny them since that would be so much easier. Picard notes that only Conor can make a decision affecting his own colony. Ultimately, Conor decides to let people depart and try to hold things together in the meantime.
* ChekhovsGun: While working with Hannah, Geordi takes his VISOR off for a much needed break. This leads to a discussion about he would've fared in the colony's society and how the VISOR works. It's through the course of this that Geordi figures out the solution to the problem. Later, the VISOR is also how Geordi realizes that Hannah is faking a biosphere breach.
-->'''Hannah:''' The damn thing doesn't miss much, does it?
* ChekhovsGun: While working with Hannah, Geordi takes his VISOR off for a much needed break. This leads to a discussion about he would've fared in the colony's society and how the VISOR works. It's through the course of this that Geordi figures out the solution to the problem. Later, the VISOR is also how Geordi realizes that Hannah is faking a biosphere breach.
-->'''Hannah:''' The damn thing doesn't miss much, does it?
* DidntSeeThatComing: The ball gets rolling when Riker reports that there's a colony with human lifesigns on Moab IV.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Conor agrees to accept help since his people will otherwise be doomed, but he admits he's also curious to actually see the transporter (a device the colonists didn't think was possible) in action. Curiosity about the outside world and what's in it will end up being just as important as the stellar core fragment.
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* {{Irony}}: Geordi's VISOR, a prosthesis for a genetic defect, provides the technological salvation to the colony that aborts any instance of genetic abnormality.
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* {{Irony}}: {{Irony}}:
** Geordi's VISOR, a prosthesis for a genetic defect, provides the technological salvation to the colony that aborts any instance of geneticabnormality.abnormality.
** During the discussion about granting asylum to those who wish to leave the colony, some of the senior staff wonder if they've ultimately done more harm than good this time. When Worf says they saved the colony from destruction, Picard questions if they really did and feels they just brought about the destruction in a different way.
** When telling Geordi why she wants to leave the colony, Hannah talks about how she was bred to be among the colony's scientific elite, yet in less than a week, she's seen an assortment of technology that her people considered impossible. She questions how people who are supposedly perfect never developed such material.
** Geordi's VISOR, a prosthesis for a genetic defect, provides the technological salvation to the colony that aborts any instance of genetic
** During the discussion about granting asylum to those who wish to leave the colony, some of the senior staff wonder if they've ultimately done more harm than good this time. When Worf says they saved the colony from destruction, Picard questions if they really did and feels they just brought about the destruction in a different way.
** When telling Geordi why she wants to leave the colony, Hannah talks about how she was bred to be among the colony's scientific elite, yet in less than a week, she's seen an assortment of technology that her people considered impossible. She questions how people who are supposedly perfect never developed such material.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: As Hannah evaluates the supposed biosphere breach, Geordi stays in the background and eyes her suspiciously. He knows she's faking it.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: During the debate over people getting to leave the colony, Picard gets hit with one from Hannah.
-->'''Hannah:''' Would you ever choose to live aboard a ship in a bottle, Captain? You are in command of a starship. You live to explore the unknown. We ask for that same privilege.
-->'''Hannah:''' Would you ever choose to live aboard a ship in a bottle, Captain? You are in command of a starship. You live to explore the unknown. We ask for that same privilege.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Conor wants to hold the colony together, but ultimately, he won't stop Hannah and others from departing. He even says they'll always be welcome here.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: RaceAgainstTheClock: The crew have six days to do something about the stellar core fragment or else the colony will be destroyed. They get it done with one day to spare, but that's followed by the problem of some colonists wanting to leave.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Conor wants to hold the colony together, but ultimately, he won't stop Hannah and others from departing. He even says they'll always be welcomehere.here.
** By the same token, Picard is insistent that he cannot deny someone's request for help and that he won't be the bad guy, but he also argues Conor's side of the situation. He implores people to not make any rash decisions based on a few days of superficial sights.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Conor wants to hold the colony together, but ultimately, he won't stop Hannah and others from departing. He even says they'll always be welcome
** By the same token, Picard is insistent that he cannot deny someone's request for help and that he won't be the bad guy, but he also argues Conor's side of the situation. He implores people to not make any rash decisions based on a few days of superficial sights.
