Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trekhas one oddly specific death penalty that make no good sense . By the twenty-third century ofStar Trek : The Original Series , humanity no longer apply the death penalty as penalisation , preferring to bank on immurement and rehabilitation . Gene Roddenberry visualize theStar Trekuniverseas a Utopian future . While laterStar Trekseriesexplored the darker aspects of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets , no version of the Federation this side of the Mirror Universe employs capital punishment .
InStar Trek ’s original pilot installment , " The Cage,“Captain Christopher Pike ( Jeffrey Hunter ) and the USS Enterprise sojourn Talos IV where they encounter a potent telepathic mintage know as the Talosians who could create incredibly naturalistic illusions . Although the Talosians tried to get Pike to remain on Talos IV , he remained too repellent to captivity , and they in the end released him . After Captain Pike ’s experience , Starfleet issued General Order 7 , disallow any watercraft to visit Talos IV under the penalty of death .
Star Trek’s Only Death Penalty Is Traveling To Talos IV
General Order 7 Was Established After Captain Pike’s Visit To Talos IV
The USS Enterprise ’s visit to Talos IV unwrap an foreign civilization with immense and potentially dangerous office . As the Talosians display inStar Trek : The Original Series ' " The Menagerie , " their psychical abilities can reach light years beyond Talos IV , as they depict the Starship Enterprise the event of " The Cage " while it was warping toward their planet . The Talosians ' illusions could make them anenemy of Starfleet and the Federation , hence the extreme penalization banning any vessel from traveling to Talos IV . YetGeneral Order 7 is also a glaring outlier when it come to the Federation and its illuminate values .
While there are many Star Trek planet that would make awesome vacation spot , there are some even the most seasoned traveler would probably avoid .
Although General Order 7 was put into place soon after Pike ’s sojourn , it was broken at least doubly without such knockout consequences as destruction . In theStar Trek : The Original Seriestwo - parter , " The Menagerie , " ( which reprocess footage from " The Cage " ) , Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) commandeers the Enterprise to take the permanently injured Fleet Captain Pike ( Sean Kenney ) back to Talos IV , so he can live on out the rest of his life-time there . And inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 2 , episode 8 , " If Memory Serves , " Commander Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) takes Lt . Spock ( Ethan Peck ) to Talos IV to bring around his confused creative thinker .
Why Star Trek’s Talos IV Death Penalty Doesn’t Make Sense
Talos IV Is Not Even Star Trek’s Most Dangerous Planet
Considering the abilities of the Talosians , it makes sentiency to caution vessels about call Talos IV , butmaking the act punishable by decease is uttermost . Even after his experience , Captain Pike suggests"some manakin of trade"or"mutual cooperation,“but the Talosians decline , stating that humans would likely abuse their power of magic trick . This awe is a licit one , as there would in all probability be humans who would attempt to maltreat the Talosians ' powers . Still , it ’s ill-defined why Starfleet could not just place a beacon admonition ships away from Talos IV , as they have been look to do on other social occasion .
InStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 1 , episode 8 , " Justice , " Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) says:“Capital punishment , in our domain , is no longer considered a justifiable deterrent,“implying that General Order 7 is no longer in effect .
ThroughoutStar Trek’smany television shows and films , Starfleet has meet worse foe than the Talosians and more life-threatening planets than Talos IV . Ultimately , the Talosians not only permit Pike go , they gifted Vina the illusion of a merrily - ever - after . The Talosians proved helpful again when they restored Spock ’s mind and after aided Benjamin Spock in bringing Pike back to Talos IV . The Talosians may not have to the full understand world , but they parade compassionateness on multiple social function , makingStar Trek’ssingular death penalty even more illogical .
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