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Star Trekhas confirmed that Starfleet ultimately lift its most brutal rule : General Order Seven . This law , which put to death anyone attempting contact with the mysterious Talosians , was , at the meter of the Original Series , the only such practice of law left on the book . Yet even then , the constabulary seemed out of step withStar Trek’sprogressive ideals , but inStar Trek : Defiant#10 , it is sustain the pattern has been annul .
Star Trek : Defiant#10 is pen by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Mike Feehan and Pow Rodrix . Worf and the crew of theDefiantare hunt Berlinghoff Rasmussen , who has absconded to Talos IV , seeking to harness its inhabitant ' genial force for his own close .
lecturer learn that by the 24th 100 , not only had General Order Seven been struck down , but Starfleet even permitted limited contact with the Talosians .
Starfleet Meant Business With General Order Seven
No details were give on exactly when General Order Seven was vacate , but it would have been between Kirk ’s first five - year mission and the late twenty-fourth century . Kirk ’s herald , Captain Pike , made first contact lens with the Talosians , and it was a harrowing experience . The Talosians carry Pike prisoner , designate to utilise him to sire a new slave subspecies . As a event of the encounter , and the fear of what the Talosians could do , Starfleet quarantined the system , implementing General Order Seven , which threaten the death penalty on anyone visiting it . Now , Starfleet has invert course on General Order Seven , which is rosy for Worf and his crew .
curiosity such as General Order Seven litter the franchise , particularly during its early years as Gene Roddenberry and his collaborators flesh the mythos out . At the time of the production of the Original Series , capital punishment was still very much a fact of life story in America . A bulk ofStar Trek’saudience were familiar with the death penalty and many of them may have even supported it . viewing audience in the 1960s were not as dismayed at such concept , includingStar Trek’screative staff , so they thought nothing of Starfleet doing it too .
1998 ’s Star Trek : The Untold Voyages revealed a key race from real - earth UFO traditional knowledge exists in its universe , and they are a galaxy - sized threat .
General Order Seven Was a TrueStar TrekAnomaly
Star Trekhas taken great stride to lay out an inclusive and progressive vision of humanity ’s future , and such a harsh practice of law is incongruous with this world view . For Starfleet to have put General Order Seven into seat shows how the organization viewed the Talosians . Starfleet would rather kill someone than let the Talosians ’ power go down into potentially the wrong bridge player . Pike ’s first confluence with the Talosians was a cataclysm , but sentence patently heals all wounds , as Starfleet has repealed the rule . However , a schoolbook piece unwrap that not just anyone can go , and must prevail permission fromthe highest echelon of Starfleet . Starfleet is not quick to open Talos yet .
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