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Because each member plays a necessary role in the colony, any departure would cause serious damage to the whole. The departure of Bates and others would thus create an existential threat to the colony itself. Picard is caught between respecting the wishes of individuals and tryin to minimize damage to the society they tried to save. Picard, Bates and Conor address the issue in a public forum, where Conor suggests waiting six months to prevent hasty decisions, but Bates refuses. Conor finally agrees to allow any colonists who wish it to leave, saying that they will always be welcome back. Troi apologizes for the damage her visit has caused, but Conor admits that he loves Troi and would do it all again.
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Because each member plays a necessary role in the colony, any departure would cause serious damage to the whole. The departure of Bates and others would thus create an existential threat to the colony itself. Picard is caught between respecting the wishes of individuals and tryin trying to minimize damage to the society they tried to save. Picard, Bates and Conor address the issue in a public forum, where Conor suggests waiting six months to prevent hasty decisions, but Bates refuses. Conor finally agrees to allow any colonists who wish it to leave, saying that they will always be welcome back. Troi apologizes for the damage her visit has caused, but Conor admits that he loves Troi and would do it all again.
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* FailsafeFailure: An interesting biological[=/=]sociological case in the colony itself. Every single individual is specifically bred and trained for a particular function. Because illness is basically nonexistant and accidents are rare, there has been no need for much redundancy. Thus the loss of even one person would be disruptive, and losing multiple people potentially catastrophic. Conor compares the whole thing to Humpty Dumpty.
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* FailsafeFailure: An interesting biological[=/=]sociological case in the colony itself. Every single individual is specifically bred and trained for a particular function. Because illness is basically nonexistant nonexistent and accidents are rare, there has been no need for much redundancy. Thus the loss of even one person would be disruptive, and losing multiple people potentially catastrophic. Conor compares the whole thing to Humpty Dumpty.
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Because each member plays a necessary role in the colony, any departure would cause serious damage to the whole. The departure of Bates and others would thus create an existential threat to the colony itself. Picard is caught between respecting the wishes of individuals and tryin to minimize damage to the society they tried to save. Picard, Bates and Conor address the issue in a public forum, where Conor suggests waiting six months to prevent hasty decisions, but Bates refuses. Conor finally agrees to allow any colonists who wish it to leave, while he saying that they will stay and attempt to hold together what remains.always be welcome back. Troi apologizes for the damage her visit has caused, but Conor admits that he loves Troi and would do it all again.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states that if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating the "imperfection" of his blindness. The parallels between this and the debate over the bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases [[https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/ did not go unnoticed]].
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states that if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating the "imperfection" of his blindness. The This parallels between this and the debate over the bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases [[https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/ did not go unnoticed]].diseases.
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* FailsafeFailure: An interesting biological[=/=]sociological case in the colony itself. Every single individual is specifically bred and trained for a particular function, with no apparent redundancy or backup. Thus the loss of even one person would be disruptive, and losing multiple people potentially catastrophic. Which makes the entire concept of a "perfect" society seem ridiculously fragile. There's enough genetic diversity to handle the occasional accidental death, but that doesn't stop Conor from comparing the whole thing to Humpty Dumpty.
* FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans, and even to aliens. Aaron Conor, the colony's leader, is romantically attracted to Troi, but cannot quite conceal his condescending attitude that she is not an ideal genetic fit for him. Never mind that she has PsychicPowers that neither he nor any of the other colonists have!
* FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans, and even to aliens. Aaron Conor, the colony's leader, is romantically attracted to Troi, but cannot quite conceal his condescending attitude that she is not an ideal genetic fit for him. Never mind that she has PsychicPowers that neither he nor any of the other colonists have!
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* FailsafeFailure: An interesting biological[=/=]sociological case in the colony itself. Every single individual is specifically bred and trained for a particular function, with function. Because illness is basically nonexistant and accidents are rare, there has been no apparent redundancy or backup.need for much redundancy. Thus the loss of even one person would be disruptive, and losing multiple people potentially catastrophic. Which makes the entire concept of a "perfect" society seem ridiculously fragile. There's enough genetic diversity to handle the occasional accidental death, but that doesn't stop Conor from comparing compares the whole thing to Humpty Dumpty.
* FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans,and even to aliens. Aaron Conor, the colony's leader, is romantically attracted to Troi, but cannot quite conceal his condescending attitude that she is not an ideal lacking any genetic fit flaws and being perfectly designed for him. Never mind that she has PsychicPowers that neither he nor any of the other colonists have!their function in society. That doesn't stop Aaron Conor from falling in love with Troi, however.
* FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans,
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* {{Irony}}:
** When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society, objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there are two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]], [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture getting scrambled like an egg]] or any number of other possible {{Teleporter Accident}}s that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later), then yes.
** And, of course, the Geordi's eureka moment relating to his VISOR.
--->'''Geordi:''' Oh, that's perfect.\\
'''Hannah:''' What?\\
'''Geordi:''' If the answer to all of this is in a VISOR created for a blind man who never would have existed in your society.
* LoopholeAbuse: When Picard starts questioning whether their involvement is detrimental to the colony and that this would normally be a Prime Directive situation, Riker points out that since these people are the descendants of humans from Earth the Prime Directive does not apply to them. Picard himself notes that whatever he may feel about the issue, legally he is obligated to provide transport to any of the colonists that want to leave even if it causes problems for the society.
** When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society, objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there are two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]], [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture getting scrambled like an egg]] or any number of other possible {{Teleporter Accident}}s that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later), then yes.
** And, of course, the Geordi's eureka moment relating to his VISOR.
--->'''Geordi:''' Oh, that's perfect.\\
'''Hannah:''' What?\\
'''Geordi:''' If the answer to all of this is in a VISOR created for a blind man who never would have existed in your society.
* LoopholeAbuse: When Picard starts questioning whether their involvement is detrimental to the colony and that this would normally be a Prime Directive situation, Riker points out that since these people are the descendants of humans from Earth the Prime Directive does not apply to them. Picard himself notes that whatever he may feel about the issue, legally he is obligated to provide transport to any of the colonists that want to leave even if it causes problems for the society.
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* {{Irony}}:
** When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society, objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there are two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]], [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture getting scrambled like an egg]] or any number of other possible {{Teleporter Accident}}s that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later), then yes.
** And, of course, the{{Irony}}: Geordi's eureka moment relating to his VISOR.
--->'''Geordi:''' Oh, that's perfect.\\
'''Hannah:''' What?\\
'''Geordi:''' If the answer to all of this is inVISOR, a VISOR created prosthesis for a blind man who never would have existed in your society.
genetic defect, provides the technological salvation to the colony that aborts any instance of genetic abnormality.
* LoopholeAbuse: When Picard starts questioning whether their involvement is detrimental to the colony and that this would normally be a Prime Directive situation, Riker points out that since these people are the descendants of humans fromEarth Earth, the Prime Directive does not apply to them. Picard himself notes that whatever he may feel about the issue, legally he is obligated to provide transport to any of the colonists that want to leave even if it causes problems for the society.
** When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society, objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there are two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]], [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture getting scrambled like an egg]] or any number of other possible {{Teleporter Accident}}s that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later), then yes.
** And, of course, the
--->'''Geordi:''' Oh, that's perfect.\\
'''Hannah:''' What?\\
'''Geordi:''' If the answer to all of this is in
* LoopholeAbuse: When Picard starts questioning whether their involvement is detrimental to the colony and that this would normally be a Prime Directive situation, Riker points out that since these people are the descendants of humans from
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A fragment from a neutron star threatens to cause massive geological upheaval on the planet Moab IV as it passes by. Projections indicate that the earthquakes will exceed what the enclosed city can withstand, and the planet's atmosphere is toxic to humanoid life. However, the inhabitants of the genome colony are split over having any interaction with the outside galaxy.
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A fragment from a neutron star threatens to cause massive geological upheaval on the planet Moab IV as it passes by. Projections indicate To the crew's surprise, the planet is occupied by an unknown colony of humans. They ignore the ship until Picard warns them of the impending danger, at which point he's answered by the colony's leader, Aaron Conor, who invites an away team to the colony to discuss matters.
The colony turns out to be an idyllic society living in a small biosphere. Conor explains that they practice strict isolation and eugenics so that every member is genetically prefect and excels at their intended function. They are all leery of outside influence and contamination. Conor recognizes the danger of the star fragment but insists on finding a solution other than evacuation, wanting to preserve his perfect society at all costs.
