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thefirstfleet — In case of Class 4 outbreak
Published: 2011-06-29 19:59:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 3423; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 175
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Captain Sitek's personal log, Starship USS Entente, Stardate 3509.4We have been ordered to investigate a viral outbreak on Riefenstahl colony. Although I did not see the logic in sending a dedicated warship on such a mission, I now know the reson behind Starfleet Command's decision.
My Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Stonn has pointed out an obscure footnote in Human culture, based upon more fiction than medical fact. Although all logic denies its existence, I am now a witness of a Class 4 Solarium virus outbreak. My orders are clean. I am given the authority to initiate General Order 24: the termination of all life on the planet... although I do not know clearly whether the term "life" can be applied in this situation at its strictest sense.
Total number of rescued: approximately 11 thousand, all under heavy quarantine at an undisclosed location.
Total number of planetside casualties: approximately six million and ongoing.
Projected mission result: rendering the planet incapable of supporting life.
CMO's projections: abovementioned mission result might not be fully adequate.
Request for system-wide lockdown: approved.
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That particular bit in 'A Taste of Armageddon' always struck me as out of character for Starfleet. Admittedly, Trek was young and they were still filling things in - for example the first mention of the United Federation of Planets in the same episode. But I always wondered, apart from a James T. Kirk gamble, what could push a Starfleet captain into invoking the 24th, and wiping out every living thing on a planet?
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I actually like and understand the concept. There are situations in which there is no alternative. When you have to kill millions to save billions. That even in the utopian society of the Federation, times come when great sacrifices have to be made. Maybe once in a hundred years, and maybe history will look upon it with utter horror, but deep down, everybody knows that it had to be done.
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I found this looking for Trek images - looks good. Still, though, Starfleet wouldn't ever have to do something like exterminating an entire planet for the "greater good". Its medical knowledge is vast and it would do well to find a treatment or cure, or to study further. Transporters can filtre out disease or biological threats. EV suits would be safe and so would setting up a sealed surface facility from where doctors and scientists could study. If they didn't want to do any of that they could set up warning beacons around the planet preventing outside access, giving the planet the ability to decide its own fate. If the planet was space-faring they could make sure those in space weren't infected, prevent them from contacting others if they were, and set up a blockade of some kind to prevent those planet-side from leaving.
The complete extermination of an entire planet, its past, present and future, is beyond unnecessary.
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Speaking of which, what caused it for this one? Star Trek Zombie Outbreak?
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