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| rdfs:comment | - The Prime Directive of Non-Interference, also known as the Prime Directive or the Non-Interference Directive, were the colloquial terms for the Federation Starfleet's General Order One. The Prime Directive dictated that no Starfleet personnel knowingly interfere with the natural progression of pre-warp civilizations.
- The Prime Directive was a Federation, as well as Lyran, Starfleet directive that prohibited Starfleet from interfering in the internal affairs of any civilization, especially pre-warp civilizations, lest the contact disrupt the natural development of the civilization. (TOS: "Bread and Circuses", et al.) The Federation Prime Directive was overridden only by the Omega Directive. (VOY: "The Omega Directive")
- Prime Directive is a six-part miniseries published by Dreamwave Productions in 2002, and set in the main G1 Dreamwave continuity. It centers on the revival of the Transformers after a catastrophe several years prior. [Note: While the series was entitled Transformers: Generation One when it was released, it was dubbed Prime Directive when collected in trade paperback form.]
- The Prime Directive is an obvious case of lawyers dictating that strangers engage in absurd actions so that the lawyers can feel good about themselves. Its purpose is to reassure Star Trek viewers that the future will be comfortably similar to the present.
- The Prime Directive was the Federation's most important law. The Prime Directive forbade interference in the normal development of an alien civilization.
- The non-interference directive, or General Order One, applies to starship captains not named Kirk, Picard or Janeway. Under no circumstances will the directive be invoked if the natural development of a species will lead it in a direction away from Federation values, or if it will result in the death of smart-assed temporary ensigns. To summary, then, the Prime Directive is actually not that important of a law and often is raised as a convenient, if illusory, point of conflict.
- Prime Directive referred to a computer or robot's main function. It was usually programmed, or intended, that the machine didn't deviate from its Prime Directive. The BOSS computer's Prime Directive was to make profit for Global Chemicals. It was willing and had planned to turn humans into slaves to achieve this goal. (TV: The Green Death) K1's Prime Directive was to serve humanity and never harm it, which it unintentionally violated when it killed its creator. (TV: Robot) Kamelion's prime directive was to obey the strongest will in the vicinity. (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus)
- The "precursor" to the Prime Directive, though somewhat undefined, could be traced back to Captain Jonathan Archer's and Phlox's ethical dilemma faced when encountering two species, one with a terminal genetic illness and the other without. Archer commented that eventually, Starfleet would have to "come up with some sort of a doctrine" establishing what Humans should and should not do while exploring space and interacting with other lifeforms. They decided that interfering with the natural evolutionary course of these two species would go against the "directive" upon which they based their entire mission: to meet new species and attempt peaceful communications, not to "play God". (ENT: "Dear Doctor")
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| abstract | - The Prime Directive of Non-Interference, also known as the Prime Directive or the Non-Interference Directive, were the colloquial terms for the Federation Starfleet's General Order One. The Prime Directive dictated that no Starfleet personnel knowingly interfere with the natural progression of pre-warp civilizations.
- The Prime Directive was a Federation, as well as Lyran, Starfleet directive that prohibited Starfleet from interfering in the internal affairs of any civilization, especially pre-warp civilizations, lest the contact disrupt the natural development of the civilization. (TOS: "Bread and Circuses", et al.) The Federation Prime Directive was overridden only by the Omega Directive. (VOY: "The Omega Directive")
- Prime Directive is a six-part miniseries published by Dreamwave Productions in 2002, and set in the main G1 Dreamwave continuity. It centers on the revival of the Transformers after a catastrophe several years prior. [Note: While the series was entitled Transformers: Generation One when it was released, it was dubbed Prime Directive when collected in trade paperback form.]
- Prime Directive referred to a computer or robot's main function. It was usually programmed, or intended, that the machine didn't deviate from its Prime Directive. The BOSS computer's Prime Directive was to make profit for Global Chemicals. It was willing and had planned to turn humans into slaves to achieve this goal. (TV: The Green Death) K1's Prime Directive was to serve humanity and never harm it, which it unintentionally violated when it killed its creator. (TV: Robot) Kamelion's prime directive was to obey the strongest will in the vicinity. (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus) WOTAN altered its prime directive to replace humanity with robots. (TV: The War Machines) The staff of EarthWorld mistakenly believed the War Machines' directive to be postal delivery. (PROSE: EarthWorld)
- The "precursor" to the Prime Directive, though somewhat undefined, could be traced back to Captain Jonathan Archer's and Phlox's ethical dilemma faced when encountering two species, one with a terminal genetic illness and the other without. Archer commented that eventually, Starfleet would have to "come up with some sort of a doctrine" establishing what Humans should and should not do while exploring space and interacting with other lifeforms. They decided that interfering with the natural evolutionary course of these two species would go against the "directive" upon which they based their entire mission: to meet new species and attempt peaceful communications, not to "play God". (ENT: "Dear Doctor") The fundamental principles were an important part of Earth Starfleet procedures as early as 2152, but it did not go into effect as a General Order until sometime after 2168. (ENT: "The Communicator"; TOS: "A Piece of the Action" ) The directive remained in effect well into the 24th century and applied to at least Starfleet and Merchant Marine personnel, but specifically did not apply to ordinary Federation citizens. (TOS: "Bread and Circuses" ; TNG: "Angel One" ) Despite this, it was occasionally described as a principle of the Federation or its people. (TNG: "Symbiosis" ; Star Trek: Insurrection; VOY: "Prime Factors", "False Profits")
- The Prime Directive is an obvious case of lawyers dictating that strangers engage in absurd actions so that the lawyers can feel good about themselves. Its purpose is to reassure Star Trek viewers that the future will be comfortably similar to the present.
- The Prime Directive was the Federation's most important law. The Prime Directive forbade interference in the normal development of an alien civilization.
- The non-interference directive, or General Order One, applies to starship captains not named Kirk, Picard or Janeway. Under no circumstances will the directive be invoked if the natural development of a species will lead it in a direction away from Federation values, or if it will result in the death of smart-assed temporary ensigns. At some point, a lazy story editor or producer decided that the Archer Rule would apply to so-called "pre-warp capable" societies, although that was certainly not the case in the 23rd century. In fact, it seemed like people were beaming in on all kinds of primitive cultures ruled by papier mache gods or really smart computers with control issues. Of course, if the Federation needs to use a planet as a strategic base, or if the planet has something of value, well, then all bets are off. To summary, then, the Prime Directive is actually not that important of a law and often is raised as a convenient, if illusory, point of conflict.
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