The colony allows its top scientist Hannah Bates to beam aboard the ''Enterprise'' to help Geordi come up with a solution. Geordi is offended by the notion of a society that would have aborted him for the imperfection of his blindness but puts it aside to work with Bates. Meanwhile, Troi gets to know Conor, who explains the benefits of being bred for your vocation and knowing exactly what your true calling is. When Troi discusses his perspective with Picard, the captain dismisses it, saying that uncertainty and discovery are part of being human.
Troi's relationship with Conor progresses to the point that Troi realizes she could fall in love with him, but their relationship is doomed because the colony would never accept her Betazoid genetics. She also recognizes that she's influencing his behavior. When Bates and Geordi announce that they need fifty Starfleet crewmen to enter the colony to help with their efforts, Conor reluctantly agrees to this massive violation of their strictures.
Bates and Geordi use a modified tractor beam to move the star fragment out of danger, ironically basing their design on Geordi's VISOR technology. The plan succeeds, but Bates announces that theearthquakes colony's biosphere has been cracked, requiring them to evacuate after all. Geordi confronts her, saying that he cannot detect this breach, and she admits that she faked it. Working with Starfleet's technology, far more advanced than her own, has caused her to doubt the value of her colony's isolation. She requests asylum on the ship and says that others who wish to leave should also be granted the opportunity.
Because each member plays a necessary role in the colony, any departure would cause serious damage to the whole. The departure of Bates and others would thus create an existential threat to the colony itself. Picard is caught between respecting the wishes of individuals and tryin to minimize damage to the society they tried to save. Picard, Bates and Conor address the issue in a public forum, where Conor suggests waiting six months to prevent hasty decisions, but Bates refuses. Conor finally agrees to allow any colonists who wish it to leave, while he willexceed stay and attempt to hold together what remains. Troi apologizes for the damage her visit has caused, but Conor admits that he loves Troi and would do it all again.
The ship leaves with 23 colonists, and Picard states that this sort of circumstance is exactly what theenclosed city can withstand, and Prime Directive strives to avoid, even though it doesn't technically apply in this case because the planet's atmosphere is toxic to humanoid life. However, colonists are human. He notes that, good intentions or not, his ship's arrival may have been just as destructive as the inhabitants of the genome colony are split over having any interaction with the outside galaxy.star fragment.
The colony turns out to be an idyllic society living in a small biosphere. Conor explains that they practice strict isolation and eugenics so that every member is genetically prefect and excels at their intended function. They are all leery of outside influence and contamination. Conor recognizes the danger of the star fragment but insists on finding a solution other than evacuation, wanting to preserve his perfect society at all costs.
The colony allows its top scientist Hannah Bates to beam aboard the ''Enterprise'' to help Geordi come up with a solution. Geordi is offended by the notion of a society that would have aborted him for the imperfection of his blindness but puts it aside to work with Bates. Meanwhile, Troi gets to know Conor, who explains the benefits of being bred for your vocation and knowing exactly what your true calling is. When Troi discusses his perspective with Picard, the captain dismisses it, saying that uncertainty and discovery are part of being human.
Troi's relationship with Conor progresses to the point that Troi realizes she could fall in love with him, but their relationship is doomed because the colony would never accept her Betazoid genetics. She also recognizes that she's influencing his behavior. When Bates and Geordi announce that they need fifty Starfleet crewmen to enter the colony to help with their efforts, Conor reluctantly agrees to this massive violation of their strictures.
Bates and Geordi use a modified tractor beam to move the star fragment out of danger, ironically basing their design on Geordi's VISOR technology. The plan succeeds, but Bates announces that the
Because each member plays a necessary role in the colony, any departure would cause serious damage to the whole. The departure of Bates and others would thus create an existential threat to the colony itself. Picard is caught between respecting the wishes of individuals and tryin to minimize damage to the society they tried to save. Picard, Bates and Conor address the issue in a public forum, where Conor suggests waiting six months to prevent hasty decisions, but Bates refuses. Conor finally agrees to allow any colonists who wish it to leave, while he will
The ship leaves with 23 colonists, and Picard states that this sort of circumstance is exactly what the
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* InformedAttribute: The inhabitants of the genome colony don't really come across as being at all superior to other humans, and they are definitely a great deal less advanced than the Federation overall. They just seem more culturally hidebound and individually specialized to their jobs, which could be cultural conditioning as much as genetic. This becomes important in the end, as some colonists recognize their closed-off society lags far behind the rest of the galaxy in such ways as technology.
