I would suggest it's not even really close. I'm pretty sure that the Menk might feel differently about Phlox's decision in a few hundred years.
while Phlox tries to see it as 'living in harmony' and having developed a 'stable' relationship, the Valakians were definitely using them as labor, forcing them to live in compounds where food cannot be readily grown and generally taking advantage of their naivety.
To aid the Valakians was to perpetuate that enslavement.
Further, it's rather important to note Phlox didn't create the genetic issue to begin with, nor did he cause it to accelerate. while withholding medical care is problematic, so is providing medical care that allows an entire species to perpetuate the exploitation of a "lessor" species.
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There was no prime directive for archer to break.
He gave a speech about it once though, that's close enough
Some kind of directive. Yes.
Hence why one of the crew members got knocked up by an alien SE1EP5
I mean, to be fair, he didn’t know he was having weird mindsex.
Captain Picard (season 1-2): I would rather sacrifice literally my entire ship and crew than contaminate the natural development of this world.
Captain Archer: lol I'm going down there and bringing my dog with me
Archer could not break the Prime directive as it did not exist yet.
Kinda what I meant. He's the reason it exists.
all that leaping around in time messing stuff up really played havoc with the timeline.
Keeps Dulmur and Lucsly busy.
What prime directive? He wrote that shit
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He and Gushy changed the past hundreds of times. Even combined, Picard and Janeway couldn't get close.
Janeway's situation comes with an asterisk because "Year of Hell" technically gets wiped from the timeline.
Phlox committed genocide, did he not?
He abstained from interfering, thus allowing nature to take its course. So... kinda.
It's surprising how often adhering to the prime directive results in genocide.
It's a rough galaxy out there...
... if the Federation has anything to say about it.
It's complicated...
I would suggest it's not even really close. I'm pretty sure that the Menk might feel differently about Phlox's decision in a few hundred years.
while Phlox tries to see it as 'living in harmony' and having developed a 'stable' relationship, the Valakians were definitely using them as labor, forcing them to live in compounds where food cannot be readily grown and generally taking advantage of their naivety.
To aid the Valakians was to perpetuate that enslavement.
Further, it's rather important to note Phlox didn't create the genetic issue to begin with, nor did he cause it to accelerate. while withholding medical care is problematic, so is providing medical care that allows an entire species to perpetuate the exploitation of a "lessor" species.