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* SkewedPriorities: How the ''Enterprise'' crew sees the Ornarans beaming their cargo over before themselves when their ship is about to explode.
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* SkewedPriorities: How the ''Enterprise'' crew sees the Ornarans beaming their cargo over before themselves when their ship is about to explode.explode, as well as the surviving Ornarans caring more about said cargo than their deceased friends.
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* FacePalm: [[OnlySaneMan Picard]] (of course), predating the page image provided by "Deja Q" by almost two years. No surprise, given the level of incompetence that he has to deal with (see below).
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* FacePalm: {{Facepalm}}: [[OnlySaneMan Picard]] (of course), predating the page image provided by "Deja Q" by almost two years. No surprise, given the level of incompetence that he has to deal with (see below).
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* TheMcCoy: Dr. Crusher displays similar views to those of her predecessor, arguing for morality over the Prime Directive.
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* TheMcCoy: Dr. Crusher displays similar views to those of her predecessor, [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight arguing for morality over the Prime Directive.Directive]].
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* OhCrap: Picard's reaction to the possibility that the Ornarans may have brought a plague aboard the ''Enterprise''. Fortunately, there is no medical threat.
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* SlobsVsSnobs: The plainly-dressed Ornarans and fancier-looking Brekkians come across as this, respectively.
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* PlanetOfHats: Brekka is a planet of drug dealers; Ornara is a planet of drug users.
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* AngstWhatAngst: Invoked by Riker, who notes that T'Jon and Romas seem more concerned about what happened to the felicium than the fate of their two colleagues who went down with the ''Sanction''. It's not specifically stated whether the two casualties were Ornarans or Brekkians, but it's most likely the former, given that Sobi and Langor just complained about not being paid for the felicium instead of chewing out the Ornarans getting their colleague(s) killed via their defective ship.
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* DownerEnding: The episode on drug addiction essentially left the Brekkians and Onarans to their own devices. Picard adhered to the Prime Directive stating that this is one problem that they can't solve for others. The episode ends with the crew simply glad to wash their hands of them.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: See ShockAndAwe below.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: See ShockAndAwe below.The Ornarans and Brekkians both look like humans for the most part, although the bridges to their noses are rougher and more bumpy. They're also capable of generating electricity from their hands.
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* FacePalm: [[OnlySaneMan Picard]] (of course), predating the page image and MostTriumphantExample provided by "Deja Q" by almost two years. No surprise, given the level of incompetence that he has to deal with (see below).
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* GRatedDrug: Felicium apparently has an effect similar to opiods.
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** The computer announces that the ship is at yellow alert, rather than a standard alarm.
** The episode cites the PrimeDirective as why Picard can't tell the Ornarans that they're suffering from drug addiction and not a plague. Later in the series, however, the Directive was refined to only apply to pre-warp cultures, and thus should not have been in effect during this scenario.
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**EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The computer announces that the ship is at yellow alert, rather than a standard alarm.
** The episode cites the PrimeDirective as why Picard can't tell the Ornarans that they're suffering from drug addiction and not a plague. Later in the series, however, the Directive was refined to only apply to pre-warp cultures, and thus should not have been in effect during this scenario.alarm.
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** The episode cites the PrimeDirective as why Picard can't tell the Ornarans that they're suffering from drug addiction and not a plague. Later in the series, however, the Directive was refined to only apply to pre-warp cultures, and thus should not have been in effect during this scenario.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The computer announces that the ship is at yellow alert, rather than a standardalarm.alarm.
** The episode cites the PrimeDirective as why Picard can't tell the Ornarans that they're suffering from drug addiction and not a plague. Later in the series, however, the Directive was refined to only apply to pre-warp cultures, and thus should not have been in effect during this scenario.
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** The episode cites the PrimeDirective as why Picard can't tell the Ornarans that they're suffering from drug addiction and not a plague. Later in the series, however, the Directive was refined to only apply to pre-warp cultures, and thus should not have been in effect during this scenario.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: See Shock And Awe ShockAndAwe below.
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* MeaningfulName: "Felicium" sounds a lot like the Latin word ''felix'', which means "happy." The name practically screams "happy drug."