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* InformedAttribute: The inhabitants of the genome Genome colony don't really come across as being at all superior to other humans, and they are definitely a great deal less advanced than the Federation overall. They just seem more culturally hidebound and individually specialized to their jobs, which could be cultural conditioning as much as genetic. This becomes important in the end, as some colonists recognize their closed-off society lags far behind the rest of the galaxy in such ways as technology.
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* CallBack: Geordi says that the ''Enterprise'' can move a small moon with its TractorBeam. They tried just that [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E13DejaQ two years ago]] and might've succeeded had the Calamarain not interfered.
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* CultColony: While their governing philosophy is secular rather than religious, Moab IV otherwise displays all the attributes of this trope. People are eugenically-bred for specific roles and socialized from birth to accept their philosophy as the "perfect" form of human society. Although they came to the planet via warp-capable starship, they do not maintain any space travel technology and have deliberately avoided even communicating with the rest of humanity because their social experiment only works properly if ''all'' outside contact is prevented. The arrival of the ''Enterprise'' disrupts their delicate system.
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* LoopholeAbuse: When Picard starts questioning whether their involvement is detrimental to the colony and that this would normally be a Prime Directive situation, Riker points out that since these people are the descendants of humans from Earth the Prime Directive does not apply to them. Picard himself notes that whatever he may feel about the issue, legally he is obligated to provide transport to any of the colonists that want to leave even if it causes problems for the society.
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* BittersweetEnding: The crew saves the colony from destruction, but their interference causes a number of colonists to depart and could put the rest of the society in dire straits. Picard wonders if they've been as destructive as the fragment in the long run.
* BrokenPedestal: Hannah was quite happy on the colony, but she notes how what she's seen on the ''Enterprise'' far eclipses anything that she, someone bred to be a perfect scientist, ever considered. Other members of the colony also opt to leave because they're curious what the galaxy is like.
* CommanderContrarian: Martin Benbeck, who argues against anything that might affect the balance of the colony -- though, as Aaron Conor admits, he ''is'' doing his job.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating the "imperfection" of his blindness. The parallels between this and the debate over the bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases [[https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/ did not go unnoticed]].
* EurekaMoment: Geordi goes from explaining his blindness to one of the colonists, to realizing that the technology in his visor can be reverse engineered to solve the episode's problem. He also [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the irony of technology made to help the blind being the one thing that can save a society that genetically engineer themselves to eradicate disability.
* FailsafeFailure: An interesting biological[=/=]sociological case in the colony itself. Every single individual is specifically bred and trained for a particular function, with no apparent redundancy or backup. Thus the loss of even one person would be disruptive, and losing multiple people potentially catastrophic. Which makes the entire concept of a "perfect" society seem ridiculously fragile.
* FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans, and even to aliens. Aaron Conor, the colony's leader, is romantically attracted to Troi, but cannot quite conceal his condescending attitude that she is not an ideal genetic fit for him. Never mind that she has PsychicPowers that neither he nor any of the other colonists have!
* InformedAttribute: The inhabitants of the genome colony don't really come across as being at all superior to other humans, and they are definitely a great deal less advanced than the Federation overall. They just seemed more culturally hidebound and individually specialized to their jobs, which could be cultural conditioning as much as genetic. This becomes important in the end, as some colonists recognize their closed off society lags far behind the rest of the galaxy in such ways as technology.
* {{Irony}}: When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there are two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]], [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture getting scrambled like an egg]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later), then yes.
!! Tropes:
* BittersweetEnding: The crew saves the colony from destruction, but their interference causes a number of colonists to depart and could put the rest of the society in dire straits. Picard wonders if they've been as destructive as the fragment in the long run.
* BrokenPedestal: Hannah was quite happy on the colony, but she notes how what she's seen on the ''Enterprise'' far eclipses anything that she, someone bred to be a perfect scientist, ever considered. Other members of the colony also opt to leave because they're curious what the galaxy is like.
* CommanderContrarian: Martin Benbeck, who argues against anything that might affect the balance of the colony -- though, as Aaron Conor admits, he ''is'' doing his job.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating the "imperfection" of his blindness. The parallels between this and the debate over the bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases [[https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/ did not go unnoticed]].
