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Mintakans

Local cultural and social order on Mintaka Three; subject of anthropological observation and Prime Directive ethical concern

Description

An indigenous cultural community inhabiting Mintaka Three, the Mintakans organize through village-level institutions such as communal assemblies and designated roles (for example a recordkeeper). Their observable practices include sundial-based recordkeeping, ritual claim-making over strangers, and collective decision-making led by figures like Nuria and Liko. As subjects of covert anthropological observation and inadvertent deification of an outsider called the Picard, they drive the episode's Prime Directive and rescue dilemmas.

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Events mentioning this organization

17 events
S3E4
Duck‑Blind Failure — Reactor Explosion & Race to Mintaka Three

On the bridge Picard frames a routine resupply: repair a malfunctioning reactor at a covert observation post. Troi defines the Mintakans as peaceful, proto‑Vulcan people …

S3E4
Duck Blind Collapse — Palmer Exposed

The duck blind's holographic rockface shorts out in a cascade of blue sparks and the camouflage collapses, revealing the metal observation port carved into the …

S3E4
Dawn of the Recordkeeper

A quiet, intimate father‑daughter moment establishes Oji's formal assumption of the community's memory-keeping role. Walking to the sundial at zenith, Liko teases his daughter's nervousness …

S3E4
Duck Blind Revelation — Liko's Shock and the Unauthorized Beam

Liko and his daughter Oji covertly approach the duck blind and witness a medic and Warren dematerialize — an apparently miraculous disappearance. When Liko peers …

S3E4
Power Restored — Hologram Reinstated, Liko Becomes Witness

Data confirms the hologram generator is functional while Geordi and Riker race to bring a crippled reactor back online. Geordi's adjustment hums the unit to …

S3E4
Liko Proclaims the Picard — Faith Ignites

Disguised as Mintakans, Riker and Troi try to contain cultural damage as Liko publicly recounts being healed and insists he met a supernatural 'Overseer'—naming him …

S3E4
Sickbay Alarm: Riker Learns Troi Is Surrounded

Riker and a wounded Palmer rematerialize in Sickbay where Dr. Crusher and a medic shove Palmer onto a biobed and begin triage. Riker, aching and …

S3E4
The Overseer Debate — Duty, Damage Control, and Demystification

In the Observation Lounge Picard, Riker and the injured anthropologist Barron collide over how to contain the Mintakans' sudden worship. Barron urges pragmatic intervention — …

S3E4
Refuse Godhood — Demystify the Overseer

In a moral crucible aboard the Enterprise, Picard, Riker and anthropologist Barron argue over how to contain the Mintakans' sudden worship. Barron urges Picard to …

S3E4
From Awe to Agency

Picard takes Nuria to the observation lounge to unmake a god. He gently reframes the Mintakans' awe as a failure of perspective: tools become miracles …

S3E4
A Leader's Plea — The Limits of Mercy

In the captain's ready room Nuria expresses profound gratitude but makes a devastating, intimate request: can Picard bring back six Mintakans who died in a …

S3E4
Beyond My Power

In the Captain's ready room Nuria, grateful and desperate, asks Picard to restore six Mintakans who died in a winter flood. Invoking Beverly's healing of …

S3E4
Liko Seizes the Crossbow

In Nuria's absence, panic hardens into zealotry: Oji and Fento report the leader missing, Hali confirms Riker and Palmer have slipped away, and thunder rakes …

S3E4
Captain's Supplemental Log — Mintaka Unmasked

Orbiting Mintaka Three, a wounded Jean‑Luc Picard records a supplemental captain's log that functions as moral closure. He commits to revealing and dismantling the covert …

S3E4
Duck Blind Unmasked — Returning Their Future

Picard, his wounded shoulder already treated, deliberately exposes the camouflaged observation post to the gathered Mintakans. La Forge drops the rockface; surprise ripples through the …

S3E4
The Duck Blind Unveiled — A Lesson in Non‑Interference

Picard deliberately unmasks the camouflaged observation post and confronts the Mintakans with the uncomfortable truth: the Federation had been watching to study, not to rule. …

S3E4
Unmasking the Watchers — A Hard Lesson

Picard unmasks the camouflaged observation post, confronting the Mintakans with the truth of the Federation presence. He calmly explains the Prime Directive and why the …