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* MeaningfulName: "Felicium" sounds a lot like the Latin word ''felix'', ''felix'' and its Spanish derivative ''feliz'', both of which means mean "happy." The name practically screams "happy drug."
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* BittersweetEnding: Almost to the point of being an outright DownerEnding; the Ornarans do manage to stave off more immediate suffering by getting their hands on the felicium, and there ''is'' the long-term hope that they'll break out of their addiction, but no guarantee. The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' novels take this a step further by implying that while the Ornarans eventually did break their addiction, the Brekkians just started selling felicium to other races.
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* BittersweetEnding: Almost to the point of being an outright DownerEnding; the Ornarans do manage to stave off more immediate suffering by getting their hands on the felicium, and there ''is'' the long-term hope that they'll break out of their addiction, addiction once their supply runs out, but no guarantee. The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' novels take this a step further by implying that while the Ornarans eventually did break their addiction, the Brekkians just started selling felicium to other races.
** In a sense, their "symbiosis" is something akin to a toxic friendship: one friend has something, the other friend has to do stuff for that friend in order to get it.
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* InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Ornarians have no idea how to repair their ships, which is quite the headache when Picard's attempts to help fall on people too stupid to implement them.
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* InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Ornarians have no idea how to repair their ships, which is quite the headache when Picard's attempts to help fall on people too stupid to implement them. Of course, it could be justified that [[FridgeBrilliance their addiction to Felicium has some side effects on their mental state]].
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* MeaningfulName: "Felicium" sounds a lot like the Spanish word ''feliz'', which means "happy." The name practically screams "happy drug."
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* MeaningfulName: "Felicium" sounds a lot like the Spanish Latin word ''feliz'', ''felix'', which means "happy." The name practically screams "happy drug."
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* FacePalm: [[OnlySaneMan Picard]] (of course), predating "Deja Q"'s MostTriumphantExample. by almost two years. No surprise, given the level of incompetence that he has to deal with (see below).
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* FacePalm: [[OnlySaneMan Picard]] (of course), predating the page image and MostTriumphantExample provided by "Deja Q"'s MostTriumphantExample. Q" by almost two years. No surprise, given the level of incompetence that he has to deal with (see below).
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Ornaran reaction to use of their "cure."
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Ornaran reaction to use of their "cure."" InUniverse, even; it's their reaction that clues Dr. Crusher in on what's really going on.
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* FacePalm: [[OnlySaneMan Picard]] (of course), predating the page image by almost two years. No surprise, given the level of incompetence that he has to deal with (see below).
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* FacePalm: [[OnlySaneMan Picard]] (of course), predating the page image "Deja Q"'s MostTriumphantExample. by almost two years. No surprise, given the level of incompetence that he has to deal with (see below).
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* SmugSnake: The Brekkians in their interactions with the Ornarans and (once the truth about felicium comes out) the Enterprise crew, tend to be highly condescending and self-satisfied.
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* DissonantSerenity: Tasha after breaking up a "disagreement" between Tjon and Sobi. She is even more softspoken than she normally is.
--> '''Tasha''': "Behave yourselves....gentlemen!"
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[[caption-width-right:350:"If you don't give me my medicine, I'll use my glowey hand to zap him!"]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"If you don't give me my medicine, I'll use my glowey hand to zap him!"]]
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* OneProductPlanet: Brekka only produces felicium. According to Sobi, they have no other industry.
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* InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Ornarians have no idea how to repair their ships, which is quite the headache when Picard's attempts to help fall on people too stupid to implement them.
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* TruthInTelevision: Most illicit drugs started life as a medicine.
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* TruthInTelevision: TruthInTelevision:
** Most illicit drugs started life as amedicine.medicine.
** Anyone who's worked in tech support will tell you just how common the freighter scene is.
** Most illicit drugs started life as a
** Anyone who's worked in tech support will tell you just how common the freighter scene is.
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* BittersweetEnding: Almost to the point of being an outright DownerEnding; the Ornarans do manage to stave off more immediate suffering by getting their hands on the felicium, and there ''is'' the long-term hope that they'll break out of their addiction, but no guarantee. The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' novels take this a step further by implying that while the Ornarans eventually did break their addiction, the Brekkians just started selling felicium to other races.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: See Shock And Awe below.
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* TruthInTelevision: Most illicit drugs started life as a medicine.
