“The Cloud Miners”
“The Cloud Miners” The planet Ardana is home of the wealthy and friendly city Stratos floating above the clouds and the underdeveloped and aggressive miners known as Troglytes. The aggression, however, is a result of the poisonous gas in the mines. Striving to help the underprivileged Troglytes, Kirk has the leader of Stratos beamed into the mines where he experiences the effect of the gas himself. summary by Ex-Astris-Scientia
Don’t you just LOVE this? Star Trek at it’s very best, no doubt about it.
I believe I have mentioned before that it’s one of my absolute favorites to have one or another of our own, very real, social problems disguised here and then solved? Or, at least, some opinions expressed? Well, here it is.
The concept of slavery or any sort of exploitation in general. The way it works in an underdeveloped society. Excellence!