How Did the Prime Directive Happen?
4,314Star Trek features the Prime Directive, the General Order 1 that rules the outside influence a Starship or crew can have on another alien culture. But where did it come from and how did it form? By the time of the Next Generation it's very strict, far more so than it seems back in the Original series, but is that true? Let's take a look.
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