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Season 1 Episode 7
Episode: "Lonely Among Us"
The Enterprise has been assigned to transport two parties of delegates from competing worlds to a conference on Parliament. Shortly into the voyage, the Enterprise encounters an unusual energy cloud in which a community of energy lifeforms resides. After inadvertently having been caught up in the ship's circuitry, one of these energy beings discovers it can inhabit members of the crew; during those periods of cohabitation however the occupied crewmember experiences a blackout. With several crew members having been invaded coupled with a series of computer system failures it becomes apparent that this lifeform has actually been trying to get back to its energy cloud.
Back to the delegates. The Antikins are meat eaters and it seems that they're really into their meals. What appears to shock the average human of the 24th century is that despite an awareness that there are countless species that eat meat as a matter of course, eating animals live (as the Antikins like to do) is somewhat less common. We also learn that in the 24th century, humanity has advanced beyond its need to farm live animals for food purposes despite which they do continue to eat meat, made achieveable through the wonder that is the food replicator.
Season 1 Episode 7
Episode: "Lonely Among Us"
The Enterprise has been assigned to transport two parties of delegates from competing worlds to a conference on Parliament. Shortly into the voyage, the Enterprise encounters an unusual energy cloud in which a community of energy lifeforms resides. After inadvertently having been caught up in the ship's circuitry, one of these energy beings discovers it can inhabit members of the crew; during those periods of cohabitation however the occupied crewmember experiences a blackout. With several crew members having been invaded coupled with a series of computer system failures it becomes apparent that this lifeform has actually been trying to get back to its energy cloud.
Back to the delegates. The Antikins are meat eaters and it seems that they're really into their meals. What appears to shock the average human of the 24th century is that despite an awareness that there are countless species that eat meat as a matter of course, eating animals live (as the Antikins like to do) is somewhat less common. We also learn that in the 24th century, humanity has advanced beyond its need to farm live animals for food purposes despite which they do continue to eat meat, made achieveable through the wonder that is the food replicator.
