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Um, I don't think so.
By rfjason

Introducing a major breach of ethics on the Captain is not inspired, it's insipid.

The minute you have a character ignore what he knows to be moral and just, you assassinate that character as any sort of hero protagonist. You destroy everything that he is.

Whether it's a story, a real life event, or our own personal lives, we have a duty to obey our own set of ethics and morals. This has been true for over 3,000 years. Every generation has learned the consequences of choosing to not do the right thing: disaster.

In the Star Trek universe, the pinnacle moment of the breach of ethics is WWIII. After that, humanity starts to understand what it means to behave as a moral being. By the time of ENT, this should be a well-grounded fiber in all of humanity. No human being, especially one chosen to be in a point of authority, should be making unethical decisions, no matter what the event.

Yes, I realize that 7 billion humans are in the balance. But it's also a deep understanding that also goes back 3,000 years that to be a moral being, you must play by your own rules. When you save humanity by committing atrocities, you only pave the way for more atrocities to be committed (as T'Pol so lucidly pointed out before diving into full blown crack-whore mode.)

Now, as a matter of practical story-telling, this decision was piss poor. I'm sure the writers said, "yeah this'll make Archer edgy because he had to make tough choices in war!" But all it did was destroy his character's moral fiber, and make him look like a closed-eyed moron. For a better story, have Archer negotiate a taxi ride with the aliens. They ferry Archer to the rendezvous in exchange for some T-D. Now, you have druggie T'Pol in a position of command, etc. etc. while Archer DIDN'T VIOLATE ANY ETHICS TO GET HIS MISSION DONE. I mean, I'm no Captain, but even I saw this alternative right away.

The story and writing behind this episode just flat sucked.

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