* EurekaMoment: Geordi goes from explaining his blindness to one of the colonists, to realizing that the technology in his visor can be reverse engineered to solve the episode's problem. He also [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the irony of technology made to help the blind being the one thing that can save a society that genetically engineer themselves to eradicate disability.
* FailsafeFailure: An interesting biological[=/=]sociological case in the colony itself. Every single individual is specifically bred and trained for a particular function, with no apparent redundancy or backup. Thus the loss of even one person would be disruptive, and losing multiple people potentially catastrophic. Which makes the entire concept of a "perfect" society seem ridiculously fragile.
* FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans, and even to aliens. Aaron Conor, the colony's leader, is romantically attracted to Troi, but cannot quite conceal his condescending attitude that she is not an ideal genetic fit for him. Never mind that she has PsychicPowers that neither he nor any of the other colonists have!
* InformedAttribute: The inhabitants of the genome colony don't really come across as being at all superior to other humans, and they are definitely a great deal less advanced than the Federation overall. They just seemed more culturally hidebound and individually specialized to their jobs, which could be cultural conditioning as much as genetic. This becomes important in the end, as some colonists recognize their closed off society lags far behind the rest of the galaxy in such ways as technology.
* {{Irony}}: When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there are two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]], [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture getting scrambled like an egg]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later), then yes.
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A fragment from a neutron star threatens to cause massive geological upheaval on the planet Moab IV as it passes by. Projection Projections indicate that the earthquakes will exceed what the enclosed city can withstand, and the planet's atmosphere is toxic to humanoid life. However, the inhabitants of the genome colony are split over having any interaction with the outside galaxy.
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* BittersweetEnding: The crew saves the colony from destruction, but their interference causes a number of colonists to depart and could put the rest of the society in dire straits. Picard wonders if they've been as destructive as the fragment would have been in the long run.
* BrokenPedestal: Hannah was quite happy on the colony, but she notes how what she's seen on the ''Enterprise'' far eclipses anything that she, someone bred to be a perfect scientist, ever considered. Other members of the colony also opt to leave because they're curious about what the galaxy is like.
* CommanderContrarian: Martin Benbeck, who argues against anything that might affect the balance of thecolony -- though, colony--though, as Aaron Conor admits, he ''is'' doing his job.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states that if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating the "imperfection" of his blindness. The parallels between this and the debate over the bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases [[https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/ did not go unnoticed]].
* EurekaMoment: Geordi goes from explaining his blindness to one of the colonists, to realizing that the technology in hisvisor VISOR can be reverse engineered reverse-engineered to solve the episode's problem. He also [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the irony of technology made to help the blind being the one thing that can save a society that genetically engineer themselves to eradicate disability.
* FailsafeFailure: An interesting biological[=/=]sociological case in the colony itself. Every single individual is specifically bred and trained for a particular function, with no apparent redundancy or backup. Thus the loss of even one person would be disruptive, and losing multiple people potentially catastrophic. Which makes the entire concept of a "perfect" society seem ridiculouslyfragile.
fragile. There's enough genetic diversity to handle the occasional accidental death, but that doesn't stop Conor from comparing the whole thing to Humpty Dumpty.
* FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans, and even to aliens. Aaron Conor, the colony's leader, is romantically attracted to Troi, but cannot quite conceal his condescending attitude that she is not an ideal genetic fit for him. Never mind that she has PsychicPowers that neither he nor any of the other colonistshave!
have!
* InformedAttribute: The inhabitants of the genome colony don't really come across as being at all superior to other humans, and they are definitely a great deal less advanced than the Federation overall. They justseemed seem more culturally hidebound and individually specialized to their jobs, which could be cultural conditioning as much as genetic. This becomes important in the end, as some colonists recognize their closed off closed-off society lags far behind the rest of the galaxy in such ways as technology.
*{{Irony}}: {{Irony}}:
** When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for thesociety society, objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there are two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]], [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture getting scrambled like an egg]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] {{Teleporter Accident}}s that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later), then yes.
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* BittersweetEnding: The crew saves the colony from destruction, but their interference causes a number of colonists to depart and could put the rest of the society in dire straits. Picard wonders if they've been as destructive as the fragment would have been in the long run.
* BrokenPedestal: Hannah was quite happy on the colony, but she notes how what she's seen on the ''Enterprise'' far eclipses anything that she, someone bred to be a perfect scientist, ever considered. Other members of the colony also opt to leave because they're curious about what the galaxy is like.
