Sisko and O’Brien crash on a planet settled by humans who have rejected technology, led by a charismatic woman who will tolerate no dissent. Plot Summary: While on a survey for Starfleet seeking habitable planets, Sisko and O’Brien discover an M class planet that already appears to have humans living on the surface, but a [...] More...
One of my issues with the episode, is that I find it hard to believe with a population that must be nearing a Trillion within the Federation that the Antogonist (Alixus) couldn't find enough people who would volunteer to live without technology and had to resort to the methods she did.
Sisko is a badass in this one. I find it absurd that the colonists weren't more angry with the woman who deliberately stranded them there. You'd think one of them would have had to be restrained from trying to kill her.
I think the point Alixus was wanting to make was humankind could succeed with her ideals without even realizing it. Sure, it's possible to revert to a base society if you wanted to, but what if you didn't? Can you overcome the over-reliance of modern technology if forced to? Yeah, that's rather flawed thinking itself, but then Alixus never was portrayed as being in the right either.