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Prime Directive

In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the Prime Directive (also known as "Starfleet General Order 1" and the "non-interference directive") is a guiding principle of Starfleet that prohibits its members from interfering with the natural development of alien civilizations. Its stated aim is to protect unprepared civilizations from the danger of starship…

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The Prime Directive

Creation and evolution

Criticism

Temporal Prime Directive

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Prime Directive

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples57
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
Components1

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Prime Directive

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related to Criticism · 26
Prime Directive → Archons, Armageddon, Ars Technica, Cold War, Criticism, Enterprise, Federation, For, Friday's Child, Have Touched, If, In, Janet, Out-of-universe, Roddenberry, Sky, Space Seed, Star Trek, Stemwedel, Taste
related to The Prime Directive · 12
Prime Directive → Although, Federation, Federation's, First, First Con-Tact, In, Prodigy, Star Trek, Starfleet's, The, The Prime Directive, Two
related to Creation and evolution · 9
Prime Directive → Coon, Creation, Gene, Gene Roddenberry's, Later, Original Series, Star Trek, This, Vietnam War
related to Temporal Prime Directive · 7
Prime Directive → In, Matter, Picard, Temporal Prime Directive, The, Time, TNG
related to External links · 1
Prime Directive → Memory Alpha

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The Omega Directive can even render it nullinstance ofand certain Starfleet regulations0.80text
void in certain circumstancesinstance ofand certain Starfleet regulations0.80text
Prime Directiverelated to Creation and evolutionCreation0.60section
Prime Directiverelated to Creation and evolutionOriginal Series0.60section
Prime Directiverelated to Creation and evolutionGene0.60section
Prime Directiverelated to Creation and evolutionCoon0.60section
Prime Directiverelated to Creation and evolutionLater0.60section
Prime Directiverelated to Creation and evolutionVietnam War0.60section
Prime Directiverelated to Creation and evolutionThis0.60section
Prime Directiverelated to Creation and evolutionStar Trek0.60section
Prime Directiverelated to Creation and evolutionGene Roddenberry's0.60section
Prime Directiverelated to CriticismThe Prime Directive0.60section

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