* CommanderContrarian: Martin Benbeck, who argues against anything that might affect the balance of the
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states that if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating the "imperfection" of his blindness. The parallels between this and the debate over the bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases [[https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/ did not go unnoticed]].
* EurekaMoment: Geordi goes from explaining his blindness to one of the colonists, to realizing that the technology in his
* FailsafeFailure: An interesting biological[=/=]sociological case in the colony itself. Every single individual is specifically bred and trained for a particular function, with no apparent redundancy or backup. Thus the loss of even one person would be disruptive, and losing multiple people potentially catastrophic. Which makes the entire concept of a "perfect" society seem ridiculously
* FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans, and even to aliens. Aaron Conor, the colony's leader, is romantically attracted to Troi, but cannot quite conceal his condescending attitude that she is not an ideal genetic fit for him. Never mind that she has PsychicPowers that neither he nor any of the other colonists
* InformedAttribute: The inhabitants of the genome colony don't really come across as being at all superior to other humans, and they are definitely a great deal less advanced than the Federation overall. They just
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Picard doesn't approve of the genetically engineered breeding one bit, but he and Troi still feel remorse at upsetting the balance of the colony by the end - after all, whether or not they agree with how they live their lives, it's still affecting ''lives'' here.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Picard doesn't approve of the genetically engineered breeding one bit, but he and Troi still feel remorse at upsetting the balance of the colony by the end - after end--after all, whether or not they agree with how they live their lives, it's still affecting ''lives'' here.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Conor wants to hold the colony together, but ultimately, he won't stop Hannah and others from departing. He even says they'll always be welcome here.here.
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* {{Irony}}: When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there are two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]], [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture getting scrambled like an egg]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later).
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* {{Irony}}: When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there are two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]], [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture getting scrambled like an egg]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later).later), then yes.
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* FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans, and even to aliens. Aaron Conor, the colony's leader, is romantically attracted to Troi, but cannot quite conceal his condescending attitude that she is not an ideal genetic fit for him. Never mind that she has PsychicPowers[[note]] that have persistently shown themselves to be all but useless, but even so[[/note]] PsychicPowers that neither he nor any of the other colonists have!
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* FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans, and even to aliens. Aaron Conor, the colony's leader, is romantically attracted to Troi, but cannot quite conceal his condescending attitude that she is not an ideal genetic fit for him. Never mind that she has PsychicPowers PsychicPowers[[note]] that have persistently shown themselves to be all but useless, but even so[[/note]] that neither he nor any of the other colonists have!
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating the "imperfection" of his blindness. The parallels between this and the debate over the bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases did not go unnoticed [[https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/ 1]].
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating the "imperfection" of his blindness. The parallels between this and the debate over the bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases did not go unnoticed [[https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/ 1]].did not go unnoticed]].
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating the "imperfection" of his blindness. The parallels between this and the debate over the bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases did not go unnoticed {{1 [[{{1}} https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/}}.127708/]].
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating the "imperfection" of his blindness. The parallels between this and the debate over the bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases did not go unnoticed {{https://www.{{1 https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/}}.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Geordi states if he had been conceived on Moab IV, he would have been terminated when he was still an embryo due to the colony not tolerating his imperfection the "imperfection" of his blindness. The parallels between this and the debate over the religious and moral debates about aborting handicapped children bioethics of elective abortions due to genetic diseases did not go unnoticed https://www.{{https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/was-masterpiece-society-anti-abortion-and-did-trek-push-politics.127708/.127708/}}.
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[[caption-width-right:350:A beautiful Moab IV sunset, some of the most exquisite plant life in the quadrant..... and Troi playing some tonsil hockey.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Picard doesn't approve of the genetically engineered breeding one bit, but he and Troi still feel remorse at upsetting the balance of the colony by the end - after all, whether or not they agree with how they live their lives, it's still affecting ''lives'' here.
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* BittersweetEnding: The crew saves the colony from destruction, but their interference causes a number of colonists to depart and could put the rest of the society in dire straits. Picard wonders if they've been as destructive as the fragment in the long run.
* BrokenPedestal: Hannah was quite happy on the colony, but she notes how what she's seen on the ''Enterprise'' far eclipses anything that she, someone bred to be a perfect scientist, ever considered. Other members of the colony also opt to leave because they're curious what the galaxy is like.
* BrokenPedestal: Hannah was quite happy on the colony, but she notes how what she's seen on the ''Enterprise'' far eclipses anything that she, someone bred to be a perfect scientist, ever considered. Other members of the colony also opt to leave because they're curious what the galaxy is like.
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* InformedAttribute: The inhabitants of the genome colony don't really come across as being at all superior to other humans, and they are definitely a great deal less advanced than the Federation overall. They just seemed more culturally hidebound and individually specialized to their jobs, which could be cultural conditioning as much as genetic.
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* InformedAttribute: The inhabitants of the genome colony don't really come across as being at all superior to other humans, and they are definitely a great deal less advanced than the Federation overall. They just seemed more culturally hidebound and individually specialized to their jobs, which could be cultural conditioning as much as genetic. This becomes important in the end, as some colonists recognize their closed off society lags far behind the rest of the galaxy in such ways as technology.
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* PlanetOfHats[=/=]{{Planetville}}: The entire colony literally consists of a single hermetically-sealed arcology populated by a small group of humans who have been eugenically bred to fill specific roles in their society.
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** And, of course, the Geordi's eureka moment relating to his VISOR.
--->'''Geordi:''' Oh, that's perfect.\\
'''Hannah:''' What?\\
'''Geordi:''' If the answer to all of this is in a VISOR created for a blind man who never would have existed in your society.
* PlanetOfHats[=/=]{{Planetville}}: The entire colony literally consists of a single hermetically-sealed arcology populated by a small group of humans who have been eugenically bred to fill specific roles in theirsociety.society.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Conor wants to hold the colony together, but ultimately, he won't stop Hannah and others from departing. He even says they'll always be welcome here.
--->'''Geordi:''' Oh, that's perfect.\\
'''Hannah:''' What?\\
'''Geordi:''' If the answer to all of this is in a VISOR created for a blind man who never would have existed in your society.
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* EurekaMoment: Geordi goes from explaining his blindness to one of the colonists, to realizing that the technology in his visor can be reverse engineered to solve the episode's problem. He also [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the irony of technology made to help the blind being the one thing that can save a society that genetically engineer themselves to eradicate disability.
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Forgot what was by far the most gruesome one...
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* {{Irony}}: When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there is two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later).
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* {{Irony}}: When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there is are two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]] universe]], [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture getting scrambled like an egg]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later).
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* {{Irony}} When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there is two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later).
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* {{Irony}} FantasticRacism: The Moab IV colonists truly believe themselves to be superior to other humans, and even to aliens. Aaron Conor, the colony's leader, is romantically attracted to Troi, but cannot quite conceal his condescending attitude that she is not an ideal genetic fit for him. Never mind that she has PsychicPowers that neither he nor any of the other colonists have!
* InformedAttribute: The inhabitants of the genome colony don't really come across as being at all superior to other humans, and they are definitely a great deal less advanced than the Federation overall. They just seemed more culturally hidebound and individually specialized to their jobs, which could be cultural conditioning as much as genetic.
* {{Irony}}: When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there is two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happenlater).later).
* PlanetOfHats[=/=]{{Planetville}}: The entire colony literally consists of a single hermetically-sealed arcology populated by a small group of humans who have been eugenically bred to fill specific roles in their society.
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* {{Irony}} When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there is two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later).
A fragment from a neutron star threatens to cause massive geological upheaval on the planet Moab IV as it passes by. Projection indicate that the earthquakes will exceed what the enclosed city can withstand, and the planet's atmosphere is toxic to humanoid life. However, the inhabitants of the genome colony are split over having any interaction with the outside galaxy.
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* {{Irony}} When Martin Benbeck, the judge of whether or not things are in line with the master plan for the society objects to allowing Hannah Bates, one of their scientists, to beam up to the ''Enterprise'' because they don't know what effect the transporter might have on her DNA, Geordi indignantly insists that it won't have ''any'' effect, and there is two centuries worth of proof for that. If one discounts things like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Transporter Psychosis]], [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin being split into good and evil sides]], [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror being shifted into a parallel universe]] or any number of other possible TeleporterAccident[=s=] that had happened throughout the franchise (and not counting ones that would happen later).
